About

Biphonic Records is an independent label based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was established in 2002 by Hamish Brown and Andrew Eaton, with some help from a group of talented fellow enthusiasts such as the artist Daniel Warren, who has designed all of the label’s artwork to date, as well as making several short films to accompany Biphonic releases.

The label’s first release was Swimmer One’s debut single, We Just Make Music For Ourselves, initially sent out to the world as a white label in the summer of 2002. Within a few days of the first promo being put in the post, the song was being championed on daytime BBC Radio One by Mark Radcliffe, who enthused about it at length on air, comparing it to Pulp, the Blue Nile and The Who. The single went on to win enthusiastic reviews and admirers across the world, from Italy and Spain to the USA and Mexico. It has since featured on several compilations.

Encouraged by this success, Biphonic added Luxury Car to the roster in 2003, releasing a single, The Heart of the Matter, and later an album, Annie’s Well. Swimmer One’s own debut album, a labour of love called The Regional Variations, was released in September 2007. A second Swimmer One album, and a second Luxury Car album, are both planned for 2010, in addition to a ‘solo’ album by Andrew, to be released under the name Seafieldroad.

Biphonic strongly believe that pop can be art. We are a small label, but this means that each release and associated artwork, film, poster, flyer is an item made and presented with a great deal of love and attention to detail.

Physical distribution is via Cargo and the whole catalogue can be found in iTunes, emusic, virgindigital and other online retailers.