XL Recordings
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Originally an offshoot of City Beat Records in association with Beggars Banquet, in order to market releases for the UK's burgeoning hardcore house/rave scene. The Prodigy was a key signing. Later broadened the scope of the label by licensing releases by The White Stripes.
Wikipedia
XL Recordings is a British independent record label founded in 1989 by Tim Palmer and Nick Halkes. It has been run and co-owned by Richard Russell since 1996. It forms part of the Beggars Group.
It releases an average of six albums a year. The label releases albums worldwide and operates across a range of genres.