Invisible Hands Music
Founded1987 (1987)
FounderCharles Kennedy
Country of originEngland
LocationLondon
Official websiteinvisiblehands.co.uk

Invisible Hands Music is a UK-based independent record label.[1]

The label is owned and run entirely by Charles Kennedy who started out by self-releasing cassettes sold at gigs by his first band 'Night World' in 1987. The first CD release was Fretwork Southeast, a compilation album of local bands from Southwest London in 1993. After three more CDs in the series, and an eponymous debut album by Kennedy's alias The Aries Project, the label moved into signing legacy artists starting with Wishbone Ash, and singer-songwriter, Rob Reynolds. Other releases in the 1990s, distributed by Pinnacle in the UK, included electro compilations such as Speed Garage Invasion and Drum n Bass Invasion.

After a gap of five years, the label restarted operations in Camden Town in January 2003, releasing niche cash-in products such as a box set of Emerson, Lake & Palmer remixes by Mike Bennett, a box set of Wishbone Ash demos, and a compilation of covers of David Bowie songs. Hazel O'Connor joined the label with a reissue series of her 1990s albums. Releases included music by guitarist Stevie Salas, Silver Sun (two studio albums), Hugh Cornwell (two studio albums and a live set) and Thomas Dolby (live CD / DVD box set).

In 2008 Invisible Hands signed a partially-reformed lineup of The Jam (sans Paul Weller), and released a new Hugh Cornwell album, Hooverdam, available as a free download.

After a four-year hiatus between 2010 and 2014, the label restarted operations in London's West End, rereleasing The Aries Project's eponymous album under the new title "English Ghosts".

Other artists and releases:

  • Miranda Lee Richards – Echoes of the Dreamtime
  • Tangerine Dream – Out of this World (Limited edition numbered, double transparent tangerine coloured vinyl)
  • Hugh Cornwell – The Fall and Rise of Hugh Cornwell
  • Libera – Forever (2023),[2] If (2021),[3] Christmas Carols with Libera (2019),[4] Beyond (2018),[5] Hope (2017),[6] Libera at Christmas (2016)[6]
  • Mishka Shubaly – Cowards Path

The above 5 releases were half-speed mastered at Abbey Road studios by Miles Showell.

Releases for 2016 were by Animotion, Crosby & Nash, Superdrone (flexi-disk project), REM, Pearl Jam and James Taylor.

In addition to albums, Invisible Hands released promotional VHS tapes for Rob Reynolds ("Stormy Weather", "Take It Easy", "Sweet Mother"), Clear ("Johnny Marr Was A Mistake"), Hazel O'Connor ("One More Try"), Mick Karn ("The Jump"), and Hugh Cornwell ("Live in London").

