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Single (music)
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In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record, an album or an EP record. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats, in most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular, in other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album. As digital downloading and audio streaming have become prevalent, it is often possible for every track on an album to also be available separately. Nevertheless, the concept of a single for an album has been retained as an identification of a heavily promoted or more popular song within an album collection. Despite being referred to as a single, singles can include up to as many as three tracks on them. The biggest digital music distributor, iTunes, accepts as many as three tracks less than ten minutes each as a single, as well as popular music player Spotify also following in this trend. Any more than three tracks on a release or longer than thirty minutes in total running time is either an Extended Play or if over six tracks long. The basic specifications of the single were made in the late 19th century. Gramophone discs were manufactured with a range of speeds and in several sizes. By about 1910, however, the 10-inch,78 rpm shellac disc had become the most commonly used format, the inherent technical limitations of the gramophone disc defined the standard format for commercial recordings in the early 20th century.26 rpm. With these factors applied to the 10-inch format, songwriters and performers increasingly tailored their output to fit the new medium, the breakthrough came with Bob Dylans Like a Rolling Stone. Singles have been issued in various formats, including 7-inch, 10-inch, other, less common, formats include singles on digital compact cassette, DVD, and LD, as well as many non-standard sizes of vinyl disc. Some artist release singles on records, a more common in musical subcultures. The most common form of the single is the 45 or 7-inch. The names are derived from its speed,45 rpm. The 7-inch 45 rpm record was released 31 March 1949 by RCA Victor as a smaller, more durable, the first 45 rpm records were monaural, with recordings on both sides of the disc. As stereo recordings became popular in the 1960s, almost all 45 rpm records were produced in stereo by the early 1970s
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Lazers Not Included
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Lazers Not Included is the debut studio album by British drum and bass record producer Wilkinson. The album was released on 28 October 2013 through RAM Records under license to Virgin EMI, the album includes the singles Tonight, Need to Know, Take You Higher, Heartbeat, Afterglow, Too Close and Half Light. The album has peaked at number 46 on the UK Albums Chart, an extended edition was released on 20 October 2014. It features the UK number 20 single Dirty Love, alongside remixes of, notably, Direction VIP was previously only available on Record Store Day vinyl before appearing on the album. The first single from the album Need to Know features vocals from London-based singer-songwriter Iman and was released on 2 December 2012, a B-side to the song titled Direction was also released. The song received airplay and managed to chart at number 195 on the UK Singles Chart, number 39 on the UK Dance Chart. The second single from the album Take You Higher was released on 24 March 2013, alongside the B-side Crunch and remixes from Jakwob and Foamo. The song has peaked at number 35 on the UK Dance Chart, although, the song has also charted in the UK Indie Chart and in Belgium. The albums third single Heartbeat features vocals from British rapper P Money and it was released on 26 July 2013 alongside remixes from Calyx & Teebee, Mind Vortex, Torqux and the instrumental edit. The song received widespread recognition and helped expose Wilkinson to an audience, partly thanks to frequent airplay. It was named as one of Zane Lowes Hottest Records in the World on BBC Radio 1, the song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 169 and the UK Dance Chart at number 36. Afterglow is the fourth single and Wilkinsons breakthrough song. It features uncredited vocals from Becky Hill and was released on 13 October 2013 and it also topped the UK Dance Chart. The vinyl release was accompanied by the B-side Perforation, and the download was accompanied by remixes from Cyantific, Dyro, Cutline. Too Close was released on 23 February 2014 as the fifth single. It features vocals by Detour City, the digital download features the VIP mix and remixes by Wookie, Catching Flies, Frankee and Askery. The song features vocals from Detour City and it peaked at number 55 on the UK Singles Chart and number 14 on the UK Dance Chart. Half Light was released as the sixth single on 1 June 2014
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A-side and B-side
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The terms A-side and B-side refer to the two sides of 78,45, and 33 1/3 rpm phonograph records, whether singles, extended plays, or long-playing records. Creedence Clearwater Revival had hits with both A-side and B-side releases, others took the opposite approach, producer Phil Spector was in the habit of filling B-sides with on-the-spot instrumentals that no one would confuse with the A-side. With this practice, Spector was assured that airplay was focused on the side he wanted to be the hit side, the earliest 10-inch,78 rpm, shellac records were single sided. Double-sided recordings, with one song on side, were introduced in Europe by Columbia Records. There were no record charts until the 1930s, and radio stations did not play recorded music until the 1950s, in this time, A-sides and B-sides existed, but neither side was considered more important, the side did not convey anything about the content of the record. The term single came into use with the advent of vinyl records in the early 1950s. At first, most record labels would randomly assign which song would be an A-side, under this random system, many artists had so-called double-sided hits, where both songs on a record made one of the national sales charts, or would be featured on jukeboxes in public places. As time wore on, however, the convention for assigning songs to sides of the record changed. By the early sixties, the song on the A-side was the song that the company wanted radio stations to play. It was not until 1968, for instance, that the production of albums on a unit basis finally surpassed that of singles in the United Kingdom. In the late 1960s stereo versions of pop and rock songs began to appear on 45s. The majority of the 45s were played on AM radio stations, by the early 1970s, double-sided hits had become rare. Album sales had increased, and B-sides had become the side of the record where non-album, non-radio-friendly, with the advent of cassette and compact disc singles in the late 1980s, the A-side/B-side differentiation became much less meaningful. With the decline of cassette singles in the 1990s, the A-side/B-side dichotomy became virtually extinct, as the dominant medium. However, the term B-side is still used to refer to the tracks or coupling tracks on a CD single. With the advent of downloading music via the Internet, sales of CD singles and other media have declined. B-side songs may be released on the record as a single to provide extra value for money. There are several types of material released in this way, including a different version, or, in a concept record
