Label
Fandango is the release process stripped
to its fundamentals, inspired by the driving
DIY dynamics of fresh-eared labels such
as Transgressive, Marquis Cha Cha and Dance
To The Radio. The slogan for our label is
the eminently catchy “no frills: all
thrills”, because in the true orange-arsed
spirit of easyjet Label Fandango is a bring - your - own - sandwiches
operation with generic sleeves, a gently
unhinged disposition and a genuine passion
for helping bands reach somewhere else.
It started, as most of the best things
in life tend to, with a gig. In 2001 Club
Fandango crept onto the London music
scene on a Tuesday night in Camden’s
Dublin Castle
and carefully unfurled its glossy new backdrop.
Four years down the line that Tuesday is
a heaving maelstrom of top sexy indierock
behaviour with Keane,
Bloc Party,
22-20s, Death Cab For Cutie, Kaiser
Chiefs, Go!
Team and Arctic
Monkeys all filling the venue at various
points.
The
backdrop is looking a bit worse for wear
after over 200 shows. But then again aren’t
we all? So what comes next? A record company,
of course.
Pointy
Records and Fierce
Panda (your hosts for Club Fandango)
are launching Label Fandango as a Singles
Club in its purest sense, purveying thrillingly
limited edition releases in black &
white sleeves with the aim of breaking even
and having a bit of fun with smashing new
talent along the way. Pointy Records is
the refuge for cosmic star chasers such
as The Clientele
and Flotation
Toy Warning. The fierce panda recording
company is the indie escape hatch for sonic
terrorists such as Art
Brut, Apartment,
Agent Blue and other bands beginning with
‘A’. Together they are Label
Fandango.
And together they have been gawping at
the excesses of the corporate machine. Indie
Boomtime it may be but what does that mean?
£100k marketing spends for ‘80s
soundalikes, hysterical TV advertising campaigns
for half-baked debut albums and total catastrophe
if the latest over-hyped Libertines wannabes’
second single fails to crack the top 20,
that’s what. What are we doing, people?
Is this really fun?? |
