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Azuli Records is an independent record label, focusing mainly on house music and other forms of electronic dance music. The label was founded by DJ Dave Piccioni in London, UK in 1991 and went into liquidation in April 2009. Some of its back catalogue was sold to Phoenix Music International Ltd. The label was re launched by Dave Piccioni and administered by Defected Records. In 2012, the label fully sold to Defected Records. Releases included the ''Choice'' series. ==History== The Azuli Records label was the UK's longest running house label, releasing a total of 278 singles on Azuli Label and over 60 albums.Dave Piccioni, a DJ who had lived in New York's formative house community, began by selling 12" singles from the back of a van. In 1990, Piccioni took over Black Market Records shop in London, and in 1991 he started Azuli Records. Azuli's debut release was Chocolate Fudge's ''Inner Fantasy''. By the mid-1990s, the label began to have UK chart crossover hits. In 1998, Azuli released the hit single ''Needin' U'' by David Morales, followed by other hits including Eclipse's ''Makes Me Love You'' (1999) and Afro Medusa's ''Pasilda'' (2000), the latter of which reached number 31 in the UK Singles Chart in October 2000.〔Roberts, David. Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness World Records Ltd 17th edition (2004), p. 16 ISBN 0-85112-199-3〕 The label has since released over 200 singles and a number of compilations albums by the likes of Frankie Knuckles, Joey Negro, François K and Danny Tenaglia. Azuli have also released a number of DJ mix album and compilation album series': The ''Choice'' compilation series are retrospective albums, wherein all tracks are selected by renowned DJs. DJ's include Danny Tenaglia, Tony Humphries, François K and Derrick L. Carter, X-Press 2, Jeff Mills and John Digweed. The label also releases annual compilation CD entitled ''Miami'', ''Space: Ibiza'' and ''Made in Italy''. Finally, the ''Club Azuli'' project was a compilation series featuring current dancefloor hits, in both mixed and unmixed versions. ''Club Azuli'' is also the title of Azuli's event program which, for the past two years, has been visiting the finest clubs across the globe. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Azuli Records」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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