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Pure Mint Recordings is a British independent record label based in London. The label was established in 2004 by Anthony Hall (a dual qualified English and New York lawyer and musician〔(Entertainment Avice )〕) together with Dashal Beevers, growing out of an earlier incarnation called Mint Source Recordings. In 2003 Mint Source released the critically acclaimed compilation Flowers in the Attic featuring some of Nottingham's rising stars of deep house, including Crazy Penis, Bent – with their remix of the Hall & Oates classic "I Can't Go For That" (which Bent chose to finish their Big Chill set with in 2004〔(BBC Music )〕), Zoe Johnston (who has written and performed with Faithless),〔(Zoe Johnston Interview )〕 Oz from The DiY Sound System, Heavy Deviance and Neon Heights amongst others. The label has found supporters worldwide for its eclectic catalogue and has licensed repertoire to Norman Jay (Giant 45)], Carl Cox〔(T-Total Carl Cox FACT II – Australia 'A Global Tour' )〕 in Australia, Junior Vasquez,〔(Ageha 04 – Japan, Gate Recordings )〕 Fabric – Fabric Live 17 (mixed by AIM), Mastercuts (CUTSCD-58 Mastercuts Chilled〔(Mastercuts Chilled 2004 2 x CD Album )〕), Aquasky and others. Releases include T-Total's version of Brian Eno's "Baby's on Fire"〔(Marc Almond "Baby's On Fire" YouTube Video )〕 – with guest 'featured vocals' from Soft Cell's Marc Almond – and the debut long player "A Slow Walk Down The Stairs" from Heavy Deviance, themselves favourites of Chris Coco, Mark Rae, Rob Da Bank, KCRW (LA), 〕 The label has moved away from its originally exclusive dance release-base to include electropop (T-Total ft Marc Almond), indie folk (Nigel of Bermondsey〔(Nigel of Bermondsey Review – The Independent )〕 ex Gay Dad – nominated for the XFM 2009 New Music Award〔(XFM New Music Award Nominee 2009 )〕), rock (Hungary's FreshFabrik), indie-dance (Elevator Suite), political satire (Margo Guryan's 16 Words〔(16 Words – Drowned In Sound )〕) and breaks (Michael Morph), with collaborations and artist releases from Long Range (Phil Hartnoll from Orbital〔(Long Range )〕 and Nick Smith]), Yo Majesty, Aquasky, Alex Metric and others. As of November 2009, the label's catalogue comprises approximately 25 releases (singles, 12 inch vinyls and LPs)〔()〕 On 4 December 2009 Hall resigned from the BPI Rights Committee and the IFPI's International Legal Committees citing irreconcilable differences over the industry's approach to file sharing and their support of the current draft Digital Economy Bill (DEB) going through the UK parliament as of December 2009. He is quoted as saying:〔(CMU Daily 4/12/09 )〕
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