Isomorph Records, also known as Isomorphs, is an independent record label based in London. The label is run by acclaimed designer, illustrator and entrepreneur Kate Moross.
Launched in November 2007, in its first year the label has seen releases from Cutting Pink With Knives, Hearts Revolution, Midnight Juggernauts and Apes and Androids. With each release Moross collaborates closely with the artists in order to create the definitive visual representation of their sound, that encapsulates the bands ideas and Moross’ vision for them.
Isomorphs has both repackaged existing music and discovered and released original tracks. Never releasing digitally or printing over 500 copies, Moross describes these records as, "a series of artists prints that you can listen to."
Next year will see Isomorphs grow to encompass a publishing house for forthcoming books designed by Kate Moross as well as a music merchandise clothing label.
Most of the catalogue is available online from http://www.isomorphs.com, and they are also stocked at a number of handpicked shops and boutiques from Scotland to San Francisco, including Rough Trade, Pure Groove, Colette, pop-up shops and ice-cream trucks.
Launched in November 2007, in its first year the label has seen releases from Cutting Pink With Knives, Hearts Revolution, Midnight Juggernauts and Apes and Androids. With each release Moross collaborates closely with the artists in order to create the definitive visual representation of their sound, that encapsulates the bands ideas and Moross’ vision for them.
Isomorphs has both repackaged existing music and discovered and released original tracks. Never releasing digitally or printing over 500 copies, Moross describes these records as, "a series of artists prints that you can listen to."
Next year will see Isomorphs grow to encompass a publishing house for forthcoming books designed by Kate Moross as well as a music merchandise clothing label.
Most of the catalogue is available online from http://www.isomorphs.com, and they are also stocked at a number of handpicked shops and boutiques from Scotland to San Francisco, including Rough Trade, Pure Groove, Colette, pop-up shops and ice-cream trucks.
Sanjay Shrenik Lalbhai (born 10 April 1954) is an Indian entrepreneur, educationist and the chairman of a $1.7 billion textile conglomerate, Arvind Limited. Alongside, he is also on the board of various educational and cultural institutions. He joined the Arvind group of companies in 1979, after completing his Master's in Business Management in 1977 from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.
Education
Sanjay Lalbhai attended Rachana High School, Ahmedabad for elementary education; whose mother Pannaben Lalbhai was the director of the school at that time. He did his Bachelors from St Xaviers with majors in statistics and mathematics. He completed his masters in business administration from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.
Career
Sanjay Lalbhai joined Arvind Limited in 1977 and was amongst the first companies to bring denim to the Indian market. He also partnered with various international brands which were later brought for retail to the Indian markets.
Alongside, working to make a shift of the traditional textile business to a technology company; with steps taken as the 2017 demerger with the intention of making the individual companies self-sufficient.
His estimated net worth is $1.1 billion.
Alongside his sons Punit and Kulin; he is working on a garment operation in Ethiopia, providing ease for business in the US, China and Europe.
Timeline
1970s-1990s
Sanjay Lalbhai joined Arvind Mills in 1977. At the time when he joined Arvind Group of Companies, He had already kickstarted multiple businesses which were highly unrelated to each other. With Chintan Shah; a graduate from IIM Ahmedabad; he started a company named Amtrex, which later on went to sign up with Hitachi. Anagram Finance, Perfect Placement and Trikaya was among the 30-40 ventures that Lalbhai was running at that time.
He became the CEO of Arvind Limited in 1987, two years after becoming the Managing Director of the same.
2000s-present
He was trying to bring in the international brands to India, in a time when the clothes were only tailored. He brought in Arrow to India; with changing its image of polyester-cotton shirts to premium cotton shirts. He met executives from Gap, PVH, VF and many more. He was able to get and retain the licence of Tommy Hilfiger, along with the help of Mohit Murjani.
After around three decades with Sanjay Lalbhai as the Managing Director, Arvind Fashion Brands Limited has brought various brands like Nautica, Sephora, Aéropostale, Flying Machine, Calvin Klein, Hanes, Gant and a lot more along with continuing with Tommy Hilfiger and Arrow.
