Hessle Audio

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Hessle Audio is a London-based electronic music record label. [1] The founders of the record label are DJs and producers Ben UFO, [2] Pangaea, and Pearson Sound. [3] The records released by Hessle Audio have spanned house, techno, UK garage, dubstep and electronica [4] with releases by artists such as Pearson Sound, Objekt, James Blake (musician), [5] Blawan, Martyn (musician), Peverelist and Olof Dreijer of The Knife.

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References

  1. "BBC Radio 1 - Benji B, Hessle Audio label profile". BBC. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  2. "Ben UFO - Biography". ra.co. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  3. "On and on: Ben UFO, Pangaea and Pearson Sound on the first 15 years of Hessle Audio". Crack Magazine. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  4. "Label Focus: Hessle Audio". Mixmag. Retrieved 2023-12-14.
  5. "James Blake: "The Bells Sketch"". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2023-12-14.