Brave New World Records
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Brave New World Records is a record label
founded by Mark Lee Townsend
and Mark Mattingly in Nashville, Tennessee
in 2004
. The label is distributed nationwide by Word Distribution a division of Word Entertainment.The label focuses mainly on Christian Rock and Alternative bands. Brave New World was previously known as Rambler Records. The name change occurred between 2004 and 2005.
In 2009, the label officially announced that the label would be going on hiatus, leaving Deas Vail and The Wedding without a label. The future of the label is unknown, since the label is controlled entirely by Mark Townsend. The label may release some releases like Mark Townsend's solo project and Zilch's second album, but that is still unknown.
Record label
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founded by Mark Lee Townsend
Mark Lee Townsend
Mark Lee Townsend is known best as guitarist for the Christian rock band dc Talk, playing with them from 1996 until their hiatus in 2001. Mark's career started as a member/singer/guitarist/songwriter for the 80's Pop/Christian band Bash 'N The Code from 1986 through 1991. In between dc Talk tours,...
and Mark Mattingly in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
in 2004
2004 in music
See also:* 2004 in music Record labels established in 2004-January:*January 1**The Vienna New Year's Concert is conducted by Riccardo Muti.**Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol....
. The label is distributed nationwide by Word Distribution a division of Word Entertainment.The label focuses mainly on Christian Rock and Alternative bands. Brave New World was previously known as Rambler Records. The name change occurred between 2004 and 2005.
In 2009, the label officially announced that the label would be going on hiatus, leaving Deas Vail and The Wedding without a label. The future of the label is unknown, since the label is controlled entirely by Mark Townsend. The label may release some releases like Mark Townsend's solo project and Zilch's second album, but that is still unknown.
Former
- Deas VailDeas Vail-History:Noted for having musical similarities to Death Cab for Cutie, Mew, Copeland, and Mae, Deas Vail was formed in the university town of Russellville, Arkansas in 2003. After a couple of years of touring, Deas Vail signed to Brave New World Records in 2005. In the fall of 2006, they released...
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) - The WeddingThe Wedding (band)The Wedding is a Christian band from Fayetteville, Arkansas. Musically, The Wedding fuses elements of Christian punk, Christian rock, Alternative Contemporary Christian, pop punk, ska, piano rock, and post-hardcore with their pop rock base...
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(on hiatus) - The Goodnight Fight (Disbanded)