History
Oct 2019 Stamping GLB001, Clapton
Mar 2020 The Rex poster
May 2020 Balcony Tapes, Berlin
Jul 2021 First night back
Apr 2022 Neukölln office
Oct 2022 Amsterdam, ADE
Sep 2023 I.Boat, Bordeaux
Oct 2024 GLB5, Hamburg
Nov 2024 Waterfloor
Oct 2025 033, 034, 035, 050
Feb 2026 I.Boat, closed
Sep 2026 Seven Years plannerGLB Records was founded in Clapton, east London, by Mark Neilson after twenty years in record distribution. The first release, Anselm Reuter's Köpenicker Dub (GLB001), came out on 11 October as a 12 inch in an edition of 300, hand-stamped, and sold out within three weeks.
Neilson had first heard Reuter's music on a CD-R in Berlin in the summer of 2018. The sleeve, by Berlin designer Jonas Weber, established the die-cut format and stone-yellow centre label that the label still uses.
The first Long Count took place at Phonox in Brixton on 7 December, with Reuter playing the whole night. It set the rule that has applied to every Long Count since: no set under three hours.
2019 in full
Anselm Reuter's second record, Schillingbrücke, was released in February, and a first German Long Count took place at Golden Pudel in Hamburg later that month with Nachtfähre.
The first Paris Long Count was due at Rex Club on 14 March and was cancelled that evening, when France ordered its clubs to close from midnight. There were no further GLB nights for sixteen months.
Tom Ashby joined in April to run The Balcony Tapes, twelve mixes recorded at home by label artists and sold on a pay-what-you-like basis, with proceeds going to club crew out of work. Sacha Vidal, Frieda Lux and Nachtfähre all made their first GLB records that year. The first annual compilation, Round 1, came out in December.
2020 in fullThe label returned to the dancefloor on 24 July with Anselm Reuter and Frieda Lux in Room 2 at fabric, five days after clubs reopened in England. Nights in Hamburg, Berlin, Leipzig and Lyon followed in the autumn, before renewed closures in Germany and France at the end of the year.
Tobias Wendt joined with Venloer in October. Margaux Delorme signed that autumn and Camille Aubert joined as label manager. Pressing delays across the industry held several records back for months, and the schedule moved out as a result.
2021 in full
GLB opened a bookings office in Neukölln in April under Lena Vogt, formalising GLB Artists. Margaux Delorme's Rue des Cascades (GLB010), the label's first vocal record, had come out in February.
In June the label launched Coln, an imprint for ambient and downtempo music, with Aline Roux's Chantiers. Frieda Lux's Rückweg, the first album on GLB, followed in September, and Ilse Morgen joined with Mainufer in October.
The first GLB showcase at Amsterdam Dance Event took place that month. The first Paris Long Count, more than two years late, took place at Djoon in June.
2022 in fullLes Quais' Bassin à Flot (GLB014) came out in March and became the label's biggest record, going through four further pressings. Kolja Brandt and Noé Castaing both joined that year, and Margaux Delorme and Nachtfähre released their debut albums, Ligne 11 and Elbtunnel.
Sacha Vidal played a day stage at Nuits sonores in Lyon in May. In September the label held a party at I.Boat in Bordeaux, the boat where the members of Les Quais met while working there. Priya Raman joined the London office to run sync and licensing.
2023 in full
Elske Maes became the label's first Belgian signing with Ledeberg in April. Anselm Reuter's album Heizkraftwerk, recorded over two winters, came out in October, five years after GLB001.
The GLB5 tour marked the fifth birthday with five cities over five weekends: London, Berlin, Paris, Hamburg and Lyon. In November, Reuter played the Waterfloor at Watergate in Berlin, shortly before the club closed at the end of the year. Round 5 was issued as a triple 12 inch.
2024 in fullSacha Vidal's Presqu'île and Les Quais' Garonne were both released in the spring. Noé Castaing's La Corniche came out in July and was widely played over the summer, leading to a run of festival and terrace dates.
Camille Aubert moved back to France in September to open a Paris desk in the 11th arrondissement. GLB050, released in October for the sixth birthday, had label artists covering one another's records. The catalogue moved from 35 to 50 for the occasion.
2025 in full
I.Boat in Bordeaux entered liquidation in February, and Les Quais wrote about it for the label's news page. Blitz in Munich, where Kolja Brandt had played regularly, closed in the summer. Brandt's debut album Föhn came out in April and Frieda Lux's second album Nachtbus in June.
The Seven Years tour began at Phonox on 3 October and runs until April 2027. Round 7, a triple 12 inch, is released on 6 November.
2026 in full