Aegean Records is an

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founded by

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and his cousin Andros Georgiou in January 1991. The label was set up after Michael broke from

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after his

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, which he eventually lost. Andros Georgiou became the managing director of the label. The artists either signed or previously signed to Aegean Records include: *George Michael *Trigger *Primitiva *Joanna Bryant *Bassey Walker *Toby Bourke *

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*Surreala Georgiou and Michael founded Aegean Net Ltd on 15 November 1996, which was the internet business of Aegean Records. Michael and Georgiou were directors of the business, although Georgiou resigned as a director on 25 January 2000, he then became managing director of mezzmusic.com. In May 1997 Aegean became the first European record label to adopt the

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secure electronic music-delivery system via www.aegean.net, which was launched one year before BowieNet, and 11 years before

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. Aegean.net was the first artist-owned website to allow fans to: *Chat with music artists (including Michael) *Purchase merchandise *Purchase and download music (via

) *Audio/video streaming (via

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) *Join the first online-only fan club *Receive news and updates from Michael and other Aegean Records artists

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External links

Archived website of aegeanrecords.com

Archived website of aegean.net
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