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Blue Room Released | |
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Founded | 1994 |
Founder | Simon Ghahary |
Genre | Goa trance, Experimental music |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Official website | http://www.blueroomreleased.com |
Blue Room Released was an electronic music record label from London, England. It operated from 1994 until 2002. [1] and was run by Simon Ghahary. [2]
Blue Room Released started operating in 1994 with financial backing from the B&W loudspeaker company, based in Steyning, West Sussex, England. It was founded by Simon Ghahary, the designer and founder of Blue Room Loudspeakers who was responsible for the design and identity of the "pod" speaker series. It was based in Shoreditch, London (1995-2000) with an office in San Francisco (1997-2000). In 1996, Robert Trunz backed the venture independently with Ghahary at the helm. Blue Room was musically A&R by Simon Ghahary, with label manager Mick Paterson (formerly from Novamute/Mute Records) and was dedicated to the electronic underground, releasing techno, trance, dub, and ambient music. [2] The label signings such as Juno Reactor, Total Eclipse, Koxbox, X-Dream, Eternal Basement, from in and around Europe, it set out to find other artists around the world, and showcased these finds on compilations, such Outside the Reactor (compiled with DJ Mike Maquire), The Trip Through Sound, Made On Earth and Signs of Life series (compiled in-house by Ghahary). [2] Some of the music genres it had released include trance, breaks, dub, chillout, and electronica.
The record label connected Blue Room Loudspeakers to the forefront of musical innovation through an assembled global roster of talented electronic music artists pushing the envelope with sound. Ghahary also directed and cultivated its unique visual imprint designing record covers, (initially with Think electric), adverts, posters merchandise and various collaborations with underground psychedelic artists. Blue Room had a wholesome live scene, touring as a label around the world with live acts and DJ's including Dino Psaras, Xavier Morales, Mike Maquire, Frank'E, Serge Souque, Lucas Mees, Adam Ohana, and Simon G. Parties also took place regularly and locally in London with Ahimsaproductions.
With its office in San Francisco run by Nick Crayson and the Blue Room Americas team, including Adam Ohana it supported the first music appearing within the Burning Man Festival.
This platform would later grant Trunz access to Blue Room music producers and artists for collaborations with his international roster of musicians from the MELT2000 label.
Artist | Album Name | Year |
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Various | Play Loud (CD) | 1997 |
Fatima Mansions, The / Spectral | The Loyaliser / Bizarre Planet (12", TP) | 1995 |
Various | Blue Room Released Vol: 1 - Outside The Reactor (CD, Comp) | 1995 |
