Electric Honey (label)
Electric Honey was founded in 1992 and is Glasgow Kelvin College's in-house record label run by Ken McCluskey (The Bluebells), Douglas MacIntyre (Creeping Bent) and formerly Alan Rankine (The Associates) along with students from the HNC/D Music Business course. The label celebrated its 25th year in 2017 with many events including the release of the debut album "Any Joy" from Scottish six-piece indie rock band; "Pronto Mama."
| Electric Honey | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Glasgow Kelvin College |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Founder | Stow College |
| Distributor(s) | Cargo |
| Genre | Alternative |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Location | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Official website | Electric Honey |
The label was described by Uncut magazine as being "The most successful student-run label in the world", thanks to the history of artists having releases with the imprint, including Belle & Sebastian, Snow Patrol and Biffy Clyro. The 2012 album 'Self Help' by Young Aviators became the biggest selling CD album in the labels history.
Affiliate labels were also run under Electric Honey for a period of time. Gdansk, which released electronic-based artists and Root 8 which specialised in world music.