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launched in 1990 by Jurgen Korduletsch for the purpose of introducing European dance, techno, rave and trance music to the United States. Radikal has released a "who's who" of European dance royalty and continues to sign and release

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. Many of their artists and releases were and are licensed from all over the world for exclusive release in North America. Radikal Records sells their releases via their company website, all major music retailers, and all major music download sites. All of their current releases can be sampled through the website. Currently, in-print releases are distributed in the United States by

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2 Unlimited 2 Unlimited are a Belgian-Dutch dance music act, founded by Belgian producers/songwriters Jean-Paul De Coster and Phil Wilde in 1991 in Antwerp, Belgium. From 1991 to 1996, Dutch rapper Ray Slijngaard and Dutch vocalist Anita Doth fronted the ...

* 4 Clubbers *

4 Strings 4 Strings is a Dutch vocal trance group. The group was founded by Carlo Resoort and Jan De Vos. Their biggest success came with the track "Take Me Away (Into the Night)", which peaked at number 15 in the UK Singles Chart in May 2002. In total, 4 ...

Afrika Bambaataa Lance Taylor (born April 17, 1957), also known as Afrika Bambaataa (), is a retired American DJ, rapper, and record producer. He is notable for releasing a series of genre-defining electro tracks in the 1980s that influenced the development of ...

Agnelli & Nelson Agnelli & Nelson are the collective name of Northern Irish music producers Christoper James Agnew and Robert Frederick Nelson, writers and producers of electronic dance music who have worked in the genre of trance from 1997. They also produced ...

Alex Party Alex Party is an Italian electronic dance group. The band consisted of the Italian brothers Paolo and Gianni Visnadi (also of Livin' Joy), DJ Alex Natale, and vocalist, singer and songwriter Shanie Campbell. Their most famous single to date is ...

André Tanneberger ATB or atb may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ATB (DJ) (born 1973), German DJ and music producer * Active Time Battle, a role-playing video game mechanic * Andy Timmons Band, a band led by guitarist Andy Timmons * Atelier-Théâtre Burkinab ...

Antoine Becks Antoine Becks (born Antoine Toupin; 28 June 1981) is a Canadian-American musician, producer, former singer of the live act duo Second Sun, and frontman of the alternative band CB7. Early life Becks was born in Montreal, but lived in New Yor ...

Apollo 440 Apollo 440 (also known as Apollo Four Forty or @440) are an English electronic music group formed in Liverpool in 1990. The group have written, recorded and produced five studio albums, collaborated with and produced other artists, remixed as ...

* Armin van Buuren *

Audio Playground Audio Playground is a Canadian dance-pop band formed in August 2009 in Edmonton, Alberta. The band consists of producers Rubix and DSL and vocalist Anthony Gitto.Ayah Marar Ayah Marar (; born 20 September 1980) is a Jordanian/Bulgarian singer and songwriter based in the UK. She has been featured as a vocalist or writer on music from British artists including Calvin Harris, DJ Fresh, Camo & Krooked, Bassline Smi ...

Bart Claessen Bart Claessen (; born 22 January 1980) is a Dutch electronic dance Electronic dance music (EDM), also referred to as dance music or club music, is a broad range of percussive electronic music genres originally made for nightclubs, raves, an ...

* Black Duck *

Blank & Jones Blank & Jones are a German electronic music group, consisting of Jan Pieter Blank (born June 15, 1971), known as Piet Blank; René Runge (born June 27, 1968), better known as DJ Jaspa Jones; and the producer Andy Kaufhold (N*D*K) (born December ...

* Bombs Away * Bonnie Anderson *

Brooklyn Bounce Brooklyn Bounce is one of several pseudonyms used by German producers Matthias Menck (Double M) and Dennis Bohn (Bonebreaker). They have also produced music under the names Mental Madness Productions and Beatbox feat. Rael. Menck and Bohn have c ...

Claudja Barry Claudja Barry (born in 1952) is a Jamaican-born Canadian singer. Her successful songs were " Down and Counting", "Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes" (which peaked at No. 56 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 on 9 June 1979), "Dancing Fever", and others. A ...

Cosmic Gate Cosmic Gate is a German DJ duo consisting of trance music producers Claus Terhoeven (born 1972) and Stefan Bossems (born 1967). Both hail from Krefeld, Germany. On October 28, 2009, ''DJ Magazine'' announced the results of their annual Top 100 ...

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* Cygnus X-1 (disambiguation) * Cygnus X-3 {{Dab ...

