"A Good Thing, devoted to some of the most creative music around." (Penguin Guide To Jazz on CD)
"...the Cliche-free independent" (The Guardian)
"...their low-key approach to marketing has not stopped signings such as Polar Bear receiving recognition beyond the hopes of most jazz players." (The Independent)

NEWS & TOURS (last updated - 16 July 2010)
Amit Chaudhuri Live at the Vortex on Saturday 2 October to launch new CD on Babel. Buy tickets here.
The Golden Age of Steam CD Raspberry Tongue hailed in Metro, Jazzwise, the FT, & BBC more Buy online here
Outhouse 2nd Babel release (feat. Alas No Axis guitarist Hilmar Jensson) scheduled for Autumn more soon
Twelves Upcoming second album from bassist Riaan Vosloo's trio+1 scheduled for October release
Richard Fairhurst's Triptych featured in Jazzwise plus rave reviews in press and online more
trioVD Still chance to see them on European festival circuit. Check here for remaining dates
Future CD releases?: Gannets/Tom Arthurs-Richard Fairhurst Babel looking to duo's Pushkin project

Chris Batchelor-Steve Buckley
Big Air
BDV2880
& Jim Black,Myra Melford,Oren Marshall
5* review:The Guardian,BBC Music Mag
'the best British jazz record for 20 years'- Brian Morton

Welcome to the website for the Babel Label, London's award-winning independent jazz (and beyond) recording company. We've got loads going on here. You can get up-to-date information on all our album releases, biographies as you would expect from a label's website, but you can also buy online CDs and download HIGH QUALITY tracks DIRECTLY from this site. You can also find Babel on myspace where you can check out some new album tracks , the label director Oliver's blog, where he pontificates on the world (especially of jazz), and you can follow 'Babellabel' on twitter as well as information on our club, about a new CD shop run by the label of hard-to-get indie jazz CDs (both online and at the Vortex), and much, much more...so start exploring right now