Invisible Hands Music


Invisible Hands Music is a UK-based independent record label.
The label is owned and run by Charles Kennedy who started out by self-releasing cassettes sold at gigs by his first band 'Night World' in 1987. The first CD release was Fretwork Southeast, a compilation album of local bands from Southwest London in 1993. After three more CDs in the series, and an eponymous debut album by Kennedy's alias The Aries Project, the label moved into signing legacy artists starting with Wishbone Ash, and singer-songwriter, Rob Reynolds. Other releases in the 1990s, distributed by Pinnacle in the UK, included electro compilations such as Speed Garage Invasion and Drum n Bass Invasion.
After a gap of five years, the label restarted operations in Camden Town in January 2003, releasing niche cash-in products such as a box set of Emerson, Lake & Palmer remixes by Mike Bennett, a box set of Wishbone Ash demos, and a compilation of covers of David Bowie songs. Hazel O'Connor joined the label with a reissue series of her 1990s albums. Releases included music by guitarist Stevie Salas, Silver Sun, Hugh Cornwell and Thomas Dolby.
In 2008 Invisible Hands signed a partially-reformed lineup of The Jam, and released a new Hugh Cornwell album, Hooverdam, available as a free download.
After a four-year hiatus between 2010 and 2014, the label restarted operations in London's West End, rereleasing The Aries Project's eponymous album under the new title "English Ghosts".
Other artists and releases:
The above 5 releases were half-speed mastered at Abbey Road studios by Miles Showell.
Releases for 2016 were by Animotion, Crosby & Nash, Superdrone, REM, Pearl Jam and James Taylor.
In addition to albums, Invisible Hands released promotional VHS tapes for Rob Reynolds, Clear, Hazel O'Connor, Mick Karn, and Hugh Cornwell.

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