Da Hool Frank Tomiczek (born 30 December 1968), better known as Da Hool, is a German DJ and producer. It was in Bottrop that he first honed his skills as a DJ, and by 1990 he was an acclaimed performer in his native country. Da Hool Biography, AMG/ref> ...

Dannic Daan Romers (; born 10 November 1985), better known by his stage name Dannic (stylized as DɅNNIC), is a Dutch people, Dutch Disc jockey, DJ and Electronic dance music, EDM record producer, producer. He is known for his work in collaborations wi ...

Dannii Minogue Dannii Minogue (; born 20 October 1971) is an Australian singer, television personality, and actress. As a child, she became known for her appearances on the television talent show ''Young Talent Time'' (1982–1988). She went on to play the r ...

DJ Aligator Project Ali Asghar Movasat (), better known by his stage name DJ Aligator, is an Iranian-Danish Record producer, producer and Disc jockey, DJ. Musical career He enjoyed worldwide success with the single "The Whistle Song (DJ Aligator Project song), The ...

DJs from Mars DJs from Mars is an Italian DJ and production team. They are known for their mashups of popular songs turned into electronic dance music. Background The project started in 2003 after the meeting of young producers Luca Emanuele Ventrafridda ( ...

Energy 52 Energy 52 was a trance project of German DJ Paul Schmitz-Moormann (DJ Kid Paul). The project was supported by Cosmic Baby ( Harald Blüchel), who produced, co-composed, and remixed tracks. The project is best known for the 1993 track "Café de ...

Eve Gallagher Eve Gallagher is an English people, English singing, singer from Sunderland, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear associated with the house music scene. Career Eve Gallagher first came to prominence in 1990 with the release of her debut single (music), si ...

Fargetta Mario Fargetta (born 19 July 1962, Lissone, Milan, Italy) is an Italian house/electronic music DJ, producer, songwriter, and remixer. He is best known for his involvement with the groups the Tamperer featuring Maya, and, since 2005, Get Far, which ...

George Kranz George Kranz is a German dance music singer and percussionist. He is best known for his song "Trommeltanz", otherwise known as "Din Daa Daa". The song hit No. 1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1984 and then returned to the chart in a n ...

Gloria Gaynor Gloria Fowles (born September 7, 1943), known professionally as Gloria Gaynor, is an American singer, best known for the disco era hits "I Will Survive" (1978), "I Have a Right, Let Me Know (I Have a Right)" (1979), "I Am What I Am (Broadway mus ...

* I.O.U. *

Jason Nevins Jason Nevins (born December 15, 1972) is an American songwriter, record producer and remixer, who is most widely known for his pop and dance productions, including his multi-platinum, multi-million selling production of " It's Like That" by Ameri ...

Juliet Roberts Juliet Roberts (born 6 May 1962) is a British jazz, rock, soul and house music singer of Grenadian descent. Career Roberts was born in London, England. She originally recorded as Julie Roberts in 1982, and performed on the 1983 top 10 hit si ...

Junior Jack Vito Lucente (; born 31 August 1971), known by his stage name Junior Jack, is an Italian house music record producer, producer and DJ based in Belgium. Biography In the early years, Vito Lucente produced several acid house and Eurodance project ...

Kamaliya Kamaliya Zahoor (, ; born Nataliya Viktorivna Shmarenkova on 18 May 1977), known professionally as simply Kamaliya, is a Ukrainian singer, actress, television personality, model and former Mrs. World beauty pageant titleholder. She has become w ...

Kingsland Road Kingsland Road is the name given to an East London stretch of the A10 road within the London Borough of Hackney in England. The A10 was originally a Roman Road better known as Ermine Street or sometimes the Old North Road. The name ''Kingsla ...

Klubbheads Klubbheads is a team of dance music producers and DJs from the Netherlands. They have more than 40 aliases for their recordings, including Hi_Tack, DJ Disco and Drunkenmunky.IMO Records "Klubbheads Biography" IMO Records Retrieved on 1 Marc ...

Kristian Nairn Kristian Nairn (born 25 November 1975) is an actor and DJ from Lisburn, Northern Ireland. He is best known for his portrayal of Hodor in the HBO fantasy series ''Game of Thrones'' (2011–2014, 2016). He also played Wee John Feeney on the HBO M ...

* Lucas Nord *

Mad'House Mad'House was a French/Dutch/Turkish Eurodance group made up of Mukendi M'Bambi Adolphe (DJ, music producer), Stéphane Durand (; producer), and Buse Ünlü (vocalist; born ). They were known for creating cover versions of Madonna songs. The group ...

