Battle Worldwide

BATTLE WORLDWIDE is an independent record label, merchandise and publishing (music & literature) company based in Brighton, United Kingdom. Turning 3 on September 10th 2015, BATTLE has more than 50 releases to its furious name, including records by Co-Pilgrim, Swaying Wires, Blacklevel Embassy, Kid Wave, Falling Stacks and Empty Pools. BWR artists have been lauded by the like of BBC Radio (Lamacq, Laverne, Coe), Spin, The Big Takeover, Drowned In Sound, Q and triple j and toured internationally, sweating the festival circuit. BWR adheres to an old school ideology stemming back from the 1980s punk scene label like SST, Merge & Au Go Go – and that’s where the BWR story begins. Founder Darren Smallman grew up in the Australian punk underground, spending many fierce years in the loud and influential band Warped as well as Toad and The Sun & The Silver Anthology artists. From there, he developed Low Transit Industries, a record label and touring agency which released classic records by Okkervil River, CW Stoneking, Thalia Zedek and Of Montreal. Now with a new name and a new home base, BWR is committed to artist partnership and creativity, striving to build long term careers across all regions of the music industry landscape. BWR is focussed on building new platforms for artists to create and communicate in the digital era alongside physical merchandising to balance an ever more complicated marketplace. The music BWR serves may not all sound alike, but every BWR artist shares a mission for music that captivates and conquers. One of my favourite labels… check out every band they have been putting out, they’re really on it in terms of quality control / Big Takeover Radio / Jack Rabid