Various | Blue Room Released Vol: 1 - Outside The Reactor (3xLP, Comp, Gat) | 1995 |
Fatima Mansions, The / Spectral | The Loyaliser (Juno Reactor Instrumental Remix) / Bizarre Planet (12") | 1995 |
Total Eclipse | Le Lotus Bleu (Remix) / The Crucible (12") | 1995 |
Total Eclipse | Delta Aquarids (CD, Album) | 1995 |
Total Eclipse | Delta Aquarids (3xLP, Album, Gat) | 1995 |
Spectral | Kundalini / Moonstone ◄ (2 versions) | 1995 |
Spectral | Kundalini / Moonstone (12") | 1995 |
Spectral | Kundalini / Moonstone (12", TP) | 1995 |
Infinity Project, The | Mystical Experiences (CD, Album) | 1995 |
Infinity Project, The | Mystical Experiences (2xLP, Album, Gat) | 1995 |
Psychaos | Science Fiction / They Tried To Grab Me ◄ (2 versions) | 1995 |
Psychaos | Science Fiction / They Tried To Grab Me (12") | 1995 |
Psychaos | Science Fiction / They Tried To Grab Me (12", TP) | 1995 |
Juno Reactor | Beyond The Infinite (CD, Album, Promo) | 1995 |
Juno Reactor | Guardian Angel ◄ (2 versions) | 1995 |
Juno Reactor | Guardian Angel (12") | 1995 |
Juno Reactor | Guardian Angel (12", W/Lbl) | 1995 |
Juno Reactor | Guardian Angel (CD, Single) | 1995 |
Etnica | Tribute / Intense Visitation (12") | 1995 |
Juno Reactor | Beyond The Infinite (Album) ◄ (2 versions) | 1995 |
Juno Reactor | Beyond The Infinite (CD, Album, RP, Blu) | 1995 |
Juno Reactor | Beyond The Infinite (CD, Album, Yel) | 1995 |
Juno Reactor | Beyond The Infinite (4x12", Album, Gat) | 1995 |
Etnica | Tribute / Astral Way (12") | 1995 |
Etnica | Astral Way / Asian Code 7 (12", Ltd) | 1995 |
Etnica | Starship 101 / Full On (12") | 1996 |
Total Eclipse | Pulsar Glitch / Free Lemonade (Psychaos Remix) ◄ (2 versions) | 1996 |
Total Eclipse | Pulsar Glitch / Free Lemonade (Psychaos Remix) (12") | 1996 |
Total Eclipse | Pulsar Glitch / Free Lemonade (Remix) (12", W/Lbl) | 1996 |
Koxbox | Stratosfear ◄ (2 versions) | 1996 |
Koxbox | Stratosfear (12") | 1996 |
Koxbox | Stratosfear (12", Promo) | 1996 |
Koxbox | Stratosfear (CD, Maxi) | 1996 |
Etnica | Alien Protein (Album) ◄ (2 versions) | 1996 |
Etnica | Alien Protein (CD, Album) | 1996 |
Etnica | Alien Protein (CD, Album) | 1996 |
Etnica | Alien Protein (Album) ◄ (3 versions) | 1996 |
Etnica | Alien Protein (3xLP, Album, Gat) | 1996 |
Etnica | Alien Protein (3xLP, Ltd + 12") | 1996 |
Etnica | Alien Protein (3xLP, Album, W/Lbl) | 1996 |
Total Eclipse | Violent Relaxation (Album) ◄ (2 versions) | 1996 |
Total Eclipse | Violent Relaxation (2xCD, Album) | 1996 |
Total Eclipse | Violent Relaxation (2xCD, Promo, Album) | 1996 |
Total Eclipse | Violent Relaxation (3xLP, Album, Gat) | 1996 |
Total Eclipse | Space Clinic ◄ (2 versions) | 1996 |
Total Eclipse | Space Clinic (12") | 1996 |
Total Eclipse | Space Clinic (12", W/Lbl) | 1996 |
Total Eclipse | Space Clinic (CD) | 1996 |
X-Dream | The Frog ◄ (2 versions) | 1996 |
X-Dream | The Frog (12") | 1996 |
X-Dream | The Frog (12", W/Lbl) | 1996 |
X-Dream | The Frog (CD, Maxi) | 1996 |
Spectral | Celtic Alchemy ◄ (3 versions) | 1996 |
