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AFTER 15 YEARS IT'S TIME TO TAKE A BREAK

In January of 1994 we started up our record label and distribution company, Creative Vibes. Inspired purely by music, we set out to make sure that music shops, music media and above all, music lovers got to hear and learn about the many brilliant, but non-mainstream artists from all over the world, including and especially those on home soil.

We championed the Japanese Acid Jazz sound of Mondo Grosso, UFO, Kyoto Jazz Massive and Soul Bossa Trio, as well as the Brit New Jazz of Down To The Bone and the entire Internal Bass label. We picked up the Ninja Tune label and saw it through those all important first 10 years of life, taking it from the quiet underground to loud minority and beyond, as we did with the Compost label. About 6 months after we released Super Discount we started getting demos from Australian dance and jazz artists with a distinctly French-touch, letting us know that the good stuff was working its magic and helping our own scene to develop. Licensing totally unknown acts from Sweden is not exactly a formula for success in the Australian music industry, especially if the act sings in Swedish, but we still thought Datarock  and Familjen made worthy tracks and so did the people at radio, the tour promoters and the listening public! Something about the Tru Thoughts label turned us on so we told everyone who would listen about the label and now names like Alice Russell, Quantic and The Bamboos are part of our music lexicon.

At the time it just seemed like a "good idea" and something we "really needed to do", but in retrospect we are humbled by the fact that we were privileged to work with some of the finest Australian talent and to release their early (in many cases the first) recordings. A sample of that list includes Soup, Moonrock (Illpickle and Katalyst), Tyrone and Katie Noonan, Dhama Bums (Nick Toth and Mako), Eon, Multiball, Sheriff Lindo, Jeff Dread, Ollo, The Bird, Superfluid, Duosseudo, The New Black and Gotye.

Between us, the artists and the labels we work with we've got airplay, gigs, reviews, even nominations and awards including those from DMA (Dance Music Awards, 4 times nominated and twice winner of Best Independent Label), ARIA and AIR. Surely we have changed the Australian soundscape!

We're hugely proud of the work we've done over the past decade and a half.  Sadly though, as a truly independent company we just can't compete with large companies and multinational companies supplying everything from music to computers and electrical items, to give retailers what they now need to stay in business and sell good music at the same time.

The majority of our business is in imported music which has always funded our investments in emerging, Australian artists. Because of the recent, drastic drop in the value of the Australian dollar, combined with the spiralling demand for discounts and deals, we can't get the margin out of our imports to sustain the development of our local releases.  (Of course we would have appreciate the Australian dollar dropping so drastically and affecting all our our imported CDs BEFORE we moved to our new St Peters warehouse!)

It will take us a couple of months to help our labels and artists find new homes, pack everything up, collect the money our customers owe to us and distribute it out to our artists and suppliers, but we'll conduct the wind up as quickly and as efficiently as possible. As always, we are aware that we are dealing with people's careers and their art so we will make the changes as smoothly as we can and can be contacted at our St Peters office and warehouse.

WE WILL KEEP SHIPPING THROUGH DECEMBER. Some titles/labels may be temporarily unavailable during January, until out suppliers meet with and choose a new Australian distributor at the annual MIDEM conference at the end of January. Many Australian distributors have over the past 15 years expressed interest in all our labels so any break in supply will definitely only be temporary. It is still probably a good idea to stock up on priority titles now to carry you through till February.

We now look forward to new challenges, but not without thanking those of you who have supported us and been so great for the past 15 years.

Gordon Henderson, Peter Pasqual and Heidi Pasqual.

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GROUPIE MAGAZINE PRESENTS CREATIVE VIBES AT THE BEACH ROAD HOTEL

To celebrate the sounds of the Creative Vibes label, Groupie Magazine and CVibes have teamed up for a night of top tunes, great company and musical goodness. See Meem perform live, Circle and The Watt Riot (who have toured with the likes of Eagles Of Death Metal and were Unearthed by Triple J) and Groupie DJ, Michaella Solar-March.

LOREENA MCKENNITT - A Midwinter Night's Dream

Loreena McKennitt’s new album, “A Midwinter Night’s Dream” is now available on CD plus Limited edition CD / DVD Set and a Deluxe Limited Edition 2008- 2009 Gift Box which also includes Christmas ornaments and postcards.

AFTER 15 YEARS IT'S TIME TO TAKE A BREAK

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GROUPIE MAGAZINE PRESENTS CREATIVE VIBES AT THE BEACH ROAD HOTEL

LOREENA MCKENNITT - A Midwinter Night's Dream

VARIOUS - Samsara Lounge

VARIOUS - Buddha Bar Travel Impressions

THE NEW BLACK - A Young Man's Death

DUOSSEUDO - We Are One

LAND OF TALK - Some Are Lakes

ALL NEW ADVENTURES OF US - Best Loved Goodnight Tales

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD - Sticks and Stones

FOURTH FLOOR COLLAPSE - Victoria

ARMEN FIRMAN - Your Name in My Skin

THE WATT RIOT - Paint the City Red

SCOTT BURNS - Day 1

BUTTAH - The Storyteller LP

THE BAMBOOS - Side-Stepper

PETER GREEN - The Anthology (4CD Deluxe Box Set)

VARIOUS The ZTT Box Set (3 CD+ 1 DVD)

THE MOVE - Anthology (4CD Deluxe Box Set)

FAMILJEN- Det Snurrar I Min Skalle (It's Spinning in my Head) & Huvudet I Sanden (Head in the Sand)

DEEPAK CHOPRA - The Soul of Healing Affirmations

VARIOUS featuring Deepak Chopra & Adam Plack - Rasa Living Wellness 1

VARIOUS - Hotel Costes 11

PADDED CELL - Night Must Fall