Djshop
Encyclopedia
Djshop Records is a German-based online
ONLINE
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 dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 retail store, selling vinyl records, CDs
CDS
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, music downloads and music accessories, founded by Armin Wirth.. The website was created in 1993. In 1998 the site changed into the European commercial franchise store Djshop, with locations in Poland, Vienna, Switzerland, Neatherland and UK.. During the e-commerce boom of the late 1990s, the site differentiated itself from other dance music stores by maintaining a text-based presentation.

In July 2005, djshop Records added MP3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...

 and WAV
WAV
Waveform Audio File Format , is a Microsoft and IBM audio file format standard for storing an audio bitstream on PCs...

downloads to its catalogue. In December 2008 djshop release the independent digital music upload portal feiyr that's allowed every dj and artist to sell their music in real time in the djshop. In 2011 has djshop over 10 000 labels and artists under contracts..

With start 2009 feiyr start the cooperation with serval online shops like iTunes, Amazon, Napster to sell the digital contant from the djs to there shops.. One Year later djshop closed contracts as the first specialized dance store with the big 4 major music compays called Warner, EMI, Sony BMG to sell the major music content in the djshop.. Feiyr and djshop starts in 2010 to press individually download files on vinyl..

In November djshop release the first mobil dance store in the iTunes app store.
In Januar 2011 Djshop won the German biggest Poll from Pioneer and the Raveline Magazin (85 000 readers) as the German most wanted Download Store. Since Januar 2011 djshop presents the digital download charts from the Germany biggest dj mag.. With start 2011 djshop release in Germany’s biggest underground party magazine partysan the music charts..

Current sites

  • djshop records – the main international online shop for both physical and digital products, with language support in English and German
  • feiyr – upload your music – international independent music distribution portal

Main sites

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