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Kinetic Records was a New York City-based record label founded by Steve Lau , that launched the careers of artists and DJs such as Paul Oakenfold, BT, Deepsky, Kosheen, Tilt, Timo Maas, Grace, Sandra Collins, Billy Thermal, Binary Finary, and Shpongle. Other successful artists on the label included... Ash, Sasha and John Digweed, South, Faithless, 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 trance 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/Warner Bros. Records from its inception until 2001, when Kinetic switched distribution to BMG.
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Hope Recordings, established in 1998 by Leon Alexander and Steve Satterthwaite, is a Bristol, UK based record label. The label is run by Leon Alexander, with English house music DJ and record producer Nick Warren in control of its A&R. It is home to progressive house and breaks artists such as... Starecase, Jaytech, Matt Rowan, and Parallel Sound. Hope has been regarded as one of the more successful independent record labels based in the UK. Well-known electronic music artists such as Max Graham, Timo Maas, James Holden, Hybrid and Way Out West have worked with Hope Recordings in the past. Nick Warren is head of Hope's A&R. The label regularly holds dance music events around the world - in the UK, Miami and Ibiza. Hope Recordings reached their one hundredth release in 2011, which came in the form of a rare single from label A&R and international DJ Nick Waren, entitled ‘Buenos Aires’.
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