Partisan Records

Partisan Records is an independent record label with offices in London and Los Angeles, as well as in New York City, where the company was co-founded in 2007 by Tim Putnam and Ian Wheeler. The label, initially run out of Putnam's South Brooklyn apartment, relocated in 2009 to their flagship office in Williamsburg where they still reside.[1] Holy Sons (Decline of the West) was the first release on the label, and early success followed shortly thereafter with the release of Deer Tick (War Elephant).[2]

Partisan Records
Founded	2007 (2007)
Founder	Tim Putnam Ian Wheeler
Distributor(s)	ADA (North America, Latin America, Africa), PIAS Group (ROW)
Genre	Indie rock rock folk avant-garde
Country of origin	U.S.
Location	Brooklyn, New York
Official website	www.partisanrecords.com

In 2008, while working as the Night Manager for The Knitting Factory venue at their Leonard St. location in Manhattan, Putnam was approached by Knitting Factory Entertainment CEO Morgan Margolis to form a strategic partnership with Partisan.[3] Together they've reissued the Fela Kuti catalogue and revived their label, Knitting Factory Records, which also includes Grammy Award-nominated members of the Kuti family, Femi Kuti and Seun Kuti.[4]

Partisan has since cultivated an eclectic, diverse roster across all genres, prioritizing an artist-friendly philosophy, and achieving international acclaim. In 2019 they earned their first-ever Grammy nomination for Deran by Bombino[5] followed by two more nominations in 2020 for A Hero's Death by Fontaines D.C. and Song for Our Daughter by Laura Marling.[6] In 2020 they also achieved a #1 UK album for Ultra Mono by Idles.[7]

Music Week's International Woman of the Year award went to Partisan's Managing Director, Zena White in 2019.[8]

Putnam now serves as President of Partisan, and Wheeler manages The Talkhouse, which he founded in 2015 and shares an office with Partisan.[9]