AVA Recordings | |
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Founded | 2006 |
Founder | Andy Moor, and in 2014 Somna joined as partner & co-owner. |
Distributor(s) | Armada Music (2008–2014) Black Hole Recordings (2014–present) |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Location | Stoke on Trent, England / Vancouver, Canada |
Official website | www |
AVA Recordings is an electronic dance music record label founded in early 2006 by UK producer & DJ Andy Moor. [1] In 2014, Vancouver based producer & DJ Somna (Benjamin Leung) joined the label as Moor's partner and co-owner. AVA Recordings was a sub label of Armada Music from December 2008 until 2014, [2] [3] at which point the label joined Black Hole Recordings. [4]
Whether well established names or newly discovered talents, AVA Recordings is committed to showcasing top caliber artists in the trance and progressive genres of electronic dance music.
Andy Moor has a prolific career in music production under his own name, through various aliases (Dub Disorder, Dwight van Man, Sworn) and as part of production partnerships like Tilt, Whiteroom, Leama & Moor and Zoo DJ's. He has received numerous recognitions for his work including a Grammy nomination in December 2007 for his remix of Delerium's Angelicus. Moor is best known for production techniques like vocal chops and syncopated basslines.
Moor founded AVA Recordings, a trance and progressive record label, in early 2006.
In 2014, Canadian producer and DJ Somna (Benjamin Leung) joined Andy Moor as a partner and co-owner of the label.
Somna's music can be found on some of the top record labels in the genre including Armada Music, Go On Air Recordings, Black Hole Recordings, Future Sound of Egypt, Perfecto and of course, AVA Recordings.
As well as creating his own music, Somna handles AVA Recordings' operations and business planning as label manager, co-owner and A&R.
The early years of AVA Recordings saw releases from some of today's most recognizable names in trance music including Orkidea, Sean Tyas, Lange, Ben Nicky, Sunny Lax and RAM.
Notable artists Ashley Wallbridge, TyDi, Mat Zo, Omnia and Tritonal are just a few artists whose early musical careers began at AVA Recordings.
In recent years AVA Recordings has undergone significant growth and expansion.
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