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| The Echo Label | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | BMG Rights Management |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Founder | Chrysalis Group andPony Canyon |
| Status | Acquired byBMG as part of the Chrysalis publisher |
| Distributor(s) | Universal Music Group[1] |
| Genre | Indie rock |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Location | London, England |
The Echo Label was a Britishrecord label started byChrysalis Group in 1994, and linked withPony Canyon in Japan. The Chrysalis Group were the original owners ofChrysalis Records, which they sold toEMI.
In 2005, The Echo Label recorded a loss of over £2.0 million.[2] The decision was taken to restructure the business at the beginning of the 2006 financial year, into an "incubator" for developing writer-artists with the intention of "upstreaming" them to a major label.[citation needed] The signings which resulted from this includedBat for Lashes,Steven Lindsay,Rosalie Deighton,Jacob Golden andSarabeth Tucek. They would continue to release records for their established artistsFeeder andMorcheeba. However, in a Chrysalis Group report dated 15 August 2008,[3] it was stated that The Echo Label had performed below management's expectations and had not upstreamed any artists in this period, other than Bat For Lashes, who were transferred toParlophone in early 2007.
In May 2013,Sony Music Entertainment purchased the distribution rights to Echo material and was re-issued in July under the label. In March 2017, Sony's distribution rights expired, andBMG Rights Management (which acquired theChrysalis Music publisher in 2010) transferred the distribution toWarner Music Group'sAlternative Distribution Alliance division. Since 2023, BMG (including The Echo Label) is distributed byUniversal Music Group.
The Echo imprint now exclusively sits within BMG, which also administers much of the publishing through the Chrysalis catalogue. Similar to its sister label,Sanctuary Records, Echo continues to exploit a number of artist catalogues, includingFeeder,Bat for Lashes, and several artist catalogues acquired from Warner Music (includingSupergrass,The Subways,Sigue Sigue Sputnik,White Town, Devildriver,Thomas Dolby andMegadeth).
Echo only exist on Companies House as a legal entity to maintain the copyrights on their releases.
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