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Phonograph record
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The groove usually starts near the periphery and ends near the center of the disc. The phonograph disc record was the medium used for music reproduction until late in the 20th century. It had co-existed with the cylinder from the late 1880s. Records retained the largest market share even when new formats such as compact cassette were mass-marketed, by the late 1980s, digital media, in the form of the compact disc, had gained a larger market share, and the vinyl record left the mainstream in 1991. The phonograph record has made a resurgence in the early 21st century –9.2 million records were sold in the U. S. in 2014. Likewise, in the UK sales have increased five-fold from 2009 to 2014, as of 2017,48 record pressing facilities remain worldwide,18 in the United States and 30 in other countries. The increased popularity of vinyl has led to the investment in new, only two producers of lacquers remains, Apollo Masters in California, USA, and MDC in Japan. Vinyl records may be scratched or warped if stored incorrectly but if they are not exposed to heat or broken. The large cover are valued by collectors and artists for the space given for visual expression, in the 2000s, these tracings were first scanned by audio engineers and digitally converted into audible sound. Phonautograms of singing and speech made by Scott in 1860 were played back as sound for the first time in 2008, along with a tuning fork tone and unintelligible snippets recorded as early as 1857, these are the earliest known recordings of sound. In 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, unlike the phonautograph, it was capable of both recording and reproducing sound. Despite the similarity of name, there is no evidence that Edisons phonograph was based on Scotts phonautograph. Edison first tried recording sound on a paper tape, with the idea of creating a telephone repeater analogous to the telegraph repeater he had been working on. The tinfoil was wrapped around a metal cylinder and a sound-vibrated stylus indented the tinfoil while the cylinder was rotated. The recording could be played back immediately, Edison also invented variations of the phonograph that used tape and disc formats. A decade later, Edison developed a greatly improved phonograph that used a wax cylinder instead of a foil sheet. This proved to be both a better-sounding and far more useful and durable device, the wax phonograph cylinder created the recorded sound market at the end of the 1880s and dominated it through the early years of the 20th century. Berliners earliest discs, first marketed in 1889, but only in Europe, were 12.5 cm in diameter, both the records and the machine were adequate only for use as a toy or curiosity, due to the limited sound quality
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Drum and bass
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Drum and bass is a genre and branch of electronic music which emerged from rave and oldschool jungle scenes in England during the early 1990s. The style is characterised by fast breakbeats with heavy bass and sub-bass lines, sampled sources. The popularity of drum and bass at its peak ran parallel to several other homegrown dance styles in the UK including big beat. Drum and bass incorporates a number of scenes and styles, a major influence on jungle and drum and bass was the original Jamaican dub and reggae sound. Another feature of the style is the syncopation of the drum tracks breakbeat. Drum and bass subgenres include breakcore, ragga jungle, hardstep, darkstep, techstep, neurofunk, ambient drum and bass, liquid funk, deep, drumfunk, funkstep, sambass, dnbnoise, from its roots in the UK, the style has established itself around the world. Drum and bass has influenced other genres like hip hop, big beat, dubstep, house, trip hop, ambient music, techno, rock. Drum and bass is dominated by a small group of record labels. The major international labels have shown very little interest in the drum. But rave music tended to feature stronger bass sounds and a faster tempo beats per minute than that of early house music and it is important to note when discussing the history of drum and bass that prior to jungle, rave music was getting faster and more experimental. Professional DJ and producer C. K. states, There was a progression as far as the speed of music is concerned, anyone buying vinyl every week from 1989 to 1992 noticed this. By 1994, jungle had begun to gain popularity and fans of the music became a more recognisable part of youth subculture. However, this developed in tandem with the positive reputation of the music as part of the wider rave scene. As the genre became more polished and sophisticated technically, it began to expand its reach from pirate radio to commercial stations. It also began to split into subgenres such as jump-up. The popularity of drum and bass at its peak ran parallel to several other homegrown dance styles in the UK including big beat. But towards the turn of the millennium its popularity was deemed to have dwindled as the UK garage style known as speed garage yielded several hit singles. London DJ/producer C. K. says, It is often forgotten by my students that a type of music called garage house existed in the late 1980s alongside hip house, acid house and other forms of house music
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RAM Records
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RAM Records is an independent record label established in 1992 by Andy C with the help of his friend Ant Miles. It is one of the labels specialising in drum and bass, the label and business today is run by Andy C and business partner Scott Bourne. Ram Records is known for its activities, the music it releases. Moving Fusions Turbulence was instrumental in moving RAM forward in the early 2000s and was the number one track in drum. Moving on from The End to super-club Matter in February 2009, Rams attendees tripled from 1000 to over 3000 people within 2 months, Rams new home is Fabric nightclub in Farringdon, London. In 2002 RAM launched a label called Frequency, and in 2012 a new label called PROGRAM was launched, specialising in different flavours of drum. The first PROGRAM release was Firethorn / Pandorum by Frankee, in 2013 PROGRAM released its first Programmed EP, featuring songs from Nitri, Audio & Meth, EastColors and Paul B. Two more installments have since been released, some RAM signees have found chart success. Andy C, Chase & Status, René LaVice, Sub Focus and Wilkinson have all released singles through RAM which entered the UK Singles Chart
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Virgin EMI Records
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Virgin EMI Records is a British record label owned by the Universal Music Group that was formed in 2013. Virgin EMI Records was founded in March 2013 through the merger of Mercury Records UK and it operates two distinct A&R and marketing streams—Virgin and EMI Records. Virgin EMI became one of Universal Music UKs front-line labels, alongside Polydor Records, Island Records, Decca Records, furthermore, Mike Oldfield, whose Tubular Bells album launched the original Virgin Records, is also a Virgin EMI artist. Official website Virgin 40 official website Discography Virgin EMI at LabelsBase
