Our Story:
Mint Records is an independent record label founded in 1991, whose purpose was to release the music of up-and-coming bands across Turtle Island, with a specific focus on sharing and supporting the burgeoning pool of talent in the local music community on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish peoples, colonially known as “Vancouver”. Co-founded in 1991 by CiTR 101.9 fM - UBC Radio alumni Randy Iwata and Bill Baker, over the past 30 years the label has released nearly 200 albums and has supported a diverse roster of talented artists and bands. The small and passionate team who currently run the label are community-minded, artist-friendly, and committed to making a more safe, equitable, just, accessible and sustainable music industry.
Minty Articles / Podcasts / Interviews:
Bandcamp Label Feature (Article):
https://daily.bandcamp.com/label-profile/mint-records-guide
Mint is Almost its Own Character (Article):
https://exclaim.ca/music/article/mint_records_is_almost_its_own_character_in_the_trailer_for_the_new_hulu_show_woke
KEXP Throwaway Style (Interview):
https://kexp.org/read/2020/7/2/throwaway-style-interview-ryan-dyck-label-manager-mint-records/
Other Record Labels (Podcast):
https://www.otherrecordlabels.com/record-label-podcast-episodes
KEXP: Preventing Sexual Abuse After the Fall of Burger Records (Podcast):
https://www.kexp.org/podcasts/sound-vision/2020/9/17/preventing-sexual-abuse-after-fall-burger-records/
Fresh at Twenty (Book)
https://ecwpress.com/products/fresh-at-twenty