Basic Beat Recordings is an independent dance

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from

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

in the

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. The label was founded by

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and his then business partner and started releasing records in the early 1990s. Artists such as DJ

Tiësto Tijs Michiel Verwest (; born 17 January 1969), known professionally as Tiësto ( ), is a Dutch DJ and music producer from Breda. He was voted "the Greatest DJ of All Time" by ''Mix'' magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, he was vo ...

and

Ferry Corsten Ferry Corsten (; born 4 December 1973) is a Dutch disc jockey, record producer and remixer from Rotterdam. He is well known for producing many pioneering trance tracks during the 1990s–2000s under his numerous aliases, including System F, Moon ...

released a number of early records on labels associated with this company before finding international fame, whilst Hugo Zentveld and Aldwin Oomen of ''Nightbreed'' and ''Angel City'', have released a number of records by their production projects on sublabels such as Guardian Angel. The label operated a physical record store in the Netherlands until 2007.

Affiliated labels

* 303F Records * B-House Records * Basic Energy * Buckle Up Records * Denz Da Denz Recordings * Guardian Angel * Manual Music * Search Records * Straddle Up Music * Technique Records * Trashcan Records

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External links

Official site

Basic Beat Recordings
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Affiliated labels

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