VIA PRESS RELEASE | Summer is coming and that can only mean one thing, Indie labels all over London will be gathering together their finest musical fare for Independent Label Market: London!
The annual Summer Market is in the calendar for Saturday 16th July at Coal Drops Yard, King’s Cross with a super hot line up of labels including [PIAS], 4AD, BBE, Bella Union, Big Dada, Brownswood, Dirty Hit, Erased Tapes, Ghostly, Heavenly, Late Night Tales, Matador, Mexican Summer, Mukatsuku, Mute, Ninja Tune, Nonclassical, Partisan, Rough Trade, Secretly Canadian, Sunday Best & many more. This year ILM will be introducing stalls from artists and makers including Colourbox Studio, Dan Jamieson, East London Printmakers, Hand Jazz and Kam Creates.
As always, ILM will be joined by the excellent London Brewers’ Market showcasing the best of London’s lively, diverse and exciting independent brewing scene including Against the Grain Cider, Brick Brewery, Five Points Brewing Co, Friendship Adventure, Gosnells Mead, London Beer Lab, Old Street Brewery, Standard Brew Co plus more to be announced! Sign up via this link to get a 10% discount on all drinks at the London Brewers’ Market throughout the event.
Partnerships & Initiatives | The summer event will be soundtracked by ILM curated DJ sets from artists, labels and friends throughout the day culminating with a special after party at Spiritland. For the ILM Summer event, the wildly popular Spiritland Soundsystem will be making its return. An imposing presence inspired by the heavyweight UK funk and soul soundsystems of the 1980s, the system is a mix of vintage speakers and modern digital amplification.
Other ILM friends and partners present on the day include much loved bi monthly independent music magazine Loud and Quiet and the environmental pressure group, Music Declares Emergency who will be presenting their Music Industry Climate Packs: accessible guides to greening the music industry—for businesses, artists and fans. Downloadable now from www.musicdeclares.net.
The AIM Climate Action Group (formed by Association of Independent Music’s members) will have a stall at ILM for the first time. Labels and creatives can find out what support is available to run their business and release music in a more eco-friendly way. They can find out how to measure and reduce carbon emissions, how to support artists to speak up on climate issues and how to use their own platforms to raise awareness. AIM and the AIM CAG also initiated the #MusicClimatePact through which the independent music community, major music groups and others have committed to working together to address our biggest environmental impacts.
There will be a fundraiser at this event for the Disasters Emergency Committee with exclusive merch available from Awesome Merch. Market goers can buy totes, stickers, pin badges and prints designed by graphic artist Dan Wilson on a pay what you can basis with all profits going to the charity’s Ukraine Appeal.
LINE UP OF LABELS AND PARTNERS ANNOUNCED FOR ILM SUMMER 2022 MARKET
[PIAS]
4AD
ATA
AD 93
Airbag
Apron
BBE Music
Blitzcat
Because
Bella Union
Big Dada
Brace Yourself
Brownswood
Burning Witches
Cherry Red
Chess Club
Clap Trap
Clay Pipe
Cold Blow
Counter Intuitive
Dead Oceans
Dirty Hit
Do Your Best
Drag City
Dynamite Cuts
Earth
Erased Tapes
Everything Sucks
Far Out
Fat Possum
Fika
Fire
First Word
Gare du Nord
Ghostly
Hand In Hive
Heavenly
Independent Musicians Collective
Jagjaguwar
Kit
Late Night Tales
LTR
London Recordings
Matador
Material Music
Mexican Summer
Mukatsuku
Mute
Music Declares Emergency
Neolithic
Ninja Tune
Numero Group
nonclassical
OTOROKU
Partisan
Precious Recordings of London
Psyché Tropes
Riddim Chango
Rough Trade
SA Recording
Sad Club
Secretly Canadian
Scratchy
Skep Wax
Slowdance
Slowfoot
Sonic Cathedral
Spinout Nuggets
Spiritmuse
State51
Sunday Best
TOT TAYLOR / TheCAMPUS
Time Capsule
Touchin Bass
Tru Thoughts
untitled (recs)
Upset The Rhythm
Wah Wah 45s
Wallen Bink
WIAIWYA
