Founded by Damian Harris as an offshoot of Loaded Records in 1994 Skint Records' first release was Fatboy Slim's 'Santa Cruz'. Since then the label has gone on to release a broad spectrum of music including The Lo Fidelity Allstars, X-Press 2, Goose, Kidda, Alloy Mental, Dave Clarke, Freq Nasty, Alter Ego, Super_Collider, Lucky Jim, Tiga, and International Pony. The label has managed to navigate the tightrope between art and commerce, riding the big beat wave to both underground and commercial success and selling over 10 million records around the world. This success also bought many great and bizarre opportunities and situations. Brits and Ivor Novello Awards, the sponsorship of the local Brighton & Hove Albion football team, a DJ set in front of thousands on Brighton beach and, Damian's personal favourite, getting to hold Julia Roberts's Oscar at the Vanity Fair Party in LA in 2001 where Fatboy Slim was DJing.. Both "Skint" (label name) and "Brassic" (in the album cat numbers) are UK slang words meaning broke or penniless - the opposite to parent label Loaded.