Outside Music
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| Outside Music | |
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| Founded | 2001 |
| Founder | Lloyd Nishimura |
| Genre | Rock, country, vocal jazz |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Location | Burlington, Ontario |
| Official website | outside-music |
Outside Music is a Canadian
distributor founded by Lloyd Nishimura in 2001. In 2007, it expanded to include an artist management division which includes Jill Barber, Matthew Barber, Aidan Knight, Justin Rutledge
as management clients.
The Outside Music Label released The Sadies's Tremendous Efforts and albums by Billy Bragg, Tinariwen, The Super Friendz, and the soundtrack to the indie film The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico.
In 2010, The Sadies's Oh Susanna, The Sadies, and The Hylozoists have all received Juno Award nominations for albums released on the Outside Music Label.
On December 1, 2018, Outside Music and Distribution Select merged their sales and distribution services, while maintaining their respective offices.[1]
Notable mentions and awards
- 2007 East Coast Music Awards. She also received nominations for Folk Recording of the Year and Songwriter of the Year for the song "Don't Go Easy"
- 2008 Junos.
- 2008 The Sadies were nominated for a Juno Award for Best Roots/Traditional Band for the album New Seasons.
- 2009 Matthew Barber received Juno nomination for the record "Ghost Notes" in the Roots & Traditional Album Of the Year: Solo category.
- 2009 Jill Barber's Chances long listed for a Polaris Music Prize.
- 2009 East Coast Music Awards for her album Chances; Jazz Recording of the Year and Female Solo Recording of the Year.
- 2009 Much Music Video Awardsfor "Who Do We Care For?"
- 2010 Tinariwen's album Imidiwan: Companions: Companions took the prize for best album in the 2010 Uncut Music Award.
- 2010 Vancouver 2010 Olympicsat the Orpheum in Vancouver.
- 2010 SOCAN ECHO Prizefor songwriting.
- 2010 Junostelecast in a tribute to The Band alongside longtime collaborator and The band co-founder Garth Hudson.
- 2011 Canadian Music Fest Indies. Additionally Black Mountain was nominated in the Best Rock Album category for Wilderness Heart.
- 2011 Polaris Music Prize Long List nominees included label roster artists Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart, Little Scream - The Golden Record, One Hundred Dollars - Songs of Man, Sloan - The Double Cross.
- 2011 Matthew Barber's song "Where the River Bends" was used by Hockey Night in Canada in a video honouring the NHL players who had died in the summer.
- 2012 Sloan's album "The Double Cross" was nominated for a Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year.
- 2013 Rose Cousins's album We Have Made a Spark won the Juno Award for Roots & Traditional Album of the Year, Solo
- 2013 Canadian Folk Music Awardfor Contemporary Album of The Year
- 2014 Juno Awardfor Roots & Traditional Album of The Year, Solo
- 2015 Jenn Grant's album Compostela was nominated for Adult Alternative Album of the Year and Best Songwriter of the Year at Juno Awards.
Roster
- Jill Barber
- Matthew Barber
- The Besnard Lakes
- Rose Cousins
- Evening Hymns
- Folly and the Hunter
- Jenn Grant
- The Hidden Cameras
- Aidan Knight
- Tami Neilson
- Justin Rutledge
- Snowblink
- The Weather Station
Past roster
- Baby Eagle
- King Cobb Steelie
- Blood Meridian
- Sebastien Grainger
- Dog Day
- Woolly Leaves
- Tinariwen
- Rebekah Higgs
- Rock Plaza Central
- Billy Bragg
- The Weekend
- The Wailin' Jennys
- Little Scream
- Black Mountain
- Sloan
Labels distributed through Outside
- 604 Records (vinyl only)
- ACT Music
- Aporia Records
- Asthmatic Kitty
- Awesome Tapes from Africa
- anticon
- Ba Da Bing!
- Barsuk
- Bella Union
- Big Dada
- Blue Corn Music
- Bongo Beat
- Boompa Records
- Burger Records
- Butterscotch Records
- Canyon Records
- Cellar Live
- Chronograph Records
- Constellation
- The Control Group
- Cornerstone Records
- Crammed Discs
- Dead Daisy Records
- Do Right! Music
- Domino Recording Company
- Electro-Fi Records
- Fat Cat Records
- Fat Possum Records
- File Under: Music
- Flemish Eye
- Hardly Art
- Indica Records
- Jazz Cellar Café
- Kelp Records
- Kill Rock Stars
- Light in the Attic
- Metropolis Records
- Milagro
- Mint Records
- Mom+Pop
- Ninja Tune
- NorthernBlues Music
- Paper Bag Records
- Red House Records
- S.P.A.C.E
- Sacred Bones
- Saddle Creek Records
- Saved by Radio
- Six Degrees
- Songlines
- Soul Jazz
- Standard Form
- Sub Pop
- Thirsty Ear
- Unicorn Digital
- Valley Entertainment
- Vinyl Cafe
- White Swan Records
- White Whale Records
- Wichita Recordings
- Windham Hill
- weewerk
- Yep Roc
- You've Changed Records
- Zunior
See also
- List of record labels
References
- ^ "Canada's Leading Distributors of Indie Music Joining Forces". billboard. 29 October 2018.