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Songwriter
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A songwriter is an individual who writes the lyrics, melodies and chord progressions for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music. A songwriter can also be called a composer, although the term tends to be used mainly for individuals from the classical music genre. The pressure from the industry to produce popular hits means that songwriting is often an activity for which the tasks are distributed between a number of people. For example, a songwriter who excels at writing lyrics might be paired with a songwriter with a gift for creating original melodies, pop songs may be written by group members from the band or by staff writers – songwriters directly employed by music publishers. Some songwriters serve as their own publishers, while others have outside publishers. The old-style apprenticeship approach to learning how to write songs is being supplemented by university degrees and college diplomas, a knowledge of modern music technology, songwriting elements and business skills are necessary requirements to make a songwriting career in the 2010s. Several music colleges offer songwriting diplomas and degrees with music business modules, the legal power to grant these permissions may be bought, sold or transferred. This is governed by international copyright law, song pitching can be done on a songwriters behalf by their publisher or independently using tip sheets like RowFax, the MusicRow publication and SongQuarters. Skills associated with song-writing include entrepreneurism and creativity, songwriters who sign an exclusive songwriting agreement with a publisher are called staff writers. In the Nashville country music scene, there is a staff writer culture where contracted writers work normal 9-to-5 hours at the publishing office and are paid a regular salary. This salary is in effect the writers draw, an advance on future earnings, the publisher owns the copyright of songs written during the term of the agreement for a designated period, after which the songwriter can reclaim the copyright. In an interview with HitQuarters, songwriter Dave Berg extolled the benefits of the set-up, unlike contracted writers, some staff writers operate as employees for their respective publishers. Under the terms of work for hire agreements, the compositions created are fully owned by the publisher. In Nashville, young writers are often encouraged to avoid these types of contracts. Staff writers are common across the industry, but without the more office-like working arrangements favored in Nashville. All the major publishers employ writers under contract, songwriter Allan Eshuijs described his staff writer contract at Universal Music Publishing as a starter deal. His success under the arrangement eventually allowed him to found his own publishing company, so that he could. keep as much as possible, songwriters are also often skilled musicians. In addition to selling their songs and musical concepts for other artists to sing, songwriters need to create a number of elements for a song
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Record producer
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A record producer or music producer oversees and manages the sound recording and production of a band or performers music, which may range from recording one song to recording a lengthy concept album. A producer has many roles during the recording process, the roles of a producer vary. The producer may perform these roles himself, or help select the engineer, the producer may also pay session musicians and engineers and ensure that the entire project is completed within the record companies budget. A record producer or music producer has a broad role in overseeing and managing the recording. Producers also often take on an entrepreneurial role, with responsibility for the budget, schedules, contracts. In the 2010s, the industry has two kinds of producers with different roles, executive producer and music producer. Executive producers oversee project finances while music producers oversee the process of recording songs or albums. In most cases the producer is also a competent arranger, composer. The producer will also liaise with the engineer who concentrates on the technical aspects of recording. Noted producer Phil Ek described his role as the person who creatively guides or directs the process of making a record, indeed, in Bollywood music, the designation actually is music director. The music producers job is to create, shape, and mold a piece of music, at the beginning of record industry, producer role was technically limited to record, in one shot, artists performing live. The role of producers changed progressively over the 1950s and 1960s due to technological developments, the development of multitrack recording caused a major change in the recording process. Before multitracking, all the elements of a song had to be performed simultaneously, all of these singers and musicians had to be assembled in a large studio and the performance had to be recorded. As well, for a song that used 20 instruments, it was no longer necessary to get all the players in the studio at the same time. Examples include the rock sound effects of the 1960s, e. g. playing back the sound of recorded instruments backwards or clanging the tape to produce unique sound effects. These new instruments were electric or electronic, and thus they used instrument amplifiers, new technologies like multitracking changed the goal of recording, A producer could blend together multiple takes and edit together different sections to create the desired sound. For example, in jazz fusion Bandleader-composer Miles Davis album Bitches Brew, producers like Phil Spector and George Martin were soon creating recordings that were, in practical terms, almost impossible to realise in live performance. Producers became creative figures in the studio, other examples of such engineers includes Joe Meek, Teo Macero, Brian Wilson, and Biddu
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Too Close (Wilkinson song)
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Too Close is a song by the British record producer Wilkinson, featuring vocals from Detour City. It was released on 23 February 2014, through RAM Records, the song has peaked at number 55 on the UK Singles Chart and number 14 on the UK Dance Chart. The release also included remixes of the track by Catching Flies, Wookie, Frankee, a music video to accompany the release of Too Close was first released onto YouTube on 22 January 2014 at a total length of three minutes and thirty-nine seconds. Vocals, writer – Tabitha Benjamin Producer, programming – Mark Wilkinson Trumpet – Ralph Lamb Label – RAM Records, Virgin EMI Records
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UK Dance Chart
