Ignition Records

Ignition Records is a British, London based independent record company, owned by Marcus Russell^[1] and Alec McKinlay^[2] of Ignition Management. The company has been releasing music on a regular basis since the late 1990s, although its inaugural release came in September 1984 with Latin Quarter's hit single, "Radio Africa".^[3] The label is distributed by The Orchard.^[4]

Throughout the last two decades it has signed and released music by both emerging and established artists e.g. Courteeners.

The company also provides comprehensive label services to various established artists to release on their own label imprints e.g. Stereophonics.

Ignition Records is also the primary label services and marketing operation for Big Brother Recordings (Oasis) and Sour Mash Records (Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds), which are also based at Ignition Records headquarters in Marylebone, London, England.

Artists released by Ignition Records

Baby Strange Black Rivers Band of Skulls Chapel Club Courteeners Darlia DSARDY Dylan John Thomas El Nino Far from Saints Folks Foreign Born Hard-Fi Hello Operator Humanist In the Valley Below Indigo Lo Joe Strummer Justin Currie Kelly Jones Kid Galahad Latin Quarter

Make Friends Milky Chance Minuteman Neon Waltz Peace Pretty Vicious Primal Scream Psychedelia Smith Public Order Pusherman Rosborough Stereophonics Sun Industries The Coral The Pale White Twisted Wheel Wilderado Young Rebel Set

Compilation albums

Fire & Skill: The Songs of the Jam

Affiliated labels

• Big Brother Recordings
• Sour Mash Records