Blow Up Records Explained

Founder:	Paul Tunkin
Distributor:	Cargo Records (UK), Red Eye Distribution, Differ-Ant, Cargo Records GmbH, Goodfellas Distributions
Genre:	Various
Country:	United Kingdom
Location:	London, England

Blow Up Records (or Blow Up) is a British independent record label, that was established in London in May 1994, by Blow Up club founder and DJ Paul Tunkin.^[1] There is also an affiliated music publishing company Blow Up Songs.

Music genres of releases from the label include new wave, pop/rock and electronic music.^[1]

Notable releases include one of the first commercially available series of music library compilations^[2] ^[3] 'Blow Up presents Exclusive Blend' (libraries featured include KPM, De Wolfe, Amphonic and Telemusic), 'Blow Up A-Go-Go: Dancefloor Classics' (Blow Up club compilation in conjunction with V2) and several series of limited seven inches featuring bands from across Europe and the UK. Blow Up also released the debut Add N to X album 'Vero Electronics' (1996). Current acts on the label roster include Big Boss Man, Baltic Fleet, The Bongolian, David Woodcock, Daiquiri Fantomas, Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck and Silvery.

Recent releases include 'Towers' (2012), the second album from Baltic Fleet which led to the artist winning the annual Liverpool Echo 'GIT Award'^[4] ^[5] and a performance at Yoko Ono's Meltdown in 2013 which Bloomberg's Robert Heller described as "the psychedelic mid-point between Joy Division and Daft Punk".^[6]

Artists

List of artists that have released material under Blow Up Records:

Add N to X
Alfa 9
Aspic Boulevard
Baltic Fleet
Big Boss Man
Capri
CDOASS
Cuff
Daiquiri Fantomas
David Woodcock
Eight Legs
Fay Hallam
Guy Pedersen
Katerine
Komeda
Lucky 15
Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck
Neon Plastix
Noonday Underground
Silvery
Stereo Total
Strip Music
The Bongolian
The Elevators
The Frank Popp Ensemble
The Rifles
The Weekenders
VA6

Discography

List of Blow Up Records releases (incomplete):

Albums

BU004/BLOWUP004 - "Vero Electronics", Add N to X (January 1996)
BU006/BLOWUP006 - "Blow Up Presents Exclusive Blend Volume 1", Various Artists (August 1996)
BU011 - "Blow Up Presents Exclusive Blend Volume 2", Various Artists (December 1997)
GOGO - "Blow Up A-Go-Go! Dancefloor Classics from the Legendary Blow Up Club", Various Artists (December 1997)
BU019 - "Blow Up Presents Exclusive Blend Volume 3", Various Artists (October 2000)
BU024 - "Blow Up Presents Exclusive Blend Volume 4", Various Artists (October 2001)
BU040 - "Outer Bongolia", The Bongolian (February 2008)
BU041 - "Baltic Fleet", Baltic Fleet (March 2008)
BU050 - "Full English Beat Breakfast", Big Boss Man (September 2009)
BU054 - "Awesome Moves", Neon Plastix (May 2010)
BU057 - "Railway Architecture", Silvery (August 2010)
BU060 - "Bongos For Beatniks", The Bongolian (May 2011)
BU066 - "Gone To Ground", Alfa 9 (March 2013)
BU067 - "Lost In Sound", Fay Hallam & The Bongolian (June 2012)
BU068 - "Towers", Baltic Fleet (August 2012)
BU078 - "MHz Invasion", Daiquiri Fantomas (August 2013)
BU089 - "David Woodcock", David Woodcock (August 2014)
BU090 - "Last Man On Earth", Big Boss Man (September 2014)
BU099 - "Yéyé Existentialiste", Stereo Total (June 2015)
BU101 - "Corona", Fay Hallam (October 2015)
BU102 - "Moog Maximus", The Bongolian (July 2016)
BU107 - "The Dear One", Baltic Fleet (October 2016)

Singles

BLOWUP001 - "All Grown Up", The Weekenders (May 1994) [7"]
BLOWUP002 - "Man Of Leisure", The Weekenders (March 1995) [7"]
BLOWUP003 - "Inelegantly Wasted In Papa's Penthouse Pad In Belgravia", The Weekenders (June 1995) [7", CD]
BLOWUP007 - "He Plays Like A Disease", VA6 (August 1996) [7"]
BU008 - "Snowflakes In Hawaii"/"Mon Coeur Balance", Lucky 15/Katerine (April 1997) [7"]
BU013 - "Boogie Woogie/Rock'n'Roll", Komeda (April 1998) [7"]
BU017 - "Sea Groove", Big Boss Man (April 2001) [7"]
BU021 - "The Light Brigade"/"Hello", Noonday Underground (February 2001) [7"]
BU029 - "Peace And Quiet", The Rifles (March 2005) [7"]
BU085 - "Beggars Can't Be Choosers"/"Tease", David Woodcock (November 2013) [7"]

EPs

BU080 - "The Wilds", Baltic Fleet (May 2013)
BU095 - "The Adventures of You and Me EP", David Woodcock (February 2015)

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Blow Up Records : About Us . Blowup.co.uk . 2016-06-04.
Web site: Various : Blow Up - Exclusive Blend 1 (LP, Vinyl record album) - Dusty Groove is Chicago's Online Record Store . Dustygroove.com . 2016-05-10 . 2016-06-04.
"Blow Up! The London cottage industry that pretty much kick-started the Euro-Library movement" (2000). Reviews: Exclusive Blend 3. Big Daddy Magazine.
Clayton, Richard. (4 May 2013). Scene That Wants To Be Heard. Financial Times, p. 14.
Web site: Homepage - Getintothis . Peterguy.merseyblogs.co.uk . 2016-06-04.
Web site: Yoko Ono Melts Down With Naked Bottoms, Punk Princesses . Bloomberg.com . 2013-06-17 . 2016-06-04.