Catalogue

YearArtistTitleTypeCatalog number
Night WorldInvisible HandsAlbumIH1
AtmospheresIHCD11
The Aries Project"Echo Park" / "Ionisphere Blue" / "Up" / "Underpass"
Rob Reynolds"Take It Easy"SingleIHSCD6
The KatesEPIHCDS17
1988Night WorldThe Bears at the End of the GardenAlbumIH2
1990Grand DesignsIH3
1993Charge of the Night BrigadeIH4
1994VariousFretwork SoutheastCompilationIHCD5
1996The Crossing: Fretwork Southeast 2IHCD7
1997Rob ReynoldsWaiting for the TideAlbumIHCD8
VariousUpshot: Fretwork 3CompilationIHCD9
Electronic: Fretwork 4IHCD10
1998Wishbone AshTrance VisionaryAlbumIHCD12
"Heritage"SingleIHST7
VariousDrum 'N' Bass InvasionCompilationIHCD14
1999Speed Garage InvasionIHCD15
2000Wishbone AshWonderful StashAlbumIHCD24
2001VariousDiamond Gods - Interpretations Of BowieCompilationIHCD16
2002Hazel O'ConnorBeyond the Breaking GlassAlbumIHCD18
Live in BerlinIHCD19
5 in the MorningIHCD20
Acoustically YoursIHCD21
WhysomeNot Even Close To What It Was Meant To BeIHCD27
Cormac de BarraBarcóIHCD32
2003Emerson, Lake & PalmerReworks: Brain Salad PerjuryIHCD23
ClearComing RoundIHCD26
Over and OverIHCDS15
"Johnny Marr Was A Mistake"SingleIHCDS10
UK SubsStaffordshire BullAlbumIHCD28
The VibratorsLive: Near The Seedy Mill Golf ClubIHCD29
Cheap & NastyCool Tak InjectionIHCD30
Hazel O'ConnorA Singular Collection: The Best of Hazel O'ConnorIHCD31
Mick KarnMore Better DifferentIHCD33
Forest Giants"Postcards"SingleIHS14
Rob Reynolds"Sweet Mother"IHCDS11
2004Forest GiantsIn SequenceAlbumIHCD34
Rob ReynoldsIn Den Haag (Live)IHCD36
O.K. Cola"Everybody Wants to Be a D.J."SingleIHCDS12
Hazel O'Connor"One More Try"IHCDS19
The Kates"Suicide Valentine"IHCDS20
Junk TV"Oh England!"IHCDS21
Silver Sun"Bubblegum"IHCDS23
Hugh Cornwell"Under Her Spell"IHCDS28
2005Rob ReynoldsSamsara Never SleepsAlbumIHCD17
SightseeingIHCD22
Silver SunDisappear HereIHCD35
Hazel O'ConnorHidden HeartIHCD37
"Perfect Days"SingleIHCDS27
Hugh CornwellBeyond Elysian FieldsAlbumIHCD38
2006Ade PayneMy TownIHCD25
VariousNorthern Line: The British at NXNECompilationIHCD40
Rob ReynoldsThe Curious WorldAlbumIHCD41
"Free Me"SingleIHCDFREEME1
Silver SunDad's Weird DreamAlbumIHCD42
Hugh CornwellDirty DozenIHCD43
People, Places, PiecesIHCD44
2007Stevie SalasThe Sun And The Earth "The Essential Stevie Salas" Vol. 1IHCD39
VariousLost and FoundCompilationIHCD45
Invisible Hands Music: Contemporary FormationIHCD50
Birds of WalesFall of the 49AlbumIHCD49
The Aries Project"Shelter" / "Medina" / "Stateless"SingleIHSCD4
2008Thomas DolbyThe Sole InhabitantAlbumIHCD51
Hugh CornwellHooverdamIHCD52
From The JamA First Class ReturnDVD boxsetIHCD53
2010Rob Reynolds"Heaven Knows"SingleIHCDS16
2011Dave BartramLost and FoundAlbumIHCD59
2014The Aries ProjectEnglish GhostsIHCD6
2015Mishka ShubalyCoward's PathIHCD60
Hugh CornwellThe Fall And Rise Of Hugh CornwellIHCD61
Tangerine DreamOut of this WorldIH65
2016AnimotionRaiseIHCD62
Miranda Lee RichardsEchoes of the DreamtimeIHCD63
RushTimeless WavelengthIH66
Crosby & NashWind on the WaterIH67
DorjeCentred And OneIHCD68
Tangerine DreamQuantum KeyIH69
LiberaLibera At ChristmasIHCD73
The Jive AcesFor the RecordIH78
2017Tangerine DreamParticlesIH72
Miranda Lee RichardsExistential BeastIH74
LiberaHopeIH75
Hazel O'Connor"I'll See You Again" / "Hidden"SingleIHCDS29
2018SuperdroneSuperdrone OneAlbumIH76
TwoIH82
Thorsten QuaeschningCargo (original soundtrack)IH79
Tangerine Dream"Run to Vegas" / "Leviathan"EPIH80T
The Sessions IAlbumIH83
LiberaBeyondIHCD85
2019SuperdroneStarcadeIHD89
LiberaChristmas Carols with LiberaIHCD89
2020Rob Reynolds"Stormy Weather"SingleIHSCD5
2021LiberaIfAlbumIHCD90
2023ForeverIHCD91

References

  1. ↑ Holder, Bev (29 April 2017). "Johnny Depp favourite Mishka Shubaly to perform at The Duke William in Stourbridge on Friday May 5". Halesowen News.
  2. ↑ Libera (9 April 2023). "Forever • Libera". Libera. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  3. ↑ Libera (10 June 2021). "If • Libera". Libera. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Libera (14 November 2019). "Christmas Carols with Libera • Libera". Libera. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. ↑ Libera: Beyond
  6. 1 2 Invisible Hands Music discography at Discogs
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