Partisan Records
| Partisan Records | |
|---|---|
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| Founded | 2007 |
| Founder | Tim Putnam Ian Wheeler |
| Distributor(s) | Virgin Music Group |
| Genre | |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | Brooklyn, New York |
| Official website | www |
Partisan Records is an independent record label with offices in London, Berlin, and Los Angeles, as well as in New York City, where the company was co-founded in 2007 by Tim Putnam and Ian Wheeler. The label, initially run out of Putnam's South Brooklyn apartment, relocated in 2009 to Williamsburg.[1]
History
Holy Sons (Decline of the West) was the first release on the label, and early success followed shortly thereafter with the signing of the band Deer Tick (War Elephant).[2]
In 2008, while working as the night manager for the Knitting Factory venue at their Leonard Street location in Manhattan, Putnam was approached by Knitting Factory Entertainment CEO Morgan Margolis to form a strategic partnership with Partisan.[3] Together, they reissued the Fela Kuti catalogue and revived their label, Knitting Factory Records, which also includes Grammy Award-nominated members of the Kuti family, Femi Kuti, and Seun Kuti.[4]
Partisan has since cultivated a wide variety of genres, prioritizing an artist-friendly philosophy, and achieving international acclaim. In 2019, they earned their first-ever Grammy nomination for Deran by Bombino[5] followed by three more nominations between 2020 and 2023, for A Hero's Death by Fontaines D.C., Song for Our Daughter by Laura Marling, and I Inside the Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey.[6][7] In 2020, they achieved a #1 UK album for Ultra Mono by Idles, followed up by further #1 UK albums for Fontaines D.C.'s Skinty Fia and Idles's Tangk.[8][9][10] They also won their first Mercury Prize in 2023 for Ezra Collective's Where I'm Meant to Be.[11]
Music Week's International Woman of the Year award went to Partisan's managing director, Zena White, in 2019.[12]
Putnam now serves as President of Partisan, and Wheeler manages Talkhouse, a digital media outlet and online magazine which he founded in 2015 and shares an office with Partisan.[13]
Today, Partisan also releases music on behalf of sister labels Knitting Factory Records, Section1, and Desert Daze Sound, all of which operate under strategic partnerships with Partisan.[14][15][16]
Roster
Current
- Angelica Garcia
- Aoife Nessa Frances
- Beth Orton
- Blondshell
- Body Meat
- Bombino
- Cameron Winter
- Cigarettes After Sex
- Cymande
- DJ Rashad
- Ezra Collective
- Fela Kuti
- Femi Kuti
- Geese
- Grian Chatten
- Honesty
- Idles
- Just Mustard
- Laura Marling
- Léa Sen
- Lip Critic
- Maple Glider
- NoSo
- PJ Harvey
- Skinny Pelembe
- Sun's Signature
- TTSSFU
- Ultraísta
- Westerman
- WITCH
Alumni
- Aaron Freeman
- Aerial East
- Ages and Ages
- The Amazing
- Baby in Vain
- The Black Angels
- Bobby
- Body Type
- Cajun Germs
- Callers
- Christopher Denny
- Chubby and the Gang
- Craig Finn
- Deer Tick
- Diamond Rugs
- Dilly Dally
- The Dismemberment Plan
- DMA's
- Dolorean
- Eagulls
- Emel Mathlouthi
- Emily Wells
- Erika Wennerstrom (of Heartless Bastards)
- Femi Kuti
- Field Report
- Flock of Dimes
- Fontaines D.C.
