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ATP Recordings
Founded	2001
Founder	Barry Hogan
Distributing label	SRD Forced Exposure
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Location	London
Official Website	ATP Recordings

ATP Recordings is a record label that was started in 2001 by London concert promoter Barry Hogan of Foundation/All Tomorrow's Parties. It was originally created to bring out a compilation cd (ATPRCD01) after the Tortoise-curated All Tomorrow's Parties event. First, everyone who attended the first festival was given a limited edition promotional sampler (PROATPFCD01), the packaging of which echoed the Factory Records style of Peter Saville. The full compilation followed later, and indeed a number of other ATP festivals would also receive the compilation treatment, the most recent being the 2006 Nightmare Before Christmas, for which ATPR and Plan B Magazine collaborated on a free cd given out to attendees.

The label eventually moved on from just doing compilations for the festival to sign bands like Threnody Ensemble, Bardo Pond, The Magic Band, Jackie-O Motherfucker, Deerhoof and White Out (with Jim O'Rourke). ATP Recordings has expanded and now also has on its roster Apse, Alexander Tucker, Death Vessel, The Drones, Fuck Buttons, Fursaxa, The Scientists and most recently Sleepy Sun.

It releases both singles and albums. Most recently, towards the end of 2007 they announced plans to release a new series of double 7" singles called Custom Made, which would feature bands choosing four songs; one something old, one something new, one something borrowed (a cover version) and one something blue (artists were free to interpret this as they feel). The first two bands to release singles in this series are Australia's The Drones (released at the end of 2007) and Alexander Tucker (released Spring 2008).

Projects released in 2008 included Street Horrrsing, the debut album from Fuck Buttons, a third full-length release from Alexander Tucker named Portal, a reissue of Spirit from Cape Cod's Apse, the Colours Move single from Fuck Buttons, and an EP (The Minotaur + a brief retrospective) from The Drones and the latest album from Deerhoof named Offend Maggie.

2009 saw the worldwide release of the latest album (Havilah) from The Drones, a limited 10" single from ATPR's latest signings Sleepy Sun, and in May Sleepy Sun's debut album Embrace. A new single for Sleepy Sun (Sleepy Son), a new single and album (Climb Up) from Apse, and a new single and album (Tarot Sport) from Fuck Buttons followed. The label also released a very special collector's edition of the classic Spiritualized album Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space. In December 2009 a showcase of ATP Recordings artists performed at the Ten Years Of ATP festival in Minehead, England.

The label announced in 2010 that they would now be releasing music from Built To Spill throughout Europe and Autolux worldwide (except Japan & North America).

Release history

(Information sourced from ^[1][2][3])

References

1. ^ ATP - Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing Out Now!
2. ^ http://rateyourmusic.com/label/atp_recordings/
3. ^ ATP Recordings

External links

• Official ATPR website
• ATPR myspace
• Sleepy Sun Set to Play SxSW

See also

• List of record labels

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