In 2017, he announced a demerger of Arvind Limited to Arvind Fashions; with its engineering business demerging to Anup Engineering
Member of Council of Management; Physical Research Laboratory
Chairman; CEPT University
Chancellor & Chairman, Board of Governors; Ahmedabad University
Ex-Chairman (up to 25-11-2016); Amol Dicalite
Chairman; as on 2006; Tech Mahindra
Ex-Director (26 July 2013) Torrent Pharma
Awards and honours
Sanjay Lalbhai was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award by the Clothing Manufacturers Association of India for his contribution for the growth of the Indian apparel export industry at the which took place in Mumbai, India in January 2018.
Education
Sanjay Lalbhai attended Rachana High School, Ahmedabad for elementary education; whose mother Pannaben Lalbhai was the director of the school at that time. He did his Bachelors from St Xaviers with majors in statistics and mathematics. He completed his masters in business administration from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.
Career
Sanjay Lalbhai joined Arvind Limited in 1977 and was amongst the first companies to bring denim to the Indian market. He also partnered with various international brands which were later brought for retail to the Indian markets.
Alongside, working to make a shift of the traditional textile business to a technology company; with steps taken as the 2017 demerger with the intention of making the individual companies self-sufficient.
His estimated net worth is $1.1 billion.
Alongside his sons Punit and Kulin; he is working on a garment operation in Ethiopia, providing ease for business in the US, China and Europe.
Timeline
1970s-1990s
Sanjay Lalbhai joined Arvind Mills in 1977. At the time when he joined Arvind Group of Companies, He had already kickstarted multiple businesses which were highly unrelated to each other. With Chintan Shah; a graduate from IIM Ahmedabad; he started a company named Amtrex, which later on went to sign up with Hitachi. Anagram Finance, Perfect Placement and Trikaya was among the 30-40 ventures that Lalbhai was running at that time.
He became the CEO of Arvind Limited in 1987, two years after becoming the Managing Director of the same.
2000s-present
He was trying to bring in the international brands to India, in a time when the clothes were only tailored. He brought in Arrow to India; with changing its image of polyester-cotton shirts to premium cotton shirts. He met executives from Gap, PVH, VF and many more. He was able to get and retain the licence of Tommy Hilfiger, along with the help of Mohit Murjani.
After around three decades with Sanjay Lalbhai as the Managing Director, Arvind Fashion Brands Limited has brought various brands like Nautica, Sephora, Aéropostale, Flying Machine, Calvin Klein, Hanes, Gant and a lot more along with continuing with Tommy Hilfiger and Arrow.
In 2017, he announced a demerger of Arvind Limited to Arvind Fashions; with its engineering business demerging to Anup Engineering
Member of Council of Management; Physical Research Laboratory
Chairman; CEPT University
Chancellor & Chairman, Board of Governors; Ahmedabad University
Ex-Chairman (up to 25-11-2016); Amol Dicalite
Chairman; as on 2006; Tech Mahindra
Ex-Director (26 July 2013) Torrent Pharma
Awards and honours
Sanjay Lalbhai was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award by the Clothing Manufacturers Association of India for his contribution for the growth of the Indian apparel export industry at the which took place in Mumbai, India in January 2018.
Alfred R. Stevenson. (* 20. September 1973 in Obervellach, real name Stefan Rothschopf) is an Austrian composer and conductor. The emphasis of his work is up to the symphonic wind orchestra but he is also known for his compositions for brass ensemble.
Education & Career
Since his early childhood he has been inspired by music. So he got Trumpet lessons from Prof. Christoph Vierbauch and later Trombone lessons from Peter Vierbach. After the change to the Kärntner Landeskonservatorium in Klagenfurt under Prof. Rupert Hörmanseder and the graduation from technical college he became a member of the Carinthian military band as a Bass Trombonist. He served there until 2010. In this time he also studied concert band conducting and graduated with distinction in 1995. Numerous master classes led him a.o. to H. Robert Reynolds, Maurice Hamers, Jan Cober, Dennis Johnson, Felix Hauswirth, Jan van der Roost and Karolos Trikolidis. Stevenson also studied composition under Karl Safaric, Thomas Doss and Franz Kühnel.
In 1995 he was appointed as the conductor of the Trachtenkapelle Rangersdorf and worked as a guest conductor with numerous amateur orchestras such as the Stadtkapelle Feldkirchen, the Werkskapelle of the Knauf AMF Heradesign Ferndorf, the Kärntner Gebirgsschützenkapelle, the Stadtkapelle Spittal an der Drau and the Bundesbahner Stadtkapelle Klagenfurt.
In 2004 he won the 3 prize in the composition competition of the Austrian Concert band association with his work Overture to Avalon.