Spectral | Celtic Alchemy (12") | 1996 |
Spectral | Celtic Alchemy (12", W/Lbl, Promo) | 1996 |
Spectral | Celtic Alchemy (12", TP) | 1996 |
Spectral | Celtic Alchemy (CD, Maxi) | 1996 |
Cydonia | Screaming Darkness / Freakshow ◄ (2 versions) | 1996 |
Cydonia | Screaming Darkness / Freakshow (12") | 1996 |
Cydonia | Screaming Darkness / Freakshow (12", W/Lbl) | 1996 |
Juno Reactor | Conga Fury ◄ (2 versions) | 1996 |
Juno Reactor | Conga Fury (12") | 1996 |
Juno Reactor | Conga Fury / Magnetic (12", W/Lbl) | 1996 |
Juno Reactor | Conga Fury (CD) | 1996 |
Various | Trip Through Sound (CD, Comp) | 1996 |
Montauk P | Hallucinate / X-Plore ◄ (2 versions) | 1997 |
Montauk P | Hallucinate / X-Plore (12") | 1997 |
Montauk P | Hallucinate / X-Plore (12", W/Lbl) | 1997 |
Cwithe | I Don't Wanna Shrink / I Wanna Expand ◄ (3 versions) | 1996 |
Cwithe | I Don't Wanna Shrink / I Wanna Expand (12") | 1996 |
Cwithe | I Don't Wanna Shrink / I Wanna Expand (12", W/Lbl) | 1996 |
Cwithe | I Don't Wanna Shrink / I Wanna Expand (12", TP) | 1996 |
Tandu | Blue Aura EP (12") | 1996 |
Various | Made On Earth - The Sampler E.P. (2x12", Smplr, EP) | 1996 |
Various | Made On Earth (2xCD, Comp, Dig) | 1997 |
Various | Made On Earth (3xLP, Comp, Gat) | 1997 |
Etnica | Plastic ◄ (2 versions) | 1996 |
Etnica | Plastic (12") | 1997 |
Etnica | Plastic (12", W/Lbl, Promo) | 1996 |
Etnica | Plastic (CD, Maxi) | 1997 |
Cwithe | Illegal (CD, Album) | 1997 |
Cwithe | Illegal (3xLP, Album) | 1997 |
Cwithe | Illegal (3xLP, Album, TP) | 1997 |
Metal Spark | Metal Detector / Kickstart ◄ (2 versions) | 1997 |
Metal Spark | Metal Detector / Kickstart (12") | 1997 |
Metal Spark | Metal Detector (12", W/Lbl, Promo) | 1997 |
Koxbox | Too Pure ◄ (2 versions) | 1997 |
Koxbox | Too Pure (12") | 1997 |
Koxbox | Too Pure (12", W/Lbl, Promo) | 1997 |
Koxbox | Too Pure (CD, Single) | 1997 |
Koxbox | Live At Burning Man 1996 (2xLP, Album, TP) | 1996 |
Saafi Brothers | Mystic Cigarettes (Album) ◄ (2 versions) | 1997 |
Saafi Brothers | Mystic Cigarettes (CD, Album) | 1997 |
Saafi Brothers | Mystic Cigarettes (CD, Album, Dig) | 1997 |
Saafi Brothers | Mystic Cigarettes (3xLP, Album) | 1997 |
Total Eclipse | Collapsar / Direct Motion (12") | 1997 |
Various | Signs Of Life (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) | 1997 |
Various | Signs Of Life (CD, Comp) | 1997 |
Various | Signs Of Life (CD, Comp, Promo) | 1997 |
Various | Signs Of Life (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) | 1997 |
Various | Signs Of Life (2xLP, Comp) | 1997 |
Various | Signs Of Life (2xLP, Comp, TP) | 1997 |
Various | Signs Of Life Sampler (12", Smplr, Promo, W/Lbl) | 1999 |
Delta, The | As A Child I Could Walk On The Ceiling ◄ (2 versions) | 1997 |
Delta, The | As A Child I Could Walk On The Ceiling (12") | 1997 |
Delta, The | As A Child I Could Walk On The Ceiling (12", W/Lbl, Promo) | 1997 |
Noosphere | Carpe Noctum / 23rd Chromozone ◄ (2 versions) | 1997 |
