18 Facts About Mute Records

Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller.

In mid-1980, Mute Records released the Silicon Teens' album, titled Music For Parties.

Mute Records continued to support other experimental artists, such as NON, releasing an album of Boyd Rice's pre-NON recordings, titled Boyd Rice.

That year, Mute Records licensed the single "Fred Vom Jupiter" from the German record label Atatak.

Birthday Party's singer, Nick Cave, stayed with Mute Records and released his debut single as Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.

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Mute Records recorded the album Night Full of Tension the following year, including the single "Darling Don't Leave Me", featuring Annie Lennox.

Mute Records released an album of archive material from the German band Einsturzende Neubauten, titled Strategies Against Architecture '80–'83, compiled by Jim Thirlwell.

Mute Records released the single "Hypnotized" in May 1985, by newly signed artist Mark Stewart, produced by Adrian Sherwood.

Mute Records signed the American female singer Diamanda Galas who in her first year with Mute Records released The Divine Punishment and Saint of the Pit.

Mute Records carried out a licensing deal with the Japanese company Wave.

The following year Mute Records released the band's album Opus Dei, which included the cover single, Life is Life.

In 1987 Mute Records released the result of the studio sessions, the album The Ideal Copy.

Mute Records released Mark Stewart's album, Metatron, in May 1990, which included the single, "Hysteria".

Mute Records signed Goldfrapp in 1999, consisting of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory.

Mute Records was one of the first British record labels to have an Internet presence, entitled Mute Records Liberation Technologies.

In 2001, Rough Trade Mute Records celebrated the 25th anniversary of the opening of their first retail shop.

Mute Records released the single "Dirty Sticky Floors" in May 2003, from Depeche Mode singer Dave Gahan's debut solo album, Paper Monsters.

Mute Records released another Depeche Mode solo project that year, Counterfeit² by Martin Gore, a collection of cover songs recorded at Gore's home studio.