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Constellation Records
Founded1997 (1997)
FounderIan Ilavsky and Don Wilkie
GenreExperimental rock, experimental, indie rock, folk
Country of originCanada
LocationMontreal, Quebec
Official websitecstrecords.com

Constellation Records is a Canadian independent record label based in Montreal, Quebec. It has released albums by many post-rock bands, including Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band and Do Make Say Think.

Label philosophy

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The package of the Godspeed You! Black Emperor album Yanqui U.X.O. was especially noteworthy, containing an extensive chart which demonstrated the links between four major record labelsAOL Time-Warner, BMG, Sony, Vivendi Universal—and various arms manufacturers. The band later apologized for some extensions of the chart, conceding that some of their research had been inaccurate.[1]

On 25 February 2010, Constellation Records founders Ian Ilavsky and Don Wilkie signed, together with 500 artists, the call to support the international campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israeli Apartheid.[2]

In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the label announced that the artists on its roster would be receiving 100% of revenue from their webstore and Bandcamp sales. Constellation also announced that it had "set aside an additional contingency fund for label-affiliated artists who might find themselves in particularly precarious or dire straits in the weeks/months to come, and for other precarious workers in our proximate cultural economy and community – independent music venues for example".[3]

Artists

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List of artists Constellation Records have released records for:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "A Note On the Artwork for Godspeed You! Black Emperor's Yanqui U.X.O." Archived from the original on 2003-04-09. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  2. ^ "Tadamon! » 500 Artists Against Israeli Apartheid". Tadamon.ca. 2010-02-25. Archived from the original on 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
  3. ^ "Digital Download Revenue Will be Paid in Full to Artists for the Rest – Constellation". Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
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