Noosphere | Carpe Noctum / 23rd Chromozone (12") | 1997 |
Noosphere | Carpe Noctum / 23rd Chromozone (12", W/Lbl) | 1997 |
Anesthesia | Global / Anacandy ◄ (2 versions) | 1997 |
Anesthesia | Global / Anacandy (12", W/Lbl) | 1997 |
Anesthesia | Global / Anacandy (12") | 1997 |
Children Of Paradise | Alien Nation ◄ (2 versions) | 1997 |
Children Of Paradise | Alien Nation (12") | 1997 |
Children Of Paradise | Alien Nation (12", W/Lbl) | 1997 |
Juno Reactor | God Is God (12") | 1997 |
Juno Reactor | God Is God (CD, Maxi) | 1997 |
Juno Reactor | Bible Of Dreams (CD, Album) | 1997 |
Juno Reactor | Bible Of Dreams (3xLP, Album) | 1997 |
Anesthesia | P.V.C. (CD, Album) | 1997 |
Anesthesia | P.V.C. (2xLP, Album) | 1997 |
Sunkings | Soul Sleeping (Album) ◄ (2 versions) | 1998 |
Sunkings | Soul Sleeping (CD, Album, Car) | 1998 |
Sunkings | Soul Sleeping (CD, Album, Car) | 1998 |
Sunkings | Soul Sleeping (2xLP, Album, Gat) | 1998 |
Saafi Brothers | Internal Code Error ◄ (2 versions) | 1997 |
Saafi Brothers | Internal Code Error (12") | 1997 |
Saafi Brothers | Internal Code Error (12", Promo, W/Lbl) | 1997 |
Saafi Brothers | Internal Code Error (CD, Maxi) | 1997 |
Montauk P | Def Is Lim / Electromagnetic ◄ (2 versions) | 1997 |
Montauk P | Def Is Lim / Electromagnetic (12") | 1997 |
Montauk P | Def Is Lim / Electromagnetic (12", W/Lbl) | 1997 |
Silicon Attic | Arecibo Calling (12") | 1997 |
Silicon Attic | Arecibo Calling (CD, Maxi) | 1997 |
Johann* | Stranded (12") | 1997 |
Johann* | Stranded (CD) | 1997 |
Johann* | Blow Your Mind (CD, Album) | 1998 |
Johann* | Blow Your Mind (2xLP, Album) | 1998 |
Galaxy | Angel (CD, Album, Dig) | 1998 |
Galaxy | Angel (2xLP, Album, Gat) | 1998 |
Juno Reactor | God Is God (Front 242 Mixes) (12") | 1997 |
Koxbox | Life Is.... (12") | 1997 |
Koxbox | Life Is.... (CD, Maxi) | 1997 |
Saafi Brothers | Internal Code Error Remixes (12", Blu) | 1997 |
Sunkings | Starbuck (12") | 1997 |
Sunkings | Starbuck (CD, Maxi) | 1997 |
Koxbox | Dragon Tales (CD, Album) | 1997 |
Koxbox | Dragon Tales (2xLP, Album) | 1997 |
Acid Rockers | Weird World / Messages From Jupiter (12") | 1997 |
Delta, The | Travelling At The Speed Of Thought (12") | 1997 |
Delta, The | Travelling At The Speed Of Thought (12", TP) | 1997 |
Cydonia | Mind Hunter (12") | 1997 |
Cydonia | Mind Hunter (CD, Maxi) | 1997 |
X Dream* | Brain Forest / S.T.O.P. (12") | 1997 |
Fools And Tools | Hundreds Of Sunsets / Itchy And Scratchy (12", TP) | 1997 |
Metalspark* | The Iron Maiden / Sonicfeet (12") | 1998 |
Metal Spark | Corrosive (CD, Album) | 1998 |
Metal Spark | Corrosive (2xLP, Album) | 1998 |
X-Dream | Radio (Album) ◄ (2 versions) | 1998 |
X-Dream | Radio (CD, Album, Dig) | 1998 |
X-Dream | Radio (CD, Album, Dig) | 1998 |
X-Dream | Radio (2xLP, Album) | 1998 |
X-Dream | Radiohead (12") | 1998 |
X-Dream | Radiohead (CD, Single) | 1998 |
Various | Trip Through Sound 2 (CD, Comp) | 1998 |
Alien (6) | The Pleasure Of Leisure (CD, Album, Dig) | 1998 |
