Metropolis Records

Last updated
Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records Logo.png
Founded1993 (1993)
FounderDave Heckman
Distributor(s)NAIL • Outside • INgrooves • Virgin Music Group
Genre
Country of originU.S.
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Official website metropolis-records.com

Metropolis Records is a record label that was founded in Philadelphia in 1993, by Dave Heckman. [1] [2] The label's all-electronic format closely tracked with European contemporaries including Off Beat, and since 1995 has been instrumental in promoting and distributing underground electronic music in the U.S. [3]

Contents

On June 9, 1999, Metropolis bought the American industrial label, Pendragon Records. It assumed distribution responsibilities for Pendragon's back catalog, as well as that of 21st Circuitry, another industrial label which had gone out of business. [4]

Artists signed

References

  1. ↑ "Metropolis Records". metropolis-records.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2014.
  2. ↑ Miles, Gary (4 August 2022). "Dave Heckman, music entrepreneur and founder and president of Metropolis Records, has died at 68".
  3. ↑ Reed, S. Alexander (2013). Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music . New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 283–284. ISBN   9780199832583. OCLC   1147729910 – via the Internet Archive.
  4. ↑ Comer, M. Tye (June 28, 1999). "rpm news". CMJ New Music Report . Vol. 59, no. 624. New York: CMJ. pp. 31, 37. Retrieved April 13, 2020.



This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.