Kinetic Records was a
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"Big Three" music labels
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founded by Steve Lau (founding member of
Sire Records
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History Beginnings
The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gotteh ...
act
the Ocean Blue),
and co-owned with Alyson Shapero. The label launched the careers of artists and DJs such as
Paul Oakenfold,
BT,
Ray Munns,
Deepsky,
Kosheen,
Tilt,
Timo Maas,
Grace
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,
Sandra Collins,
Billy Thermal,
Binary Finary, and
Shpongle
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. Other successful artists on the label included
Ash,
Sasha and John Digweed,
South
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Etymology
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,
Faithless
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, DJ DAN,
LTJ Bukem,
Dario G,
Luomo,
Infected Mushroom,
Max Graham,
Dave Ralph Music Instructor, and
Hybrid. It was also well known for its
Tranceport series, of which
Paul Oakenfold's first installment is considered to be the breakthrough record for the
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genre with the highest sales of any mix compilation. The release of
Sasha's ''
Airdrawndagger'' and
Sasha and Digweed's mix compilation ''Communicate'' were also big releases for the label. Kinetic was the exclusive distributor of the
Perfecto label in the US as well as the ''
Another Late Night'' compilation series, which featured
Howie B.,
Fila Brazillia, and
Rae and Christian. The label was distributed by
Reprise
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Warner Bros. Records from its inception until 2001, when Kinetic switched distribution to
BMG. The latter eventually absorbed the label during the merger with Sony Music.
See also
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List of record labels
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American record labels
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