Electric Honey (label)

Electric Honey
Parent companyGlasgow Kelvin College
Founded1992
FounderStow College
Distributor(s)Cargo
GenreAlternative
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LocationGlasgow, Scotland
Official websiteElectric Honey

Electric Honey was founded in 1992 and is Glasgow Kelvin College's in-house record label run by Ken McCluskey (The Bluebells), Douglas MacIntyre (Creeping Bent)[1] and formerly Alan Rankine (The Associates) along with students from the HNC/D Music Business course. The label celebrated its 25th year in 2017 with many events including the release of the debut album "Any Joy" from Scottish six-piece indie rock band; "Pronto Mama."

The label was described by Uncut magazine as being "The most successful student-run label in the world",[2] thanks to the history of artists having releases with the imprint, including Belle & Sebastian, Snow Patrol and Biffy Clyro. The 2012 album 'Self Help' by Young Aviators became the biggest selling CD album in the labels history. [3]

Affiliate labels were also run under Electric Honey for a period of time. Gdansk, which released electronic-based artists and Root 8 which specialised in world music.

  1. ^ "The Creeping Bent Organisation". Creepingbent.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Belle And Sebastian Say Thank You". Uncut. Retrieved 2 March 2013.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "The Scotsman Sessions #355: Declan McKay". The Scotsman.