Ignition Records
# Ignition Records

Ignition Records is a British, London based independent record company, owned by Marcus Russell and Alec McKinlay of Ignition Management. The company has been releasing music on a regular basis since the late 1990s, although its inaugural release came in September 1984 with Latin Quarter's single, "Radio Africa". The label is distributed by The Orchard.

Throughout the last two decades it has signed and released music of both emerging and established artists.

The company also provides comprehensive label services to various established artists to release on their own label imprints e.g. Stereophonics, Primal Scream.

Ignition Records is also the primary label services and marketing operation for Big Brother Recordings and Sour Mash Records, which are also based at Ignition Records headquarters in Marylebone, London, England.

## Artists released by Ignition Records

| Baby Strange Black Rivers Chapel Club Courteeners Darlia DSARDY El Nino Folks Hello Operator Humanist Indigo Lo Joe Strummer Justin Currie The Furze Latin Quarter | Milky Chance Minuteman Neon Waltz Peace Pretty Vicious Primal Scream Psychedelia Smith Pusherman Rosborough Stereophonics Sun Industries The Coral The Pale White Twisted Wheel Wilderado Young Rebel Set |
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## Compilation albums

Fire & Skill: The Songs of the Jam

## Affiliated labels

* Big Brother Recordings
* Sour Mash Records

## Sister companies

* Ignition Music: Independent music publisher
* Ignition Management