In 2014 his work Fragments became the test piece of the 9 Austrian Concert band competition.
Stevensons musical works are published by Molenaar Edition, Tirol Musikverlag, Adler Musikverlag and Seeber-Film. His compositions for Brass ensemble are also well known, so his work Carinthian Music Academy (CMA) Fanfare had been performed by the and by the European Brass Ensemble.
Works
Works for Concert band (selection)
* Tamaras Song (A Tune without Words)
* Open the Doors!
* A Song for Beth (For Solo Soprano Saxophone and Band)
* Silence around the Lake (Symphonic Poem on a Theme by Günther Mittergradnegger)
* Fragments (Based on motives by Rudolf Kummerer)
* The Power of Love
* King of the Skies
* Odin
* Overture to Avalon
* Episodes (Tales from the South of Carinthia)
* Bis zu den Sternen (March)
* Springer Marsch
* Gipfelstürmer (Concert march)
* Der Zukunft Voran! (Concert march)
* Aufzugsmarsch (March from the operetta "Eine Nacht in Venedig" by Johann Strauss II)
* Caroussel-Marsch (March by Johann Strauss II)
* Prozeß-Polka (Polka schnell by Johann Strauss II)
Works for Brass ensemble (selection)
* Im Biergarten (Polka)
* Meine Kinder (Polka)
* Mährische Freunde (Polka)
* Ein neuer Tag (Waltz)
* Die flotte Lotte (Polka)
* In da Großfragant
* Carinthian Music Academy (CMA) Fanfare
Works for Quartet
* Quartet book No. 1 "Highlights der Unterhaltungsmusik"
* Quartet book No. 2 "Oktoberfest"
* Quartet book No. 3 "Bis zu den Sternen"
* Quartet book No. 4 "Disney & more"
* Quartet book No. 5 "Das Weihnachtsalbum"
* Quartet book No. 6 "Hollywood"
Discography (selection)
* Goldene Blasmusik (SoundService; 2006-2007), Trachtenkapelle Rangersdorf - Dietmar Thaler (Conductor)
* Overture to Avalon (Molenaar Edition; 2013), Conservatório de Música do Porto Wind Orchestra - Manuel Fernando Marinho Costa (Conductor)
* Odin (Molenaar Edition; 2015), Academia de Música de Costa Cabral - Luís Carvalhoso (Conductor), Altena Brassband - Jan Gerrit (Conductor), Banda de Música da Força Aérea - Rui Silva and António Manuel Cardoso Rosado (Conductors)
* Concerto pour Grand Orchestre d'Harmonie (Molenaar Edition; 2015), Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa - José Rafael Pascual-Vilaplana (Conductor)
* Au Cirque (Molenaar Edition; 2019), Banda Sinfónica da Polícia de Segurança Pública - José Manuel Ferreira Brito (Conductor)
* Strauss & Co. (Seeber Film; 1998), Bundesbahner Stadtkapelle Klagenfurt - Michael Janesch (Conductor)
Weblinks
* Alfred R. Stevenson's official homepage
Education & Career
Since his early childhood he has been inspired by music. So he got Trumpet lessons from Prof. Christoph Vierbauch and later Trombone lessons from Peter Vierbach. After the change to the Kärntner Landeskonservatorium in Klagenfurt under Prof. Rupert Hörmanseder and the graduation from technical college he became a member of the Carinthian military band as a Bass Trombonist. He served there until 2010. In this time he also studied concert band conducting and graduated with distinction in 1995. Numerous master classes led him a.o. to H. Robert Reynolds, Maurice Hamers, Jan Cober, Dennis Johnson, Felix Hauswirth, Jan van der Roost and Karolos Trikolidis. Stevenson also studied composition under Karl Safaric, Thomas Doss and Franz Kühnel.
In 1995 he was appointed as the conductor of the Trachtenkapelle Rangersdorf and worked as a guest conductor with numerous amateur orchestras such as the Stadtkapelle Feldkirchen, the Werkskapelle of the Knauf AMF Heradesign Ferndorf, the Kärntner Gebirgsschützenkapelle, the Stadtkapelle Spittal an der Drau and the Bundesbahner Stadtkapelle Klagenfurt.
In 2004 he won the 3 prize in the composition competition of the Austrian Concert band association with his work Overture to Avalon.
In 2014 his work Fragments became the test piece of the 9 Austrian Concert band competition.
