Gudinski Announces New Record Label & First Signing: 'There Will Be No Musical Boundaries'

Aussie music industry heavyweight Michael Gudinski has today announced the launch of brand new label, Reclusive Records.

The Mushroom Group Chairman's new venture, which will see him work with Reclusive's Director of A&R Andrew Mackie, is being launched with a new single from its first signing - Yorta Yorta singer-songwriter Scott Darlow's You Can't See Black In The Dark featuring Birds Of Tokyo frontman Ian Kenny.

“I am excited to launch Reclusive Records which I’ve been thinking about for quite a while but was holding off until I found the right artist for the right time," Gudinski, who came in at #1 on the latest Power 50 list, said.

"With this new label we are focused on career development and being patient with artists. There will be no musical boundaries within the Reclusive label.

"I have believed in Scott Darlow for many years and it feels incredibly fitting that the first release for Reclusive is Scott’s extremely poignant and timely song, You Can’t See Black In The Dark, which will lead into a very strong EP in the next couple of months.

"Mushroom Group has always firmly supported Indigenous artists - Yothu Yindi (Treaty was the first song by a predominantly Indigenous band to chart in Australia and it was the first song in an Aboriginal language, Gumatj, to gain extensive airplay and international recognition), Archie Roach (who has a 30 year history with Mushroom), Troy Cassar-Daley, Christine Anu, Dan Sultan - and we look forward to continuing this with Scott Darlow and You Can’t See Black In The Dark."

Darlow said of the new track, "You Can’t See Black In The Dark is a song that I’ve spent my whole life trying to write. It is difficult to articulate the battle I’ve felt as an Indigenous person, when there is still so much love, passion and connection to Australian land.

"You Can’t See Black In The Dark isn’t just a song written for the current Black Lives Matter movement – this is the journey that I have lived and breathed my entire life.”

All proceeds from streams and downloads of You Can’t See Black In The Dark will be donated to the Wirrpanda Foundation which aims to lead the provision of education and employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.