Inside Out Music is a German

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originally based in

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, and dedicated to the publication of

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and related styles. In 2009, it formed a partnership with

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and moved its base of operations to

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, also in North Rhine-Westphalia. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by

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and became its premier label for progressive music.

History

The label was founded in 1993 by Thomas Waber and Michael Schmitz and started its publications re-issuing albums of new American prog metal acts like Symphony X and

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for the European market and then signing important prog artists like

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. Inside Out signed a worldwide distribution contract with the German music company SPV and branched out with the U.S. division InsideOut US, based in

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, Pennsylvania. In 2009, SPV had to file for bankruptcy, and Inside Out partnered up with

, which had secured a worldwide distribution contract with EMI. Several important bands of the new school of progressive rock are signed to Inside Out, including Riverside, Haken,

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, Spock's Beard, The Safety Fire, The Flower Kings and Enchant. In addition, the label established links to other relevant bands in the prog scene, issuing the solo albums of

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vocalist James LaBrie and a selection of Mike Portnoy's side projects. For some time, Inside Out also published digitally reworked re-releases of albums from the

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era (for example, from the band Kraan) under the sub-label Revisited Records. The surrounding area of the label headquarters has often served as an inspiration for the album art. For example, the petrol dispenser of Spock's Beard ''

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'' cover is in

as is the lake on Threshold's '' Subsurface'' cover. A characteristic feature for the label's releases is their lavish publication work. Several albums appear in special editions, containing extensive bonus materials such as bonus tracks, extended artwork and/or multimedia segments. The label's founder, Thomas Waber, won the "Guiding Light" award at the 2013 Progressive Music Awards. The label signed

in December 2017, arguably the biggest signing in the label's history at that point. InsideOut US is the stateside division of the German

InsideOut Music. It specializes in

and

. It is based in

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Artists

Current

* Affector * Anderson/Stolt * Anneke van Giersbergen * ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead * AVKRVST * Banco del Mutuo Soccorso * Beardfish * Bent Knee *

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* Big Big Train * Bigelf * Caligula's Horse * Derek Sherinian *

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* Enchant * The Flower Kings (except Japan) * The Fringe * Frost* * Haken * Jakko Jakszyk * James LaBrie * Jethro Tull * Jolly * Jordan Rudess * Kaipa *

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* Karmakanic *

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* Kino *

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* Liquid Tension Experiment * Lonely Robot *

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* Maschine * The Mute Gods * Nad Sylvan * Neal Morse * Next To None * OU *

* Pattern-Seeking Animals * Perfect Beings * Port Noir * Premiata Forneria Marconi * Pure Reason Revolution * Riverside * Roine Stolt *

* The Safety Fire * The Sea Within * The Shadow Theory * Sometime in February * Sons of Apollo * Spiritual Beggars * Spock's Beard * Star One *

(except Japan) * The Tangent * Thought Chamber * Tim Bowness (from No-Man) * Toundra * Transatlantic * VUUR * John Wesley * Whom Gods Destroy *

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Former

* Above Symmetry * A.C.T * Amaseffer *

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(

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) *

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* David Lindley * Deadsoul Tribe * Derek Sherinian * Dominici *

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(except Japan) * IQ *

It Bites It Bites are an English progressive rock and pop fusion band, formed in Egremont, Cumbria, Egremont, Cumbria, in 1982 and best known for their 1986 single "Calling All the Heroes", which gained them a Top 40, Top 10 UK Singles Chart hit. Initi ...

* Jadis * The Jelly Jam *

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* OSI *

Paatos Paatos is a Swedish rock band that was formed in 1999 by Reine Fiske and Stefan Dimle (both previous members of Landberk), Petronella Nettermalm, Ricard Nettermalm and Johan Wallen. Paatos is usually classified as progressive rock, albeit i ...

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* Poverty's No Crime * Ray Wilson* * Redemption *

RPWL RPWL is a German progressive rock band that consists of Jürgen "Yogi" Lang, Kalle Wallner, Marc Turiaux, and Markus Grützner. As of , they have released eight studio albums, eight live albums, and three compilations. History RPWL was formed ...

Ryo Okumoto Ryo Okumoto (奥本亮; born May 24, 1959) is a Japanese rock keyboardist, best known for his work with American progressive rock band Spock's Beard. He joined the band in 1996 and has been a member ever since. When singer and keyboardist Neal ...

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* Slavior *

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* Stealing Axion *

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* Symphony X * Threshold *

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(former member of

King Crimson King Crimson were an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968 by Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Greg Lake, Ian McDonald (musician), Ian McDonald and Peter Sinfield. Guitarist Fripp remained the only constant member throughout the ...

) *

Ty Tabor Ty Tabor ( ; born September 17, 1961) is an American musician. He is the lead guitarist, songwriter, and co-lead vocalist for the hard rock band King's X. Tabor has a wide-ranging guitar style, from big guitar riffs to middling melodic passages ...

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Unitopia Unitopia is an Australian music group using progressive rock as a framework, but also including elements of world, classical, jazz, hard rock, and groove. Unitopia reformed in 2021 and began work on a new album. Biography Unitopia began when ...

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Revisited Records label

This label specializes in the reissue of selected

and electronic pioneers, including: *

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Klaus Schulze Klaus Schulze (4 August 1947 – 26 April 2022) was a German electronic music pioneer, composer and musician. He also used the alias Richard Wahnfried and was a member of the Krautrock bands Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel, and the Cosmic Jokers ...

* Kraan

References

External links

Official website

Revisited Records
at

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