U.S. independent label based in NYC; for company roles and copyrights please consider for the USA, Matador Records Ltd. for the UK company division and the generic company profile relating to either legal entities Matador Records (2) Note that while some Matador releases are exclusive to North America or Europe, they use one numbering system for all releases, so it is not necessary to enter them under separate labels. The Matador label began in 1989 when Chris Lombardi dragged the Austrian duo H.P. Zinker into Wharton Tiers’ Fun City studio to record OLE-001, ...and there was light. via Discogs →