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Independent labels loom large at Brits

News: 22nd February 2012 by Louise Dodgson under Finance, Law & Music Business, Record Labels

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Some of the UK's prominent independent record labels can be proud to be up there amongst the big guns at The Brits. The awards celebrate UK music but are on the whole largely dominated by major label acts so it makes a refreshing change to see the likes of XL Recordings and Domino giving them a run for their money. The Guardian article below features comments from Martin Mills of Beggars Group with his take on their success...

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