Wall of Sound (label)

Wall of Sound
Founder	Mark Jones
Distributor(s)	Believe Digital
Genre	Various
Country of origin	UK
Official website	http://www.wallofsound.net/

Wall of Sound is an independent record label based in London, England.

The label was founded by Mark Jones in 1994 and started out producing electronic music genres such as big beat before diversifying into a broad range of musical genres.

Wall of Sound stemmed from a collaboration between Jones and Marc Lessner when Lessner hired Jones to work at south London distributor Soul Trader. From there they put together and released the first Wall Of Sound compilation, Give `Em Enough Dope, in 1995, a collection of tracks by new artists of the time that they were distributing, including Kruder and Dorfmeister, Howie B, Mekon and The Wiseguys. Further compilations would feature Pressure Drop, Larry Heard, The Ballistic Brothers and Basement Jaxx with label signings Akasha, Les Rhythmes Digitales and Propellerheads.

The label started a club night at London's Blue Note called "Back To Mono" at which a Bath-based duo, Propellerheads were causing a stir. Their ensuing single "History Repeating" with Shirley Bassey and the album Decksanddrumsandrockandroll were released by Wall of Sound in 1998 and topped the charts in the UK and many other countries across the world.

The success of the Propellerheads was soon followed up by The Wiseguys whose single "Ooh La La" was used in a beer commercial and went on to sell half a million singles. The label gained international recognition and residencies were set up in cities around the globe including a yearly summer residency at Ibiza's "Manumission" (an annual club party).

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