Different Recordings is an electronic music label owned by the [PIAS] Entertainment Group

PIAS Recordings

[PIAS] Recordings is the recorded music division of the [PIAS] Entertainment Group, a European independent artist and label services company.The record labels that operate under the [PIAS] Recordings umbrella are: Play It Again Sam, Wall of Sound and Different Recordings.Aside from the three London...

, a Europe

Europe

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n independent

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:...

 music company. The label was launched during the emergence of the French house

French house

French house is a catch-all term for house music by many French artists, a popular strand of the late 1990s and 2000s European dance music scene and a form of Euro disco. The genre has also been referred to as "neu-disco" , "French touch", "filter house" and "tekfunk" over the years...

 scene and over the years has represented a broad range of electronic music with releases by artists such as Etienne de Crecy

Etienne de Crecy

Étienne Bernard Marie de Crécy is a French DJ and producer who composes house and electronic music.-Biography:...

, Alex Gopher

Alex Gopher

Alex Gopher is a French DJ who composes electronic dance music and house.- Career :Alex began his musical career playing bass in the band Orange with future Air members Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin...

, Alan Braxe

Alan Braxe

Alain Quême, also known as Alan Braxe, is a French electronic music artist. Braxe is most widely known for his collaborative work with electronic bassist Fred Falke and Kris Menace. In 2005 Alan released The Upper Cuts, a collection of his previous released material.-History:Alan Braxe began work...

, Tiga

Tiga (musician)

Tiga is the stage name of Montreal-born DJ/producer Tiga James Sontag . His album Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.-Career:He graduated from Selwyn House School, a prestigious school in Westmount...

, The Hacker

The Hacker

Michel Amato, better known by the stage name The Hacker, is a French electroclash and techno producer who has worked extensively with Miss Kittin. His work has been influenced by Electro artists like Kraftwerk, New Wave artists such as The Cure and Depeche Mode, as well as the French rave scene of...

, Felix Da Housecat

Felix da Housecat

Felix da Housecat is an American DJ and record producer, mostly known for house music and electroclash. His name was inspired by Felix the Cat....

, MSTRKRFT

MSTRKRFT

MSTRKRFT is a Canadian electronic music duo from Toronto, Ontario. The group was started in 2005 by Jesse F. Keeler of Death from Above 1979 and Al-P formerly of the Mississauga, Ontario electropop group Girlsareshort...

, Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc in 1983. The player controls a cartoon bear by the name of Bentley Bear, who has to collect gems located throughout trimetric-projected rendered castles while avoiding enemies out to get him as well as the gems.Crystal Castles is notable for...

 and Vitalic

Vitalic

Vitalic is an electronic music artist. He was born in France and is of Spanish and Italian descent.-History:His first singles were released in 1996 and 1997, but were confined to the underground electronic music scene...

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History

The label’s first release in 1996 was the album Pansoul by Motorbass, a project of producers Etienne de Crecy

Etienne de Crecy

Étienne Bernard Marie de Crécy is a French DJ and producer who composes house and electronic music.-Biography:...

 and Philippe Zdar of Cassius

Cassius (band)

Cassius is a French house music duo, consisting of producers Philippe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francart, better known as Philippe Zdar and Boom Bass.-History:...

. De Crecy’s next project, Superdiscount, was released a year later and is still considered by many as the first album of the French house

French house

French house is a catch-all term for house music by many French artists, a popular strand of the late 1990s and 2000s European dance music scene and a form of Euro disco. The genre has also been referred to as "neu-disco" , "French touch", "filter house" and "tekfunk" over the years...

 genre.

With the signing of acts like The Hacker

The Hacker

Michel Amato, better known by the stage name The Hacker, is a French electroclash and techno producer who has worked extensively with Miss Kittin. His work has been influenced by Electro artists like Kraftwerk, New Wave artists such as The Cure and Depeche Mode, as well as the French rave scene of...

, Tiga

Tiga (musician)

Tiga is the stage name of Montreal-born DJ/producer Tiga James Sontag . His album Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.-Career:He graduated from Selwyn House School, a prestigious school in Westmount...

 and Vitalic

Vitalic

Vitalic is an electronic music artist. He was born in France and is of Spanish and Italian descent.-History:His first singles were released in 1996 and 1997, but were confined to the underground electronic music scene...

 the label started to develop a broad electronic artist roster.

In 2008 Different Recordings licensed and released the eponymous debut album by Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc in 1983. The player controls a cartoon bear by the name of Bentley Bear, who has to collect gems located throughout trimetric-projected rendered castles while avoiding enemies out to get him as well as the gems.Crystal Castles is notable for...

 which was named by the NME

NME

The New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...

 as one of the best albums of the decade with the band featuring on the magazine’s cover twice in one year.

Current artists

• Agoria
  Agoria
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• Bloody Beetroots
• Crystal Fighters
  Crystal Fighters
  Crystal Fighters are a British electronic band with Spanish influences who formed in London, UK in 2007. Their debut album Star of Love was released on 4 October 2010.-Formation and early years:...
  
  
• Matt & Kim
• The Hacker
  The Hacker
  Michel Amato, better known by the stage name The Hacker, is a French electroclash and techno producer who has worked extensively with Miss Kittin. His work has been influenced by Electro artists like Kraftwerk, New Wave artists such as The Cure and Depeche Mode, as well as the French rave scene of...
  
  
• Tiga
  Tiga (musician)
  Tiga is the stage name of Montreal-born DJ/producer Tiga James Sontag . His album Sexor won the 2007 Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year.-Career:He graduated from Selwyn House School, a prestigious school in Westmount...
  
  
• Vitalic
  Vitalic
  Vitalic is an electronic music artist. He was born in France and is of Spanish and Italian descent.-History:His first singles were released in 1996 and 1997, but were confined to the underground electronic music scene...