Cooking Vinyl is an independent music company that has gained international success since its establishment in 1986. Founded by Martin Goldschmidt and Pete Lawrence, the brand has become renowned for its artist-focused approach. Cooking Vinyl is home to a diverse range of acclaimed artists, including The Darkness, Kiefer Sutherland, The Proclaimers, The Psychedelic Furs, and many more.

Notably, Cooking Vinyl has always been at the forefront of the digital music revolution. It was the first European label to collaborate with the MP3 download site eMusic and to engage in negotiations with the peer-to-peer file-sharing company Kazaa. The brand also established its own online distribution company, Uploader, which was later sold to the Independent Online Distribution Alliance (IODA).

Additionally, Cooking Vinyl set up the independent distribution company Essential Music, which was acquired by Sony Red and transformed into The Orchard UK. The Cooking Vinyl Group encompasses Cooking Vinyl Publishing, Motus Music, and The Music Royalty Co. With offices in London, Paris, Hamburg, New York, and Melbourne, and a network of global partner companies, Cooking Vinyl offers artists a worldwide route to market.

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