Fortuna POP! was an English

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based in

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, started in 1995 by Sean Price. It specialised in

indie pop Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and su ...

music. Fortuna POP! previously promoted gigs under the banner of The Beat Hotel and then Basement Scam at the

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and then promoted events under their own name. The label has been called an "indie institution". On 31 July 2016, initially via a full page statement in the programme of that summer's

Indietracks Indietracks was an annual indie pop music festival at the Midland Railway in Butterley, Derbyshire, UK. The main site was located at Swanwick Junction. Bands played in variety of locations, including a restored church, in a train shed, and ...

festival, the label announced that it was to be shut down. The label was home to both previously established underground acts, such as

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, the Wave Pictures and Comet Gain, and breakthrough bands such as the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Evans the Death and the Spook School.

Artists on Fortuna POP!

*Airport Girl * The Aislers Set *

Allo Darlin' Allo Darlin' are an indie pop band based in London. Their self-titled debut album was released on the Fortuna Pop! label in 2010, with a second album, ''Europe'', appearing in 2012. A third album, '' We Come from the Same Place'', was released ...

* Bearsuit *

The Butterflies of Love The Butterflies of Love are an indie pop band from New Haven, Connecticut, United States. The band was founded as "Silver Bug" (and then renamed "Bug") in the late 1990s by singer-songwriters Jeff Greene and Dan Greene (no relation, though they ...

*Cannonball Jane *The Chemistry Experiment *

Chorusgirl Chorusgirl is the musical project of Silvi Wersing formed in 2014. She spent her formative years as a musician playing bass and guitar in a string of bands, first in Germany, then in England. Wersing began recording demos on her own, and then wit ...

* Comet Gain * Crystal Stilts * Discordia * Evans The Death *

Fanfarlo Fanfarlo are a London-based indie/ alternative band formed in 2006 by Swedish musician Simon Balthazar. They fuse elements of folk, indie rock and post-punk using eclectic instrumentation including trumpet, violin, mandolin, musical saw, ...

* Finlay *The Grave Architects *

* Joanna Gruesome * Let's Wrestle *Simon Love * The Loves * The Lucksmiths * Mammoth Penguins * Martha *Milky Wimpshake * The Pains of Being Pure at Heart * The Pipettes * The Primitives * The Spook School *

September Girls September Girls were a five-piece noise pop band from Dublin, Ireland. The band formed in September 2011 and performed their first gig in Dublin in November 2011. Having released singles under various labels between 2012 and 2013, the band sig ...

Shrag Shrag were a British post-punk-influenced indie pop band, based in London and Brighton. The band released three albums on the Where It's at Is Where You Are label, the last a joint release on Fortuna Pop! Formation and early years Shrag's first ...

* Sodastream *

Steven James Adams Steven James Adams is an English musician who co-founded Broken Family Band and Singing Adams. In 2014 he released his first solo album, ''House Music (album), House Music'', with contributions from Dan Mangan, Justin Hayward-Young, Justin You ...

Tender Trap Tender Trap are an English indiepop/ twee pop band based in London, England, formed in 2001 by three of the five members of Marine Research - Amelia Fletcher, Rob Pursey, and John Downfall. Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey were previously in ...

*Tigercats *

Tullycraft Tullycraft is an American indie pop band from Seattle, Washington, that formed in 1995. They have been associated with the genre of twee pop; in fact, they are considered to be one of the true pioneers of the American twee pop movement. They are ...

Withered Hand Dan Willson (born 23 July 1974), also known by his stage name Withered Hand, is an Edinburgh-based indie rock musician. He lived in Bishops Stortford during the 1990s and played guitar for local band Tin Foil Circus. His first studio album, ' ...

* Would-Be-Goods

References

External links

Fortuna POP! websitePenny Black interviewGod Is In The TV interviewLine of Best Fit interviewArtrocker interview

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