Alien (6) | The Pleasure Of Leisure (2xLP, Album) | 1998 |
Alien (6) | Frankie The Prankster (12") | 1998 |
Alien (6) | Frankie The Prankster (CD, Maxi) | 1998 |
Montauk P | If I (12") | 1998 |
Montauk P | If I (CD, Maxi) | 1998 |
Montauk P | Def=Lim (CD, Album, Car) | 1998 |
Montauk P.* | Def=Lim (4x12", Album, Gat) | 1998 |
Various | More Signs Of Life (CD, Comp, Dig) | 1998 |
Various | More Signs Of Life Album Sampler ◄ (2 versions) | 1999 |
Various | More Signs Of Life Album Sampler (12", Smplr) | 1999 |
Various | More Signs Of Life Album Sampler (12", W/Lbl) | 1999 |
Various | Freekstyle (CD) | 2000 |
Various | Freekstyle (2xLP) | 2000 |
Total Eclipse | Access Denied (CD, Album, Dig) | 1999 |
Total Eclipse | Access Denied (2xLP, Album) | 1999 |
N-Tropic | Klone (12") | 1998 |
Cydonia | In Fear Of A Red Planet (CD, Album) | 1999 |
Cydonia | In Fear Of A Red Planet (2xLP, Album) | 1999 |
Total Eclipse | None Of Your Business (12") | 1999 |
Cydonia | Lightning Rods / King Of New York (12") | 1999 |
Eternal Basement | Magnet (CD, Album) | 2000 |
Eternal Basement | Magnet (2xLP) | 2000 |
Juno Reactor | Pistolero (12") | 1999 |
Juno Reactor | Pistolero (CD, Maxi) | 1999 |
Juno Reactor | Pistolero (12") | 1999 |
Juno Reactor | Pistolero ◄ (2 versions) | 1999 |
Juno Reactor | Pistolero (12") | 1999 |
Juno Reactor | Pistolero (12", S/Sided, TP, Ltd) | 1999 |
Juno Reactor | Pistolero (12") | 1999 |
Juno Reactor | Pistolero (CD, Maxi) | 1999 |
Saafi Brothers | Midnight's Children (CD, Album) | 2000 |
Saafi Brothers | Midnight's Children (2xLP, Album) | 2000 |
X-Dream | Microchip EP (12", EP) | 1999 |
Eternal Basement | Raw / Understood (12") | 1999 |
Carcharodon | 20 Million Years / Deepest Blue (12") | 1999 |
Saafi Brothers | The Deep Part 1 / Not Fade Away (12") | 1999 |
RND Technologies* | Phases (12") | 1999 |
Alien (6) | Frankie The Prankster (12") | 1999 |
Galaxy | The Island ◄ (2 versions) | 2000 |
Galaxy | The Island (12") | 2000 |
Galaxy | The Island (12", Promo) | 2000 |
Galaxy | The Island (12", Promo) | 2000 |
Galaxy | Solar Synthesis (CD, Album) | 2000 |
Galaxy | Solar Synthesis (2xLP) | 2000 |
Acid Rockers | Traveller (12") | 2000 |
Acidrockers* | Mind Set (CD, Album, Mixed) | 2001 |
Juno Reactor | Nitrogen Part 1 & 2 ◄ (2 versions) | 2000 |
Juno Reactor | Nitrogen Part 1 & 2 (12") | 2000 |
Juno Reactor | Nitrogen Pt.1/Nitrogen Pt.2 (12", Promo, W/Lbl) | 2000 |
Deviant Electronics | Blunt Instruments (CD, Album) | 2000 |
Spectral | Diffuse (CD, Album, Dig) | 2001 |
Spectral | Diffuse (Album) ◄ (2 versions) | 2000 |
Spectral | Diffuse (2xLP, Album) | 2000 |
Spectral | Diffuse (2xLP, Album, W/Lbl, Promo) | 2000 |
Saafi Brothers | Midnight's Children (CD, Album) | 2002 |
Saafi Brothers | Mystic Cigarettes (CD, Album) | 1997 |
Various | Alien Software For Alien Hardware (CD, Promo) | 1995 |
Various | Mini-Pod Sampler (CD, Promo, Sampler) | 1995 |
Juno Reactor | Pistolero (CDr, Single, Promo) | 1999 |
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