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

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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 stre ...

. Originally the dance music label of

London Records London Recordings (or London Records and London Music Stream) is a British record label that marketed records in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for Decca Records from 1947 to 1980 before becoming semi-independent. The London nam ...

, FFRR is currently a sublabel of Parlophone, a division of

Warner Music Group Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and t ...

. 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 (Decca), 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 ...

. 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 London Recordings (or London Records and London Music Stream) is a British record label that marketed records in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for Decca Records from 1947 to 1980 before becoming semi-independent. The London nam ...

post-1979 catalogue and with it FFRR's 1986 catalogue to Because Music. In 2019, the label was taken over by Andy Daniell, formally of Defected Records 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 Brother Brown (founded 1995 and disbanded in 2004) was a Danish house music duo, consisting of Atle Rønne Thorberg and Henrik Olsen. In the later half of the 1990s and beginning of the 2000s, Brother Brown made numerous remixes, most significantly ...

* 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 ele ...

* Caterina Valente *

CJ Bolland Christian Jay "C. J." Bolland (born 18 June 1971, Stockton-on-Tees, England) is an English-Belgian electronic music producer and remixer with British roots. Born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, Bolland's family moved to Antwerp in Flanders ...

* Clubhouse (this act were not signed directly to ffrr, who licensed " Deep in My Heart" from Media Records) * Cookie Crew *

D Mob D Mob (or D-Mob), also known as Dancin' Danny D or simply Danny D, is a British music producer and remixer. His most notable track was "C'mon and Get My Love" with Cathy Dennis on the vocals, which peaked at number 10 on the U.S. Hot 100 char ...

* Danny Campbell * Dansson * Diana Brown & Barrie K. Sharpe * Denney *

DJ Icey DJ Icey, (born Eddie Pappa), is an American DJ, electronic music producer, and remixer, credited by Allmusic as having helped to "jump-start the increasingly fertile dance scene in and around Orlando, FL, during the '90s." ''E, the Incredibly Stra ...

* DJ Krush * DJ Skribble *

East Side Beat East Side Beat were an Italian music group, which achieved success in Europe in the early 1990s. Fronted by a line up of Italian-American vocalist Carl Fanini and Italian keyboardist Francesco Petrocchi, the act was masterminded by producers Giova ...

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* 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 Francis Warren Nicholls, Jr. (January 18, 1955 – March 31, 2014), better known as Frankie Knuckles, was an American DJ, record producer and remixer. He played an important role in developing and popularizing house music in Chicago during the 1 ...

Goldie Clifford Joseph Price MBE (born 19 September 1965), better known as Goldie, is a British music producer and DJ. Initially gaining exposure for his work as a graffiti artist, Goldie became well known for his pioneering role as a musician in th ...

* Group Home (PayDay/FFRR) *

Oliver Heldens Olivier J. L. Heldens (born 1 February 1995) is a Dutch DJ and electronic music producer from Rotterdam. He is regarded as a pioneer of the future house genre, propelling it to international attention and scoring numerous chart successes, includ ...

* Hive * Isotonik * Jamie Principle *

Jay-Z Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and founder of Manhattan-based conglomerate talent and entertainment agency Roc Nation. He is regarded as one of ...

(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 great ...

(PayDay/FFRR) * Joe Roberts *

June Montana June is the sixth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the second of four months to have a length of 30 days, and the third of five months to have a length of less than 31 days. June contains the summer solstice in th ...

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, and ...

Krystal Klear Krystal Klear (Declan "Dec" Lennon) is a DJ and music producer from Ireland. He lives in New York. His debut record was ''Tried for Your Love''. Discography * ''Neutron Dance'' * ''Tried For Your Love'' - All City Records - (2010) * ''Greensil ...

Lil Louis Marvin Burns (born May 13, 1962), known by his stage name Li'l Louis (sometimes expanded to Li'l Louis & the World and Li'l Louis & the Party), is a Chicago-born house-music producer and DJ .Larkin, Colin (1999) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Da ...

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 genre ...

* The Magician *

Marcel Mule Marcel Mule (24 June 1901 – 18 December 2001) was a French classical saxophonist. He was known worldwide as one of the great classical saxophonists, and many pieces were written for him, premiered by him, and arranged by him. Many of these piec ...

Matrix & Futurebound Matrix & Futurebound are a British drum and bass duo consisting of Jamie Quinn (Matrix) and Brendan Collins (Futurebound). They have had four top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart; "All I Know" peaked at number 29 in 2012, " Magnetic Eyes" peaked ...

* Midnight City * Paul Woolford * Monteux, Pierre *

Narcotic Thrust Narcotic Thrust are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of producers Stuart Crichton and Andy Morris. The name Narcotic Thrust is an anagram of "Stuart Crichton". Their song "Safe from Harm" hit No. 1 on the US Hot Dance Club Pla ...

* 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 "Push the Feeling On" is a House music, house song by the Scottish music group Nightcrawlers (band), Nightcrawlers and American DJ Marc Kinchen (MK). The original version released in 1992 was also partially disco and acid jazz-influenced and was ...

" remixes, while John Reid was unsigned) * O.C. (PayDay/FFRR) * One Dove (signed to Boy's Own Productions, who licensed their album to ffrr) * Orbital * Power Pill * DJ Richie Rich * Sagat *

Salt n Pepa Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in the form of a natural crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quantitie ...

(Next Plateau/FFRR) *

Salt Tank Salt Tank are two English record producers, David Gates and Malcolm Stanners, plus percussionist and vocalist Andy Rose, from Basingstoke. Their music ranges from laid-back trance, such as their hit single "Eugina" (some of its many versions inc ...

* Sander Kleinenberg * Sasha (DJ) *

Savoy Brown Blues Band Savoy Brown (originally Savoy Brown Blues Band) were an English blues rock band formed in Battersea, south west London, in 1965. Part of the late 1960s blues rock movement, Savoy Brown primarily achieved success in the United States, where they ...

* Shakespears Sister (Siobhan Fahey was signed to London as a member of

Bananarama Bananarama are an English pop duo from London, formed as a trio in 1980 by friends Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward. Fahey left the group in 1988 and was replaced by Jacquie O'Sullivan until 1991, when the trio became a duo. Thei ...

, 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 (PayDay/FFRR) *

Simon Harris Simon Harris (born 17 October 1986) is an Irish politician who has served as Taoiseach and leader of Fine Gael since 2024. A TD for the Wicklow constituency since 2011, he has served as a minister in the government of Ireland since 2016 and f ...

* Steve 'Silk' Hurley *

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 Tube & Berger is a German electronic music duo consisting of Arndt Rörig and Marko Vidovic, active since 2000. Biography Before producing electronic music, Tube & Berger started out as a punk band. The duo achieved their first international br ...

* Urban Thermo Dynamics (PayDay/FFRR) *

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* Vapourspace * WC & the Madd Circle (PayDay/FFRR) *

The Watts Prophets The Watts Prophets were an American political poetry group from Watts, California, United States. Like their contemporaries The Last Poets, the group combined elements of jazz music and spoken-word performance, making the trio one that is often ...

* XYconstant * Yousef * Z Factor

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