Armada Music

Armada Music

Founded	June 2003 (2003-06)^[1]
Distributor(s)	Cloud 9 music
Genre	EDM trance progressive trance electro house house progressive house deep house tech house techno
Country of origin	Netherlands
Location	Amsterdam
Official website	www.armadamusic.com

Armada Music /ɑːrˈmɑːdə/ is a Dutch record label that specializes in releasing electronic music.^[2]^[3] The name Armada derives from the first two letters of the founders' first names: Armin van Buuren, Maykel Piron, David Lewis.^[1]

As of December 2015, the label had won the "Best Global Record Label" award for five years in a row at the International Dance Music Awards (IDMA's).^[3] Armada received two nominations at the 2014 IDMAs.^[4] The Academy of Electronic Music, a joint venture between Armada, Google, Point Blank, and DJ Mag, was the recipient of the 'People's Voice Award' at the 2014 Webby Awards.^[5] In 2016, Armada Music was one of the 21 labels nominated for the IMPALA FIVEUNDERFIFTEEN^[6] campaign shining a light on Europe's most inspiring young labels. The label received the IMPALA Young Label Spotlight Award.^[7]

Sublabels

^[8]^[9]

2-Dutch Records
AERYS Records Run by Heatbeat
Armada BNL
Armada Captivating Run by Joël de Vriend
Armada Chill Run by Rodg
Armada Deep
Armada Electronic Elements
Armada Music Bundles^[10]
Armada Trice Run by Onno van Kemenade
Armada Subjekt
Armada Zouk
Armind Run by Armin van Buuren
A State of Trance Run by Armin van Buuren
Bambossa Records Run by Harry Romero
Black Sunset Music Run by Jeremy Vancaulart
Brobot Records Run by Junior Sanchez
Buygore Run by Borgore
Darklight Recordings Run by Fedde le Grand
DAYS like NIGHTS Run by Eelke Kleijn
Delecta Records Run by Cedric Gervais
Denis Kenzo Recordings Run by Denis Kenzo
Diffused Music Run by Michael Woods
#DLDKMUSIC (Don't Let Daddy Know Music) Run by Sem Vox
Eclypse Records Run by Feenixpawl
Garuda Music Run by Gareth Emery
GOLDKID Records Run by Julian Jordan
#Goldrush Recordings Run by Ben Gold
Ignite Recordings Run by Firebeatz
In My Opinion Records Run by Ørjan Nilsen
Interplay Records Run by Alexander Popov
JEE Productions Run by Jerome Isma-ae
Juicy Music Run by Robbie Rivera
Juicy Traxx Run by Robbie Rivera
KLASH Run by Dirtcaps
KMS Records Run by Kevin Saunderson
Mainstage Music Run by W&W
Maktub Music Records Run by Justin Hendrik
Modena Records Run by Chicane
NoFace Records Run by Max Vangeli
Release Records Run by Third Party
Showland Run by Swanky Tunes
Skink Run by Showtek
SONDOS Run by Erick Morillo
SONO Music Run by Sunnery James & Ryan Marciano
Statement! Recordings Run by Ruben de Ronde
Stealth Records Run by Roger Sanchez
Subliminal Records Run by Erick Morillo
The Bearded Man
THNK Run by Thomas Vink
Under The Radr Run by Roger Sanchez
Vaypor Run by Mike Hawkins
Waxbox Run by Remy Unger
Who's Afraid of 138?! Run by Armin van Buuren

Closed sublabels

^[11]^[9]

6K Music
68 Recordings Run by Remy Unger
Armada North America
Armada Various
Aropa Records Run by Dash Berlin
AVA Recordings Run by Andy Moor, bought by Black Hole Recordings
AVA Blue
Bandung Run by Harry Lemon aka Lemon8
Bits And Pieces Run by 16 Bit Lolitas
Black Book Audio
Captivating Sounds Rebranded as Armada Captivating
Club Elite Run by M.I.K.E.
Coldharbour Recordings Run by Markus Schulz, bought by Black Hole Recordings
Coldharbour Red Run by Markus Schulz
Cryon Recordings
Cyber Records
Danse Club Records Run by Brodanse
Different Pieces
Electronic Elements Rebranded as Armada Electronic Elements
Energetic Sounds
Fame Recordings Run by Mischa Daniels
Fine Human Records
FSOE (Future Sound of Egypt) Recordings Run by Aly & Fila, continued as independent record label
FSOE (Future Sound of Egypt) Excelsior Run by Aly & Fila, continued as independent record label
Gangsta Audio Run by Nick K
Geousus Records Run by Borgeous
IHU Records Run by Antillas
JUMMP Records Run by Juicy M
Intuition Deep
Intuition Recordings
M Recordings
Magic Island Records Run by Roger Shah, bought by Black Hole Recordings
Morrison Recordings Run by Glenn Morrison
Organized Nature Run by Gabriel & Dresden
Perfecto Records Run by Paul Oakenfold, bought by Black Hole Recordings
Perfecto Black Run by Paul Oakenfold, bought by Black Hole Recordings
Pilot6 Recordings
Planet Love Classics
Planet Love Records
Plus 39 Group
Re*Brand Run by Max Graham
S107 Recordings
Smash The House Run by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
Soundpiercing
State Recordings Run by Simon & Shaker
Stoney Boy Music
Subculture Run by John O'Callaghan, bought by Black Hole Recordings
Subjekt Recordings Run by Kevin Duane, rebranded as Armada Subjekt
Top Flite Records Run by Juicy M
Trice Recordings Run by Onno van Kemenade, rebranded as Armada Trice
Wake Your Mind Recordings Run by Cosmic Gate, bought by Black Hole Recordings
Vandit Records Run by Paul van Dyk, continued as independent record label
Zouk Recordings Rebranded as Armada Zouk

Signed artists

^[12]

References

1 2 "About - Armada Music". Armada Music.
↑ "A night in the life". Time Out. Archived from the original on 2009-01-26. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
1 2 Papadatos, Markos. "Meet Maykel Piron: Co-Founder and CEO of Armada Music SPECIAL". Digital Journal. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
↑ "31st Annual International Dance Music Awards - Winter Music Conference 2016 - WMC 2016". Winter Music Conference.
↑ "GOOGLE, ARMADA, POINT BLANK, DJ MAG: ACADEMY OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC". Webby Awards. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
↑ "IMPALA Young Label Spotlight". Impala.
↑ "FIVEUNDERFIFTEEN: Armada Music (The Netherlands)". The Independent Echo.
↑ "Labels - Armada Music". Armada Music.
1 2 "Armada Music B.V. - CDS and Vinyl at Discogs". Discogs.
↑ "Armada Music Bundles Releases & Artists on Beatport". Beatport.
↑ "Labels - Armada Music". Armada Music.
↑ https://www.armadamusic.com/artists

External links

Official website
Armada Music discography at Discogs

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.