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The actual chart currently receives airplay on MTV Dance, and the chart can be viewed on the BBC Radio 1s and Official Charts Companys website. The archive on the Official Charts Company website goes back to 3 July 1994, digital downloads became eligible on the Dance Album and Singles Chart in June 2009. Prior to that, only vinyl and CD sales only were compiled into the chart, the Dance Singles and Album Charts contain 40 positions
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OneRepublic
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OneRepublic is an American pop rock band formed in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2002 by lead vocalist Ryan Tedder and guitarist Zach Filkins. It also currently consists of guitarist Drew Brown, bassist and cellist Brent Kutzle, the band first achieved commercial success on Myspace as an unsigned act. They made their first album with producer Greg Wells during the summer and fall of 2005 at his studio, Rocket Carousel, in Culver City, California. The album was scheduled for release on June 6,2006. The lead single of album, Apologize, was released on April 30,2006 on Myspace and received some recognition there. In 2007, OneRepublic released their album, Dreaming Out Loud. Its lead single, Apologize, was remixed by Timbaland, becoming a huge international success, reaching number one in sixteen countries. The second single, Stop and Stare, mirrored its predecessors success, the album was later certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. The bands second album, Waking Up, produced the singles All the Right Moves, Secrets, Marchin On, and Good Life, with the latter reaching the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100. OneRepublics third album, Native, became the bands first top ten album on the Billboard 200, and highest charting album to date, charting at number four. S. and this marks their highest charting single in the United Kingdom to date. It has also peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, on October 7,2016, OneRepublic released Oh My My, their fourth studio album, which featured a number of collaborators, including Cassius, Peter Gabriel, and Santigold. During a drive home, as Filkins and Tedder discussed favorite musicians including Fiona Apple, Peter Gabriel and U2, Tedder, Filkins & Co. had a few small gigs at Pikes Perk Coffee & Tea House, attended by friends and family. Senior year ended, and Tedder and Filkins parted ways, each attending different colleges, reuniting in Los Angeles in 2002, Tedder and Filkins reformed their second band under the moniker Republic. Tedder, by then a songwriter and record producer, had convinced Filkins who was living in Chicago to relocate. Nine months later, the signed with Columbia Records. The bands name was changed to OneRepublic after the company mentioned that the name Republic might result in legal action from other. The band worked in the studio for two and a half years and recorded its first full-length album, two months before the album was due to be released, OneRepublic was dropped by Columbia Records. The band was beginning to gain prominence on MySpace, Tedder said it was the number-one unsigned act on MySpace, the band caught the attention of a number of labels, including Timbalands Mosley Music Group
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Counting Stars
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Counting Stars is a song by American pop rock band OneRepublic from their third studio album, Native. The song was written by lead singer Ryan Tedder, and produced by Tedder, musically, it is a folk pop song with a disco beat. It was released as the third single on June 14,2013. It has sold over 1 million copies in the United Kingdom, the songs accompanying music video, directed by James Lees, features the band performing in the ground floor of a building beneath an ongoing church congregation on the upper floor. As of April 2017, the video has received over 1.74 billion views on YouTube and is the 16th most watched video of all time on the site, Ryan Tedder stated that Counting Stars came about as an idea. It was probably the most versions of any songto get it right and he also called it one of two favourite songs on the album. Tedder started writing Counting Stars while waiting for Beyoncé to turn up to a studio session, in an interview with the Official Charts Company, Tedder said, I had the idea for Counting Stars originally in the summer of 2012 when I was in the Hamptons. I was working in the largest house Ive ever stepped foot in, I was in the middle of working on my most recent album with OneRepublic, Native, and during that time I was determined not to work with any other artists. I broke the promise because I also did sessions that year with Beyoncé, when Jay Z and Beyoncé invite you to stay with them in the Hamptons, you dont say no. He continued, I was out there for five days and on the second day I woke up early and I started combing through the internet. I ended up coming across this song that had this indigenous folk sound to it that just struck me like lightning. I didnt like the verses or lyrics, but I loved the feel and that ended up inspiring Counting Stars. I debated playing it for Beyoncé and putting it forward for her album, I immediately came up with the chorus idea, went home and for the next three months finished the Native album. Counting Stars is a pop song with a disco beat. Ricardo Baca of The Denver Post said that the song is an effective song — with Tedders polished pop hijacking a folk song. The band explained that the song is about laying in bed awake at night when youre stressed out of your mind, how are we gonna pay the bills. You know, all things you wanna do with your life - how are we gonna make them work. Hows this actually gonna happen or come to pass, so, instead of counting sheep, were counting stars
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BBC Radio 1
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Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7,00 pm, including electronic dance, hip hop, rock, indie or interviews. It was launched in 1967 to meet the demand for music generated by radio stations. Recently, the BBC claimed that it targets the 15–29 age group. BBC Radio 1 started 24-hour broadcasting on 1 May 1991, Radio 1 was established in 1967 as a successor to the BBC Light Programme, which had broadcast popular music and other entertainment since 1945. Radio 1 was conceived as a response to the popularity of offshore pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline and Radio London. Radio 1 was launched at 7,00 am on Saturday 30 September 1967. The first words on Radio 1 – after a countdown by the Controller of Radios 1 and 2, Robin Scott, welcome to the exciting new sound of Radio 1. This was the first use of US-style jingles on BBC radio, the first complete record played on Radio 1 was Flowers in the Rain by The Move. The second single was Massachusetts by The Bee Gees, the breakfast show remains the most prized slot in the Radio 1 schedule, with every change of breakfast show presenter exciting considerable media interest. Despite this, it gained massive audiences, becoming the most listened to station in the world with audiences of over 10 million claimed for some of its shows, in the early-mid-1970s Radio 1 presenters were rarely out of the British tabloids, thanks to the Publicity Departments high-profile work. Alan Freemans Saturday