Aegean Records
British independent record label / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aegean Records is an independent record label founded by George Michael and Andros Georgiou in January 1991.[2] The label was set up after Michael broke from Sony Music after his court case, which he eventually lost.[3] Andros Georgiou became the managing director of the label.[4]
Aegean Records | |
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Parent company | Nobby's Hobbies Holdings |
Founded | 1991 |
Founder | George Michael and Andros Georgiou |
Status | Active Independent |
Distributor(s) | Pinnacle Entertainment[1] |
Genre | |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Official website | Aegean Records |
The artists either signed or previously signed to Aegean Records include:
- George Michael[2]
- Trigger[2]
- Primitiva[2]
- Joanna Bryant[1]
- Bassey Walker
- Toby Bourke[2]
- Mutya Buena[5]
- Surreala[2]
Georgiou and Michael founded Aegean Net Ltd on 15 November 1996,[6] 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.[7] In May 1997 Aegean became the first European record label to adopt the Liquid Audio secure electronic music-delivery system via www.aegean.net
,[8] which was launched one year before BowieNet,[8] and 11 years before Spotify.[8]
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)
- Join the first online-only fan club
- Receive news and updates from Michael and other Aegean Records artists