ONE LITTLE INDIAN

Formed in 1985 by Derek Birkett, along with ex-Flux Of Pink Indians guitarist Tim Kelly. With their ideals emerging from one of the original anarcho punk bands, any cynic would have expected One Little Indian to take the easy way out and stay rooted in that niche. Instead, it has proved itself as a constant source of innovative and eclectic music.

One Little Indian’s success was springboarded by The Shamen’s controversial number one single, Ebeneezer Goode, unwittingly (or maybe not) sending everyone into a frenzy of happy, smiley faces. This was furthered by Björk’s solo album Debut which has, so far, sold over 4 million copies worldwide.

On June 10th 2020, the label changed its name to One Little Independent Records (from One Little Indian Records) in response to complaints that the original name was racially insensitive.

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In 2003 One Little Indian opened an office in New York, forming One Little Indian US. American releases with an OLI catalogue prefix should be submitted as a One Little Indian US record company release.

For UK Company’s field roles such as licensing, distribution or copyright holding use One Little Indian Ltd.

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