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XL: a label for S, M and L artists.
XL Recordings has evolved a long way from its roots as a dance label in the early Nineties. Ahead of releasing a brace of major releases, Music Week catches up with CEO Richard Russell
by Stuart Clarke
As XL prepares for arguably its biggest release in two years, CEO Richard Russell is already looking towards his lesser-known charges.
Aside from Thom Yorke's solo album The Eraser, the June 18 arrival of The White Stripes' sixth album Icky Thump will be the label's biggest album since, well, the last White Stripes album, Get Behind Me Satan, in 2005.
But while that release is XL's biggest this year - and hotly anticipated by fans and the retail sector alike - Russell is also focused on helping some of his most acclaimed acts achieve the success to back up their potential.
Dizzee Rascal, MIA and Devendra Banhart are, among others, poised to deliver albums which Russell believes can help take their respective careers to the next level.
"We haven't got a huge schedule this year [in terms of the number of releases], but they all feel high-profile and exciting," he says. "Dizzee, MIA and Devendra, in quite different ways, have been through an old-fashioned artist development process, whereby we've really taken our time about it and they've released records and grown."
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- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) Thrills, Adrian January 11, 2002 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) De Lisle, Tim March 30, 2003 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) July 12, 2003 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) Jelbert, Steve April 11, 2003 700+ words
...Byline: STEVE JELBERT THE White Stripes, who play two sold-out...public mind. Perhaps the White Stripes have turned up at just the...these mediated times, the White Stripes are wholly self-invented...signing to a major label, XL, a crucial difference from...
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- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) November 2, 2001 700+ words
...originality. When The White Stripes hit Britain earlier this...justified? Absolutely. The White Stripes may have a great musical...signed to independent XL. "It's only the two...worth cheering in The White Stripes. CAPTION(S): THE...
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- Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England) July 12, 2003 700+ words
...fans as top US band the White Stripes were forced to pull out...headline act REM. The White Stripes will be replaced on the...the Stripes' UK label XL said: "White suffered...As a result, The White Stripes will unfortunately be...
- White Stripes promo. (promotion).(Pick Of The Month)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Creative Review November 1, 2003 700+ words
FROM XL RECORDINGS Last month, we gave a bit of a kicking to the White Stripes' I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself promo--perhaps it was just the shock of seeing a video which fell below their usual...