Independent Companies

There are a huge number of small companies with little or no financial connection to the majors. These companies often concentrate on a small number of acts, within specialised niches in the industry.  These are called ‘Independents’. An example of a highly successful independent is ‘Domino Records’. It is often that record labels begin as independents, but then are bought by a major and then become major-independents.

Domino Recording Company, generally known as Domino, is an independent record label based in London. There is also a wing of the label based in Brooklyn, NY that handles releases in the United States, as well as a German division called Domino Deutschland and a French division called Domino France. They have produced artists such Elliot Smith, Dan Deacon and Eugene Guinness.