Different Recordings is an electronic music label owned by the
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, an international
independent music company. After a three year hiatus, the label returned in 2015 with a family of new signings from
Claptone,
Anna of the North,
Vessels
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, KLLO,
Infinity Ink and Denney. The label looks to champion a fresh crop of forward thinking, electronic artists.
It was launched during the emergence of the
French house
French house, also known as French touch, filter house and tekfunk, is a style of house music originally produced by French musicians in the 1990s. It is a form of Euro disco and a popular strand of the late 1990s and 2000s European dance m ...
scene and over the years has represented a broad range of electronic music with releases by artists such as
Etienne de Crecy,
Alex Gopher,
Alan Braxe
Alain Quême (), professionally known as Alan Braxe (born 9 July 1971), is a French electronic music artist. Braxe is most widely known for his collaborative work with electronic bassist Fred Falke and Kris Menace, and for being part of the musi ...
,
Tiga,
The Hacker,
Felix Da Housecat,
MSTRKRFT,
Crystal Castles and
Vitalic.
History
The label's first release in 1996 was the album ''
Pansoul'' by
Motorbass, a project of producers
Etienne de Crecy and Philippe Zdar of
Cassius. De Crecy’s next project, ''
Superdiscount'', was released a year later and is still considered by many as the first album of the
French house
French house, also known as French touch, filter house and tekfunk, is a style of house music originally produced by French musicians in the 1990s. It is a form of Euro disco and a popular strand of the late 1990s and 2000s European dance m ...
genre.
With the signing of acts like
The Hacker,
Tiga and
Vitalic the label started to develop a broad electronic artist roster.
In 2008 Different Recordings licensed and released the eponymous debut album by
Crystal Castles which was named by the
NME as one of the best albums of the decade with the band featuring on the magazine’s cover twice in one year.
Artists
Different currently has
Anna Of The North, Claptone, DBFC, DNKL, Henry Krinkle,
Infinity Ink, Innerspace Orchestra, Kllo,
Shadow Child, TÂCHES and
Vessels
Vessel(s) or The Vessel may refer to:
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*Lymphatic vessel, a thin walled, valved structure that carries lymph
*Vessel element, a narrow wat ...
on their roster.
Previous artists include Abstraxion,
Agoria,
Alex Gopher, Alex Martin Ensemble,
Alexander Kowalski,
Bloody Beetroots,
Crystal Castles,
Crystal Fighters,
D/R/U/G/S,
Etienne de Crecy,
Felix Da Housecat, Harissa, Kiko,
Kris Menace and
DJ Pierre, Lifelike,
Matt & Kim, Max Bitt,
Motorbass, Mr. No, M.S.K.,
MSTRKRFT, Mustang, Neven, Padded Cell, Terence Fixmer, T.D.R.,
The Hacker,
Rina Sawayama,
Super Discount,
Tiga, Villeneuve,
Vitalic and Xenia Beliayeva.
See also
*
IAS
References
External links
Different Recordings
{{Authority control
1996 establishments in Belgium
Belgian record labels