TUTL Records is a
record label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the prod ...
of the
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway betw ...
that was founded in 1977 by
Kristian Blak. The label is credited with giving many Faroese musicians their first break and "has played a major role in giving musicians a chance to record and publish."
History
''Tutl'' is
Faroese for "whisper, susurration"; overseas, it is probably the best-known representative and distributor of Faroese music. For instance, all entries of Faroese artists in the ''World Music'' guide (published by
The Rough Guide) are released by "the main Faroese record company, Tutl."
Faroese musicians such as
Teitur Lassen,
Eivør Pálsdóttir,
Høgni Lisberg,
Guðrið Hansdóttir,
Knút Háberg Eysturstein and
Týr
(; Old Norse: , ) is a god in Germanic mythology, a valorous and powerful member of the and patron of warriors and mythological heroes. In Norse mythology, which provides most of the surviving narratives about gods among the Germanic peoples, ...
started their career at Tutl, and Blak's own jazz band
Yggdrasil
Yggdrasil (from Old Norse ), in Norse cosmology, is an immense and central sacred tree. Around it exists all else, including the Nine Worlds.
Yggdrasil is attested in the ''Poetic Edda'' compiled in the 13th century from earlier traditional ...
issues all their records at Tutl.
In 2008, Tutl entered into cooperation with Factory 92 (formerly The Rocking Factory, an organization in
Hamburg
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) that aims to represent and promote music from the
Nordic countries
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in mainland Europe. Besides distribution, Factory 92 is also slated to help Tutl-artists organize tours.
See also
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List of record labels
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References
External links
Official site{{Authority control
Faroese record labels
Record labels established in 1977
Jazz record labels
Folk record labels
Indie rock record labels
IFPI members