About us

Red Wharf started life as a British independent record label. It was established in the mid 1990s by Graham Bowers as a vehicle to publish music and artists whose work was difficult to accurately place in any of the named genres, and consequently publishes works that spans avant garde/experimental/progressive/minimal/ambient/contemporary music.

The music label forms one aspect of Red Wharf, other artistic activities include painting, sculpture, stage design for theatre productions, soundscores for film and video, sound for art installations.

Featured artists and their work in these areas include:

John Smith and a selection of works from his portfolio of anarchic paintings and animation.

Clive Walley, the internationally renowned fine art animation artist, featuring excerpts from a selection of his films, and a recently published double DVD, titled 'In conversation with Clive Walley', in which Clive talks about his life, from his early days to the present. Each topic of conversation is followed by the related film which gives a valuable insight into all aspects of the film's making, particularly so for the MTV program Ident, which illustrates the painting on glass of each frame and the techniques used to achieve Clive's individual style utilising the three dimensional rig that he designed and built (which is now in use at the RCA in London)

Mel and the Graphic Scores he originated to illustrate his musical works forming the basis of the thesis for his doctorate in electronic musical composition.

Graham Bowers and the artwork associated with his musical compositions, his sculptures and short films.

William Henshall and his strong musical empathy for harmony and beauty along with the absurd, the grotesque and the bizarre, blurring the line between free-form soundscapes and ecstatic musique concrete.

We have added a Guest Page that features friends and colleagues of Red Wharf who work in other genres of music and the arts.