Basick Records

{{Short description|British record label}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}

{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}

{{Infobox record label

| name = Basick Records

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| founder = Nathan Philips & Jake Smith

| distributor = Prosthetic/RED (North America), The Orchard (worldwide)

| genre = Progressive metal, metalcore, ambient

| country = United Kingdom

| location = London

| url = {{URL|http://basickrecords.com/}}

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Basick Records is a British record label founded in 2005 by Nathan "Barley" Phillips and his half brother Jake Smith.{{cite web|last=Neilstein|first=Vince|title=Basick Records Founder Nathan "Barley" Phillips: The Metalsucks Interview|date=20 April 2012 |url=http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/04/20/basick-records-founder-nathan-barley-phillips-the-metalsucks-interview/|publisher=MetalSucks|accessdate=17 October 2012}} Their business has since expanded into the Invictus Music & Media group, which includes Basick Records itself, the hardcore punk-oriented label Destroy Everything and the PR company Hold Tight! PR. Basick Records' first release was a compilation album, entitled, "Do You Feel This?", released on 8 August 2005.{{cite web|title=VARIOUS ARTISTS – DO YOU FEEL THIS?|url=http://www.basickrecords.com/releases/do_you_feel_this|publisher=Basick Records|access-date=18 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182522/http://www.basickrecords.com/releases/do_you_feel_this|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}} The first band to be signed to Basick was Fellsilent. They were also the first label to release material from Enter Shikari.

In 2011, Basick made a global distribution deal (excluding North America) with Warner ADA.{{cite web |title=BASICK in new distribution deal with Warner ADA |url=http://www.sonicshocks.com/BASICK-records-signs-distribution-deal-with-Warner-ADA.php |publisher=Sonic Shocks |accessdate=17 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310074805/http://www.sonicshocks.com/BASICK-records-signs-distribution-deal-with-Warner-ADA.php |archivedate=10 March 2011 }} Then, on 17 January 2012, they announced a North American distribution partnership with Prosthetic Records, in which selections from Basick's back catalog and all forthcoming releases would see distribution in North America from Prosthetic.{{cite web|title=PROSTHETIC To Distribute BASICK RECORDS in North America|url=http://prostheticrecords.com/?p=3220|publisher=Prosthetic Records|accessdate=17 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605172232/http://prostheticrecords.com/?p=3220|archive-date=5 June 2013|url-status=dead}}