The label's official slogan is " Friendly Punks " though many other styles of music appear on the label, such as indie rock, rockabilly, ska, folk music, pop punk, and hardcore.

Although it debuted at No. 4, and in spite of a live performance at the American Music Awards, the album was a commercial failure, due in part to the band's label's lack of support.

A book entitled Ninja Tune: 20 Years of Beats and Pieces was released on 12 August 2010, and an exhibition was held at Black Dog Publishing's Black Dog Space in London showcasing artwork, design and photography from the label's 20 year history.

The label's first release was ( Super Numeri member ) Pop Levi's single " Blue Honey " in September 2006, and was followed by Pop Levi's debut album The Return To Form Black Magick Party in February 2007.

( This was in fact the label's standard practice until the mid-1980s.

Though the group itself was never signed to the label, they were managed by Russell Simmons, produced by Rick Rubin ( who was co-founder of Def Jam, along with Simmons ), and often shared concert tour spotlight with acts on the label's roster.

After leaving Davis, Carter was for several years a mainstay of CTI Records, making albums under his own name and also appearing on many of the label's records with a diverse range of other musicians.

" It was time for a major label to take over ", according to the label's co-owner Stark.

The event caused some controversy, as the record label's embargo date was broken, although Williams himself later backed the presenter for doing so.

" KRS-101 ( the label's first release ) was in fact a split 7 " spoken-word record with Kathleen Hanna and Slim Moon ; other " Wordcore " releases followed.

Parry was concerned at the state of his label's top band, and became convinced that the solution was for The Cure to reinvent its musical style.

" The New York based Even Dozen Jug Band was the Elektra label's answer to the Kweskin band and featured ( among others ) Maria D ' Amato, Joshua Rifkin, David Grisman, Stefan Grossman, John Sebastian, and Steve Katz.

While officially the band still exists, and its well-known name was used in 2001 to promote a ' duel ' album pitting the two label's artists against each other, Kool Shen was quoted in 2004 saying " on a fini avec NTM en 98 " (" We were done with NTM in 1998 ").

The label's first releases were traditional " hot " jazz and boogie woogie, and the label's first hit was a performance of " Summertime " by soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet, which Bechet had been unable to record for the established companies.

" Organist Jimmy Smith was signed in 1956, and performed on the label's first 12 " LP album of new recordings.

The club made Sub Pop a powerful force in the Seattle scene, and effectively made the label's name synonymous with the music of the Seattle area — much in the same way Motown Records was to Detroit — and helped to secure the label's cash flow.

Having released a cover of Them's " I Can Only Give You Everything " backed with original composition " One of the Guys " on the tiny AMG label over a year earlier, in early 1968 their second single was released by Trans-Love Energies on A-Square records ( though without the knowledge of that label's owner Jeep Holland ).

Guitarist Thurston Moore said, " SST's accounting was a bit suspect to us ", and the group's other guitarist Lee Ranaldo criticized the label's " stoner administrative quality ".

Gaye was one of many who shaped the sound and success of Motown Records in the 1960s, becoming that label's top-selling solo artist of that decade with a string of hits including " How Sweet It Is ( To Be Loved By You )", " Ain't That Peculiar ", " I Heard It Through the Grapevine " and his duet singles with singers such as Mary Wells and Tammi Terrell.

Saxophonist Jackie McLean, a stalwart of the label's hard bop output since the late 1950s, also crossed over into the avant-garde in the early 1960s, whose notable avant-garde albums included One Step Beyond and Destination Out.

The album was the Sub Pop label's most successful release since Nirvana's debut album Bleach.

Since then, a lull of inactivity that would last three years would come about, and since then Ancient have parted ways with Metal Blade Records due to the completion of their recording contract and the label's " supposed " loss of interest in the black metal genre.

This includes the selling of music albums released under Key's record label Key Sounds Label which has been releasing albums since Comiket 60 in August 2001 with the release of the label's first two albums, Humanity ... and " Natsukage / Nostalgia ".

