Exclusive: Hyperion label is sold

We see from the company filing below that the fiercely independent British label Hyperion was sold to music monolith Universal at the end of last week. Simon Perry, son of the founder, is no longer a director. The company’s listed address is now at Universal HQ.

We have sought comment from both parties but they have yet to respond.

Hyperion Records was founded by Ted Perry in 1980 and funded by fees he earned between sessions as a south London cab driver. The label quickly took off with a best-selling recording of the medieval Hildegard of Bingen.

It attracted strong-minded artists such as Stephen Hough, Angela Hewitt and Steven Isserlies, none of whom felt comfortable in the crporate music business. How it will function from now on is unknown.