Big Life

Sub-label of Telstar

78 releases 9 sub-labels 1988–2016

About

was formed in 1986 by the partnership of and . Summers was previously involved in the development of the group and Parry was guitarist in the group . The duo also formed Big Life Management and its publishing arm, Big Life Music, in 1987. was a creative platform for the late 80's and early 90's 'underground' dance movement. were one of the bands with Big Life, featuring guest vocalist , which helped her build her career on this native cult success and sell 11 million records worldwide. Big Life helped establish a diverse stable of talent, such as: , , , , Coldcut, James Taylor Quartet, and more. achieved over 50 top 40 UK hits before closing its doors after ten years. However, the self-administered publishing and management work of Big Life Music remains active in the industry, with a wealth of hits from their catalogue appearing in the UK charts. Summers became manager of and and has involvement with The Power Amp Music Fund. , or Raw TV was a distributor, not a label, and used for catalogue reference - most notably on releases by The Soup Dragons. Exclusively distributed in the UK by PolyGram Record Operations starting June 1991.

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Top Big Life Releases

Devolution
Various Artists
1995
De La Soul Is Dead
De La Soul
1991
19 Naughty III
19 Naughty III
Naughty by Nature
1993
Naughty by Nature
Naughty by Nature
Naughty by Nature
1991
U.F.Orb
U.F.Orb
The Orb
1992
Oyster
Heather Nova
1994
Sex Packets
Digital Underground
1990
Democracy
Killing Joke
1996
Wanted
Yazz
1988
Say No Go
Say No Go
De La Soul
1989
Feel Me Flow
Feel Me Flow
Naughty by Nature
1995
Glow Stars
Heather Nova
1993
People Hold On
People Hold On
Coldcut
1989
Hotwired
Hotwired
The Soup Dragons
1992
Lovegod
Lovegod
The Soup Dragons
1990
Young Soul Rebels
Various Artists
1991
Naked
Naked
Blue Pearl
1990
Maybe an Angel
Heather Nova
1995
777
System 7
1992
Blue Room
Blue Room
The Orb
1992
Sebastopol Rd
Mega City Four
1992
One Blood
Junior Reid
1990
The Apple
The Apple
A Man Called Adam
1991
Sucks
KMFDM
1992
Hip Hop Hooray
Hip Hop Hooray
Naughty by Nature
1992
Millennium
Killing Joke
1994
I’m Free
I’m Free
The Soup Dragons
1990
Assassin
Assassin
The Orb
1992
Eye Know
De La Soul
1989
Perpetual Dawn
Perpetual Dawn
The Orb
1991
Supernatural Feeling
Supernatural Feeling
The James Taylor Quartet
1993
Love the Life
Love the Life
JTQ with Noel McKoy
1993
The Only Way Is Up
The Only Way Is Up
Yazz and The Plastic Population
1988
Forever
Damage
1997
Magic Bullets
Mega City Four
1994
It’s On
It’s On
Naughty by Nature
1993
This Is an E.P. Release
Digital Underground
1991
Blow
Heather Nova
1993
Everything Is Now
The Drum Club
1993
Pleasure
The Soup Dragons
1992
Old Valentine
Nic Dawson Kelly
2009
Keepin' the Faith
De La Soul
1991
The Essential EP
The Essential EP
Naughty by Nature
1993
Wanna Get Up
Wanna Get Up
2 Unlimited
1998
Love Lady
Damage
1997
In the VIP
In the VIP
Wideboys & Majestic feat. B-Live & Boy Better Know
2009
Edge of Heaven
Edge of Heaven
2 Unlimited
1998
Jana
Killing Joke
1994
4 New Remixes
De La Soul
1989
Love II Love
Damage
1996
Absolute
Absolute
The James Taylor Quartet
1993
Backwards Dog
The Soup Dragons
1989

Big Life Artist Roster

De La Soul
De La Soul
10 releases
Group
The Soup Dragons
The Soup Dragons
10 releases
Group
The Orb
The Orb
10 releases
Group
Y
Yazz
8 releases
Person
D
Damage
7 releases
Group
Naughty by Nature
Naughty by Nature
7 releases
Group
Mega City Four
Mega City Four
7 releases
Group
Blue Pearl
Blue Pearl
6 releases
Group
Coldcut
Coldcut
5 releases
Group
Rebel MC
Rebel MC
5 releases
Person
Gala
Gala
4 releases
Person
A Man Called Adam
A Man Called Adam
4 releases
Group
U
Ultraviolet
4 releases
Group
Heather Nova
Heather Nova
4 releases
Person
A
Aon
3 releases
Group
Killing Joke
Killing Joke
3 releases
Group
Various Artists
Various Artists
3 releases
Other
T
Truce
2 releases
Group