Record company founded in the year 2000.
David Gray's
White Ladder was the first album realeased by ATO. ATO stands for according to our, thus the full title of the record company is
According To Our Records. ATO was founded by
Dave Matthews,
Coran Capshaw,
Michael McDonald, and
Chris Tetzeli. ATO is based in New York. It distributes its records through BMG.
As of June 2002 ATO's artists and releases:
David Gray:
White Ladder,
Lost Songs, and
David Gray - Live at the Point released on
VHS and
DVD
Patty Griffin:
1000 Kisses
Gov't Mule:
The Deep End Volume 1 (first of a three part series)
Ben Kweller:
Sha Sha
Chris Whitely:
Rocket House (also released on vinyl) and
Chris Whitley Scrapyard Video Compilation
This could be considered ATO's
motto:
"ATO seeks out
talented songwriters,
musicians and
performers for whom there is
genuine passion and
belief. ATO strives to build
career artists. As a truly
independant label ATO is steadfast in our commitment to maintaining that
focus... ATO looks for the label to evolve naturally on an artist-by-artist basis. The priority for the label is that there be sufficient time and attention to develop each artist and each release. There is no
timeline, but there is a plan to build the label on the quality of the musicians we work with."
-from www.atorecords.com