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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Real_World_Records > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Real_World_Records.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_World_Records > Source revision: 1355344374 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British record label specializing in world music, founded in 1989 by Peter Gabriel}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox record label | bgcolor = #000000 | name = {{color|white|Real World Records}} | image = REALWORLD-box-logo-small-2.jpg | image_alt = Real World Records Logo | founded = {{start date|1989}} | founder = [Peter Gabriel](/source/Peter_Gabriel) | distributor = {{hlist|[Virgin Music Group](/source/Virgin_Music_Group)|Yerba Buena{{cite magazine |last=Llewellyn |first=Howell |date=4 August 2001 |title=Virgin Spain Augments Yerbabuena Imprint |magazine=Billboard |location=New York |publisher=BPI Communications |volume=113 |issue=31 |page=40 |issn=0006-2510 |oclc=4086332}}|[Narada Productions](/source/Narada_Productions){{cite web |url=https://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/narada.html |title=Success doesn't lure Narada away from Milwaukee |last=Paulsen |first=Eric |date=3 April 2002 |website=[OnMilwaukee](/source/OnMilwaukee) |access-date=16 August 2021}}|[Republic Records](/source/Republic_Records)|[EMI Records](/source/EMI_Records)}} | genre = [World music](/source/World_music), [Progressive rock](/source/Progressive_rock) | country = [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) | location = Box Mill, Mill Lane, [Box, Wiltshire](/source/Box%2C_Wiltshire) SN13 8PL | url = {{URL|realworldrecords.com}} }} '''Real World Records''' is a British [record label](/source/record_label) specializing in [world music](/source/world_music). It was founded in 1989 by English musician [Peter Gabriel](/source/Peter_Gabriel) and original members of [WOMAD](/source/World_of_Music%2C_Arts_and_Dance).{{cite interview |last=Jones |first=Amanda |interviewer=Nenad Georgievski |title=Real World Records: Passion And Authenticity Are Fundamental |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/passion-and-authenticity-are-fundamental-for-real-world-records-amanda-jones-by-nenad-georgievski.php?page=1 |work=[All About Jazz](/source/All_About_Jazz) |publisher=Michael Ricci |location=Philadelphia |date=8 February 2015 |access-date=20 January 2019}} A majority of the works released on Real World Records feature music recorded at [Real World Studios](/source/Real_World_Studios), in [Box, Wiltshire](/source/Box%2C_Wiltshire), England. ==History== The goal of its founding in 1989 was to give talented musicians from around the world access to state-of-the-art recording facilities and audiences beyond their geographic region. The musical relationships formed at WOMAD festivals were also intended to lead to new music recordings. As a result, the music label is known for bringing together musicians who share a common interest in music in general. New recording methods and new meeting places are created.{{cite web |url= https://realworldrecords.com/about/ |title= Real World Records – About |website= realworldrecords.com |access-date=2023-03-24}} In 1999, the label had sold over 3 million records worldwide and released 90 albums.{{cite interview |last=Gabriel |first=Peter |subject-link=Peter Gabriel |interviewer=Melinda Newman |title=The Real World of Peter Gabriel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mggEAAAAMBAJ |magazine=Billboard |publisher=BPI Communications |location=New York |date=14 August 1999 |page=40 |access-date=17 November 2018 |issn=0006-2510}} In 2015, it had reached the mark of over 200 albums. {{main|Real World Studios}} Many of the released recordings continue to be made at [Real World Studios](/source/Real_World_Studios), also founded in 1989, whose facilities support the goals of Real World Records. In 2011, [EMI Music Publishing](/source/EMI_Music_Publishing) renewed the distribution deal for the Real World catalogue outside of the United Kingdom, thereby also covering the United States for the first time.