The Independent Label Market is an open market founded by Joe Daniel and Katie Riding that provides a venue for the proprietors of over 160 independent record labels to sell their products to the public.“Independent Label Market 2013” Bang On PR [retrieved 22/04/2013]“Independent Label Market 2012” Clash Music [retrieved 22/04/2013] The market also provides an opportunity for listeners to meet the founders of record labels and some of the artists.“Biggest Ever Independent Label Market” Association of Independent Music [retrieved on 22/04/2013]“Label of Love: The Independent Label Market” BBC, [retrieved 22/04/2013]
History The Independent Label Market was first set up in May 2011 on Berwick Street, London, United Kingdom,BBC – 6Music News – Independent Label Market and has since returned twice a year to Old Spitalfields Market. The market is held in conjunction with the London Brewers Market.
The market also launched in Brooklyn, New york in October 2011, Silverlake, Los Angeles in November 2012, Toronto in June 2013.Matt Berninger on why the National’s new album has a lighter touch - The Globe and Mail“Independent Label Market Returns to LA for the second time” IAMSOUND Records, [retrieved 22/04/2013]“Arts & Crafts, Paper Bag, Dine Alone, Outside Team Up for Independent Label Market at NXNE” Exclaim [retrieved 23/05/13]“Fourth Independent Label Market in July” The Quietus [retrieved 23/05/13] and Glasgow in October 2013.News: Independent Label Market Heads to Glasgow « Amazing Radio
Some of the labels that take part in the market include Rough Trade, Mute, XL, Domino, Fabric, 4AD, DFA Records, Angular Records, R&S, Infectious, Bella Union and Fool's Gold. Notable appearances at the market's stalls include Diplo, Gilles Peterson, Coldcut, Daniel Miller, Simon Raymonde, Erol Alkan, Tim Burgess and Edwyn Collins.“Independent Label Market and London Brewers' Market” TimeOut London, [retrieved 22/04/2013]
Many recordings on vinyl are to be found at the market stalls.“Vinyl Valhalla” The New York Times [retrieved 22/04/13] As well, some artists have made special releases available exclusively at the various markets. Some examples of these have been: 200 signed copies of Portishead’s ‘Chase the Tear’ 12” where all profits from the sales went to Amnesty International, Young Turks auction of the only copy of a Jamie xx remix of Radiohead’s ‘Bloom’, Richard Russell’s 20 hand-made rave/grime/garage/jungle/dubstep mixtapes for the XL stall, and the only signed copy of Elton John’s “Are You Ready For Love” on pink, half speed cut 220gsm vinyl.
2021 In November 2021, ILM marked its tenth anniversary with a winter event at Coal Drops Yard in King’s Cross on 27 November, celebrating “a decade of pop up events aimed at DJs and vinyl collectors” .DJ Mag, "London Independent Label Market returns for winter 2021", October 4, 2021
2022 The following year, two winter editions were announced:DJ Mag, "Independent Label Market announces London and Manchester winter editions", October 5, 2022 London: 12 November at Coal Drops Yard. Manchester: 19 November at New Century, as part of Tim Burgess’ Vinyl Adventures.
Labels
The labels that have taken part in the markets are: !K7 100% Silk 4AD Accidental Acid Jazz AED Amok Angular Anti- Anticon Arts & Crafts Because Beggars Group Believe Bella Union Best Before Big Dada Borstal Beat Brownswood Brushfire Records Burger Records Captured Tracks Caught By The River Chemikal Underground Chess Club Critical Heights Cool Summer Records Dangerbird Dead Oceans Delicious Vinyl Dirtybird DFA Records Different Dine Alone Records DJ History Domino Double Six Double Denim Records Eenie Meenie Records Everloving Records Fabric Faux DiscsFat Cat Records Fear And Records Feraltone Fierce Panda Fika Fire Records Fool's Gold Fortuna Pop! Friends Of Friends Frontier Full Time Hobby GETME! Goaty Tapes Gringo Ground Level Hand Drawn Dracula Heavenly Highline Hingefinger Hit City USA Hospital Hottwerk Houndstooth House Anxiety Hydra Head IAMSOUND Indoor Shoes Infectious Late Night Tales Les Disques du Crepuscule Lex Lojinx Loose Music Lucky Number LuvLuvLuv Mad Decent Mais Um Discos Manimal Vinyl Maple Music Matador Memphis Industries MerokMexican Summer Minimal Wave Mono Prism Monotreme Moshi Moshi Mute Nevado Night Time Stories Ninja Tune No Kings Not Not Fun Now Again Records NPIP O Genesis Oddbox Records Om One Little Indian Origami Out of Sound Outside Music Paper Bag Peacefrog Permanent Records Phantasy Sound Innovative Leisure Jagjaguwar Kanine Kartel Killing Moon Ltd Laissez Faire Club Last Gang Leaf PIAS Pink Mist Planet Mu Proville R&S Rekids Rinse Robot Elephant Rocket GirlRough Trade Roundtable Sacred Bones Secretly Canadian Something In Construction Song By Toad Sonic Cathedral Soul Jazz Soundway Southern Fried State51 Static Clang Stolen Records Stones Throw Stranger Recordings Strut Sunday Best Swamp 81 Tape Club Tempa Terrible Records Throne Of Blood Tough Love Transgressive Transparent Tri-Angle Trilogy True Panther Upset The Rhythm Wall Of Sound Warp Weird World What's Your Rupture? White Iris Wierd Records Williams Street Records Wonderfulsound WIAIWYA XL Xtra Mile ZZK Records
References
External links facebook.com/independentlabelmarket twitter.com/IndieLabelMkt “How to set up an Indie Label Market” The Guardian, [retrieved 22/04/2013]