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Fontaines D.C.<\/a>\u00a0drummer Tom Coll has launched a new independent label and record store dedicated exclusively to Irish music.<\/p>\n Inis Records has been founded by Coll alongside Michael Roe, drummer of Irish math-rock band Adebisi Shank and co-founder of the influential Richter Collective label, and Ken Allen of Faction Records.<\/p>\n The company will release new music from emerging and established Irish artists, as well as landmark reissues and overlooked records that are currently out of print.<\/p>\n Its accompanying online store will exclusively stock Irish music from across different eras and genres, while Inis will also provide distribution and behind-the-scenes services for selected independent labels.\u00a0Check out\u00a0their\u00a0website\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cInis Records is about providing an independent label infrastructure in Ireland, giving Irish music a platform to grow and create unique physical music for Irish artists,\u201d Coll has said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to create truly special vinyl runs, reissue some older gems and support the next wave of Irish music. Ireland needs a stronger independent music infrastructure and our goal with Inis is to achieve that.\u201d<\/p>\n Inis will launch\u00a0with\u00a0a new edition of \u2018Against Nature\u2019,\u00a0the currently out-of-print 1989 debut album by cult Cork art-rock band The Fatima Mansions.<\/p>\n Further releases planned for later this year include a traditional Irish music compilation assembled by Coll and a collection of showband recordings curated by\u00a0The Mary Wallopers<\/a>\u2019 Charles Hendy.<\/p>\n The label has also invited independent and rising artists without their own distribution arrangements to\u00a0submit\u00a0physical releases for consideration by its store.<\/p>\n \u201cIreland has such a rich history of amazing artists and labels,\u201d Roe said. \u201cOver the last 30 years though, we have relied heavily on infrastructure from outside the country.<\/p>\n \u201cWe hope Inis Records can help build a stronger independent music infrastructure here, giving a generation of new artists and labels the support they need to grow their businesses in Ireland, while reaching audiences internationally.\u201d<\/p>\n Roe was a member of Adebisi Shank until the instrumental trio split in 2014. He also co-founded Richter Collective, the independent label that released music by acts including\u00a0And So I Watch You\u00a0From\u00a0Afar<\/a>, The Redneck Manifesto and Enemies before closing in 2012.<\/p>\n Allen\u2019s Faction Records roster\u00a0has included\u00a0James Vincent McMorrow<\/a>, Sorcha Richardson and Niamh Regan.<\/p>\n The Inis store is already stocking records by Fontaines D.C.,\u00a0Gilla Band<\/a>,\u00a0Just Mustard<\/a>, Gurriers<\/a>, Enya<\/a>, John Francis Flynn\u00a0and\u00a0Bicep<\/a>, among many others.<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n
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