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Interview with RICHARD RUSSELL, head of XL Recordings and A&R for Radiohead, M.I.A, White Stripes, Adele, Dizzee Rascal - Sep 15, 2008

“Since artists can create a reputation for themselves so easily, for [them] to just send a demo in unsolicited to a record company seems a little bit unimaginative.”

picture Top 10 on HitQuarters' A&R Chart, Richard Russell is one of the founders of XL Recordings, initially a dance/rave label, and nowadays one of the most successful and influential independents worldwide.

Russell's vision of artists dictating their uniqueness to culture instead of vice versa had made him one of the trend setters of our era, earlier on with The Prodigy (No.1 US), later on with The White Stripes (Top 10 US and four Grammys), and throughout 2008 with Radiohead (No.1 US), M.I.A (Top 10 US), Raconteurs (Top 10 US), Vampire Weekend (Top 20 US) and Adele (No.1 UK).

Russell talks to HitQuarters about his first encounter with The Prodigy, about the higher flexibility of independents, and about how easy can it be for artists to grab attention.



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