Rattle Records, established in 1991, is a contemporary art-music label based in Auckland, New Zealand. It releases compositions generally by New Zealand composers in contemporary art genres. It has been described as "the de facto home of New Zealand music that didn't fit the three-minute pop song format"
History
Rattle Records as a label and a studio was established by Steve Garden, Tim Gummer and Keith Hill in 1991 to publish music 'outside of the usual commercial musical imperatives'. They used the German label ECM Records as an inspiration. Rattle was owned by Victoria University of Wellington's publishing division for a time and when that ended Steve Garden took over again.
There have been over 150 releases and over 44 award nominations. In the Aotearoa Music Awards 2020 all three finalists in the Best Classical Artist category were Rattle recordings with 11 Frames by Andrew Beer & Sarah Watkins winning.
Artists
Rattle has represented over 100 different artists since its inception including:
- Whirimako Black
- Jonathan Besser
- Jack Body
- Chris Gendall
- Michael Houstoun
- Diedre Irons
- Natalia Mann
- Hirini Melbourne
- Jian Liu
- Sam Leamy
- Jenny McLeod
- NZ Guitar Quartet
- Nga Tae
- Keith Price
- Richard Nunns
- John Psathas
- Jenny Wollerman
- Sounddome
- Eve de Castro-Robinson,
- Rodger Fox
- Gillian Whitehead
- Te Koki Trio
- Ariana Tikao
See also
External links
References
- "Rattle Records and Small Holes in Silence by Tony Mitchell". 31 October 2015.
- "Rattle Records - AudioCulture".
- ^ "Rattle Records' uncompromising commitment to excellence". Radio New Zealand. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- "Feature - Rattle Records - Rattling At Our Cutting Edge". NZ Musician. June 2006. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- "BENEE and The Beths win big at the Aotearoa Music Awards". RNZ. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- "11 Frames: a rich collection of New Zealand music". Five Lines. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- "Featured Artists". Rattle Records. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
Sources
- Audio Culture, The noisy library of New Zealand music. Sourced 21 March 2020.
- NZ Musician, a print and online music magazine that deals with music in and from New Zealand.