Below Par Records

Below Par Records is an Australian independent record label established in 2000 by three sixteen-year-old Sydney high-school students, Jai Al-Attas, Mark Catanzariti and Steven Chalker.

Below Par Records
Founded	2000
Founder	Jai Al-Attas Mark Catanzariti Steven Chalker
Distributor(s)	Virgin/EMI
Genre	various
Country of origin	Australia
Location	Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Official website	Below Par Records website

In 2001, Matt Hawkes replaced Steven Chalker as the third partner. Below Par Records won the Nescafe Big Break competition in 2002^[1] and, in 2003, Below Par Records went into a label development deal with Eleven owned by John Watson and Melissa Chenery. In 2005 Below Par Records started an imprint called OK!Relax in which they released records by The Scare and Die!Die!Die!. Today, Below Par Records is home to gold-selling artist Kisschasy as well as Something With Numbers, The Scare and Teenage Fairytale Dropouts. Below Par Records is distributed by Virgin/EMI in Australia and New Zealand.

Current and former signings

• The Colour
• Die!Die!Die!
• For Amusement Only
• In the Grey
• Jim Ward
• Kisschasy
• Last Years Hero
• The Living End
• MC Lars
• The Scare
• Something With Numbers
• Vaux

Discography

Cat. #	Artist	Title	Release date	Format	Other information
PAR01	Various Artists	Caddy of the Year	5 April 2001	CD	Compilation release.
PAR02	For Amusement Only	Where Did We Go Wrong?	1 February 2002		EP release.
PAR03	Various Artists	Caddy of the Year 2	1 August 2002		Compilation release.
PAR04	Something with Numbers	The Barnicles & Stripes E.p.	9 September 2002		EP release.
PAR05	Last Years Hero	Start Over	7 October 2002
PAR06	Various Artists	Skunk #1	9 February 2003		Compilation release.
PAR07	Yellowcard	The Underdog EP	5 May 2003		EP release.
PAR08	For Amusement Only	One for the Team	12 May 2003
PAR09	Various Artists	Caddy of the Year 3	8 September 2003		Compilation release.
PAR10	In the Grey	Wake the Silent Day	8 September 2003		EP release.
PAR11DVD6	Kisschasy	Kisschasy: The Movie	September 2006	DVD	Video release.
PAR12	Brand New	Your Favourite Weapon	29 October 2003 9 February 2004	CD+DVD	LP limited edition release.
PAR12			9 February 2004	CD	LP release.
PAR13	Kisschasy	Darkside / Stay Awake	1 March 2004		EP release.
PAR14	Last Years Hero	Tell You When	5 April 2004		LP release.
PAR15	Vaux	There Must Be Some Way to Stop Them	1 November 2004
PAR16	Something with Numbers	Etiquette	20 September 2004
PAR17	Various Artists	Caddy of the Year 4	18 October 2004		Compilation release.
PAR18	The Colour	Is Out and About	11 October 2004		EP release.
PAR19	Kisschasy	Cara Sposa	4 October 2004
PAR20	MC Lars	The Laptop EP	March 21, 2005
PAR21	The Matches	E. Von Dahl Killed the Locals	25 April 2005		LP release.
PAR22	In the Grey	Innocence Is Running Out	24 July 2005
PAR24	Something with Numbers	Apple of the Eye (Lay Me Down)	9 September 2006		Single release.
PAR25		Perfect Distraction	7 October 2006		LP release.
PAR25SP				CD+DVD	LP limited edition release.
PAR27	The Scars	Bats! Bats! Bats!	21 June 2007	CD	EP release.
PAR28	Soft Tigers	Gospel Ambitions	20 October 2007		LP release.
PAR30	The Scare	Chivalry	6 October 2007
PAR31	Soft Tigers	Mr Ice Cream	22 September 2007		Single release.
PAR32	Jim Ward	Quiet	9 February 2008		EP release.
PAR33	Kisschasy	Too B or Not Too B	10 May 2008	CD+DVD	Compilation release.
PAR34	Something with Numbers	Stay with Me Bright Eyes	19 July 2008	CD	Single release.
PAR35		Engineering the Soul	6 September 2008		LP release.
PAR35SP				CD+DVD	LP limited edition release.
PAR111	Brand New	Deja Entendu	3 November 2003	CD	LP release.
PAR112	Kisschasy	Do-Do's & Whoa-Oh's	3 July 2005		Single release.
PAR113		United Paper People	31 July 2005		LP release.
PAR113SP				2xCDs	LP limited edition release.
PAR114		Face Without a Name	21 October 2005	CD	Single release.
PAR115SP		The Shake	25 February 2006	CD+DVD
PAR116		Opinions Won't Keep You Warm at Night	9 June 2007	CD
PAR116A					Single limited edition release.
PAR116B
PAR116D
PAR116E
PAR117		Hymns for the Nonbeliever	21 July 2007		LP release.
PAR118		Spray on Pants	10 November 2007		Single release.
PARCDPRO113		United Paper People	2005		LP promo release.
PARPRO002		This Bed	2006		Single promo release.
PARPRO005		Strings and Drums	2008
PARPRO006		Ugly Birds In a Beautiful Cage
PARPRO117		Hymns for the Nonbeliever	2007		LP promo release.

See also

• List of record labels