Black Hole Recordings join Essential
- Essential Sign Black Hole Recordings for UK and Ireland Distribution
- New Albums Coming from Richard Durand, JES, BT, Andain and Allure
- Over 25 catalogue releases from Mixmag's "Greatest DJ of All Time" Tiësto included
25th January 2011, Cannes:- At Midem today Essential Music & Marketing announced that Black Hole Recordings, one of the biggest independent electronic labels in the world, are joining their roster. The Dutch label, along with its sub labels In Trance We Trust, Songbird and Magik Muzik will be distributed by Essential in the UK and Ireland. Black Hole's joint venture with Flashover Recordings, Premier, has released two Ferry Corsten mix compilations in 2010.Black Hole, originally the home to trance pioneer Tiësto, recently named the greatest DJ of all time, now works with many well known artists and brands to distribute their releases around the globe. Big names include German DJ-duo Cosmic Gate, visionary producer and film composer BT, Miami-based house producer Robbie Rivera, US songstress JES, and many, many more.This year will see the release of new albums from Cosmic Gate, Robbie Rivera, Tiësto's alias Allure, a new In Trance We Trust mix by Russia's #1 DJ Bobina and the ninth installment of the popular In Search Of Sunrise mix series mixed by Richard Durand. And there'll be quite a few surprises in store!Black Hole's artists find themselves in good company at the burgeoning London-based sales, marketing and distribution company. They join fellow electronic musicians already distributed by Essential including the Prodigy, Fake Blood, Hervé, Groove Armada, Jack Beats and Underworld.Steve Crane, Product Manager at Essential said, "Black Hole Recordings has always been a hub for quality dance music from across the globe. It is great to be working with Arny and Joris again. 2011 is shaping up nicely with albums from the likes of BT and Robbie Rivera among many others and I think this is just the start of a really successful partnership."Arny Bink, Black Hole owner said, "I'm glad we've found a new partner for our Black Hole Recordings label in the U.K. & Eire with Essential Music, and am confident with their experience we'll have a great partnership in the years to come!"
About Essential Music & Marketing
Essential Music & Marketing has been redefining the roles of distributor and record label since its inception in 2003 by Mike Chadwick, former MD Vital Distribution and Martin Goldschmidt, owner of Cooking Vinyl Records.Essential is part of the Cooking Vinyl group, which comprises of Cooking Vinyl Records, Essential Music & Marketing and Cooking Vinyl Music Publishing, which is run by Paul Kinder, a former director at Chrysalis.www.essential-music.com
About Black Hole Recordings
Black Hole Recordings was founded in 1997 by Tiësto and Arny Bink. In 1998 they added two new labels to their imprint: In Trance We Trust and Songbird. By 2001 another label was added to the roster, Magik Muzik.The company has grown to become one of the world's largest independent dance labels, releasing recordings from top-name artists while nurturing new talent. DJs including Ferry Corsten, Armin van Buuren, First State, Andy Duguid, Phynn and Ton TB are among the artists who released their first mixcompilation on the label.In 2009 the 100th release on Black Hole Recordings was announced. The new in-house labels like Fris! and Avanti were quickly joined by imprints from the artists themselves: Mr Sam's Appia, Richard Durand's Terminal 4, Riley & Durrant's Electrik Playground are a few of the labels currently handled by Black Hole.Nowadays, Black Hole Recordings looks after the releases of a wide variety of internationally acclaimed artists like Cosmic Gate, BT, JES, Julie Thompson, Andy Duguid, Richard Durand.After almost 15 years, Black Hole Recordings remains on top of the game and true to its credo, "Captivate, Communicate and Celebrate!"www.blackholerecordings.comwww.finenight.comwww.facebook.com/blackholerecordingswww.youtube.com/blackholerecordingswww.myspace.com/blackholerecordings