Rock Show was voted Best Radio Show 5 years running by readers of a music publication. In his last few months as controller, Johnny Beerling commissioned a handful of new shows that in some set the tone for what was to come under Matthew Bannister. One of these Loudnproud was the UKs first national radio series aimed at a gay audience, far from being a parting quirk, the show was a surprise hit and led to the networks first coverage of the large outdoor Gay Pride event in 1994. Bannister took the reins fully in October 1993 and his aim was to rid the station of its Smashie and Nicey image and make it appeal to the under 25s. Although originally launched as a station, by the early 1990s. Many listeners rebelled as the first new DJs to be introduced represented a crossover from other parts of the BBC with Emma Freud, Evans was a popular but controversial presenter who was eventually sacked in 1997 after he demanded to present the breakfast show for only four days per week. Evans was replaced from 17 February 1997 by Mark and Lard – Mark Radcliffe and they were replaced by Zoë Ball and Kevin Greening eight months later in October 1997, with Greening moving on and leaving Ball as solo presenter. Documentaries like John Peels Lost in Music which looked at the influence that the use of drugs have had over popular musicians received critical acclaim but were slated inside Broadcasting House, later in the 1990s the Britpop boom declined, and manufactured chart pop came to dominate the charts
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Konami
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Konami Holdings Corporation is a Japanese entertainment company. It operates as a distributor, which produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines and arcade cabinets. It also operates health and physical fitness clubs across Japan, Konami is the twentieth-largest game company in the world by revenue. The company was founded in 1969 as a rental and repair business in Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan, by Kagemasa Kōzuki. The name Konami is a conjunction of the names Kagemasa Kozuki, Yoshinobu Nakama, Konami is currently headquartered in Tokyo. In the United States, Konami manages its video game business from offices in El Segundo, California and its casino gaming business from offices in Paradise and its Australian gaming operations are located in Sydney. As of March 2016, it owns 21 consolidated subsidiaries around the world, March 21,1969 - Kagemasa Kozuki founded a jukebox rental/repair business in Toyonaka, Osaka. March 19,1973 - Kozuki transformed the business into Konami Industry Co. Ltd. and their first actual game machine was not created until 1978, and they began exporting products to the United States the following year. May 1980 - Konami moved their headquarters to Toyonaka, Osaka, March 1981 - The Konami logo was established. A new logo with the name in italics was released in 1986 and was altered in 1998 from italics to Roman text, in 2003, Konami introduced a new logo for the companys 30th anniversary. The company also introduced the new tagline, Bikkuri, which is marketed as Be Creative, October 1982 - Konami began manufacturing and selling PC games. November 1982 - Konami of America, Inc. was established in Torrance, in 2003, Konami of America closed down their arcade division due to heavy losses, the entire Buffalo Grove, Illinois location was shut down along with it. All machine inquiries and new machines would thereafter be handled by Betson Enterprises, as of 2007, Konami Corporation of America has moved its U. S. head office once again from Redwood City to Konami Digital Entertainments office in El Segundo, California. November 1983 - Konami began producing MSX games and they would go on to become one of the most prolific game developer to support the platform during the next seven years, releasing a total of 70 titles on both, the original MSX and the MSX2. Their MSX games included such as Antarctic Adventure, the Knightmare trilogy. Most notably Hideo Kojimas earliest games, the original Metal Gear, Snatcher and Metal Gear 2, may 1984 - Konami Ltd. was established in the United Kingdom. In October 1984, Konami was listed on the Second Section of the Osaka Securities Exchange, subsequent stock listings include Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, and the Nikkei Stock Average. In December 1984, Konami GmbH was established in Germany, April 1985 - Konami began manufacturing and selling Family Computer video games
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2015
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 is a football simulation game developed by PES Productions and published by Konami for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. It is the edition of the Pro Evolution Soccer series. The cover of the game features Mario Götze of Bayern Munich, in this game, the slogan used was The Pitch is Ours for the first time. The games first downloadable content pack was released on 9 November 2014, the pack adds an extra 8 European Teams, Copa Sudamericana 2014 tournament, summer transfers, new player faces, latest squad lineups, and a series of latest boots from Adidas, Nike and Puma. A second downloadable content pack was released on 15 December, adding four new teams and stadia, Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 received generally positive reviews from critics. IGN scored it a 9 out of 10, stating PES2015 embraces its PS2-era roots while offering almost everything you could want from a football simulation. However, they criticized the presentation, saying that it needs some work
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Dyro
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Jordy van Egmond, professionally known by his stage name Dyro, is a Dutch DJ and EDM producer. He collaborated with Tiësto on a single titled Paradise in 2013, featuring Bright Lights, it peaked at No.23 on the UK Dance Chart. In 2014 Dyro ranked No.27 on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs list, since 2014 he has headlined venues such as Ministry of Sound in London and Space in Ibiza. In 2014 Dyro founded the independent record label WOLV Records, which both his own material and that of other up and coming artists. After hosting the radio show Daftastitc Radio since around 2013, Dyro currently hosts WOLV Radio with Dyro, jordy van Egmond was born on April 22,1992 in the Dutch city of Leiden. He started learning FL Studio and making music in his bedroom under the name Dyro, after being discovered by Laidback Luke on a forum, Dyro was one of the first artists signed to Revealed Recordings, which had been founded by Dutch DJ Hardwell in 2010. Revealed released Dyros single Daftastic in 2011, and around that time Dyro also released singles on labels such as Mixmash Records, Spinnin Records, in 2012 he collaborated with Dannic on mixing The Sound of Revealed 2012 compilation album. Also in 2012 Dyros track Top of the World was released on Afrojacks Wall Recordings label, while beginning to tour and perform, Dyro continued to study engineering at college, and would fly home to take part in exams. He started 2013 by joining Hardwell and Dannic on the Hardwell presents Revealed, Canadian Bus Tour, Dyro and Dannic also joined Hardwell on the Revealed North American Tour in the