- Freeman
- Goon
- Guards
- Heartless Bastards
- Holy Sons
- JBM
- John Grant
- Lontalius
- Lumerians
- Lump
- Mádé Kuti
- Made of Oak
- Mercury Rev
- Middle Brother
- Molly Sarlé
- Mountain Man
- Nico Yaryan
- Paleo
- Phox
- Pottery
- Pure Bathing Culture
- Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside
- Sam Burton
- Spike Fcuk
- The Standard
- Sylvan Esso
- Tender
- Torres
- Treetop Flyers
- Violents
- Virgin Forest
- Warm Ghost
- The Wytches
Discography
| Year | Artist | Release | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Deer Tick | War Elephant | |
| Holy Sons | Decline of the West | ||
| Deer Tick | Born on Flag Day | ||
| 2010 | Deer Tick | The Black Dirt Sessions | |
| Mountain Man | Made The Harbor | ||
| Holy Sons | Survivalists Tales! | ||
| Paleo | A View of the Sky | ||
| Deer Tick / Johnny Corndawg | Water Friends For | ||
| 2011 | Dolorean | The Unfazed | |
| Ages and Ages | Alright, You Restless | ||
| Warm Ghost | Uncut Diamond (EP) | ||
| Bobby | Bobby | ||
| Lumerians | Transmalinnia | ||
| Middle Brother | Middle Brother | ||
| Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside | Dirty Radio | ||
| Paleo | Fruit of the Spirit | ||
| Warm Ghost | Narrows | ||
| Virgin Forest | Joy Atrophy | ||
| Deer Tick | Divine Providence | ||
| 2012 | Virgin Forest | Easy Way Out | |
| Heartless Bastards | Arrow | ||
| Deer Tick | Tim (EP) | ||
| Emily Wells | Mama | ||
| Diamond Rugs | Diamond Rugs | ||
| Freeman | Marvelous Clouds | ||
| The Amazing | Gentle Stream | ||
| Field Report | Field Report | ||
| Callers | Reviver | ||
| Lumerians | Horizon Structures | ||
| 2013 | Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside | Untamed Beast | |
| John Grant | Pale Green Ghosts | ||
| Emily Wells | Mama Acoustic Recordings | ||
| Treetop Flyers | The Mountain Moves | ||
| Pure Bathing Culture | Moon Tides | ||
| Lumerians | The High Frontier | ||
| Deer Tick | Negativity | ||
| The Dismemberment Plan | Uncanney Valley | ||
| Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside | Summer (EP) | ||
| 2014 | Eagulls | Eagulls | |
| Ages and Ages | Divisionary | ||
| Sylvan Esso | Sylvan Esso | ||
| Phox | Phox | ||
| Freeman | Freeman | ||
| Christopher Denny | If the Roses Don't Kill Us | ||
| The Wytches | Annabel Dream Reader | ||
| Field Report | Marigolden | ||
| The Dismemberment Plan | Uncanney Valley | ||
| 2015 | The Amazing | Picture You | |
| Torres | Sprinter | ||
| Heartless Bastards | Restless Ones | ||
| Sylvan Esso | H.S.K.T. | ||
| Craig Finn | Faith In The Future | ||
| Dilly Dally | Sore | ||
| John Grant | Grey Tickles, Black Pressure | ||
| Pure Bathing Culture | Pray for Rain | ||
| Made of Oak | Penumbra | ||
| Sylvan Esso / Flock of Dimes | Split single | ||
| Holy Sons | Decline Of The West Vol I.& II. (Deluxe Reissue) | ||
| Nico Yaryan | Just Tell Me | ||
| 2016 | Lontalius | I'll Forget 17 | |
| Bombino | Azel | ||
| Baby In Vain | For the Kids | ||
| John Grant | Queen of Denmark | ||
| Eagulls | Ullages | ||
| Nico Yaryan | What a Tease | ||
| The Amazing | Ambulance | ||
| Ages and Ages | Something to Ruin | ||
| Flock of Dimes | If You See Me, Say Yes | ||
| Dilly Dally | FKKT (EP) | ||
| Holy Sons | In the Garden | ||
| Tender | EP III | ||
| 2017 | Idles | Brutalism | |
| Emel | Ensen | ||
| Craig Finn | We All Want the Same Things | ||
| The Black Angels | Death Song | ||
| Violents & Monica Martin | Awake and Pretty Much Sober | ||
| Cigarettes After Sex | Cigarettes After Sex | ||
| Baby In Vain | More Nothing | ||
| Tender | Modern Addiction | ||
| Deer Tick | Deer Tick Vol. 1 | ||
| Deer Tick | Deer Tick Vol. 2 | ||
| 2018 | Emel | Ensenity | |
| Erika Wennerstrom | Sweet Unknown | ||
| The Amazing | In Transit | ||
| Bombino | Deran | ||
| Goon | Dusk of Punk - Happy Omen | ||
| Idles | Joy as an Act of Resistance | ||
| Dilly Dally | Heaven | ||
| John Grant | Love Is Magic | ||
| Idles with Heavy Lungs | Split 7" Single | ||
| Cigarettes After Sex | Crush 7" | ||
| 2019 | Deer Tick | Mayonnaise | |
| Tender | Fear of Falling Asleep | ||
| Mercury Rev | Bobbie Gentry's The Delta Sweete Revisted | ||
| Craig Finn | I Need a New War | ||
| John Grant | Remixes Are Also Magic | ||
| Fontaines D.C. | Dogrel | ||
| Body Type | Body Type EP & EP2 | ||
| Pottery | No.1 EP | ||
| Goon | Heaven is Humming | ||
| Idles | Mercedes Marxist 7 inch | ||
| Spike Fuck | Smackwave EP | ||
| Molly Sarlé | Karaoke Angel | ||
