| Distinctive Records | |
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| Parent company | Avex UK (former) |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| Official website | distinctiverecords |
Distinctive Records (formerly Distinct'ive Records) is a UK based record label founded in 1995.[1] The label has hundreds of releases from artists, most notably Hybrid, Way Out West, and Ils.
History
Distinctive Records was initially founded in 1995 and started out as a sublabel of Avex Recordings (UK). In 1998, Avex reorganized, closed two of its labels and only continued trading music recordings as Distinct'ive Records.[2] In 1999, The company began categorizing its genres within the label, sometimes retitling itself "Distinct'ive Breaks", which was often mistaken to be a sublabel of Distinct'ive.
The label gained popularity in 2000 at the launch of its own "Y3K" series.
Y3K series
- Y3K: Deep Progressive Breaks
- Y3K: Soundtrack to the Future
Y4K series
- Y4K: Tayo/Further Still
- Koma & Bones Present: Y4K
- Freq Nasty Presents: Y4K: Next Level Breaks
- Dub Pistols Present: Y4K
- Tayo Presents: Y4K
- ILS Presents: Y4K
- Y4K: Past Lessons, Future Theories
- Überzone Presents: Y4K
- Hybrid Present: Y4K
- Soul of Man Presents: Y4K: Breakin' In Tha House
- Phil K Presents: Y4K
- Ali B Present: Y4K
- Evil Nine Present: Y4K
- Nubreed Present: Y4K
- DJ Icey Present: Y4K
- Trouble Soup Present: Y4K
- Annie Nightingale Present: Y4K
- General Midi Present: Y4K
- Distinctive Presents: Y4K: The 20th
Artists
- Adam Fielding
- Boom Jinx
- Chris Coco
- DJ Hyper
- Dub Pistols
- General Midi
- Hexadecimal
- Hybrid
- ILL Audio
- Ils
- John Graham
- Way Out West
See also
References
- ^ "About - distinctiverecords.com". Retrieved 22 May 2017.
- ^ "Distinct'ive Records on Discogs". Retrieved 22 May 2017.
External links
- Distinct'ive Records Official Website
- Distinctive Records discography at Discogs
- Resident Advisor
- Hybrid's website