Vicious Vinyl is a

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based in

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, Australia. The label was started in the late 1980s in Frankston by aspirant

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/ DJs, Andy Van and

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. Colin Daniels later joined as their third partner. Vicious Recordings was founded in 1992, and has featured artists such as

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, Dirty South,

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, and

The Potbelleez The Potbelleez are a three-member Irish-Australian electro-house and dance music group, which formed in 2003 as a duo by DJs Dave Goode (a.k.a. David Greene) and Jonny Sonic (Jonathon Murphy). In 2005 they were joined by rapper Blue MC (Mar ...

. They released a number of local artists including

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, Bubbleman and

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to major club scene acclaim. The label garnered major international success with the ''Vicious Grooves'' release of Andy Van's

project and their single, "

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". The label also released five volumes of the compilation series, '' Da House and Club Anthems'' and their long line of albums under the name ''Vicious Cuts'' (or ' on

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Labels under Vicious

* Zip Music * Vicious Vinyl * Vicious Recordings * Vicious Grooves * Vicious Urban * Vicious Bitch * Vicious Black * Be Rich Records

References

External links

Vicious Vinyl website
{{Authority control Australian record labels Electronic dance music record labels Record labels based in Melbourne