Stevensons musical works are published by Molenaar Edition, Tirol Musikverlag, Adler Musikverlag and Seeber-Film. His compositions for Brass ensemble are also well known, so his work Carinthian Music Academy (CMA) Fanfare had been performed by the and by the European Brass Ensemble.
Works
Works for Concert band (selection)
* Tamaras Song (A Tune without Words)
* Open the Doors!
* A Song for Beth (For Solo Soprano Saxophone and Band)
* Silence around the Lake (Symphonic Poem on a Theme by Günther Mittergradnegger)
* Fragments (Based on motives by Rudolf Kummerer)
* The Power of Love
* King of the Skies
* Odin
* Overture to Avalon
* Episodes (Tales from the South of Carinthia)
* Bis zu den Sternen (March)
* Springer Marsch
* Gipfelstürmer (Concert march)
* Der Zukunft Voran! (Concert march)
* Aufzugsmarsch (March from the operetta "Eine Nacht in Venedig" by Johann Strauss II)
* Caroussel-Marsch (March by Johann Strauss II)
* Prozeß-Polka (Polka schnell by Johann Strauss II)
Works for Brass ensemble (selection)
* Im Biergarten (Polka)
* Meine Kinder (Polka)
* Mährische Freunde (Polka)
* Ein neuer Tag (Waltz)
* Die flotte Lotte (Polka)
* In da Großfragant
* Carinthian Music Academy (CMA) Fanfare
Works for Quartet
* Quartet book No. 1 "Highlights der Unterhaltungsmusik"
* Quartet book No. 2 "Oktoberfest"
* Quartet book No. 3 "Bis zu den Sternen"
* Quartet book No. 4 "Disney & more"
* Quartet book No. 5 "Das Weihnachtsalbum"
* Quartet book No. 6 "Hollywood"
Discography (selection)
* Goldene Blasmusik (SoundService; 2006-2007), Trachtenkapelle Rangersdorf - Dietmar Thaler (Conductor)
* Overture to Avalon (Molenaar Edition; 2013), Conservatório de Música do Porto Wind Orchestra - Manuel Fernando Marinho Costa (Conductor)
* Odin (Molenaar Edition; 2015), Academia de Música de Costa Cabral - Luís Carvalhoso (Conductor), Altena Brassband - Jan Gerrit (Conductor), Banda de Música da Força Aérea - Rui Silva and António Manuel Cardoso Rosado (Conductors)
* Concerto pour Grand Orchestre d'Harmonie (Molenaar Edition; 2015), Banda Sinfónica Portuguesa - José Rafael Pascual-Vilaplana (Conductor)
* Au Cirque (Molenaar Edition; 2019), Banda Sinfónica da Polícia de Segurança Pública - José Manuel Ferreira Brito (Conductor)
* Strauss & Co. (Seeber Film; 1998), Bundesbahner Stadtkapelle Klagenfurt - Michael Janesch (Conductor)
Weblinks
* Alfred R. Stevenson's official homepage
Westmoreland Outlet World (or commonly known as WOW Outlets) is a large outlet center located off of U.S. Route 30 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, near the Westmoreland Mall. It is the largest outlet shopping complex in the Laurel Highlands region of Pennsylvania. The center is anchored by the World of Values discount store, and is home to more than 10 independent shops and services.
History
The center was built in the early 1970s as a warehouse and factory outlet for the locally-owned Lighthouse. The building was expanded in later years and would be converted into an outlet mall by the mid-1980s. The Lighthouse finally closed for business in late 2006.
Major tenants
* Art & Frame Gallery
* Beer Arena (former tenant, no longer located here)
* Hardback Books
* Wicker Outlet
* World of Values
Deer incident
In March 2009, the Beer Arena (a former tenant) made national headlines when a group of deer ran amok inside the store, jumping over counters and running around the aisles.
History
The center was built in the early 1970s as a warehouse and factory outlet for the locally-owned Lighthouse. The building was expanded in later years and would be converted into an outlet mall by the mid-1980s. The Lighthouse finally closed for business in late 2006.
Major tenants
* Art & Frame Gallery
* Beer Arena (former tenant, no longer located here)
* Hardback Books
* Wicker Outlet
* World of Values
Deer incident
In March 2009, the Beer Arena (a former tenant) made national headlines when a group of deer ran amok inside the store, jumping over counters and running around the aisles.