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Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
of the Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...
, founded in 1977
1977 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1977.-January–February:*January 1 – The Clash headline the gala opening of the London music club, The Roxy....
by the Danish jazz musician and composer Kristian Blak
Kristian Blak
Kristian Blak , originally from Fredericia, Denmark, lives in the Faroe Islands where he is a composer, musician, and record executive. He is the founder of the Nordic musical ensemble Yggdrasil ....
. The "legendary label" is credited with giving many Faroese musicians their first break, and "has played a major role in giving musicians a chance to record and publish."
Tutl is Faroese
Faroese language
Faroese , is an Insular Nordic language spoken by 48,000 people in the Faroe Islands and about 25,000 Faroese people in Denmark and elsewhere...
and means whisper, susurration; overseas, it is probably the best-known representative and distributor of Faroese music; for instance, all entries of Faroese artists in the World Music guide (published by The Rough Guide
Rough Guides
Rough Guides Ltd is a travel guidebook and reference publisher, owned by Pearson PLC. Their travel titles cover more than 200 destinations, and are distributed worldwide through the Penguin Group...
) are released by "the main Faroese record company, Tutl."
Leading Faroese musicians and groups like Teitur Lassen
Teitur Lassen
Teitur is a Faroese singer-songwriter. On 3 March 2007, he was awarded Best Male Singer at the Danish Music Awards.The word teitur is Old Norse and means happy. In Modern Faroese, it is archaic but used as a male given name....
, Eivør Pálsdóttir
Eivør Pálsdóttir
Eivør Pálsdóttir is a Faroese singer/songwriter with a distinct voice and a wide range of interests in many kinds of music from rock, jazz, folk, pop, to European classical music. Her roots are in the Faroese ballads....
, Høgni Lisberg
Høgni Lisberg
Høgni Lisberg is a musician currently living in Leirvík, Eysturoy, and is one of the most famous musicians of the Faroe Islands.-Band and personal history:...
, Knút Háberg Eysturstein, and Týr
Týr (band)
Týr, , is a folk metal band from the Faroe Islands. Their subject matter revolves almost entirely around old Nordic lore, mythology, and history, taking their name from a Norse god of war. They signed a worldwide deal with Austria's Napalm Records in early 2006, while signed to the Faroese record...
started their career at Tutl, and Blak's own jazz band Yggdrasil
Yggdrasil (band)
Yggdrasil is a Nordic music ensemble based in the Faroe Islands. The band was formed in 1981 by the Danish composer and pianist Kristian Blak, who has written most of the material for the group...
issues all their records at Tutl.
In 2008, Tutl entered into cooperation with The Rocking Factory, an organization based in Brussels, Belgium, that aims to represent and promote music from the Nordic countries
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
in mainland Europe. Besides distribution, The Rocking Factory is also slated to help Tutl-artists organize tours.