{{cite web |url=https://archive.completemusicupdate.com/article/emi-renews-and-extends-deal-with-peter-gabriel/ |title=EMI renews and extends deal with Peter Gabriel |author=CMU Editorial |date=4 November 2011 |website=[Complete Music Update](/source/Complete_Music_Update) |publisher=UnLimited Media |access-date=16 December 2023}} ==Artists== * [Afro Celt Sound System](/source/Afro_Celt_Sound_System) * [Ashkhabad](/source/Ashkhabad_(band)) * [Ayub Ogada](/source/Ayub_Ogada) * [Bernard Kabanda](/source/Bernard_Kabanda) * [Blind Boys of Alabama](/source/Blind_Boys_of_Alabama) * [Charlie Winston](/source/Charlie_Winston) * [Creole Choir of Cuba](/source/Creole_Choir_of_Cuba) * [Dengue Fever](/source/Dengue_Fever_(band)) * [Fabiano do Nascimento](/source/Fabiano_do_Nascimento) * [Farafina](/source/Farafina) * Fatala * [Geoffrey Oryema](/source/Geoffrey_Oryema) * [Guo Brothers](/source/Guo_Brothers) * [Hoba Hoba Spirit](/source/Hoba_Hoba_Spirit) * [Jasdeep Singh Degun](/source/Jasdeep_Singh_Degun){{Cite web |date=10 December 2021 |title=Sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun signs to Real World Records and shares debut track, Veer |url=https://realworldrecords.com/news/sitarist-jasdeep-singh-degun-signs-to-real-world-records-and-shares-debut-track-veer/ |access-date=12 February 2024 |website=Real World Records}} * [Johnny Kalsi](/source/Johnny_Kalsi) * [Joi](/source/Joi_(band)) * [Joseph Arthur](/source/Joseph_Arthur){{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/blogs/smokingsection/2009/01/joseph-arthur-enters-the-ss.php |title=Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts Enter the S.S. |last=Scaggs |first=Austin |date=27 January 2009 |magazine=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone) |location=New York |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130072906/https://www.rollingstone.com/blogs/smokingsection/2009/01/joseph-arthur-enters-the-ss.php |archive-date=30 January 2009 |access-date=20 January 2019 |issn=0035-791X |url-status=dead |oclc=693532152}} * [Les Amazones d'Afrique](/source/Les_Amazones_d'Afrique) * [Little Axe](/source/Little_Axe) * Mamer * [Maryam Mursal](/source/Maryam_Mursal) * [Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan](/source/Nusrat_Fateh_Ali_Khan) * [Ozomatli](/source/Ozomatli) * [Paban Das Baul](/source/Paban_Das_Baul) * [Pan-African Orchestra](/source/Pan-African_Orchestra) * [Papa Wemba](/source/Papa_Wemba) * [Peter Gabriel](/source/Peter_Gabriel) * [Portico Quartet](/source/Portico_Quartet) * [Rupert Hine](/source/Rupert_Hine) * [Samuel Yirga](/source/Samuel_Yirga) * [Sheila Chandra](/source/Sheila_Chandra) * [Sevara Nazarkhan](/source/Sevara_Nazarkhan) * [Spiro](/source/Spiro_(band)) * [The Imagined Village](/source/The_Imagined_Village) * [U. Srinivas](/source/U._Srinivas) * [Värttinä](/source/V%C3%A4rttin%C3%A4) * [Yungchen Lhamo](/source/Yungchen_Lhamo) * [The Zawose Queens](/source/The_Zawose_Queens) ==Partial discography== *''ABoneCroneDrone'', Sheila Chandra, 1996 *''[Among Brothers](/source/Among_Brothers)'', [Abderrahmane Abdelli](/source/Abderrahmane_Abdelli), 2003 * ''[And I'll Scratch Yours](/source/And_I'll_Scratch_Yours)'', various artists, 2013 *''[Atom Bomb](/source/Atom_Bomb_(album))'', [The Blind Boys of Alabama](/source/The_Blind_Boys_of_Alabama), 2005 *''[Beat the Border](/source/Beat_the_Border)'', [Geoffrey Oryema](/source/Geoffrey_Oryema), 1993 *''[Big Blue Ball](/source/Big_Blue_Ball)'', various artists, 2008 (recorded 1991, 1992, 1995) *''[Big City Secrets](/source/Big_City_Secrets)'', [Joseph Arthur](/source/Joseph_Arthur), 1997 *''Black Rock'', [Djivan Gasparyan](/source/Djivan_Gasparyan) & [Michael Brook](/source/Michael_Brook), 1998 *''Coming Home'', Yungchen Lhamo, 1998 *''Djabote'', [Doudou Ndiaye Rose](/source/Doudou_Ndiaye_Rose), 1992 *''[Emotion](/source/Emotion_(Papa_Wemba_album))'', [Papa