Blow Up Records (or Blow Up) is a British

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, that was established in London in May 1994, by Blow Up club founder and DJ Paul Tunkin. There is also an affiliated

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company Blow Up Songs. Music genres of releases from the label include new wave,

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/ rock and

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Notable releases include one of the first commercially available series of

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compilations 'Blow Up presents Exclusive Blend' (libraries featured include KPM, De Wolfe, Amphonic and Telemusic), 'Blow Up A-Go-Go: Dancefloor Classics' ( Blow Up club compilation in conjunction with V2) and several series of limited seven inches featuring bands from across Europe and the UK. Blow Up also released the debut Add N to X album 'Vero Electronics' (1996). Current acts on the label roster include

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, David Woodcock,

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, Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck and

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. Recent releases include 'Towers' (2012), the second album from

which led to the artist winning the annual

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'GIT Award' and a performance at

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's Robert Heller described as "the psychedelic mid-point between

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and

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Artists

List of artists that have released material under Blow Up Records: * Add N to X * Alfa 9 * Aspic Boulevard *

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* CDOASS *

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* David Woodcock * Eight Legs * Fay Hallam * Guy Pedersen *

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* Lucky 15 * Mockingbird, Wish Me Luck * Neon Plastix * Noonday Underground *

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* The Elevators * The Frank Popp Ensemble *

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* The Weekenders * VA6

Discography

List of Blow Up Records releases (incomplete):

Albums

* BU004/BLOWUP004 - "Vero Electronics", Add N to X (January 1996) * BU006/BLOWUP006 - "Blow Up Presents Exclusive Blend Volume 1", Various Artists (August 1996) * BU011 - "Blow Up Presents Exclusive Blend Volume 2", Various Artists (December 1997) * GOGO - "Blow Up A-Go-Go! Dancefloor Classics from the Legendary Blow Up Club", Various Artists (December 1997) * BU019 - "Blow Up Presents Exclusive Blend Volume 3", Various Artists (October 2000) * BU024 - "Blow Up Presents Exclusive Blend Volume 4", Various Artists (October 2001) * BU040 - "Outer Bongolia",

(February 2008) * BU041 - "Baltic Fleet",

(March 2008) * BU050 - "Full English Beat Breakfast",

(September 2009) * BU054 - "Awesome Moves", Neon Plastix (May 2010) * BU057 - "Railway Architecture",

(August 2010) * BU060 - "Bongos For Beatniks",

(May 2011) * BU066 - "Gone To Ground", Alfa 9 (March 2013) * BU067 - "Lost In Sound", Fay Hallam & The Bongolian (June 2012) * BU068 - "Towers",

(August 2012) * BU078 - "MHz Invasion",

(August 2013) * BU089 - "David Woodcock", David Woodcock (August 2014) * BU090 - "Last Man On Earth",

(September 2014) * BU099 - "Yéyé Existentialiste",

(June 2015) * BU101 - "Corona", Fay Hallam (October 2015) * BU102 - "Moog Maximus",

(July 2016) * BU107 - "The Dear One",

(October 2016)

Singles

* BLOWUP001 - "All Grown Up", The Weekenders (May 1994) "* BLOWUP002 - "Man Of Leisure", The Weekenders (March 1995) "* BLOWUP003 - "Inelegantly Wasted In Papa's Penthouse Pad In Belgravia", The Weekenders (June 1995) ", CD* BLOWUP007 - "He Plays Like A Disease", VA6 (August 1996) "* BU008 - "Snowflakes In Hawaii"/"Mon Coeur Balance", Lucky 15/

(April 1997) "* BU013 - "Boogie Woogie/Rock'n'Roll",

(April 1998) "* BU017 - "Sea Groove",

(April 2001) "* BU021 - "The Light Brigade"/"Hello", Noonday Underground (February 2001) "* BU029 - " Peace And Quiet",

(March 2005) "* BU085 - "Beggars Can't Be Choosers"/"Tease", David Woodcock (November 2013) "

EPs

* BU080 - "The Wilds",

(May 2013) * BU095 - "The Adventures of You and Me EP", David Woodcock (February 2015)

References

External links

Blowup.co.uk

Blowuprecords.com

Blow Up Records on YouTube

Blow Up Records on Myspace

Label discography at Discogs.com

Label discography at MusicBrainz
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