Dharma Records is a British
independent record label
An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...
. Dharma Records was established in 2002 to run alongside its sister company
Instant Karma. Dharma's first release was the top 5 hit single, "
Mundian To Bach Ke
"Mundian To Bach Ke" (), also titled "Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)" or "Beware", is a bhangra music song produced by British musician Panjabi MC, with vocals and lyrics by Punjabi artist Labh Janjua. The song was recorded by Panjab ...
”, by
bhangra
Bhangra may refer to:
* Bhangra (music), a genre of Punjabi music
* Bhangra (dance), a folk dance of Punjab region
* ''Bhangra'' (film), a 1959 Indian Punjabi-language film
See also
* Bhangara, Nepal
Bhangara, Nepal is a village development c ...
artist
Panjabi MC
Rajinder Singh Rai (born February 14, 1973), better known by his stage name Panjabi MC, is an English recording artist, rapper, record producer and DJ. He is best known for the worldwide Bhangra 2002 hit " Mundian To Bach Ke", which sold 10 m ...
.
Artists
Dharma Records' artists include the Mercury-Prize-nominated
Helicopter Girl as well as electronic acts
I Monster
I Monster are an English electronic music duo, composed of the Sheffield based record producers Dean Honer and Jarrod Gosling. Best known for their songs "Who Is She?" and "Daydream in Blue", both of which appeared on their 2003 album ''Nevero ...
(from Sheffield, best known for hit single ''Daydream in Blue'') and
Eberg (from Iceland) both of whose work has featured in many hit films, TV shows and TV ads, including the opening theme of Shaun of the Dead and the TV ad which launched the iPhone in the US, plus modern classical artists such as Ghostland,
Caroline Dale
Caroline Dale (born 1965) is a widely recorded British cellist who currently plays principal cello for the English Chamber Orchestra and London Metropolitan Orchestra. She has also performed music for numerous films and played with a wide range of ...
,
Donna McKevitt
Donna McKevitt (born 1970) is an English composer based in London. She studied viola with Gustav Clarkson and voice with Linda Hirst and gained a BA Hons in music at Kingston Polytechnic.
She was a member of Miranda Sex Garden between 1991 and 19 ...
and
OperaBabes.
Other artists include
Amy Belle
Amy Belle (born 1981) is a Scottish singer. She is known for her duet with Rod Stewart on "I Don't Want To Talk About It" during his concert at the Albert Hall in October 2004.
The official Rod Stewart video of the performance has received ove ...
and the singer-songwriter,
Alexander Wolfe, from London whose debut album ''Morning Brings A Flood'' garnered significant critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic following its release in 2009. The follow-up album by Wolfe, ''Skeletons'', was released in 2012. In 2011, Dharma released
BBC Young Folk Award winner Megan Henwood's debut album ''Making Waves''. Her second album, ''Head Heart Hand'', was released on Dharma in July 2015. Subsequent signings include Sheffield's one-off dreampop project Blossomer, whose debut self-titled album was released in 2016, South East London collective GentleFolk plus their spin-off ensemble Cunning Folk whose album ''Ritual Land, Uncommon Ground'', was released in March 2017, and more recently Essex-based singer songwriter Kevin Pearce, whose first album for Dharma, ''So On'', was released in December 2017.
The third album by Megan Henwood was released to widespread critical acclaim
in October 2017 ahead of a sold-out UK tour.
References
External links
Dharma Records – Boutique UK music company – Artists include I Monster, Megan Henwood, Alexander Wolfe, Ghostland, Caroline Dale and many more – SYNC
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British independent record labels