Dyna Music
Dyna Music Entertainment Corporation | |
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Founded | 1957 |
Founder | James Go Dy |
Status | Active |
Genre | |
Country of origin | Philippines |
Location | Pasig, Philippines |
Official website | dynamusic |
Dyna Music Entertainment Corporation is a Filipino record label. It is one of the major record companies in the Philippines; in the 1960s, it was the country's largest licensee of foreign labels.[1] The first independent record label in the Philippines, Dyna Music was founded as Dyna Products Inc. by businessman James Go Dy in 1959.[2] It is a member of the Philippine Association of the Record Industry (PARI).[3]
Dyna Music also released video karaoke VCDs versions of the label's songs in the Philippines. It also became the first recording company in the country to produce and distribute a large catalogue of audiophile CD titles from the label's homegrown and foreign artists, using 24-bit, 192 kHz digitally remastered audio technology.
History[]
Dyna was established in 1959 by James Go Dy. It became the first recording label in the Philippines. During most of the period from 1970s to the 1990s, It was the local distributor for PolyGram (including MGM Records, Polydor Records, Casablanca Records, RSO Records, Mercury Records, Fontana Records, Island Records, A&M Records, and London Records) Hansa Records (for Modern Talking releases only), and EMI Records (under the name Dyna EMI and later Dyna EMI Virgin). In the late 1980s and in the mid-1990s, Dyna did not renew their contracts with both EMI and PolyGram, and two local companies assumed distribution of their releases, Cosmic Records assumed distribution of PolyGram releases and later became PolyCosmic Records in 1993, then PolyGram Records Philippines in 1997 and after the merger with Universal Music Group in 1999, MCA-Universal/MCA Music Inc., then UMG Philippines/Umusic.ph in 2021, while EMI signed with OctoArts International in 1995 and they became OctoArts-EMI, which eventually became Polyeast Records.
Notable artists[]
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- 5th Avenue
- AfterImage
- Amormio Cillian Jr.
- Andrew Christopher
- Bing Rodrigo
- Carmen Soriano
- Charisse
- Claire de la Fuente
- Crystal Pop
- Cynthia Alexander
- Danica Sotto-Pingris
- Dingdong Avanzado
- Dv8
- Fire
- Franco Laurel
- Fred Panopio
- Glaiza de Castro
- Inter Racial Society (I.R.S.)
- Jake Vargas
- Joey Albert
- Joey Palomar
- Jose Mari Chan
- Jose Mari Gonzales
- Julia Clarete
- Keekaayz
- Keno
- Lynn Sherman
- Maegan Aguilar
- Martin Nievera
- Migz Haleco
- Noelle Cassandra
- Nonoy Zuñiga
- Paola Luz
- Pat Castillo
- Pauline Sevilla
- Pilita Corrales
- Pops Fernandez
- Priscilla Almeda
- Retrospect
- Rowena Michael
- S&H
- Second Wind
- Six Part Invention (S.P.I.)
- The Big 3 Sullivans
- The Breed
- The Electromaniacs
- The Members
- Tina Paner
- Vernie Varga
- Violent Playground
- Weena
- Zander Khan
References[]
- ^ "The 'natural' PHILANTHROPIST". The Manila Times. September 12, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ^ Guerrero, Marc (January 21, 2001). "James G. Dy: The sweet success of sound". The Philippine Star. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
- ^ "Dyna Music Entertainment Corporation". Philippine Association of the Record Industry. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
External links[]
- 1959 establishments in the Philippines
- Companies based in Pasig
- Philippine independent record labels
- Pop record labels
- Record labels established in 1959
- Record label stubs