Instant Karma
Instant Karma is an independent record label created by former Warner Music Group chairman and head of the BPI, Rob Dickins, in 1999. The label was founded by Dickins after his resignation from Warner Music, where he gained fame for his track record of signing female vocalists such as Enya and the Corrs. First release was Helicopter Girl's How to Steal the World album in June 2000; the label received attention for the fact that its very first release was short-listed for the Mercury Prize.
Instant Karma
- Founded
- 1999
- Founder
- Rob Dickins
- Headquarters
- United Kingdom
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Instant Karma is an independent record label created by former Warner Music Group chairman and head of the BPI, Rob Dickins, in 1999. The label was founded by Dickins after his resignation from Warner Music, where he gained fame for his track record of signing female vocalists such as Enya and the Corrs. First release was Helicopter Girl's How to Steal the World album in June 2000; the label received attention for the fact that its very first release was short-listed for the Mercury Prize.
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Helicopter Girl signed with Instant Karma on the condition that she be permitted not to tour. Dickins noted that he was pleased to have How to Steal the World as the label's "calling card", but that he planned other releases to have more immediate commercial appeal. The label was funded by Sony Music UK. British DJ/producer K-Gee's first solo single and album were released on Instant Karma in October 2000 and October 2002, respectively.
• Addis Black Widow • The Alice Band • Bleached Bones • Blossomer • Derek Jarman • Donna McKevitt • Eberg • Fuzz Light Years • Ghostland • Helicopter Girl • I Monster • Jaed • Jonatha Brooke • K-Gee • The Kennedy Soundtrack • Lorien • Louie Austen • Panjabi MC • The Past Present Organisation • WigWam
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1999
Instant Karma established.
1999
Instant Karma is recorded from 1999.
2021
Instant Karma - (2021) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2021
Instant Karma - Respect Nature🤣👀 (2021) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 10298177-2, Instant Karma.
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- 1.White, Adam (27 March 1999). "Dickins' new Sony label takes shape", Billboard 111 (13) 3–4.
- 2.Williamson, John (21 July 2000). "Helicopter Girl is ready to take off; Dundonian Jackie Joyce is hoping to follow in the footsteps of Enya and The Corrs", The Herald, p. 21.
- 3.Dickins has ear to ground. Wall Street Journal.
- 4.Goldsmith, Charles (24 April 2000). "Music Executive Dickins Bets on Instant Karma", The Wall Street Journal.
- 5.Williamson, Nigel, and Ferguson, Tom (5 August 2000). "New acts vying for Mercury prize", Billboard 112 (32): 10.
- 6.Williamson, Nigel (12 August 2000). "Global music pulse", Billboard 112 (33): 51.
- 7.Williamson, Nigel (2 August 2000). "Zen will I be famous?", The Times, p. Times2.
- 8.Sexton, Paul (8 July 2000). "Start me up: Two U.K. label veterans on different routes to independence", Billboard 112 (28) 45–46.
- 9.Kwaku (30 September 2000). "K-Gee's 'Care' launches Instant Karma label", Billboard 112 (40): 34.
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