Name: Julian Plenti Is Skyscraper
Brand: Julian Plenti

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Release date

2009-07-31

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5933172

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744861087328

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Julian Plenti

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Matador

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Alternative / Modern

U.S. independent label based in NYC; for company roles and copyrights please consider [l390562] for the USA, [l=Matador Records Ltd.] for the UK company division and the generic company profile relating to either legal entities [l=Matador Records (2)] 
[b]Note that while some Matador releases are exclusive to North America or Europe, they use one numbering system for all releases, so it is not necessary to enter them under separate labels.[/b]

The Matador label began in 1989 when [a=Chris Lombardi] dragged the Austrian duo H.P. Zinker into Wharton Tiers’ Fun City studio to record OLE-001, ...and there was light. Run out of Chris’ New York apartment, Lombardi added artists such as the Dustdevils, Railroad Jerk and Superchunk to the initial roster. Joined by longtime Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy in 1990, Matador experienced its first taste of crazed media attention & big sales with the North American release of Teenage Fanclub’s debut long-player, A Catholic Education. Over the years, the label has moved from shoebox sized offices to larger and larger complexes, the staff has grown from 2 to 24, and the roster has simply exploded. As well as functioning as the North American home to Pavement, Liz Phair and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Matador has helped artists such as Yo La Tengo, Cat Power, Cornelius, Solex, Pizzicato Five, Helium and the Arsonists reach audiences worldwide.

Matador has also served as the North American licensee for a number of exceptional international acts, including Belle & Sebastian, Mogwai, Boards of Canada, Red Snapper, Arab Strap and others. Since 1996, Matador has maintained separate offices and staff in London. In addition to supervising the promotion, sales and marketing of Matador titles on the continent, Matador Europe has also licensed recordings from some of North America’s most acclaimed new artists, M. Ward, Sleater-Kinney, Modest Mouse, and Superchunk to name a few.

While Matador has often been characterized (not by the label itself) as an underground or "indie" rock label, over the years, the label’s musical direction has grown, to the point where many hip hop, electronic and experimental acts play as prominent a role in the label’s sound & future as any number of singer/songwriters and rock bands. Sometimes all of the above converge.

During the 1990s, Matador entered into partnerships with [l=Atlantic] and [l=Capitol Records]. In 1999, Lombardi & Cosloy purchased back Capitol's 49% share of the label, and in 2002, [l613604] purchased 50% of the legal entities behind the Matador label / imprint [l390562] and [l291335] and took over Matador's worldwide marketing.

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<p>julian plenti aka paul banks from interpol began composing music in 1996 in new york city. he first played solo acoustic shows in and around manhattan, at venues like tobacco road, pete's candy store, the knitting factory, the living room, and the sidewalk cafe's wednesday night anti-hoot with latch. in 2001, he stopped performing, though he continued writing and doing occasional engineering work, he essentially went on interpol sabbatical until 2006 when he acquired logic pro, which allowed him to compose for multiple instruments and to create beats. the first step was to resurrect early acoustic work such as 'girl on the sporting news', 'on the esplanade', 'fly as you might' and 'fun that we have' and to refurbish them with beats and string arrangements. the resulting recordings bred newer enthusiasms and were the catalyst for this record. 'skyscraper' was born. in the fall of 2008, plenti went to the seaside lounge studio in brooklyn to work with studio co-owner and engineer - and college classmate - charles burst (former drummer of the occasion and now a solo artist). burst engineered much of the record and plays drums on a number of tracks. session musicians were hired to perform the arrangements for strings and horns, and plenti called on friends like mike stroud of ratatat, sam fogarino of interpol and striker manley of stiff jesus to contribute to tracks on the album.</p>

Julian Plenti Is Skyscraper

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