Fierce Angel is a
UK-based record label
"Big Three" music labels
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set up in 2006 by DJ Mark Doyle.
The label employs a handful of DJs, sponsors special club night events, and employs a lifestyle marketing approach in regard to its endeavors.
History
Doyle (as well as several other employees and illustrator
Jason Brooks) left the house music label
Hed Kandi
Hedkandi is an English record label, events and music brand owned by Ministry of Sound. Its back catalogue includes both artist albums and dance music compilations.
History
The Hedkandi label was founded in 1999 at radio station Jazz FM's En ...
mid-2005 to start a new label – Tokyo Project. Their first CD, ''Tokyo Project: The Collection'', was released in late 2005. However, fees resulting from a legal dispute with Hed Kandi forced Tokyo Project to close.
Doyle then set up the Fierce Angel label and released their first CD, ''Tokyo Disco'', in early 2006. Subsequent releases have dropped the ''Tokyo'' reference altogether.
Fierce Angel have also begun to set up residencies with some
nightclubs
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in the
United Kingdom
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, as well as some summer presence in
Ibiza
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. Currently Fierce Angel hold events in over 20 clubs in the UK and 10 overseas including the United States, Amsterdam, Portugal, Colombia, Norway, Barcelona, Manila, Ibiza and many more.
Radio show
The ''Fierce Angel Radio Show'' is broadcast every week to over 25 countries around the world and is also broadcast on many stations in the UK. The show is presented by Mark Doyle and produced by Fierce Angel DJ George Elliott
Releases
Similar to Doyle's releases when with Hed Kandi, the CD compilations are mostly divided into genres with some crossover. All releases contain 3 discs except ''Fierce Disco V'' and ''VI'', which contain 2 discs, and ''A Little Fierce'', which contains 1 disc. ''Digital Angel 2006, Es Vive'' and ''A Little Fierce'' are mixed, while the other releases are unmixed.
See also
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Lists of record labels
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References
External links
Official site
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House music record labels
Electronic music record labels
Electronica
British record labels
Record labels established in 2006