{{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 | distributor = {{hlist|Virgin Music Group|Yerba Buena<ref name="bbint">{{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}}</ref>|Narada Productions<ref name="onmilwaukeenarada">{{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 |access-date=16 August 2021}}</ref>|Republic Records|EMI Records}} | genre = World music, Progressive rock | country = United Kingdom | location = Box Mill, Mill Lane, Box, Wiltshire SN13 8PL | url = {{URL|realworldrecords.com}} }}
'''Real World Records''' is a British record label specializing in world music. It was founded in 1989 by English musician Peter Gabriel and original members of WOMAD.<ref name="aajinterview">{{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 |publisher=Michael Ricci |location=Philadelphia |date=8 February 2015 |access-date=20 January 2019}}</ref> A majority of the works released on Real World Records feature music recorded at Real World Studios, in Box, 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.<ref name="RWR-about">{{cite web |url= https://realworldrecords.com/about/ |title= Real World Records – About |website= realworldrecords.com |access-date=2023-03-24}}</ref>
In 1999, the label had sold over 3 million records worldwide and released 90 albums.<ref name="billboardinterviewpg1999">{{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}}</ref> In 2015, it had reached the mark of over 200 albums.<ref name="aajinterview"/>
{{main|Real World Studios}} Many of the released recordings continue to be made at Real World Studios, also founded in 1989, whose facilities support the goals of Real World Records.<ref name="RWR-about" />
In 2011, 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.<ref name"emirenew2011">{{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 |publisher=UnLimited Media |access-date=16 December 2023}}</ref>
==Artists== * Afro Celt Sound System * Ashkhabad * Ayub Ogada * Bernard Kabanda * Blind Boys of Alabama * Charlie Winston * Creole Choir of Cuba * Dengue Fever * Fabiano do Nascimento * Farafina * Fatala * Geoffrey Oryema * Guo Brothers * Hoba Hoba Spirit * Jasdeep Singh Degun<ref>{{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}}</ref> * Johnny Kalsi * Joi * Joseph Arthur<ref name="smokingsectionarthur">{{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 |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}}</ref> * Les Amazones d'Afrique * Little Axe * Mamer * Maryam Mursal * Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan * Ozomatli * Paban Das Baul * Pan-African Orchestra * Papa Wemba * Peter Gabriel * Portico Quartet * Rupert Hine * Samuel Yirga * Sheila Chandra * Sevara Nazarkhan * Spiro * The Imagined Village * U. Srinivas * Värttinä * Yungchen Lhamo * The Zawose Queens
==Partial discography== *''ABoneCroneDrone'', Sheila Chandra, 1996 *''Among Brothers'', Abderrahmane Abdelli, 2003 * ''And I'll Scratch Yours'', various artists, 2013 *''Atom Bomb'', The Blind Boys of Alabama, 2005 *''Beat the Border'', Geoffrey Oryema, 1993 *''Big Blue Ball'', various artists, 2008 (recorded 1991, 1992, 1995) *''Big City Secrets'', Joseph Arthur, 1997 *''Black Rock'', Djivan Gasparyan & Michael Brook, 1998 *''Coming Home'', Yungchen Lhamo, 1998 *''Djabote'', Doudou Ndiaye Rose, 1992 *''Emotion'', Papa Wemba, 1995 *''En Mana Kuoyo'', 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, and special guest Ben Harper, 2002 *''In Your Hands'', Charlie Winston, 2009 *''Le Voyageur'', Papa Wemba *''My Songs and a Poem'', Estrella Morente, 2001 *''Mustt Mustt'', Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook, 1990 *''New Blood'', Peter Gabriel, 2011 *''Night Song'', Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook, 1995 *''Night to Night'', Geoffrey Oryema, 1996 * ''Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ'', Peter Gabriel, 1989 *''Pod'', Afro Celt Sound System, 2004 *''Plus from US'', various artists, 1993 *''Quick Look'', Pina, 2002 *''Rama Sreerama'', U. Srinivas, 1994 *''Real Sugar'', Paban Das Baul & Sam Mills, 1997 *''Sampradaya'', Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, with Rahul Sharma, Shafaat Ahmed Khan & Manorama Sharma, 1999 * ''Scratch My Back'', Peter Gabriel, 2010 *''Serious Tam'', Telek, 2000 *''Sezoni'', Mara! with Martenitsa Choir, 1999<ref>{{cite web | url=http://maramusic.com.au/ArtistDetail.aspx?ID=2 | title=Mara! | publisher=Mara Music | access-date=29 December 2019}}</ref> (original release on Rufus Records, 1997) *''Songs for the Poor Man'', Remmy Ongala, 1989 *''The Journey'', Maryam Mursal, 1998 *''The Last Prophet'', Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Party, 1994 *''The Truth (Ny Marina)'', The Justin Vali Trio, 1995 *''The Zen Kiss'', Sheila Chandra, 1994 *''Tibet, Tibet'', Yungchen Lhamo, 1996 *''Trance'', Hassan Hakmoun and Zahar, 1993 *''Untold Things'', Jocelyn Pook, 2001 * ''Up'', Peter Gabriel, 2002 * ''Us'', Peter Gabriel, 1992 *''Volume 2: Release'', Afro Celt Sound System, 1999 *''Volume 3: Further in Time'', Afro Celt Sound System, 2001 *''Weaving My Ancestor's Voices'' Sheila Chandra, 1992 *''Yo‘l Bo‘lsin'', Sevara Nazarkhan, 2003
==References== <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)
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