XL Recordings, the record label that's tearing up the rule book

Only sign artists you really like, give them free rein, have no regard for business . . . XL Recordings boss Richard Russell reveals the secrets of surviving in the music industryUnless you're an obsessive fan of Kicks Like a Mule's 1992 rave hit the Bouncer – and let's face it, that leaves about three of you – then chances are you won't recognise the man sat sprawled across a big brown leather couch in his Ladbroke Grove offices. If, however, you are a fan of innovative new music, then you ...

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