Bonzai Records is a Belgium

Belgium

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-based record label

Record label

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 specializing in techno, rave

Rave music

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, trance

Trance music

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, hard trance

Hard trance

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 music.

It was formed by DJ Fly, Yves Deruyter

Yves Deruyter

Yves Deruyter is a Belgian DJ and artist famous for his work on Bonzai Records.-DJ-ing:Yves Deruyter started his DJ career in 1985 and has played in Belgian clubs such as Globe, Barocci, Cherrymoon, Extreme, Carat, BBC, and La Rocca. In 1991, like so many DJs, he also started an artist career....

 and Franky Jones in the back of record-shop The Blitz in Belgium in 1992

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 as a sublabel to Lightning Records, which went bankrupt in March of 2003

2003 in music

-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...

 and was subsequently replaced by the Banshee Worx label. Since its renewal in 2003, the label has released records under "Bonzai Music", however the 'Bonzai Records' catalog numbering continues.

Sublabels

List of other current/former sublabels under the Bonzai name.

• Bonzai Club Grooves (2008)
• Bonzai Elemental (2006)
• Bonzai Records Digital (2006-2006)
• Bonzai Fiesta (2005)
• Bonzai Urban (2004)
• Bonzai Backcatalogue (2003–2005)
• UK Bonzai Gold Series (2001–2002), sublabel of 'UK Bonzai'
• UK Bonzai (2000), successor to 'Bonzai Records UK'
• Bonzai Trance Progressive UK (1999–2002)

• Bonzai Germany/Bonzai Trance Germany (1998–2000), run by 'Music Research' company.
• Bonzai Records UK (1998–2000)
• Bonzai Limited (1997)
• Bonzai Classics (1996)
• Bonzai Records Italy/Bonzai Trance Progressive Italy 1996-2003
• Bonzai Jumps Italy (1996–1998), subdivision of Arsenic Sound
• Bonzai Groove (1996-1996)
• Bonzai Trance Progressive (1995)
• Bonzai Jumps (1994–1998)

List of artists

• DJ Fly (Christian Pieters)
• Yves Deruyter
  Yves Deruyter
  Yves Deruyter is a Belgian DJ and artist famous for his work on Bonzai Records.-DJ-ing:Yves Deruyter started his DJ career in 1985 and has played in Belgian clubs such as Globe, Barocci, Cherrymoon, Extreme, Carat, BBC, and La Rocca. In 1991, like so many DJs, he also started an artist career....
  
  
• DJ Bountyhunter (Stefan Melis)
• Jones & Stephenson
  Jones & Stephenson
  Jones & Stephenson is a music duo mainly focusing on hard dance music. Jones' real name is Frank Sels and Stephenson's full name is Axel Stephenson....
  
   (Frank Sels & Axel Stephenson)
• Dream Your Dream
• Thunderball
• Final Analyzis
• Stockhousen
• Fernie
• Airwave
  Laurent Véronnez
  Laurent Véronnez or is sometimes referred to by, L-vee for short. Is a Belgium-based progressive trance music artist. He has created more than 500 tracks for more than 35 projects...
  
  
• ignacio demaria
• Quadran
• Kostas Maskalides
• Jasper Jinx