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Radiant Future Records | |
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Founded | 2000 |
Founder | Martin Gordon |
Status | Active |
Distributor(s) | The Orchard, Ace |
Official website | https://radiantfuture.eu |
Radiant Future Records is a British independent record label and home to one-time Sparks bassist Martin Gordon, Jet, Radio Stars, John's Children, the Blue Meanies and related artists. The label began operations in 2002 with the release of a live recording from Gordon's alumni Jet, Johns Children and Radio Stars, and releases one or two albums per year with a focus upon 'clever twisted pop which rocks', to quote Rolling Stone magazine. [1]
Recent releases include a live Radio Stars album from the 1970s and Gordon's six solo releases in the Mammal Trilogy series. The final instalment Include Me Out was released in 2013. Since then, three projects have been released: an album of Gilbert and Sullivan material Gilbert Gordon & Sullivan in 2016 on April Fool's Day, Thanks For All the Fish (2018)and OMG (2020). Another Words, a setting to music of the Trump/Raffensperger phone call of January 2021, was released in 2021, with an expanded version following in 2022.
Year of release | Title | Artist | Format | Notes | Catalogue Number |
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2024 | Singular Obscurities | Martin Gordon | Album | In which singular (but obscure) tunes from the past are recontextualised. | RF038 |
2024 | Obscure Singularities | Martin Gordon | Album | In which obscure (but but singular) tunes from the past are recontextualised. | RF039 |
2024 | Mudbath | Martin Gordon | Single | In which Don the Felon declares his love for mud and honesty. OK, mud. | RF037-S |
2024 | A True Totalitarian | Martin Gordon | Single | In which Vlad the Impaler declares his unrequited love for men with bare chests and oiled wrestlers. | RF035-CD |
2023 | No Sweat | Martin Gordon | Single | In which Prince Andrew Pandrew declares his love for humanity and his inability to sweat. | RF036-S |
2023 | Greatest Sh!ts | Martin Gordon | Album | Round-up of leading fat frauds, tyrants and nincompoops. | RF035 |
2022 | Booster | Martin Gordon | Single | In which Boris stuffs everybody and then has lunch. | RF033-S |
2022 | Dumber Than a Rock | Martin Gordon | Single | It's the Don, Brad and Mart show. | RF032-S |
2022 | Slawa Ukraini! | Martin Gordon | Single | Marking the invasion of the Ukraine. | RF034-S |
2022 | Another Words - the Phone Call | Martin Gordon | Album | Expanded version Trump-Raffensperger phone call w/ original source material. | RF031 |
2021 | Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Martin Gordon | Single | Instrumental. During the pandemic, words temporarily failed us. | RF030-S |
2021 | Another Words | Martin Gordon | Album | Setting of Trump-Raffensperger phone call of 2021. | RF029CD |
2021 | All the Rage | Martin Gordon | Single | Everybody's doing it, apparently | RF028-S |
2021 | Something Extra for the Weekend | Martin Gordon | Album | Radio Stars live in 1977 expanded with additional unreleased studio tracks. | RF024 |
2020 | Superior Jeans | Martin Gordon | Single | Our superiority is somehow connected to our trousers, say experts. | RF027-S |
2020 | COVIDiots | Martin Gordon | Single | German courts explicitly allow the use of this expression. | RF026-S |
2020 | OMG | Martin Gordon | Album | Can you believe it? Instead of a world that's frugal, we gotta Google world. | RF025CD |
2019 | Will of the People | Martin Gordon | Single | Included a remix version. | RF024-S |
2018 | Thanks For All the Fish | Martin Gordon | Album | Second album of Post-Mammal Era. | RF023CD |
2018 | God's Not Great | Martin Gordon | Single | Well, it's what people are saying, apparently. | RF023-S |
2016 | Idiots | Martin Gordon | Single | A general reflection on things, and idiots. | RF022S |
2016 | Dump the Trump! | Martin Gordon | Single | Tomorrow today will be yesterday. | RF020S |
2016 | Modern Major General | Martin Gordon | Single | From the Gilbert Gordon and Sullivan album. | RF019-01SDL |
2016 | Gilbert Gordon & Sullivan | Martin Gordon | Album | First album of Post-Mammal Era: Gilbert and Sullivan covers. | RF019CD |
2013 | Words in Your Shell-Like | Martin Gordon | Book. | All lyrics to all Gordon's songs 1974-2016 (updated edition issued 2016) | RF018 |
2013 | Exclude Me In | Martin Gordon | Album | Include Me Out demos. | RF017CD |
2013 | Include Me Out | Martin Gordon | Album | Sixth and final part of Mammal Trilogy, limited CD edition of 70 copies then download only. | RF016CD |
2009 | Time Gentlemen Please - Demos | Martin Gordon | Album | Limited CD edition of 100 copies, then download only. | RF014CD |
2009 | Time Gentlemen Please | Martin Gordon | Album | Fifth part of Mammal Trilogy. | RFVP013CD |
2008 | New Hope for the Dead | Mira | Album | Download only. | RF012 |
2008 | Hello Boston! | Martin Gordon | Album | Live in 2007; included with first 1000 copies of 'Something for the Weekend' then download only. | RFVP011CD |
2008 | Something for the Weekend | Radio Stars | Album | Live in 1977. | RFVP010CD |
2007 | Pop Sensibility | Blue Meanies | Album | Download only. | RF004 |
2007 | The World is Your Lobster | Martin Gordon | Album | Fourth part of Mammal Trilogy. | RFVP009CD |
2006 | How Am I Doing So Far?(compilation) | Martin Gordon | Album | Selected best-of Parts I - III with 4 bonus tracks. | RFVP008CD |
2006 | The Mammal Trilogy box set | Martin Gordon | Album | Limited edition box set of Parts I - III. | RFVP001BOXCD |
2005 | Companion Volume to 'God's On His Lunchbreak | Martin Gordon / Chris Townson | Book | Lyrics to the 'God' album, full-colour illustrations to each song by Chris Townson. | RF001B |
2005 | God's On His Lunchbreak | Martin Gordon | Album | Third part of Mammal Trilogy. | RFVP007CD |
2004 | The Joy of More Hogwash | Martin Gordon | Album | Second part of Mammal Trilogy. | RFVP006CD |
2003 | The Baboon in the Basement | Martin Gordon | Album | First part of Mammal Trilogy. | RFVP005CD |
2001 | More Light Than Shade | Jet | Album | Withdrawn. | RFVP003CD |
2001 | Jet | Jet | Album | Withdrawn. | RFVP002CD |
2000 | Music for the Herd of Herring | Johns' Children, Jet & Radio Stars | Album | Live in 2000. | RF001 |
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