Mermaid Records is a

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based

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, and a sublabel of

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Denmark. The company was started as an

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by Mik Christensen and

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in 2005.Rustrup, S. (2008, November 27)
Sony Music køber sig ind i Mermaid Records
(Sony Music buys into Mermaid Records).

GAFFA ''Gaffa'' (stylized as ''GAFFA'') is a free Nordic music magazine with local editions in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. ''Gaffa'' is Denmark's largest and oldest music magazine. It has been published since 1983 and has 320,000 print readers and ...

. The label publishes distinguished Danish artists.

(Denmark) A/S. (2011)
Mermaid Records
. Retrieved April 26, 2011.

History

In 2004, several key figures from

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-Medley left the label and started

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to give artists more

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.Svidt, O. R. (2003, December 17)
EMI-Medley står over for sprængning
(EMI-Medley about to blow up).

. Among them were Christensen and Foss, who started Mermaid Records in 2005, but remained with Copenhagen Records until 2008. Since 2008, the label is largely owned by

Denmark to create more space for Danish music. The first album released after Sony became the main shareholder was

Tim Christensen Tim Christensen (born 2 July 1974 in Copenhagen) is a Danish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is known both as the singer, guitarist and songwriter of the Danish alternative rock band Dizzy Mizz Lizzy (1988–1998, 2010, 2014–cu ...

's third solo album, '' Superior''.

Artists

Big Fat Snake Big Fat Snake is a Danish pop/rock music group that was founded in 1990. Peter Viskinde and Anders Blichfeldt first met in 1988 for the recording of a demo tape for the band "The Werners" that later changed name to "Verners Verdensorkester" ...

* Bikstok Røgsystem *

D-A-D D-A-D is a Danish rock band. They were originally named Disneyland After Dark, but changed their name to avoid a lawsuit from The Walt Disney Company. History In the early 1980s in Copenhagen, D-A-D started playing together under their orig ...

* Brinck *

Clemens Clemens is both a Late Latin masculine given name and a surname meaning "merciful". Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adelaide Clemens (born 1989), Australian actress. * Andrew Clemens (b. 1852 or 1857–1894), American folk artist * ...

* Diamonds For Eyes * Electric Lady Lab *

Rasmus Nøhr Rasmus Bensby Nøhr (born 7 March 1972 in Copenhagen) is a Danish musician, composer, and guitarist. Nøhr has released six studio albums since his debut in 2004 and is known for having created the ''Danmark Dejligst'' festival. Career Nøhr h ...

Sanne Salomonsen Sanne Salomonsen (born 30 December 1955), is a Danish singer. She has been performing since 1973, and various songs by her band Sneakers were on the charts continuously from 1979 to 1985. She was also a member of the Anne Linnet Band. Salomonsen ...

Hannah Schneider Hannah Schneider is a Danish musician and composer signed to Sony/Mermaid records in Denmark and Lojinx in the UK. She has released three albums and toured in Europe and America. Schneider is the granddaughter of famed ‘cellist Mischa Schnei ...

* Sko/Torp *

Turboweekend Turboweekend is a Danish synthesizer rock band, formed in 2006 by the three childhood friends Martin Øhlers Petersen, Silas Bjerregaard and Morten Køie. Anders Stig Møller joined the live shows in 2009, and was made official member in 2011 dur ...

References

External links

Mermaid Records on the Sony Music Denmark website

Mermaid Records on MySpace
{{Authority control Danish independent record labels Record labels established in 2005 Sony Music

History

Artists

See also

References

External links