Fabric is launching a new in-house label called Houndstooth.
The venerated London venue already has its Fabric and Fabriclive imprints, through which it releases its long-running mix album series, but this new project is a straight-up label for original material.
A&R on the label will be handled by Rob Booth of Electronic Explorations. Speaking to FACT about the project, he said: "Houndstooth is completely an artist-led endeavour so the focus of what we're doing will be squarely on them and their output.
"That said, we've committed to an array of projects of differing lengths already and we're definitely working on releasing high quality physical products. That sort of stuff is very important to us as people, so we're keen to produce the type of products we'd buy ourselves."
The first release is due out in February 2013, and it will be a four-track EP called The Present Tense from Berlin's Call Super.
"We felt like we're in a position where we can offer a great platform for artists, just like we have done for DJs over the years with the fabric label," added Booth.
"There's a real wealth of musical knowledge and enthusiasm that surrounds the people and the day to day running of the club and the fabric label and now, having joined the team myself back in September, it feels like we're all motivated to take things in a new direction.
Future releases will come from Akkord, House of Black Lanterns, _Unsubscribe_, and Al Tourettes.
