Sea of Wood Records
Sea of Wood operates a record label, performance venues, and an artist management agency in China featuring several internationally acclaimed artists.
Sea of Wood operates a record label, performance venues, and an artist management agency in China featuring several internationally acclaimed artists.
Sea of Wood was set up in 2016 with a view to providing a platform for the under-represented artists and music of Yunnan. With a scope ranging from artist management to recording, publishing and festival production, the label has been instrumental in raising the profile of Yunnan music both domestically and internationally, having released a string of well received albums, culminating in compiling The Rough Guide to the Music of Yunnan which was released in 2022 to critical acclaim.
- Manhu's Voices of the Sani album was top 15 on the March 2020 Transglobal World Music Charts, 51st on Best Of Transglobal World Music Charts season 2019-2020.
- Shanren was in the Best Of annual selections of Transglobal World Music Charts for both their 2014 and 2021 albums.
- Bagedai's 2024 release was awarded Top of the World in Songlines' October issue.
- Puman reached No. 1 of the Juno Dub chart, No.4 on the Juno Vinyl Reggae chart.
Undertaking an ambitious international strategy to promote priority artists in Europe, and in Asia.