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.

Artists

Apollo Sunshine The Apples in Stereo Augie March Eef Barzelay Bis Black Francis Frank Black The Boo Radleys Bunny Summer By Divine Right Vic Chesnutt The Church Cinerama Clem Snide Creeper Lagoon Cub The Dambuilders The Dears Detachment Kit Eels Elf Power Eyes Adrift Jason Falkner Fastbacks The Flashing Lights The Goldenrods Bill Fox Halo Bit Hank Dogs Head of Femur Hockey Night Holiday Hot IQs Bill Janovitz John Doe Thing KaitO Tommy Keene The Lilac Time Lilys Lotion Lois Maffeo The Magnetic Fields Marbles Mazarin Me (band) MC Honky The Minders Nellie McKay Monsterland The Orange Peels Michael Penn Pere Ubu Pixies Poole Poster Children Regia The Revelers Small Factory Soft Cell Squatweiler Suddenly, Tammy! The Sunshine Fix The Technical Jed Throw That Beat in the Garbage Can Trampoline The Trash Can Sinatras The Wedding Present White Town You Am I Zeke Fiddler

See also List of record labels

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