* Marc et Claude *

Matt Cardle Matthew Sheridan Cardle (born 15 April 1983) is an English pop singer and actor. He was born in Southampton and grew up in Halstead, Essex. Cardle has been involved in music since his early teens and has been a member of two different bands; ...

Mauro Picotto Mauro Picotto (born 25 December 1966) is an Italian electronic music producer and DJ, and previously a member of the Italian Euro house group "R.A.F.". He became well known as a solo artist with songs including " Komodo (Save a Soul)", "Pulsa ...

MC Mario Mario Tremblay, better known under his moniker MC Mario, is a Canadian song producer, disc jockey, and a former Virgin radio host from Montreal. Biography Born circa 1970, Mario studied in sound tracking/acoustic equipment at the UQAM. Upon gra ...

* Mellow Trax *

Milk & Sugar Milk & Sugar is a German house music producer and record label, represented by Mike Milk (real name: Michael Kronenberger) and formerly Steven Sugar (real name: Steffen Harning). The duo collaborated between 1993 and 2022 under a variety of name ...

N-Trance N-Trance () are a British electronic music group who were formed by Kevin O'Toole and Dale Longworth in 1990. The group is known for their European hit songs " Set You Free" and " Electronic Pleasure", and their covers of the 1970s disco songs " ...

Paffendorf Paffendorf is a German electronic dance music project. The group consists of Ramon Zenker, also record producer, producer of Fragma, Gottfried Engels and Nicolas Valli. The project is represented by the Cologne Disc jockey, DJ Christian Schmitz, ...

Playahitty Playahitty was an Italian Eurodance group, best known for the 1994 summer hit " The Summer Is Magic", and also for other popular club tracks, such as " 1-2-3! (Train with Me)". Lipsync was performed on stage and in the videos by models called Mari ...

Pulsedriver Slobodan Petrovic Jr. (born 22 February 1974 in Trappenkamp) is a Yugoslav- German electronic dance music DJ, producer and is the founder of Aqualoop Records in 2000. He is best known by his alias, Pulsedriver. Career Early life and career I ...

Ralphie Dee Ralph D'Agostino, better known as Ralphie Dee, is an American D.J. known for a career spanning disco, electronic and rave music. He was resident D.J. at 2001 Odyssey Disco in Brooklyn, New York at the time when "Saturday Night Fever" was filme ...

Rozalla Rozalla Miller (born 18 March 1964), better known as simply Rozalla, is a Zimbabwean electronic music performer who was born in what was then Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). She is best known for her three 1991/92 hit singles " Faith (In the Po ...

Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian. Schiller is considered by most Germans to be Germany's most important classical playwright. He was born i ...

* Scooter *

Sinéad O'Connor Shuhada' Sadaqat (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor; , ; 8 December 1966 – 26 July 2023) was an Irish singer, songwriter, record producer and activist. Her debut studio album, ''The Lion and the Cobra'', was released in 1987 and achieve ...

Snap! SNAP! is a German Eurodance group formed in 1989 by producers Michael Münzing and Luca Anzilotti. The act has undergone several lineup changes over the years, featuring American singers, songwriters, and rappers such as Thea Austin, Turbo ...

Sunscreem Sunscreem are a techno/house music band from Essex, England that scored a number of hits on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century. Sunscreem also has the rare reputation as a techno-based band th ...

Tony Moran Tony Moran may refer to: * Tony Moran (DJ) Anthony Moran (born December 2, 1964) is an American DJ, record producer, remixer, singer and songwriter known for remixing popular songs. In 2007, he hit number one on the U.S. ''Billboard (magazine) ...

The Underdog Project The Underdog Project is a German Electronic dance music, dance group which launched its first album, ''It Doesn't Matter (album), It Doesn't Matter'' in 2001. Their hits include "Saturday" (not to be confused with "Saturday Night"; this was not ...

* U96 /

Wolfgang Flür Wolfgang Flür (born 17 July 1947) is a German musician, best known for playing percussion in the electronic group Kraftwerk from 1973 to 1987. Flür claims that he invented the electric drums the group used throughout the 1970s. However, pat ...

* Voodoo and Serano *

Wideboys The Wideboys are an English electronic music duo known for club remixes and for their own song "Sambuca", featuring Dennis G on vocals, which reached number 15 in the UK in October 2001. Another top 40 single, "Daddy-O" featuring Shaznay Lewis ...

Yello Yello is a Swiss electronic music band, which formed in Zürich in 1979. For most of the band's history, Yello has been a duo consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank; founding member Carlos Perón left in 1983. Their sound is often charac ...

* Zombie Nation

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