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Cleopatra Records〔(Cleopatra Records ) ''Cleopatra Records :: Navarre Corp. Announces Contract Extension with Cleopatra Records'' Retrieved February 27, 2012〕 is an American, Los Angeles-based independent record label, founded in 1992 by entrepreneur and music fan Brian Perera. It has since grown into a family of labels, including Hypnotic Records, Purple Pyramid, Deadline and X-Ray Records, encompassing a variety of genres with emphasis on unique and experimental artists. ==History== Cleopatra Records has been primarily known for ushering in the second wave of Gothic and Industrial music with an eclectic roster of artists including Christian Death, Switchblade Symphony, Leæther Strip, The Electric Hellfire Club, Razed In Black, X Marks the Pedwalk, Spahn Ranch, Genitorturers, Download (featuring members of Skinny Puppy) and others as well as New Wave artists Gary Numan, Missing Persons, Information Society and others. Cleopatra has also been a vital force in promoting underground and British Punk Rock bands such as The Vibrators, UK Subs, The Damned, as well as dozens of smaller bands that had never before been released in the U.S. market. When the revival of 1980s Hollywood Metal exploded around the turn of the century, the company started a subsidiary label Deadline Music to handle releases by Quiet Riot, White Lion, Warrant, Cinderella, Poison’s Bret Michaels and the proto-Guns N’ Roses band Hollywood Rose. Partnering with European labels such as Lifted Music and minHard Records, Cleopatra established the Hypnotic imprint for a series of electronic music compilations as well as full-length albums by Future Sound Of London, Paul Oakenfold, Superstar DJ Keoki, and Talla 2XLC as well as the feature-length documentary on rave culture Better Living Through Circuitry. Most recently, Hypnotic has been the home of high-profile, and highly prolific, metal-turned-electronic music act Blackburner. Hip hop acts have also found a home at Cleopatra Records on the X-Ray imprint, which has released albums by SX-10 (featuring Sen Dog of Cypress Hill), KRS-One, Westside Connection, and DMX. X-Ray Records achieved a first for Perera and the Cleopatra family in 2005 when its release It’s Not A Game by Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony member Layzie Bone landed on the Billboard Top 100 chart. The Purple Pyramid imprint, focusing on Progressive Rock as well as Psychedelic music has been long-time home to releases by Yes, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, Santana, Amon Düül II, Nektar, Brainticket, Tangerine Dream, and Quicksilver Messenger Service. 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「Cleopatra Records」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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