Domino Records are an independent record label who were founded in London in 1993 by Laurence Bell and his partner Jacqui Rice. They specialise as an independent record label and have become one of the biggest, with their start slow due to competition from the Britpop movement and it's style of signing bands in the American Rock genre and unusual British music.
However it has moved along swiftly now, with signings like Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys and The Kills. These are now very succesful bands and starting off with this record company has obviously been very influential for their success.
They have now signed around 50 bands over the years and now there is an American wing to the company called Domino Records USA. This is good for an organisation like this because it means they have contacts working in the USA so that bands from Britain may have a chance to do well over there which is important for business opportunities.
There is obviously a drive with this record company to produce quality indie music that can be a success in the UK and now the USA. With the bands above Franz Ferdinand, Arctic Monkeys and the Kills. However there was a massive surge in the Post Punk era with bands such as Orange Juice, Josef K and Young Marble Giants.
There is hope for the genre we have chose because it fits in as indie and looks like it has a bright future for our genre with many bands to be signed in the indie and rock genre.
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