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| Mother Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Island Records |
| Founded | 19 October 1983 (1983-10-19) |
| Founder | U2 |
| Status | Defunct |
| Genre | Alternative rock,electronic,jazz,pop,psychedelic rock,reggae,rock,soul |
| Country of origin | Republic of Ireland |
| Location | 92 Merrion Road, Ballsbridge,Dublin |
Mother Records was arecord label founded by the bandU2 in 1983 and distributed by parentIsland Records. As a supportive promotional platform, the label released several one-off single releases forThe Hothouse Flowers,In Tua Nua andCactus World News among others.
The label was registered on 19 October 1983,[1] and subsequently launched on 1 August 1984 by U2. Initially, the label released only 'one-off' singles promoting Irish artists. The debut single wasIn Tua Nua's "Coming Thru", and Bono's first producer credit forCactus World News's "The Bridge".[2]
In 1990, the label was relaunched as an independent record company. The debut artists for the revamped label wereThe Golden Horde, Bumble[1], andEngine Alley. The Golden Horde charted with the singles "Friends in Time" and "100 Boys", and their album release, produced by Daniel Rey & Andy Shernoff (eponymously 'The Golden Horde'), was voted joint #1 record with U2'sAchtung Baby in the prestigious Hot Press Music Awards of 1991. Bumble's genre-bending 'West in Motion' received a re-release in 2022.[3] Engine Alley's debut albumA Sonic Holiday, produced bySteve Lillywhite, was released in 1992.
Other artists to join the label's roster wereLongpigs,Alicia Bridges,Björk,Tanita Tikaram,Lena Fiagbe,Audioweb, andAdam Clayton's andLarry Mullen's "Theme From Mission: Impossible".
In 1997, the U2PopMart Mix ofM's "Pop Muzik" was released for Mother Records and was under license to Island Records on U2 releases.
The label ceased operations in 2000. Yet according to the Irish Companies Registration Office (CRO), it was dissolved only on 14 October 2011 and was registered at their former accountant's former office.[1]