Wemba](/source/Papa_Wemba), 1995 *''En Mana Kuoyo'', [Ayub Ogada](/source/Ayub_Ogada), 1993 *''Espace'', Tama, 2002 *''Go Tell It on the Mountain'', Blind Boys of Alabama, 2003 *''Higher Ground'', The Blind Boys of Alabama, with [Robert Randolph and the Family Band](/source/Robert_Randolph_and_the_Family_Band), and special guest [Ben Harper](/source/Ben_Harper), 2002 *''In Your Hands'', Charlie Winston, 2009 *''Le Voyageur'', Papa Wemba *''My Songs and a Poem'', [Estrella Morente](/source/Estrella_Morente), 2001 *''[Mustt Mustt](/source/Mustt_Mustt)'', Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook, 1990 *''[New Blood](/source/New_Blood_(Peter_Gabriel_album))'', [Peter Gabriel](/source/Peter_Gabriel), 2011 *''[Night Song](/source/Night_Song_(Nusrat_Fateh_Ali_Khan_album))'', Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook, 1995 *''Night to Night'', Geoffrey Oryema, 1996 * ''[Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ](/source/Passion_(Peter_Gabriel_album))'', Peter Gabriel, 1989 *''[Pod](/source/Pod_(Afro_Celt_Sound_System_album))'', Afro Celt Sound System, 2004 *''Plus from US'', various artists, 1993 *''Quick Look'', [Pina](/source/Pina_Kollars), 2002 *''Rama Sreerama'', [U. Srinivas](/source/U._Srinivas), 1994 *''Real Sugar'', Paban Das Baul & Sam Mills, 1997 *''Sampradaya'', [Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma](/source/Pandit_Shiv_Kumar_Sharma), with [Rahul Sharma](/source/Rahul_Sharma_(musician)), [Shafaat Ahmed Khan](/source/Shafaat_Ahmed_Khan) & Manorama Sharma, 1999 * ''[Scratch My Back](/source/Scratch_My_Back)'', Peter Gabriel, 2010 *''Serious Tam'', [Telek](/source/George_Telek), 2000 *''Sezoni'', [Mara!](/source/Mara!) with Martenitsa Choir, 1999{{cite web | url=http://maramusic.com.au/ArtistDetail.aspx?ID=2 | title=Mara! | publisher=Mara Music | access-date=29 December 2019}} (original release on Rufus Records, 1997) *''[Songs for the Poor Man](/source/Songs_for_the_Poor_Man)'', [Remmy Ongala](/source/Remmy_Ongala), 1989 *''The Journey'', Maryam Mursal, 1998 *''The Last Prophet'', [Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party](/source/Nusrat_Fateh_Ali_Khan_%26_Party), 1994 *''The Truth (Ny Marina)'', [The Justin Vali Trio](/source/Music_of_Madagascar), 1995 *''The Zen Kiss'', Sheila Chandra, 1994 *''Tibet, Tibet'', [Yungchen Lhamo](/source/Yungchen_Lhamo), 1996 *''[Trance](/source/Trance_(Hassan_Hakmoun_album))'', [Hassan Hakmoun](/source/Hassan_Hakmoun) and Zahar, 1993 *''Untold Things'', [Jocelyn Pook](/source/Jocelyn_Pook), 2001 * ''[Up](/source/Up_(Peter_Gabriel_album))'', Peter Gabriel, 2002 * ''[Us](/source/Us_(Peter_Gabriel_album))'', Peter Gabriel, 1992 *''[Volume 2: Release](/source/Volume_2%3A_Release)'', Afro Celt Sound System, 1999 *''[Volume 3: Further in Time](/source/Volume_3%3A_Further_in_Time)'', Afro Celt Sound System, 2001 *''Weaving My Ancestor's Voices'' Sheila Chandra, 1992 *''Yo‘l Bo‘lsin'', [Sevara Nazarkhan](/source/Sevara_Nazarxon), 2003 ==References== == External links == {{Commons category|Real World Studios, Box}} * [http://realworldstudios.com/ Website Real World Studios] (retrieved on 24 March 2023) * [https://realworldrecords.com/ Website Real World Records] (retrieved on 24 March 2023) {{Peter Gabriel}} {{Virgin Records}} {{Authority control}} Category:1989 establishments in England Category:Record labels established in 1989 Category:British record labels Category:Real World Records artists Category:Real World Records albums Category:World music record labels Category:Progressive rock record labels Category:Peter Gabriel Category:Virgin Records Category:Multimedia Category:Companies based in Wiltshire Category:British independent record labels --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Real World Records](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_World_Records) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_World_Records?action=history)). 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