Member Since: 19/06/2007
Band Website: www.beyourselfmusic.com
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Be Yourself Music
Founded in 2005, Be Yourself Music is an independent record company focused mainly on dance music.
Be Yourself Music is the mother ship, the head quarters, the control room, for its 4 main labels: Big & Dirty Records, Dirty Soul Music, High Contrast Recordings with sister label High Contrast Nu Breed and Marco V’s In Charge Records, which all aim to release high quality dance music varying from club tracks to cross-over material. Furthermore Be Yourself Music also owns and controls the large ID&T Music Back catalogue, including classics as: ‘Airwave’ and ‘Awakening’ by Rank 1, ‘Godd’ and Simulated’ by Marco V, Superstring from Cygnus X and ‘Twisted’ and ‘The Beauty of Silence’ from Svenson and Gielen to name a but a few.
Big & Dirty Records
It’s the bigboynoize, yeah baby! Big Beats and Dirty Sounds, that’s what the Big & Dirty style is all about. From nasty electro influenced house beats to minimal melodic noises, we leave room for everything in-between to join forces.
Dirty Soul Records
Don’t we all have some dirtiness deep down in our souls?! The name says it all , dirty edged house music with a soulful favour to it. The flow, the groove, the vibe…, good quality house music is what we look for.
High Contrast Records
In the ever changing face of dance music, there are few labels who can lay claim to holding a consistent track record in the spawning of impeccable music that caters to a vast spectrum of music aficionados. High Contrast, a sibling from the Be Yourself Music house, is one that can.
High Contrast is the label where big room music is born; not once or twice a year, but all year round. Its catalogue of successes is vast, and the backbone behind it is equipped with an arsenal of dance music knowledge, achievements and experience carried over from ID&T’s music era.
The ethos behind High Contrast is reflective in its very name; the showcasing of ‘high’ quality, ground breaking music across a ‘contrast’ of different genres. It really doesn’t matter if a track is tech house, techno, trance, electro, or whatever. If it makes a good record, and the quality is sublime, it’s make the grade for release on High Contrast.
Release No: 1 on High Contrast was Ernesto vs. Bastian’s ‘Dark Side of The Moon’, which was endorsed on an international scale; an impeccable start for any new label. Releases followed from some of the biggest players in electronic dance music, including tracks from Paul van Dyk (Benelux), Marcel Woods, Rank 1, Ronald van Gelderen, Nic Chagall, Joop, Jochen Miller and more.
High Contrast will have shed its 50th release in January 2008 and its future looks brighter than ever. Fully supported by the tastemakers of dance music that include Tiësto, Armin van Buuren and Eddie Halliwell, there is no doubt that High Contrast has a lengthy shelf life.
In Charge Records
The man in charge of this label needs no introduction. With his distinguished sound and continuously looking to further develop his music, Marco V has made his mark on the global dance scene the last few years. The In Charge label mainly releases Marco’s material, but certainly leaves room for other good music that suits the label.
Influences:
NEW: Dada Life - Happy Hands & Happy Feet (Official Video)
NEW: Bates45 - Temporary Tattoos
Benjamin Bates - Forever Running
Ronald van Gelderen - Embrace Me
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Benjamin Bates - Two Flies
Splittr – All Alone
Joop - The Future
Benjamin Bates - On My Feet (This World Needs...)
Marcel Woods - Advanced
Ernesto vs. Bastian – Dark Side Of The Moon
Record Label: Be Yourself Music
Type of Label: Indie