summer of 2013. While touring Dyro continued to produce original tracks and remixes, among other remixes, Dyros remix of the Wilkinson song Afterglow was officially released in October 2013. His collaborative track with Hardwell titled Never Say Goodbye peaked at No.23 on the UK Dance Chart in 2013 and he collaborated with Tiësto on a single titled Paradise in 2013, which was included on Tiestos album Club Life, Volume Three Stockholm. In 2013, Dyro was featured in Episode 310, Special Dyro on Tiëstos Club Life on Radio 538 in the Netherlands. He also mixed a session with Dannic for the Mixmag Mix lab series, the performance combined Dannics and Dyros radio shows and featured Tiesto and Hardwell as guests. He entered the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs chart in 2013 at No,30, which was the highest new entry slot of the year. In 2015, Dyro released a new track with Conro and singer Envy Monroe on Revealed Recordings called Bittersweet, since 2012, a number of Dyros tracks have charted on Beatport, and his 2014 track Calling Out with Ryder reached the Beatport Top 10. In early 2014, Dyro supported the release of his track Black Smoke with a solo tour and he then performed at Ultra Music Festival in Miami, and in April 2014 he embarked on another Revealed bus tour with Dannic and Hardwell, this time traveling across the United States. In August 2014 Dyro founded his own independent record label WOLV Records, the first release on the label was a Dyro single titled Wolv. Well-received by Complex, Magnetic Magazine dubbed the track precision-cut, mechanically-engineered, though Dyro does add a touch of humanity with a subtle instrumental melody
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Beatport
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Beatport is an electronic music-oriented online music store owned by LiveStyle. The company is based in Denver with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Beatport is oriented primarily towards DJs, selling full songs as well as resources that can be used for remixes. Established in 2004, the service was acquired in 2013 by Robert F. X. Sillermans company SFX Entertainment for a price of slightly over $50 million. SFX Entertainment filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on February 1,2016, however, in May 2016, SFX suspended its proposed auction of the company, and cut its streaming and original content operations in order to focus on its core music sales business. SFX has since emerged from bankruptcy as LiveStyle, and continues to operate as a music store. The first version of Beatports web store, Beatport 1.0, was released on January 7,2004, half a year later, Beatport was beginning to become recognized after a few collaborations with well-known DJs and partnerships with the technology company Native Instruments. In January 2005, a revised Beatport 2.0 was released, Beatport was also made accessible through a scaled-down GUI embedded within DJ software, Traktor DJ Studio by Native Instruments. In February 2007, Beatport launched the Beatport Player, a viral marketing web widget to play back relevant content by Artist, Label, Genre, and Chart. Built using Adobe Flash and HTML, the player gives users the ability to create custom, in August 2007, Beatport launched a community-oriented music site, Beatportal, whose stated mission is. to provide music lovers with up-to-date information about the world of electronic music. Following up on the idea of the site, Beatport introduced the Beatport Music Awards on March 18,2008. Each year Beatport users can vote for the best electronic music artists in an effort to trace the progress of these artists over the years or determine which has the largest growing fan base. The BMAs are broken down into 19 categories, including Best Artist categories from each genre, Best Remix, the nominees for the BMAs are based solely on unit sales at Beatport. The third version of the store, named The New Beatport, was released on January 21,2009. Multiple features were added to the site including embedded artwork in purchased music, as a newer version of the store, it integrated the use of a Adobe Flex 3 web application provided by RealEyes Media. On July 14,2011, Beatport launched their HTML5 website with new features, designs, the annual revenue of Beatport for 2012 was reportedly around $15–18 million, with losses of $2 million. In February 2013, Beatport was acquired by Robert F. X, Sillermans SFX Entertainment, a conglomerate focusing on EDM properties such as festivals and promoters. Additionally, Beatport announced a partnership with the music recognition service Shazam, in December 2013, the company laid off 20 employees in the Denver office and six in San Francisco, reportedly leaving the sites technical infrastructure supported by only a skeleton crew. Under SFX ownership, Beatport began to reposition itself towards the electronic dance music culture
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British Phonographic Industry
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The BPI Limited, commonly known as the British Phonographic Industry or BPI, is the British recorded music industrys trade association. Its membership comprises hundreds of companies including all three major record companies in the UK, and hundreds of independent music labels and small to medium-sized music businesses. It has represented the interests of British record companies since being formally incorporated in 1973 when the aim was to promote British music. In 2007, the legal name was changed from British Phonographic Industry Limited. It founded the annual BRIT Awards for the British music industry in 1977, the organizing company, BRIT Awards Limited, is a fully owned subsidiary of the BPI. Proceeds from both shows go to the BRIT Trust, the arm of the BPI that has donated almost £15m to charitable causes nationwide since its foundation in 1989. In September 2013, the BPI presented the first ever BRITs Icon Award to Sir Elton John, the BPI also endorsed the launch of the Mercury Prize for the Album of the Year in 1992. In September 2008, the BPI became one of the members of UK Music. The BRIT Trust is the music charity actively supporting all types of education across the entire spectrum of music. Through the projects it supports, which include Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy and the BRIT School, proceeds from the BRIT Awards and the Classic BRITs shows go to the BRIT Trust, which has donated almost £15m to charitable causes nationwide since its foundation. Opened in September 1991, the BRIT School is a joint venture between The BRIT Trust and the Department for Education and Skills, based at Selhurst in Croydon, the school is the only non fee-paying performing arts school in the UK. It teaches up to 1,100 students each year aged from 14–19 years in music, dance, drama, musical theatre, production, media and art & design. Students are from diverse backgrounds and are not required to stick to their own discipline, dancers learn songwriting. Nor do students have to work/perform in the evening to pay for the tuition, the BPI administers the Platinum, Gold and Silver awards scheme for music releases in the United Kingdom. The level of the award varies depending on the format of the release, member companies do, however, still have the option to certify titles based on shipment levels if they choose to. Since July 2014, audio streaming has also included for singles at a ratio of 100 streams equivalent to 1 unit. From June 2015, audio streams were added to album certifications, according to BPI, they would take the 12 most-streamed tracks from the standard version of an album, with the top two songs down-weighted in line with the average of the rest. The total of these streams will be divided by 1,000, additionally, personnel are also seconded to the City of London Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit top support anti-piracy operations
