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Growing UK independent Brille Records has signed Swedish electro-pop act The Knife to a long-term global deal. The duo, who previously won a Swedish Grammy and are currently enjoying UK chart success with Jose Gonzalez' cover of their song Heartbeats, will have a new album out in April to spearhead a slew of strong releases for the label this year.
Brille Records was established by XL's former head of A&R Leo Silverman in 2004 and became a joint venture with EMI in June. In addition to The Knife, over the past seven months the label has also signed London group Good Shoes, Swedish popsters Envelopes and, more recently, Whirlwind Heat, who were formerly signed to Jack White's Third Man label. There will be releases this year from all four acts.
Silverman has structured the label so that it operates as an independent, distributed by Vital, with the backing of a major.
"The independent distribution gives us the ability to have a broad spectrum of artists," he says. "Obviously, we want to sell a lot of records and, EMI being ...