Spool[1] is a Canadian record label which was founded 1997 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Their first releases were in 1998. They relocated to Uxbridge, Ontario in 1999. The name comes from the play by Samuel Beckett: Krapp's Last Tape. In the play, Krapp becomes fascinated by the word "spool" and repeats it several times. On December 27, 2001, Spool was given national notice in an article in The Globe and Mail by Canadian jazz critic Mark Miller, who said "It's work supported not by the majors, but by smaller companies – as small as Uxbridge, Ont., label Spool which released two of the most interesting Canadian CDs of 2001, West Coast guitarist Tony Wilson's melancholic Lowest Note and a boisterous collaboration between George Lewis and Vancouver's NOW Orchestra, The Shadowgraph Series."[2] Spool releases also received reviews in the Toronto Star by Geoff Champman, as well as Coda (magazine), DownBeat, Vancouver Province, La Scena musicale, The Wire (magazine), Exclaim magazine, The Georgia Straight. In 2004, Spool received nominations for "producer of the year" and "label of the year" by the National Jazz Awards of Canada. Mark Miller, in Jazz Education Journal[3] wrote: "And consider Canada's most active independent record labels, Ambiances Magnetiques and Effendi in Montreal, Cornerstone in Toronto, Maximum Jazz and Songlines in Vancouver, Spool in Uxbridge, Ontario and Victo in Victoriaville, Quebec. By and large, their rosters are made up of artists who seem intent on creating vital, interesting and, above all, personal music that draws not on any one tradition, but on many..."[4]
SPL102 Peggy Lee, Dylan van der Schyff These Are Our Shoes - 1998.
SPL101 Chris Tarry, Dylan van der Schyff Sponge - 1998.
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SPF301 Broken Record Chamber, Free Improv For Robots- 1998.[14]
Tiina Kiik, "Spool Spurn series: The Machine is Broken / Shed Metal / Car Dew Treat Us (pages from Cornelius Cardew’s Treatise randomly selected)" Whole Note Magazine, Vol. 25, No. 2 (October 2019) pp. 71–72.
Nick Storring, "Spool: Music in the Margins" Musicworks Issue 129, Winter 2017.
Buium, Greg (2000). "Box...One...Spool...Eight (and Counting) - Spool: Canada's Bright, New Record Label". Coda. pp. 10–13.
David Dacks, "Label Life; Spool," Exclaim Magazine, Dacks, David (December 2004). "Spool". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
Alexander Varty, "Preaching Improv's Gospel: The minds behind the Spool record label have a missionary zeal," The Georgia Straight, February 3–10, 2000.
Passionate Pairing, Vancouver's NOW Orchestra artfully blends New Music and the Blues, The Globe and Mail, September 7, 2000, p. R4 by Mark Miller.
The Toronto Star, August 22, 1998, Vancouver duo puts best footwear forward by Geoff Chapman.
The Toronto Star, October 16, 1999, The Peggy Lee Band reviewed by Geoff Chapman.
The Globe and Mail, December 27, 2000, p. R5, Year overview by Mark Miller cites Spool recording Francois Houle's Au Couer du Litige.
The Globe and Mail, February 8, 2001, p. R5, Review of Tony Wilson Sextet's The Lowest Note by Mark Miller.
The Toronto Star, April 28, 2001, Tony Wilson Sextet The Lowest Note reviewed by Geoff Chapman.
The Toronto Star, August 4, 2001, George Lewis and the NOW Orchestra The Shadowgraph Series reviewed by Geoff Chapman.
The Globe and Mail, August 17, 2001, p. R6, Review of Francois Houle's Au Couer du Lier du Litage by Mark Miller.
The Toronto Star, 07 Nov 2002, page J8, George Lewis and NOW Orchestra Floating 1...2...3 reviewed by Geoff Chapman.
The Globe and Mail, June 7, 2001, p. R7, Review of The Shadowgraph Series by Mark Miller.
The Globe and Mail, December 27, 2001, p. R6, Review of Au Couer du Litage by Mark Miller.
The Globe and Mail, December 27, 2001, p. R3, Burns, Krall and all that hype by Mark Miller: "It’s work supported not by the majors, but by smaller companies — as small as Uxbridge, Ont., label Spool which released two of the most interesting Canadian CDs of 2001, West coast guitarist Tony Wilson’s melancholic Lowest Note and a boisterous collaboration between trombonist/composer George Lewis and Vancouver’s NOW Orchestra, The Shadowgraph Series."
The Globe and Mail, June 13, 2002, p. R4, Review of Sounds from the Big House by Mark Miller.
The Globe and Mail, February 26, 2004, p. R3, Review of Some Ra by Mark Miller.
The Globe and Mail, July 15, 2004, p. R4, Review of Worlds Apart by Mark Miller.
The Globe and Mail, August 19, 2005, p. R5, Review of The Flying Deer by Mark Miller.
The Globe and Mail, December 18, 2003, p. R5, Review of Odd Jobs, Assorted Climaxes by Mark Miller.
The Globe and Mail, November 12, 2005, p. R8, Feature article on Tony Wilson And now fresh from Hornby Island by Mark Miller.
The Globe and Mail, December 18, 2003, p. R5, Review of Odd Jobs, Assorted Climaxes by Mark Miller.
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