Aegean Records

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Aegean Records
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Parent companyNobby's Hobbies Holdings
Founded1991
FounderGeorge Michael and Andros Georgiou
StatusActive Independent
Distributor(s)Pinnacle Entertainment (United Kingdom)[1]
Genre
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Official websiteAegean Records
George Michael

Aegean Records is an independent record label founded by George Michael and his cousin 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]

The artists either signed or previously signed to Aegean Records include:

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

See also[]

  • List of record labels

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Lorenz, Christian (22 February 1997). "Michael's Aegean Links with Pinnacle for U.K. Distribution". Billboard. 22 February 1997. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "A Tribute to George Michael, Dot-Com Visionary". SyncSummit. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  3. ^ "'Pop slave' George Michael to fight on". The Independent. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  4. ^ "James Kennedy's Parents Jacqueline & Andros Georgiou". heavy.com. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Aegean". Discogs. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Aegean Net Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  7. ^ Poaletta, Michael (15 April 2000). "Web Co Mezzmusic Jumps Into Inferno With Joint Venture". Billboard. 15 April 2000. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  8. ^ a b c Stuart, Keith (11 January 2016). "BowieNet: how David Bowie's ISP foresaw the future of the internet". The Guardian. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

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