Dedicated Records
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Dedicated Records was a British
independent record label
in the 1990s. It was founded by Doug D'Arcy after leaving Chrysalis Records
where he had been Managing Director, later President and director of the Chrysalis group. It was a joint venture with the BMG group, and eventually was amalgamated into the main group via Deconstruction Records.
The label signed Spacemen 3
from Fire Records, who promptly split following the signing, and therefore they inherited Spiritualized
. Other signings to Dedicated Records included Global Communication
, The Cranes and Chapterhouse
.
In the USA, Dedicated Artists were transferred Arista Records
, although by then the only groups on its roster were Spiritualized and Beth Orton (US only).
United Kingdom
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independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
in the 1990s. It was founded by Doug D'Arcy after leaving Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...
where he had been Managing Director, later President and director of the Chrysalis group. It was a joint venture with the BMG group, and eventually was amalgamated into the main group via Deconstruction Records.
The label signed Spacemen 3
Spacemen 3
Spacemen 3 were an English alternative rock band, formed in 1982 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Peter Kember and Jason Pierce. Their music was "colorfully mind-altering, but not in the sense of the acid rock of the '60s; instead, the band developed its own minimalistic psychedelia"...
from Fire Records, who promptly split following the signing, and therefore they inherited Spiritualized
Spiritualized
Spiritualized are an English space rock band formed in 1990 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Jason Pierce after the demise of his previous outfit, space-rockers Spacemen 3...
. Other signings to Dedicated Records included Global Communication
Global Communication
Global Communication is an electronic music act, composed of Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard. Their debut LP, 76:14 is one of the most acclaimed albums from the ambient music genre and from 1990s electronic music in general....
, The Cranes and Chapterhouse
Chapterhouse
For the religious buildings, see Chapter houseChapterhouse are a British shoegazing band originally of the early 1990s, from Reading, Berkshire, England. Formed in 1987 by Andrew Sherriff and Stephen Patman, the band began performing alongside Spacemen 3...
.
In the USA, Dedicated Artists were transferred Arista Records
Arista Records
Arista was an American record label. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operated under the RCA Music Group. The label was founded in 1974 by Clive Davis, who formerly worked for CBS Records...
, although by then the only groups on its roster were Spiritualized and Beth Orton (US only).