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Instagram
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In August 2015, version 7.5 was released for mobile devices, allowing users to upload media captured in any aspect ratio, but not at full size. Users can also apply various digital filters to their images, the service rapidly gained popularity, with over 100 million active users as of April 2012 and over 300 million as of December 2014. Support for the app is available for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Windows 10 devices and Android handsets, while third-party Instagram apps are available for BlackBerry 10, the service was acquired by Facebook in April 2012 for approximately US$1 billion in cash and stock. In 2013, Instagram grew by 23%, while Facebook, as the parent company, Instagram began development in San Francisco, when Systrom and Brazilian Krieger chose to focus their multi-featured HTML5 check-in project, Burbn, on mobile photography. As Krieger reasoned, Burbn became too similar to Foursquare, and for that, Burbn pivoted to become more focused. The word Instagram is a portmanteau of instant camera and telegram, on March 5,2010, Systrom closed a $500,000 seed funding round with Baseline Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz while working on Burbn. Josh Riedel then joined the company as Community Manager, shayne Sweeney joined in November 2010 as an engineer and Jessica Zollman was hired as a Community Evangelist in August 2011. In January 2011, Instagram added hashtags to help users discover both photographs and each other, Instagram encourages users to make tags both specific and relevant, rather than tagging generic words like photo, to make photographs stand out and to attract like-minded Instagram users. In September, version 2.0 went live in the App Store and included new and live filters, instant tilt–shift, high resolution photographs, optional borders, one-click rotation, the deal valued Instagram at around $25 million. On April 3,2012, Instagram was released for Android phones running the 2.2 Froyo version of the OS and that same week, Instagram raised $50 million from venture capitalists for a share of the company, the process valued Instagram at $500 million. Facebook made an offer to purchase Instagram, along with its 13 employees, for approximately $1 billion in cash and stock in April 2012, with a plan to keep the company independently managed. Britains Office of Fair Trading approved the deal on August 14,2012, and on August 22,2012, on September 6,2012, the deal between Instagram and Facebook was officially closed. On April 12,2012, Facebook acquired Instagram for approximately $1 billion in cash, the deal, which was made just prior to Facebooks scheduled IPO, cost about a quarter of Facebooks cash-on-hand, according to figures documented at the end of 2011. Mark Zuckerberg noted that Facebook was committed to building and growing Instagram independently, according to multiple reports, the deal netted Systrom $400 million based on his ownership stake in the business. The exact purchase price was $300 million in cash and 23 million shares of stock, on December 17,2012, Instagram updated its Terms of Service, granting itself the right—starting on January 16, 2013—to sell users photos to third parties without notification or compensation. In January 2013, it was confirmed that Instagram had asked for identification as a form of verification due to unspecified violations. In September 2013, Instagram reaffirmed its commitment to free and open access to its app for users. On October 3,2013, Instagram announced that it would be adding advertising to its platform
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YouTube
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YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California. The service was created by three former PayPal employees—Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim—in February 2005, Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion, YouTube now operates as one of Googles subsidiaries. Unregistered users can watch videos on the site, while registered users are permitted to upload an unlimited number of videos. Videos deemed potentially offensive are available only to registered users affirming themselves to be at least 18 years old, YouTube earns advertising revenue from Google AdSense, a program which targets ads according to site content and audience. YouTube was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, Hurley had studied design at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Chen and Karim studied computer science together at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Karim could not easily find video clips of either event online, Hurley and Chen said that the original idea for YouTube was a video version of an online dating service, and had been influenced by the website Hot or Not. YouTube began as a venture capital-funded technology startup, primarily from an $11.5 million investment by Sequoia Capital between November 2005 and April 2006, YouTubes early headquarters were situated above a pizzeria and Japanese restaurant in San Mateo, California. The domain name www. youtube. com was activated on February 14,2005, the first YouTube video, titled Me at the zoo, shows co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo. The video was uploaded on April 23,2005, and can still be viewed on the site, YouTube offered the public a beta test of the site in May 2005. The first video to reach one million views was a Nike advertisement featuring Ronaldinho in November 2005. Following a $3.5 million investment from Sequoia Capital in November, the site grew rapidly, and in July 2006 the company announced that more than 65,000 new videos were being uploaded every day, and that the site was receiving 100 million video views per day. The site has 800 million unique users a month and it is estimated that in 2007 YouTube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire Internet in 2000. The choice of the name www. youtube. com led to problems for a similarly named website, the sites owner, Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment, filed a lawsuit against YouTube in November 2006 after being regularly overloaded by people looking for YouTube. Universal Tube has since changed the name of its website to www. utubeonline. com, in October 2006, Google Inc. announced that it had acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in Google stock, and the deal was finalized on November 13,2006. In March 2010, YouTube began free streaming of certain content, according to YouTube, this was the first worldwide free online broadcast of a major sporting event. On March 31,2010, the YouTube website launched a new design, with the aim of simplifying the interface, Google product manager Shiva Rajaraman commented, We really felt like we needed to step back and remove the clutter. In May 2010, YouTube videos were watched more than two times per day. This increased to three billion in May 2011, and four billion in January 2012, in February 2017, one billion hours of YouTube was watched every day
