Distinctive Records (formerly Distinct'ive Records) is a UK based

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founded in 1995. The label has hundreds of releases from artists, most notably

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, Way Out West, and Ils.

History

Distinctive Records was initially founded in 1995 and started out as a sublabel of Avex Recordings (UK). In 1998, Avex reorganized, closed two of its labels and only continued trading music recordings as Distinct'ive Records. In 1999, The company began categorizing its genres within the label, sometimes retitling itself "Distinct'ive Breaks", which was often mistaken to be a sublabel of Distinct'ive. The label gained popularity in 2000 at the launch of its own "Y3K" series.

''Y3K'' series

* ''Y3K: Deep Progressive Breaks'' * ''Y3K: Soundtrack to the Future''

''Y4K'' series

* ''Y4K: Tayo/Further Still'' * ''Koma & Bones Present: Y4K'' * ''Freq Nasty Presents: Y4K: Next Level Breaks'' * ''Dub Pistols Present: Y4K'' * ''Tayo Presents: Y4K'' * ''ILS Presents: Y4K'' * ''Y4K: Past Lessons, Future Theories'' * ''Überzone Presents: Y4K'' * ''Hybrid Present: Y4K'' * ''Soul of Man Presents: Y4K: Breakin' in Tha House'' * ''Phil K Presents: Y4K'' * ''Ali B Presents: Y4K'' * ''Evil Nine Present: Y4K'' * ''Nubreed Present: Y4K'' * ''DJ Icey Presents: Y4K'' * ''Trouble Soup Present: Y4K'' * ''Annie Nightingale Presents: Y4K'' * ''General Midi Presents: Y4K'' * ''Distinctive Presents: Y4K: The 20th''

Artists

Adam Fielding Adam Fielding is a UK-based electronic music producer and composer. History Starting in 1995, Fielding began writing music using a combination of an Atari STe computer running Protracker software. Although this started out as more of a hobby ...

Boom Jinx Øistein Johan Eide (; born 10 September 1974 in Bergen), better known by his stage name Boom Jinx, is a Norwegian music producer and DJ. Career In 1989, Boom Jinx started making music with SoundTracker developed for the Commodore Amiga comput ...

* Chris Coco *

DJ Hyper DJ Hyper (born 23 February 1977) is a British DJ, producer and remixer, known for his use of live bass, guitars and uncompromising vocals. He has done remixes for artists such as BT and Paul Van Dyk and his music has been featured on TV and i ...

Dub Pistols Dub Pistols is an English electronic music band founded in 1996 by Barry Ashworth and Jason O'Bryan. Career The band's first singles were "There's Gonna Be a Riot" and "Best Got Better" in 1998. Their first album, ''Point Blank'', came out t ...

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* ILL Audio * Ils * John Graham * Way Out West

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