Constellation Records (Canada)
Constellation Records | |
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Founded | 1997 |
Founder | Ian Ilavsky and Don Wilkie |
Genre | Experimental rock, experimental, indie rock, folk |
Country of origin | Canada |
Location | Montreal, Quebec |
Official website |
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Constellation Records is a Canadian independent record label based in Montreal, Quebec. Focused has released albums by Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band, Do Make Say Think and many other post-rock bands.
Label philosophy
The package of the Godspeed You! Black Emperor album Yanqui U.X.O. was especially noteworthy, containing an extensive chart which demonstrated the links between four major record labels—AOL Time-Warner, BMG, Sony, Vivendi Universal—and various arms manufacturers. The band later apologized for some extensions of the chart, conceding that some of their research had been inaccurate.[1]
On 25 February 2010, Constellation Records founders Ian Ilavsky and Don Wilkie signed, together with 500 artists, the call to support the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israeli Apartheid.[2]
Artists
List of artists Constellation Records have released records for:
- 1-Speed Bike
- Black Ox Orkestar
- Carla Bozulich
- Clues
- Colin Stetson
- Do Make Say Think
- Efrim Menuck
- Elfin Saddle
- Elizabeth Anka Vajagic
- Eric Chenaux
- Esmerine
- Exhaust
- Feu Thérèse
- Fly Pan Am
- Frankie Sparo
- Glissandro 70
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor
- Hangedup
- Hiss Tracts
- HṚṢṬA
- Land of Kush
- Last Ex
- Lullabye Arkestra
- Matana Roberts
- Ought
- Pat Jordache
- Polmo Polpo aka Sandro Perri
- Re:
- Sackville
- Saltland
- Siskiyou
- Sofa
- The Dead Science
- Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
- Tindersticks
- Vic Chesnutt
See also
References
- ↑ "A Note On the Artwork for Godspeed You! Black Emperor's Yanqui U.X.O.". Archived from the original on 2003-04-09. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
- ↑ "Tadamon! » 500 Artists Against Israeli Apartheid". Tadamon.ca. 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
External links
- Official site
- 2004 Interview with Don Wilkie, co-founder of Constellation Records (ARTNOISE/DFB).
- Audio Interview with Don Wilkie, co-founder of Constellation Records
- Chart from Yanqui U.X.O. packaging Archived from the original on 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
- Media.www.theconcordian.com