| Emel Mathlouthi | Everywhere We Looked Was Burning | ||
| Cigarettes After Sex | Cry | ||
| Idles | A Beautiful Thing: Idles Live at Le Bataclan | ||
| 2020 | Ultraísta | Sister | |
| Laura Marling | Song for Our Daughter | ||
| Westerman | Your Hero is Not Dead | ||
| Pottery | Welcome to Bobby's Motel | ||
| Fontaines D.C. | A Hero's Death | ||
| Craig Finn | All These Perfect Crosses | ||
| Idles | Ultra Mono | UK #1 | |
| Emel | The Tunis Diaries | ||
| Ultraìsta | Ordinary Boy - The Remixes | ||
| Chubby and The Gang | Speed Kills | ||
| Bombino | Live in Amsterdam | ||
| 2021 | Femi Kuti & Made Kuti | Legacy + | |
| Aerial East | Try Harder | ||
| Ultraìsta | Sister - The Remixes | ||
| John Grant | Boy from Michigan | ||
| Maple Glider | To Enjoy Is the Only Thing | ||
| Lump | Animal | ||
| Chubby and the Gang | The Mutt's Nuts | ||
| 2022 | Fontaines D.C. | Skinty Fia | IE #1;[17] UK #1[17] |
| Just Mustard | Heart Under | ||
| NoSo | Stay Proud of Me | ||
| Léa Sen | You of Now Pt. 1 | ||
| The Black Angels | Wilderness of Mirrors | ||
| Beth Orton | Weather Alive | ||
| Aoife Nessa Frances | Protector | ||
| Ezra Collective | Where I'm Meant to Be | Mercury Prize | |
| Idles | Five Years of Brutalism | ||
| Cymande | Cymande (Reissue) | ||
| 2023 | Blondshell | Blondshell | |
| Skinny Pelembe | Hardly the Same Snake | ||
| Westerman | An Inbuilt Fault | ||
| Witch | Zango | ||
| Léa Sen | You of Now Pt.2 | ||
| Geese | 3D Country | ||
| Grian Chatten | Chaos for the Fly | ||
| PJ Harvey | I Inside the Old Year Dying | GRAMMY-Nominated | |
| Sam Burton | Dear Departed | ||
| Sun's Signature | Sun's Signature (Extended) | ||
| Bombino | Sahel | ||
| Maple Glider | I Get Into Trouble | ||
| Geese | 4D Country | ||
| HONESTY | WHERE R U (EP) | ||
| DJ Rashad | Double Cup (Reissue) | ||
| Cymande | Second Time Round (Reissue) | ||
| 2024 | Idles | Tangk | UK #1
GRAMMY-Nominated |
| Ezra Collective | Where I'm Meant to Be (Deluxe) | ||
| HONESTY | Box (Mixtape) | ||
| Lip Critic | Hex Dealer | ||
| Cymande | Promised Heights (Reissue) | ||
| Angélica Garcia | Gemelo | ||
| Cigarettes After Sex | X's | ||
| Body Meat | Starchris | ||
| Fela Kuti | Alagbon Close (Reissue) | ||
| Ezra Collective | Dance, No One's Watching | Brit Award-Winning | |
| Laura Marling | Patterns In Repeat | ||
| Cameron Winter | Heavy Metal | ||
| 2025 | HONESTY | U R HERE | |
| Femi Kuti | Journey Through Life | ||
| Blondshell | If You Asked For A Picture |
References
- ^ "Plug In Music News Story: Partisan Records Give Home To Deer Tick, The Standard, Holy Sons". Archived from the original on 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2008-11-20.
- ^ Brooklyn Vegan: Deer Tick Album Re-Release
- ^ WMG News: Renowned Indie Labels Partisan and Knitting Factory Records Partner With ADA
- ^ Music Business Worldwide: Zena White Named MD of Partisan Records + KFR
- ^ Billboard: Bombino Reacts to Grammy Nomination
- ^ "2021 Grammy Award Nominations: The Full List".
- ^ "2024 GRAMMYs: See The Full Winners & Nominees List". grammy.com. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "Idles Blast to Big Lead on Midweek U.K. Chart".
- ^ "Fontaines D.C. celebrate their first-ever UK Number 1 album with Skinty Fia: "We're touched by everyone's response"". Official Charts. 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "Idles secure second Number 1 album with TANGK". Official Charts. 2024-02-23. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "Mercury Prize 2023 winner announced as Ezra Collective". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ Music Week: Partisan Records - The Music Week Interview
- ^ Talkhouse: Ian Wheeler
- ^ Alternative Distribution Alliance (2013-08-29). "Renowned Indie Labels Partisan and Knitting Factory Records Partner With Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA)". Warner Music Group. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
- ^ Stassen, Murray (2021-03-04). "Partisan Records launches new joint venture label section1". Music Business Worldwide. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
- ^ Pearis, Bill Pearis. "Zamrock legends W.I.T.C.H. announce first album in 39 years, share "Avalanche of Love" ft. Sampa the Great". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
- ^ a b "Fontaines D.C. score first No.1 album in UK and Ireland". RTÉ.
- ^ "Partisan Records". Partisan Records. Retrieved 2024-05-29.