FFRR Records (sometimes credited as Full Frequency Range Recordings) is a dance music label previously run and founded by English DJ

Pete Tong Peter Michael Tong, (born 30 July 1960) is an English disc jockey who works for BBC Radio 1. He is the host of programmes such as '' Essential Mix'' and '' Essential Selection'' on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio s ...

. Originally the dance music label of London Records, FFRR is currently a sublabel of

Parlophone Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a German–British record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon. The British branch of the label was founded on 8 August 19 ...

, a division of

Warner Music Group Warner Music Group Corp. (trade name, d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational entertainment and record label Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in New York C ...

. The label name references the recording technique (full frequency range recording) developed by Sir Edward Lewis's

Decca Records Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934 by Lewis, Jack Kapp, American Decca's first president, and Milton Rackmil, who later became American Decca's president. ...

. The original incarnation of FFRR was founded in 1986, and also had two subsidiaries: Double F Double R Records and Ffrreedom Records. The label's ear logo was copied from the original FFRR logo source, as found at the top of the London Records logo. The label name was stylized as ffrr, rather than FFRR. FFRR's parent company London was run by Roger Ames as his own 'semi-autonomous indie' from within the major label group PolyGram, so when Ames joined Warner Music as Chair and CEO, London/FFRR went with him. In 2011, Pete Tong and Warner revived FFRR, and put the label under the Parlophone umbrella when the latter acquired that label in 2013. In 2017, Warner Music sold London Recordings post-1979 catalogue and with it FFRR's 1986 catalogue to

Because Music Because Music is an independent record label with headquarters in Paris and London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 mil ...

. In 2019, the label was taken over by Andy Daniell, formally of

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and got a relaunch in 2021 with a new updated logo created in association with designer Trevor Jackson. The first releases under this new brand identity will be DJ Morgan Geist's Storm Queen project with "For A Fool" and the "Loving Touch EP" from Burns.

Artists

* Burns * Eats Everything * Alan Fitzpatrick * Sonny Fodera * Sam Gellaitry *

David Guetta Pierre David Guetta ( , ; born 7 November 1967) is a French DJ and music producer. He has over 10 million album and 65 million single sales globally, with more than 10 billion streams. In 2011, 2020 and 2021, Guetta was voted the number one D ...

* Obskür * Storm Queen * Lee James *

Lenny Fontana Lenny Fontana is an American house music DJ from New York City. Biography Fontana first began deejaying professionally in the mid-1980s, playing at clubs such as Studio 54 and The Underground NYC. His first major exposure was with the track ...

Former artists

* All Seeing I * Armand Van Helden * Artful Dodger * Asian Dub Foundation (Slash/FFRR) * Basic Tape * Berri * Brand New Heavies * Brother Brown * The Carburetors *

Carl Cox Carl Cox (born 29 July 1962) is a British house and techno club DJ, as well as radio DJ and record producer. He is based in Hove, Sussex, England. Cox has won and been nominated for numerous awards. He has performed at numerous clubs and e ...

* Caterina Valente * CJ Bolland * Clubhouse (this act were not signed directly to ffrr, who licensed " Deep in My Heart" from Media Records) * Cookie Crew * D Mob * Danny Campbell * Dansson * Diana Brown & Barrie K. Sharpe * Denney * DJ Icey * DJ Krush *

DJ Skribble Scott Ialacci, professionally known as DJ Skribble (born October 10, 1968) is an American DJ, producer, remixer, radio personality and actor. In the early 1990s, he teamed up with Kamron, ATA, Firstborn and Tommy Never in Young Black Teenager ...

* East Side Beat * Electra * Farley Jackmaster Funk * Fine Young Cannibals (this act were signed to London, though their greatest hits collection '' The Finest'' was credited to ffrr) * Frankie Knuckles * Goldie * Group Home (PayDay/FFRR) * Oliver Heldens * Hive * Isotonik * Jamie Principle * Jay-Z (PayDay/FFRR) *

Jeru the Damaja Kendrick Jeru Davis (born February 14, 1972), known as Jeru the Damaja, is an American rapper and record producer. He is known for his 1993 single " Come Clean" from his debut album, '' The Sun Rises in the East'', ranked as one of the 100 grea ...

(PayDay/FFRR) * Joe Roberts *

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Just Kiddin Just Kiddin are a British electronic music production duo composed of Lewis Thompson and Laurie Revell. The duo is from Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, and formed in 2010. Just Kiddin have remixed the likes of Usher, Parachute Youth, an ...

* Krystal Klear * Lil Louis *

Luke Vibert Luke Vibert (born 26 January 1973) is a British electronic musician and producer, also known for his work under several aliases such as Plug and Wagon Christ. Raised in Cornwall, Vibert began releasing projects in the 1990s across varied genres ...

* The Magician * Marcel Mule * Matrix & Futurebound * Midnight City * Paul Woolford * Monteux, Pierre * Narcotic Thrust * Nightcrawlers (this act were initially signed to 4th & B'way and then to Arista/BMG's Final Vinyl label, though ffrr picked up the rights to the " Push the Feeling On" remixes, while John Reid was unsigned) * O.C. (PayDay/FFRR) * One Dove (signed to Boy's Own Productions, who licensed their album to ffrr) *

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* Power Pill * DJ Richie Rich * Sagat * Salt n Pepa (Next Plateau/FFRR) * Salt Tank * Sander Kleinenberg *

Sasha (DJ) Alexander Paul Coe (born 4 September 1969), known professionally as Sasha, is a Welsh DJ and record producer. He is best known for his live events and electronic music as a solo artist, as well as his collaborations with British DJ John Digwe ...

* Savoy Brown Blues Band * Shakespears Sister (Siobhan Fahey was signed to London as a member of Bananarama, with her initial 'solo' singles under this name coming under the ffrr name. In 2019, Fahey and Marcella Detroit issued new material via London) * Shiva *

Showbiz & AG Showbiz and A.G. (also shortened as Show and AG) is an American hip hop duo from The Bronx borough of New York City, composed of record producer Rodney "Showbiz" Lemay (born July 7, 1969) and rapper Andre "A.G." Barnes (born September 26, 197 ...

(PayDay/FFRR) * Simon Harris *

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Stretch & Vern Stretch & Vern are an English electronic music duo consisting of Stretch Silvester (Stuart Collins) and Jules Vern (Julian Peake). Biography They are best known for the 1996 hit " I'm Alive", which prominently samples "Boogie Wonderland" by ...

(Spot On/FFRR) * Tinman * Todd Edwards * Together * Tube & Berger * Urban Thermo Dynamics (PayDay/FFRR) *

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* Vapourspace * WC & the Madd Circle (PayDay/FFRR) * The Watts Prophets * XYconstant * Yousef * Z Factor

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