Cooking Vinyl Latest Signings: Ron Sexsmith/ Asian Dub Foundation/ Does It Offend You Yeah?/ Peter, Bjorn & John

• DIOYY and Ron Sexsmith move from deals with majors to the indie

• The end of a great year for Cooking Vinyl

14th December 2010, London: - Cooking Vinyl is proud to announce a quadruple whammy of exciting new signings to the label. Ron Sexsmith, Asian Dub Foundation, Peter Bjorn & John and Does it Offend You, Yeah? have all signed licensing deals with the West London based label for their forthcoming releases, with options in place for future recordings.Admired by everyone from Paul McCartney to Bono to Elton John, Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith is returning to Cooking Vinyl after a string of commercial success with Warner and V2 – and they are very happy to have him back in the indie fold. His album Long Player Late Bloomer will be released on 28th February 2011, via a Europe-wide licensing deal with Cooking Vinyl.Asian Dub Foundation’s new album A History of Now will be released worldwide (excluding Japan) on Cooking Vinyl on 7th Feb 2011. The group’s 12th album since 1995’s Facts and Fiction, it will be their first for Cooking Vinyl.British electro-rockers Does it Offend You, Yeah? have escaped their deal with Virgin/EMI to release their next album, Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You, with the London independent in a deal covering all territories worldwide. The album, the follow-up to their 2008 debut You Have No Idea What You’re Getting Yourself Into, will be released in the spring of 2011.Swedish Indie Rock trio, Peter Bjorn & John have signed to the label to release their next album Gimme Some next March, in an agreement covering the world excluding North America, with an option for their next album.Cooking Vinyl MD and founder Martin Goldschmidt said “It’s been a great year for us, with great results (Groove Armada, Charlatans, Underworld) and great records (Turin Brakes, Audio Bullys, Ocean Colour Scene and many more). Bring on 2011!”About Cooking Vinyl RecordsCooking Vinyl has developed a reputation as one of Europe’s prime artist-focused independent labels, inspiring an enviable loyalty among its artist roster. It is also in the vanguard of music companies offering innovative services-only deals that claim no stake in artists’ copyrights.Cooking Vinyl take full responsibility for the management of a project whether functioning as a label or in a services-only setting. Adding more than just marketing muscle, Cooking Vinyl devise and implement worldwide sales, marketing and distribution plans for their artists, working alongside booking agents and artist managers.Artists signed to services deals with Cooking Vinyl include The Prodigy, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly,, Underworld, Groove Armada, the Charlatans and Dolores O’Riordan. Such is the loyalty and affection among artists for the label that the likes of Jackie Leven and Frank Black have returned close to 20 times to record fresh collections with them. Cooking Vinyl’s deal with Ingenious for The Prodigy created Europe and the UK’s biggest selling independent record in 2009.The broader Cooking Vinyl Group comprises Cooking Vinyl Records, distributor and marketing services provider Essential Music & Marketing, and publishing company Cooking Vinyl Music, which is run by Paul Kinder, a former director at Chrysalis.www.cookingvinyl.comPress Contact: Dave Hall – 020 8357 7305 or dave@namemusic.net