ZTT Records
ZTT Records is a record label founded in 1983 by NME journalist Paul Morley , record producer Trevor Horn , producer Gary Langan and businesswoman Jill Sinclair . The name of the record company was also written out: "Zang Tumb Tuum" or "Zang Tuum Tumb". ZTT is an acronym by the artist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti , who uses this in his sound poem Zang Tumb Tumb . The word "Tuuuum" is also on the cover of the original book publication of the poem.
ZTT had success with composer Andrew Poppy and bands like Propaganda , The Art of Noise and Frankie Goes to Hollywood in the 1980s . In 1989, both Propaganda and Frankie Goes To Hollywood singer Holly Johnson went to court to get out of existing record deals. Both Propaganda and Johnson won the trials.
In the 1990s, ZTT became a successful dance label that signed artists such as Seal and 808 State .
ZTT has also been successful in re-releasing old material from Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Propaganda and The Art of Noise. Sometimes this material was remixed or simply published again in the old form.
ZTT Records is now part of the SPZ Group.
Artist of ZTT
1980s
- The Art of Noise
- propaganda
- Frankie Goes To Hollywood
- Andrew Poppy
- The Psych-Oh Rangers
- Roy Orbison
- Grace Jones
- Nasty Rox Inc.
- Act
- 808 State
- Hoodlum priest
- Anne Pigalle
1990s
- Seal
- Adamski
- Max (as Lomax )
- Sun Electric
- Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force
- Solid State Logic
- Glam Metal Detectives
- Mantra
- Kirsty MacColl
- Tare
- All saints
- Tom Jones
- The Flood
- Sex
- The frames
- Rehab
- Heights of Abraham
2000s