!K7 Music is a music company based in Berlin, Germany that focuses mostly on electronic music. The name is an

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of the company's original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7 (it has since relocated, first to Heidestrasse 52, and currently headquartered at Gerichtstrasse 35). !K7 has since opened branch offices in New York City and London. The company now operates an

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division, managing a roster of artists including the British musician Tricky. !K7 Music also runs a successful Label Services and Synch and Licensing department. It has five independent imprints as part of the K7 label group: !K7 Records, !7K, Strut, AUS and Soul Bank. K7 had a licensing deal with the New York-based indie label Frenchkiss Records. It has distributed the labels AGOGO, District 6, Environ, Get Physical, Ghostly International, Lo Recordings, Moshi Moshi Records, Piranha, R2, Skint,

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and Muthas of Invention. It also has a music publishing company. It currently distributes Turbo Recordings, Sonar Kollektiv, Luaka Bop, and Rushhour, among others.

History

Stud!o K7 has produced electronic music artists, especially for the '' DJ-Kicks'' compilations. It began in 1985 with the idea of releasing digital video clips. In 1991, the first of the 3LUX series (three volumes) was released, followed by the ''X-Mix'' series (from 1993 to 1998). In 1995, the ''DJ-Kicks'' series was released. At that time it was unconventional to play complete albums with DJ cuts on home stereos. Artists such as

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, Thievery Corporation and Stereo MC's Chromeo, Booka Shade contributed to its release. The compilation series has since included mixes from Jackmaster, Seth Troxler,

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, Michael Mayer, DJ Koze,

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, Daniel Avery and John Talabot. In 1996, !K7 started launching artist albums. As of 2014 the !K7 discography features albums from artists such as

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, Dani Siciliano, Ursula Rucker, Swayzak, and Boozoo Bajou. In 2001, Rapster Records, a new subsidiary of !K7, started focusing on urban, soul and hip-hop music. Since then, Rapster has released records by DJ Jazzy Jeff,

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, and Roy Ayers, among others. Rapster also forged an alliance with UK-based soul aficionado Peter Adarkwah, head of BBE Records. !K7 founded another subsidiary, Ever Records, in 2006, for indie bands and singer-songwriters such as Cortney Tidwell,

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, and Howie Beck. In 2008 Strut Records & Gold Dust Media joined the !K7 label group. Between 1999 and 2003 Strut released Nigerian

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, Leftfield Discos, Rare Groove and

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's latest album. Strut's founder, Quinton Scott, is responsible for A&R. In 2013 !K7 started a cooperation with Tricky for releases on his label, including his 2013 album ''False Idols''. In May 2017, !K7 created a subsidiary focused on

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, producing artists such as Niklas Paschburg, Hior Chronik, Echo Collective, Henrik Schwarz,

Luca D’Alberto Luca D’Alberto (born May 6, 1983) is an Italian composer, musician, producer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist hails from Teramo, Abruzzo. Early life and background D’Alberto was born and brought up in Teramo, Abruzzo. He completed his gr ...

, Maike Zazie and Martyn Heyne. In October 2017, !K7 acquired the catalogues of Patrice Rushen, Miriam Makeba and The Beginning of the End from Warner Music Group, as part of the major's divestments after acquiring Parlophone as a result of the sale and break-up of EMI.

Artists

* John Acquaviva * The Beginning of the End *

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* Boozoo Bajou * Brandt Brauer Frick *

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* Circlesquare * da damn phreak noize phunk * Erol Alkan * Digitalism * Chris de Luca * Sean Deason * Benjamin Diamond *

Vikter Duplaix Vikter Duplaix (born October 14, 1969), is an American singer-songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and DJ. Duplaix has traditional soul singer's beginnings – being raised in both Philadelphia and Augusta, Georgia singing in church ch ...

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* Fehlfarben * Five Deez *

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* A Guy Called Gerald * The Herbaliser *

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* Nick Holder * Interstellar * K-Hand * Khao *

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* Mike Ladd * Ladytron * Life Force * Miriam Makeba * Milosh * Nicolette * Out Hud * Erlend Øye *

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* Playgroup * Princess Superstar *

Stacey Pullen Stacey Pullen is an American techno musician based in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Pullen was raised in Detroit, where he became interested in electronic music early in his life. He began working on the Detroit techno scene in 1990, studying ...

* Quiet Village * Rae & Christian * Ursula Rucker * Patrice Rushen * Henrik Schwarz *

Ian Simmonds Ian Simmonds (born 1966), also known as Juryman, is a Welsh-born electronic musician. He is one of a few talents "to successfully breach the chasm that keeps DJ culture from more tangible, organic realms."Shantel Stefan Hantel, better known by his stage name Shantel (born 2 March 1968), is a German DJ and producer based in Frankfurt. He is known for his work with Romani brass orchestras, DJing and remixing traditional Balkan music with electronic beat ...

* Dani Siciliano * Smith & Mighty * Spacek * Stateless * Stereotyp * Swayzak * Terranova * Tosca * Tricky * Trüby Trio * Gez Varley * Goose * Voom:Voom * Wamdue Kids * When Saints Go Machine *

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* Bjarki *

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* Bochum Welt * Hundred Waters * Sandunes * Michael Mayer

References

External links

Official site

Studio !K7
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