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Aegean Records was an
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Aegean Records was an independent record label
An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...
founded by George Michael
George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer-songwriter and record producer. Regarded as a pop culture icon, he is one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling rec ...
and Andros Georgiou in 1996. The label was set up after Michael broke from Sony Music
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after his court case, which he eventually lost. Andros Georgiou became the managing director of the label.
The artists either signed or previously signed to Aegean Records include:
*George Michael;
*Trigger;
*Primitiva;
*Joanna Bryant;
*Bassey Walker;
*Toby Bourke.
Georgiou and Michael founded Aegean Net Ltd on 15 November 1996, which was the internet business of Aegean Records. Michael and Georgiou were directors of the business, although Georgiou resigned as a director on 25 January 2000, he then became managing director of mezzmusic.com. In May 1997, Aegean became the first European record label to adopt the Liquid Audio secure electronic music-delivery system via www.aegean.net, which was launched one year before BowieNet, and 11 years before Spotify
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.
Aegean.net was the first artist-owned website to allow fans to:
*Chat with music artists (including Michael);
*Purchase merchandise;
*Purchase and download music (via Liquid Audio);
*Audio/video streaming (via RealVideo
RealVideo, also spelled as Real Video, is a suite of proprietary format, proprietary video compression formats developed by RealNetworks — the specific format changes with the version. It was first released in 1997 and was at version 15. RealV ...
);
*Join the first online-only fan club;
*Receive news and updates from Michael and other Aegean Records artists.
See also
*List of record labels
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References
External links
Archived website of aegean.net
Record labels established in 1996 British independent record labels George Michael {{Independent-record-label-stub