Bonzai Records, also known as Bonzai Music or Bonzai Progressive, is a
Belgium
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-based
record label
"Big Three" music labels
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specializing in
techno
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,
trance
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,
hard trance
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,
Goa trance
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,
rave music
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and
hardcore music.
It was formed by DJ Fly in the back of record-shop The Blitz in Belgium in 1992 as a sublabel to Lightning Records, which went bankrupt in March 2003 and was subsequently replaced by the Banshee Worx label. Since its renewal in 2003, the label has released records under "Bonzai Progressive", however the 'Bonzai Records' catalog numbering continues.
Sublabels
''List of other current/former sublabels under the Bonzai name.''
* Bonzai Club Grooves
(2008)
* Bonzai Elemental
(2006)
* Bonzai Records Digital
(2006-2006)
* Bonzai Fiesta
(2005)
* Bonzai Urban
(2004)
* Bonzai Backcatalogue
(2003–2005)
* UK Bonzai Gold Series
(2001–2002), sublabel of 'UK Bonzai'
* UK Bonzai
(2000), successor to 'Bonzai Records UK'
* Bonzai Trance Progressive UK
(1999–2002)
* Bonzai Germany/Bonzai Trance Germany
(1998–2000), run by 'Music Research' company.
* Bonzai Records UK
(1998–2000)
* Bonzai Limited
(1997)
* Bonzai Classics
(1996)
* Bonzai Records Italy/Bonzai Trance Progressive Italy
1996-2003
* Bonzai Jumps Italy
(1996–1998), subdivision of Arsenic Sound
* Bonzai Groove
(1996-1996)
* Bonzai Trance Progressive
(1995)
* Bonzai Jumps
(1994–1998)
Notable artists
*
Jones & Stephenson (Frank Sels & Axel Stephenson)
*
Push
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* Mike Dierickx (born 1973), a Belgian producer also known as Push
Albums
* ''Push'' (Bros album), 1988
* ''Push'' (Gruntruck album), 1992
* ''Push'' (Jacky Terrasson album), 201 ...
*
Vechigen
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*
Limited Growth (Frederico Santini & Axel Stephenson)
*
Yves Deruyter
Yves Deruyter (born 4 May 1970) is a Belgian DJ and producer famous for his work on Bonzai Records.
Career
Yves Deruyter started his DJ career in 1985 and has played in Belgian clubs such as Globe, Barocci, Cherrymoon, Extreme, Carat, BBC, and ...
*
DJ Dave Davis
References
External links
Official site
{{Authority control
Belgian record labels
Record labels established in 1992
Electronic music record labels
Trance record labels
House music record labels