LTM Recordings (originally les temps modernes) is a British

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founded in 1983, and best known for reissues of artists and music from 1978 to the present day, as well as modern classical and avant-garde composition. The label is based in

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, and is curated by James Nice. Particularly notable are reissues of catalogue originally released by

Factory Records Factory Records was a Manchester-based British independent record label founded in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus. The label featured several important acts on its roster, including Joy Division, New Order (band), New Order, A Certain Ra ...

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, Compact Organisation and Sarah Records. Nice has also reactivated the

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and Crépuscule labels, for reissues and new releases. LTM has also released audiobooks with archive recordings by major figures in 20th Century avant-garde art, including ''Futurism & Dada Reviewed'', ''Voices of Dada'', ''Surrealism Reviewed'', ''Musica Futurista: The Art of Noises'', ''Bauhaus Reviewed'' and ''Cocteau Satie and Les Six''.

History

James Nice started LTM as a cassette label, 'Les Temps Moderne', which became a record label proper in 1984. LTM went into hibernation when he relocated to Brussels to join Crépuscule, where he worked on new releases as well as reissues of Crépuscule and Factory Benelux catalogue, and ran his own sublabel, Interior. After several years at Crépuscule and PIAS he revived LTM, and also worked as a lawyer (including representing some Factory artists against

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in the mid-1990s''Shadowplayers: The Rise and Fall of Factory Records'', James Nice, paperback, p. 493/4, Aurum Press, 2010, ). Nice is also the author of '' Shadowplayers: The Rise and Fall of Factory Records'' (2010), and the earlier documentary ''Shadowplayers'' on the same subject (2006).

Artists on the LTM label

* Antena *

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* A Certain Ratio *

Isabelle Antena Isabelle Antena (born 28 May 1960) is a French singer and songwriter, and founder of the electro- samba group ''Antena''. Biography Isabelle Antena is a bossa nova and samba-inflected nu jazz and electropop artist. She was a founding member o ...

Blurt Blurt is an English post-punk band, founded in 1979 in Stroud, Gloucestershire. Background Blurt was founded in 1979 in Stroud, Gloucestershire by poet, saxophonist and puppeteer Ted Milton along with Milton's brother Jake, formerly of ...

Blue Orchids Blue Orchids are an English post-punk band formed in Manchester in 1979, when Martin Bramah left The Fall (band), the Fall, after playing on the band's debut album ''Live at the Witch Trials''. Christened by Salford-based punk poet John Cooper ...

Biting Tongues Biting Tongues were a post-punk band formed in Manchester, England in 1979, whose members went on to join Simply Red, Yargo, and 808 State. History The band was formed in 1979 by saxophonist Howard Walmsley, initially to record a soundtrack for ...

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* Berntholer * Crawling Chaos *

Cath Carroll Cath Carroll (born 25 August 1960) is a British musician. Career Carroll was born on 25 August 1960 in Chipping Sodbury, England, but raised in Swansea, then Manchester. She played guitar in post-punk band Property of... in 1978, which also inc ...

* Celletti Alessandra * Crispy Ambulance * Anna Domino * Diagram Brothers * Dislocation Dance * Department S * Devine & Statton * French Impressionists * Foreign Press * The Field Mice * Gnac *

Gina X Performance Gina X Performance (commonly abbreviated as GXP) was a German dance-rock/electropop project from Cologne, Germany, consisting of singer and lyricist Gina Kikoine and writer and producer Zeus B. Held, accompanied by various studio and live music ...

* Gilbert & Lewis * Paul Haig * Hermine *

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* Richard Jobson * Josef K * Kalima * Kid Montana * Ludus * Virna Lindt * Lowlife * Minimal man * Minny Pops * Miaow * Marine * The Names * Northside * Northern Picture Library * The Occasional Keepers * The Orchids * The Other Two * The Passage * Peter Principle *

Quando Quango Quando Quango were a British electronic music group, formed by The Haçienda DJ and Factory Records A&R man Mike Pickering, Hillegonda Rietveld and Reinier Rietveld. Their unique sound influenced the underground dance music scenes in New York ...

* Blaine L. Reininger *

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* Eric Random * The Royal Family and the Poor *

Erik Satie Eric Alfred Leslie Satie (born 17 May 18661 July 1925), better known as Erik Satie, was a French composer and pianist. The son of a French father and a British mother, he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, Paris Conservatoire but was an undi ...

Savage Republic Savage Republic (originally named Africa Corps) is an American, Los Angeles–based post-punk band, formed in the early 1980s and known for lengthy songs with an emphasis on percussion and droning guitars. The group reformed in 2002 and remains ...

Severed Heads Severed Heads were an Australian electronic music group founded in 1979 in music, 1979 as Mr and Mrs No Smoking Sign. The original members were Richard Fielding and Andrew Wright, who were soon joined by Tom Ellard. Fielding and Wright had both ...

* Alison Statton & Spike *

Stockholm Monsters Stockholm Monsters were an English post-punk band, formed in Burnage, a suburb of the city of Manchester in 1980. They recorded for Factory Records between 1981 and 1987. History The band formed in Manchester in 1980 with a line-up of Tony Franc ...

* Section 25 * 23 Skidoo * Thick Pigeon * Winston Tong *

Tuxedomoon Tuxedomoon is an experimental, post-punk, new wave band from San Francisco, California, United States. The band formed in the late 1970s at the beginning of the punk rock movement. Pulling influence from punk and electronic music, the group, ori ...

* Trembling Blue Stars * Tunnelvision *

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* The Wake *

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* X-O-Dus

References

External links

LTM label official site

Discography at Discogs
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History

Artists on the LTM label

See also

References

External links