The label's fortunes had finally turned around by 1962 thanks to the Everly Brothers, Newhart, Peter, Paul & Mary and Allan Sherman, and Warner Bros. Records ended the financial year 1961-62 in the black for the first time since its foundation.

Philips Records has been part of Universal Music since 1998, the name continuing to be licensed from the label's former parent company.

Absolutely Kosher has been listed on the RIAA website since 2005 as a distributed label of a reporting member ( Fontana, the label's distributor ).

Following poor sales of his third album, White Eyes (# 147 ), in 2003, along with the departure of many of No Limit's marquee artists and the label's overall decline, Magic severed his relationship with No Limit and has since spoken out bitterly against Master P and his business practices.

The chronological boundary points of the era are generally vague, largely since the label's origin in contemporary 18th century criticism has made it a shorthand designation for a somewhat nebulous age of satire.

Because of the diversity of the label's output since its early days in the ' 80s, its founders chose to create several sub-labels.

The label is celebrating selling over 400, 000 copies total as a recording label, 170, 000 of them since the label's new start in 2005.

Marilyn Manson ( band ) | Marilyn Manson in 1994, performing during the label's " A Night of Nothing " showcase of Nothing Records acts.

However, he was overwhelmed by Epitaph's new popularity ( including the unexpected success of the label's then-current acts The Offspring and Rancid ) and decided to quit Bad Religion once again in 1994.

The label's first release was a 7-inch extended play ( EP ) by Dilloway's band Galen, in 1994.

Releases by artists such as Deep Blue ( Sean O ' Keeffe ), Foul Play, Omni Trio, and Hyper-On Experience bolstered the label's reputation, and by 1994, Moving Shadow was at the forefront of the UK jungle / drum and bass scene.

Such releases as DJ Hype's Weird Energy and Shot In The Dark and Boogie Times Tribe's The Dark Stranger ( all 1993 ) maintained the label's high standing within the scene which continued as jungle / drum and bass broke through into the mainstream in 1994.

The band signed to Sub Pop Records in 1994, along with fellow Canadians Eric's Trip, Jale and The Hardship Post, as part of the label's shift away from pure grunge rock.

With the label's co-founder Jake Riviera he generated a body of creative work that helped to secure Stiff's reputation as an exciting new independent label.

The label's strong relationship with Belle & Sebastian enabled them in 1999 to sign Stuart David's side-project Looper, and Isobel Campbell's solo project The Gentle Waves, releasing albums for each that same year, along with a string of EPs and singles for their entire roster.

The record label's logo, based on a drawing called Evening: Fall of Day ( 1869 ) by William Rimmer, features a picture of Apollo.

In addition to using Swan Song as a vehicle to promote their own albums, the band expanded the label's roster, signing artists such as Bad Company, The Pretty Things and Maggie Bell.

Their minimalist album sleeves and " non-image " ( the band rarely gave interviews and were known for performing short concert sets with no encores ) reflected the label's aesthetic of doing whatever the relevant parties wanted to do, including an aversion to including singles as album tracks.

Ironically, the Platters became the label's more successful act, the Penguins never scoring a second hit single.

The album received a muted response, in part because many tracks had been given a commercial sheen, having been remixed by outside producers at the label's insistence.

's were the label's backing band for most of the classic hits that came out of Stax, by Sam and Dave, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and many more.

Although the label's music has never reflected just a single genre or underground music movement, it is arguably most notable for releasing the work of various riot grrrl bands during the mid -' 90s, some of which, especially the aforementioned Bikini Kill, generated a good deal of press attention.

The label's preferred lead single choice " 7 " would be the album's lone top ten hit, reaching # 7.

The Hi Records house band ( Hi Rhythm Section ) and producer Willie Mitchell developed a surging soul style heard in the label's 1970s hit recordings.

The label's marketing, distribution and administrative functions, which had operated independently, would be folded into the parent studio in Burbank.

Notable later releases included Free Kitten and Bis while the commercial success of Cornershop from 1997 rewarded the label's long-term support.