- Source: London-Sire Records
London-Sire Records was an American-based record label owned by Warner Music Group, created in August 1999 with the merging of Warner Music Group's struggling Sire Records Group and the US division of London Recordings, which WMG had acquired from Universal Music Group following their merger with PolyGram in December 1998. Seymour Stein remained at the helm as CEO, with Peter Koepke acting as co-head. However, the binding of the two companies proved to be largely unsuccessful, and failed to produce a hit. The label was shuttered by AOL Time Warner at the end of 2001, and played a role in the dissolution of AOL Time Warner's partnership in April 2003. Sire was later relaunched by Stein as an imprint of Warner Bros. Records.
Notable acts on the label included: Eden's Crush, Scene 23, Guster, Morcheeba, Harvey Danger, Aphex Twin, Orbital, Artful Dodger, Sugababes, The Avalanches, The Tragically Hip, Downthesun and 40 Below Summer.
The label also included Essential Records (London) founded by Pete Tong in London, England, which released dance music compilations from well known DJs and artists such as Paul Oakenfold, Fatboy Slim, Carl Cox, John Digweed, Boy George, DJ Skribble, DJ Icey, and Peter Rauhofer.
Past artists
This is a list of all the artists who were signed to London-Sire Records.
When London-Sire was disbanded in 2002, the label's artists were allowed to transfer to other Warner Music labels.
40 Below Summer (transferred to Reprise Records)
All Saints
Artful Dodger
The Avalanches (transferred to Elektra Records)
Downthesun
Eden's Crush
The English Beat
Grand Theft Audio
Guster (transferred to Reprise Records)
Harvey Danger
Kaci Battaglia
Mandy Barnett
Morcheeba (transferred to Reprise Records)
Orbital
Paul Oakenfold (transferred to Maverick Records)
Pet Shop Boys
Scene 23
Sugababes
The Tragically Hip
See also
List of record labels
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Vogue (lagu)
- Madonna
- Regina Spektor
- Cavetown
- Bedtime Stories
- John Feldmann
- Daftar album Natal nomor satu di UK Albums Chart
- London-Sire Records
- Sire Records
- London Recordings
- King James Version (album)
- Swordfish (soundtrack)
- Swordfish (film)
- Popstars (Eden's Crush album)
- Shawn Crahan
- Parlophone
- DJ Skribble