First Inversion is proud to be the parent company for Rosebrook Classical, Rosebrook Media, the Divine Art, Métier, Athene, Ekkozone, Diversions, Heritage Media, Historic Sound, Pilgrim’s Sound record labels, and Divine Art Edition Music Publishing.
First Inversion Labels
Divine Art
The Divine Art label was established in 1993 and has since become one of the premiere UK labels.
Métier
Founded in 1992, the Metier label quickly gained a reputation for outstanding modern repertoire and production quality.
Athene
Originally formed in 1991 by Joanna Leach to record on period square pianos, Athene has developed as a leader in early music recordings.
Ekkozone
Ekkozone was originally founded by renowned Danish percussionist Mathias Reumert. The label focuses on the cutting edge of contemporary music.
Diversions
Diversions was established in 1995 as a premiere home for EPs and specialized re-issues. It has since developed into our label for discovery.
First Inversion Companies
Rosebrook Classical
Marketing services for performing arts organizations since 2009.
Rosebrook Media
Artist and Label Services, website development and management since 2009.
Divine Art Edition
Founded in 2020, Divine Art Edition was launched as a music publishing company with the purpose of offering composers on the Divine Art, Métier, and Diversions labels a publishing house for their scores.
First Inversion Distributed Labels
Foghorn Classics
FoghornClassics was founded in 1994 by the Alexander String Quartet. The name is reference to their location in the San Francisco Bay Area.
DanSing
A specialist label for the music of Dan Evans, singer, guitarist, and composer, and leading exponent of the Appalachian Dulcimer.
First Inversion Label Imprints
Heritage Media
Heritage Media was the first company in the UK other than the BBC to archive, remaster and distribute classical radio dramas.
Pilgrim’s Star
A small catalog of sacred and liturgical music recordings curated by Alexander Deriev and poet Regina Derieva.
Historic Sound
A collaboration between Divine Art founder Stephen Sutton and BBC engineer Andrew Rose to release audio restorations of historic performances.
Meet the First Inversion Team
David Weuste
Executive Director
James Cardell-Oliver
Engineer & Production Director
Sean Dacy
Data & Artist Services Director
Margaret Skeet
UK & Ireland Press Director