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Official Charts Company
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The OCC is operated jointly by the British Phonographic Industry and the Entertainment Retailers Association. Since 1 July 1997, CIN and then the OCC have compiled the official charts, prior to this date, the charts were produced by a succession of market research companies, beginning with the British Market Research Bureau in 1969, and later by Gallup. All of the OCCs charts are published weekly on Friday nights, from 3 August 1969 until 5 July 2015, the chart week ran from Sunday to Saturday. Genre-specific charts include UK Dance Chart, UK Indie Chart, UK R&B Chart, UK Rock Chart, the Scottish Singles and Albums Charts ― and the former Welsh Singles and Albums Chart ― appears in listings within the Official Charts Company. It is a regional listing reflecting how sales towards the UK Singles Chart, the Welsh Singles and Album Chart served the same purpose in Wales. It also charts the UK DVD Chart and UK Budget Album Chart, while their music charts are now Friday to Thursday, their video charts remain Sunday to Saturday. On 5 September 2008, the Official UK Charts Company rebranded itself as the Official Charts Company and it later dropped the word Company and became just Official Charts. From May 2012, a new chart was launched – the Official Streaming Chart and this counts audio streams from streaming services Spotify, Deezer, Blinkbox Music, Napster, amongst others. In April 2015, the UKs first vinyl record chart was launched by the Official Charts Company due to the surge of interest in the sector. The chart was launched following the growth of the sector in the UK for the year in a row. Beginning in 2017 the Official Charts Company changed its methodology for calculating the Top 40, prior to January 2017,100 streams counted as one sale of a song. From January onward, the ratio became 150,1, UK Albums Chart UK Singles Chart UK Video Charts UK Singles Downloads Chart UK Album Downloads Chart British Phonographic Industry Official Charts Company website
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Half Light (Wilkinson song)
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Half Light is a song by the British drum and bass producer Wilkinson. It features vocals from British singer-songwriter Tom Cane and it was released on 1 June 2014 through RAM Records as the sixth single from his debut studio album Lazers Not Included. The song has charted at number 25 on the UK Singles Chart, the music video to accompany the release of Half Light was first released onto YouTube on 1 May 2014. It was directed by Aoife McArdle, vocals, writer – Thomas Havelock Producer, programming – Mark Wilkinson Additional producer, synth keys - Bradford Ellis Label – RAM Records, Virgin EMI Records
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Dirty Love (song)
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Dirty Love is a song by the British drum and bass producer Wilkinson. It features vocals from British singer-songwriter Talay Riley and it was released on 12 October 2014 through RAM Records as the first single from the extended edition of his debut studio album Lazers Not Included, and the seventh single overall. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 20, after sitting at number 13 in the midweeks. Originally set to be the single from Lazers Not Included 2.0. The song was to be released on 21 September 2014, followed by the album on 18 August 2014, however, the project was scrapped and the songs from it will feature on his second studio album that will be released in 2015. An extended edition of his album was released, however. A music video to accompany the release of Dirty Love was first released onto YouTube on 27 August 2014, the video has since accumulated over 3,000,000 views
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Hopelessly Coping
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Hopelessly Coping is a song by the British drum and bass producer Wilkinson. It features vocals from Huddersfield singer-songwriter Thabo and it was released on 17 May 2015 through RAM Records and Virgin EMI. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number 49, speaking about the songs history, Wilkinson said the following, I wrote three different versions of the song, ” he says. “I took everything out rebuilt it, like fitting a house, I guess. Stripped it all out, started again and wrote a new tune. It started to make me realise the elements I actually liked, when you’re too deep into a track you don’t realise which components are really working. So stripping it back and adding them back in gradually made me realise the key points that I like, I played with the structure and went in deeper for the more chilled, liquid roller vibe that it is today. The song was slated for release on 3 May 2015. A music video to accompany the release of Hopelessly Coping was first released onto YouTube on 22 March 2015, the video has since accumulated over one million views
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Hospital Records
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Hospital Records is an independent record label based in South London. Primarily releasing drum and bass, the label was started in 1996 by Tony Colman and Chris Goss, in December 2011, Hospital Records won the Best Label title at the 2011 Drum and Bass Arena Awards. The following artists are signed to Hospital Records. Med School Music Anile Bop Etherwood Frederic Robinson Keeno Lung Rawtekk Royalston Sunchase The Erised Unquote Whiney Hospitality is Hospital Records event brand. Drum and bass events involving a set of artists from the label are often advertised as Hospitality events, in 2014 Hospital Records is celebrating its 18th birthday. The record label plans to some of the venues that it has used for its Hospitality parties since it was formed. The first event is planned for 7 February 2014 at Building Six at the 02 complex in Greenwich and this was formerly the Matter nightclub. On 4 May Hospitality will visit Heaven near Charing Cross station in central London, Hospital Records provides a number of compilation albums over the year named Hospitality. The albums contain tracks, VIP mixes, and remixes from artists of the label as well as artists outside the label, such as Genetic Bros, Cyantific, Sub Zero. All of the albums contain about 30 tracks, as well as a mix containing all of the tracks in the album, Tony Colman hosts the Hospital Records Podcast. He is occasionally joined by a guest from the label, or an unsigned artist. Tony often plays demos from budding producers on the podcast, the podcast has won the BT Digital Music Award for Best Podcast in 2006,2007 and 2008. I nearly died…but I found myself in the process, the origins of Hospital Records, official website Hospital Records channel on YouTube Med School official website
