SpinART Records

SpinART Records
Founded1991 (1991)
FounderJoel Morowitz and Jeff Price
Defunct2007 (2007)
Genre
Country of originUS
LocationNew York City

SpinART Records was a New York City-based independent record label that released recordings by the Apples in Stereo, Clem Snide, Frank Black, and Michael Penn. Billboard referred to SpinART as "a proven breeding ground for new talent."

The label was started by Joel Morowitz and Jeff Price in 1991. Its first release was the ...One Last Kiss compilation, which featured tracks from Velocity Girl, Lilys, Black Tambourine, Magnetic Fields, and others. The Washington Post described the compilation as "a sort of sonic fanzine" that was "dominated by guitar-based, female-fronted dream-pop bands."

In May 1994, SpinART signed a distribution deal with Columbia Records. The label shifted to a new distribution deal with Giant Records in October 1995, with Giant funding much of the label's operations and Morowitz and Price maintaining full creative control of the label's direction. "We do our own thing and market it and bust our butts and Giant leaves us alone," Price said.

SpinART filed for bankruptcy in April 2007 and went out of business.

In the years following the end of SpinART, Price became founder and CEO of digital music auditing company Audiam. He also co-founded the digital music service TuneCore.

Morowitz went on to own Ecstatic Electric, which rented out high-end vintage music gear. Morowitz died in Bethesda, Maryland on October 6, 2022.

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  5. ↑ Christman, Ed (2015-02-23). "Inside Former CEO Jeff Price's Ouster from TuneCore: 'A Tale of Betrayal and Ego'". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2026-07-01. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
  6. 1 2 Christman, Ed (2022-10-11). "Joel Morowitz, Co-Founder of Indie Label spinArt, Dies at 55". Billboard. Archived from the original on 2026-07-01. Retrieved 2026-07-01.