THE KNOW HOW - The XL Records Story

Leading music professionals and artists share their experiences and discuss the state of the industry in 2010.

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An exclusive ‘In conversation with Richard Russell’ – Chairman, XL Recordings.

Tony Wadsworth, Chair of BPI, and former CEO at EMI will be asking the questions and offering his own views.

If you care about the future of music business in the UK, you won’t want to miss this exclusive conversation with two of the industry’s most important figures.

In 1989, Richard Russell helped co-found XL Recordings as an offshoot of the Beggars Banquet-owned Citybeat label and quickly established XL as a highly respected and successful label in its own right.

Over the years as the label broadened its roster beyond the confines of dance, an ear for groundbreaking astists has led Russell to play a major role in the careers of numerous acts, not least the extraordinary rise of The Prodigy and the success of The White Stripes.

Russell has now grown XL Recordings into one of the UK’s leading independent record companies, home to an impressive array of acts including Radiohead, Vampire Weekend, Adele and M.I.A.

Richard Russell – Chairman, XL Recordings

In 1989, Richard Russell helped co-found XL Recordings as an offshoot of the Beggars Banquet-owned Citybeat label and quickly established XL as a highly-respected and successful label in its own right. Over the years as the label broadened its roster beyond the confines of dance, an ear for groundbreaking artists has led Russell to play a major role in the careers of numerous acts, not least the extraordinary rise of The Prodigy and the success of The White Stripes. Russell has now grown XL Recordings into one of the UK’s leading independent record companies, home to an impressive array of acts including Radiohead, Vampire Weekend, Adele and M.I.A.

Tony Wadsworth – Chairman, BPI

In 1982 Tony Wadsworth arrived at EMI in the role of Production Manager and he remained with the company until January 2008, and in that time was fortunate enough to get involved in most aspects of the business, and with some of the greatest recording artists in the world. Tony joined the Parlophone label in 1987 and became its Managing Director in 1992, a position which afforded him to become much more involved in the signing and A&R process, and enjoyed a close working relationship with artists. From 1998, Tony took over the running of all of EMI's labels in the UK, and during his term added Coldplay and Robbie Williams to the roster, as well as launching Gorillaz, before leaving the company in January 2008. Since 1992 Tony has been involved in industry affairs as a member of the BPI, and is the now the Chairman of the organisation.

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