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| Angular Recording Corporation | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | Joe Daniel, Joe Margetts |
| Defunct | 2012 |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Location | London |
| Official website | Angular Store |
Angular Recording Corporation was an independent record label founded in New Cross, South East London. It was established in June 2003 by two ex-Goldsmiths College students, Joe Daniel and Joe Margetts, who reclaimed a local Ordnance Survey Triangulation Station and made it their first artefact: ARC 001.[1]
The label's founders were influenced by a love of angular pop music and the Manchester label Factory Records. Gaining funding through medical testing, Angular Recording Corporation was able to finance its debut release in November 2003, the NME-championed The New Cross : An Angular Sampler, making it the lead review in the magazine.[2]
In the 2011 England riots, the label lost all its stock and entire back catalogue in the PIAS warehouse fire.[3]
An Angular Store website remains active.
- ^ "Angular Recording Corporation's Spotify Playlist". The Quietus. 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ "Angular Shacks Up With Radar". NME. 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ^ "Independent record labels fear ruinous stock loss in London riots fire". The Guardian. 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2013.