TVD Radar: Independent Label Market returns to Coal Drops Yard, 5/11

VIA PRESS RELEASE | Independent Label Market (ILM) is delighted to announce its flagship London event at Coal Drops Yard, King’s Cross, will return Saturday, May 11th.

The event showcases the vibrant and enduring community of independent UK labels, including firm favourites such as 4AD, Because, Big Dada, Brainfeeder, Chess Club, Chrysalis, Dead Oceans, Dirty Hit, Fire, Jagjaguwar, Late Night Tales, Matador, Marathon, Ninja Tune, Secretly Canadian, Third Man and many others. It will feature a curated selection of vinyl rarities, test pressings, extended back catalogues, signed merchandise, and advance copies.

Also making an appearance at ILM this Spring is The Craft Makers Corner, bringing together talented artists and craft makers including Babak Ganjei, Donna Harle, This Is Fun Isn’t It, Hand Jazz, Kam Creates, Nicole O’Hara, Sri Mckinnon and East London Printmakers

Of course, Independent Label Market wouldn’t be complete without its favourite drinking partner at the helm, London Brewers’ Market representing the thriving Artisan Beer Scene with a lineup of London’s finest brewers including Five Points, Forest Road, Two Tribes and Gan Yam.

Adding further colour to the Spring Market is the ILM Live Stage, as well as artist and label DJ sets throughout the day on a heavyweight soundsystem courtesy of Audio Gold—London’s premier second hand Hi fi retailer specialising in unique equipment from wind-up gramophones to Wi-fi radios.

ILM will also hit the airwaves with a line up of live DJ sets broadcast directly from the heart of Kings Cross community radio station, Voices Radio. Fuelled by London’s dynamic creative scene, Voices Radio champions inclusivity and diversity, streaming grassroot talent alongside established artists live every week Tuesday-Sunday from their studio on Lower Stable Street.

Stay tuned for the full programme details, which will be available in the coming weeks, along with further news about the ILM Afterparty. For up-to-the-minute lineup announcements, set times, and the latest exclusives leading up to the market, be sure to follow #ILMLONDON on Instagram and Twitter

And there we have it, ILM Spring Market ’24—a brilliant occasion to celebrate independent music, arts and craftsmanship at Coal Drops Yard on May 20th!

Labels and partners at ILM: London Spring ‘24 Market
Labels
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4AD
AD 93
Albert’s Favourites
Basin Rock
BBE
Because
Be With
Big Dada
Black Beacon Sound
Blitzcat
Brainfeeder
Brownswood
Brighton Label Collection
Bureau B
Carpark
Chalkpit Cassette Club
Cherry Red
Chess Club
Chrysalis
Clay Pipe
Counter
Crisis
Daptone
Dead Oceans
Deep Medi
Disco Pogo
DJ History
Dynamite Cuts
Earth
Erased Tapes
Fabric
Far Out
Fat Cat
Fat Possum
Fent Plates
Fika
Fire
Fire Talk
First Word
Foreign Family Collective
Futureproof
Greensleeves
Goddezz
Houndstooth
Hand In Hive
Heavenly
Jagjaguwar
Japan Blues
Jazzroom
Kudos
Late Night Tales
LEX
London
Majazz Project
Marathon
Matador
Material
Melodic
Memento
Mexican Summer
Mr Bongo
Mukatsuku
Night Times Stories
Ninja Tune
nonclassical
One Little Independent
Partisan
Place No Blame
Revolver
Sad Club
Saddest Factory
Sapien
Secretly Canadian
Scratchy
Skyline
Slowfoot
Sonic Cathedral
Soundway
Speedy Wunderground
Stones Throw
Strut
Tapete
Technicolour
The State51 Conspiracy
This Ain’t Distribution
Third Man
Time Capsule
untitled (recs)
Wah Wah 45s
War Child
White Peach
WIAIWYA
Wilson
Yellow Flower