Galileo Records is a GmbH Switzerland-based

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that publishes

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and

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albums. The label was formed in 1998 by Konny Eisenring, and Patrick Becker. Konny left Galileo after two years.

Background

Konny Eisenring and Patrick Becker got the idea of starting a label after seeing the band Xang perform in a French festival. The two contacted the band, who said they did not have a label. Eisenring and Becker decided to sign the band, and Xang's '' Destiny of a Dream'' became Galileo Record's first album. After Galileo's second artist,

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, was signed, Eisenring left the company. Becker then took full control over the company. In 2005, Galileo Records was established as an LLC and a GmbH is the Swiss register.

List of bands signed by Galileo Records

* Xang (signed 1999) *

(signed 2000) * Forgotten Suns (signed 2000) *

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/ref> (signed 2001) * Thonk (signed 2001) * T (signed 2002) *

Simon Says Simon Says is a children's game for three or more players. One player takes the role of "Simon" and issues instructions (usually physical actions such as "jump in the air" or "stick out your tongue") to the other players, which should be follow ...

(signed 2002) * Moongarden (signed 2003) * Believe (signed 2006) * Ex-Vagus (signed 2006) *Heart of the Sun (signed 2007) * Prisma (signed 2007) *

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(signed 2009) * Metamorphosis (signed 2009) *

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(signed 2009) * This Misery Garden (signed 2009) * Framepictures (signed 2010) *

Sky Architect Sky Architect is a progressive rock band based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Their debut album, ''Excavations of the Mind'', was released in 2010 from ProgRock Records. The drummer and backing vocalist, Christiaan Bruin, is also known for his solo ...

(signed 2010) * Atto IV (signed 2010) *

Gran Torino ''Gran Torino'' is a 2008 American drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. The film co-stars Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, and Ahney Her. This was Eastwood's first starring role since 2004's ''Million D ...

(signed 2010) * My Name is Janet (signed 2011) *

Soul Secret Soul Secret is an Italian progressive metal band that formed in 2004 in Napoli, Italy. They started as a cover band but as the years passed they started thinking about writing some original material. Thus they wrote a song called First Creature ...

(signed 2011) * W.O.F (signed 2012) * Cristiano Roversi (signed 2012) * The Green Violinist (signed 2012) *

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(signed 2012) * Clepsydra (signed 2013)

References

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