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Founded | 1994 |
Founder | Geoff Oakes |
Genre | House, progressive house, tech house, electro house, deep house |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Official website | www |
Renaissance Recordings is a British record label, founded by the club Renaissance in 1994. It went into administration in September 2010 and the back catalogue was sold to Phoenix Music International Ltd. After a year of inactivity, in July 2011 it was announced that Renaissance had been reborn, with founder and original owner Geoff Oakes once again guiding the brand. In 2018, media and finance entrepreneur Scott Rudmann acquired a majority stake in the label and began working in partnership with Oakes. [1] After a large period of activity, they ceased operations once again on 23 September 2014. [2] [3] In July 2017, they released a new digital remix of Age of Love's song "The Age of Love" by Solomun that went to world no1 on the electronic music charts. [4]
Beginning in 2018, the label has released a series of remixes by leading electronic music producers, all of which went to a chart position of no1, no2, or no3, including Cafe del Mar (Tale of Us remix, Bladerunner (Maceo Plex remix), Sacred Cycles (Adam Beyer and Bart Skills remix).
The label has relaunched its singles output in 2019 and 2020.
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Key information | Tag |
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10 year anniversary re-issue. | Y10 |
The Masters Series. | # |
Studio albums and Long Plays. | LP |
Unreleased. | — |
No. | Artist | Title | Format | Date | Tag |
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REN01CD | Dave Seaman | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 1: Awakening | 2xCD | 14 March 2000 | 1 |
REN02CD | Deep Dish | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 2: Ibiza | 2xCD | 14 August 2000 | 2 |
REN03CD | Various Artists | Renaissance: Progression, Vol. 1 | 2xCD | 14 November 2000 | |
REN04CD | Dave Seaman | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 3: Desire | 2xCD | 1 May 2001 | 3 |
REN05CD | Various Artists | Renaissance: Ibiza 2001 | 3xCD, Comp | 14 July 2001 | |
REN06CD | Nick Warren & Danny Howells | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 4: Revelation | 2xCD | 14 November 2001 | 4 |
REN07CD | Various Artists | Renaissance: Anthems 2002 | 3xCD, Comp | 14 December 2001 | |
REN08CD | Various Artists | The Sound of Renaissance, Vol. 1 | 2xCD | 20 May 2002 | |
REN09CD | Marcus James | The Sound of Renaissance, Vol. 2 | 2xCD | 23 June 2003 | |
REN10CD | Sander Kleinenberg | Everybody | 2xCD | 20 October 2003 | |
REN11CD | Hernán Cattáneo | Renaissance: The Masters Series | 2xCD | 16 February 2004 | 5 |
REN12CD | Dave Seaman & Phil K | The Therapy Sessions | 2xCD | 29 March 2004 | |
REN13CD | — | ||||
REN14CD | Various Artists | Renaissance Presents Pacha Ibiza | 3xCD | 21 June 2004 | |
REN15CD | James Zabiela | Renaissance ALiVE | 2xCD | 2004 | |
REN16CD | Sander Kleinenberg | This Is Everybody Too | 2xCD | 27 September 2004 | |
REN17CD | Sasha & Digweed | Renaissance: The Mix Collection | 3xCD | 8 November 2004 | Y10 |
REN18CD | Hernán Cattáneo | Renaissance: The Masters Series 2 | 2xCD | 14 February 2005 | 6 |
REN19CD | Dave Seaman & Luke Chable | The Therapy Sessions, Vol. 2 | 2xCD | 28 March 2005 | |
REN20CD | Various Artists | Renaissance Presents Pacha Ibiza, Vol. 2 | 3xCD | 11 July 2005 | |
REN21CD | James Zabiela | Utilities | 2xCD | 20 June 2005 | |
REN22CD | Yousef & Behrouz | Renaissance Presents Frontiers | 2xCD | 22 August 2005 | |
REN23CD | Nic Fanciulli | Renaissance Presents Nic Fanciulli | 2xCD | 19 September 2005 | |
REN24CD | Satoshi Tomiie | Renaissance: 3D | 3xCD | 30 January 2006 | |
REN25CD | Dave Seaman | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 7 | 2xCD | 13 March 2006 | 7 |
REN26CD | Hernán Cattáneo | Renaissance: Sequential | 2xCD | 8 May 2006 | |
REN27CD | John Digweed | Transitions | CD | 5 June 2006 | |
REN28CD | Faithless | Renaissance: 3D | 3xCD | 10 July 2006 | |
REN29CD | Various Artists | The Sound of Renaissance, Vol. 3 | 2xCD | 31 July 2006 | |
REN30CD | Sandy Rivera | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 8 | 2xCD | 4 September 2006 | 8 |
REN31CD | Nic Fanciulli | Renaissance Presents Nic Fanciulli, Vol. 2 | 2xCD | 23 October 2006 | |
REN32CD | John Digweed | Transitions 2 | CD | 29 January 2007 | |
REN33CD | Satoshi Tomiie | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 9 | 2xCD | 12 March 2007 | 9 |
REN34CD | Hernán Cattáneo | Renaissance: Sequential, Vol. 2 | 2xCD | 7 May 2007 | |
REN35CD | Various Artists | The Sound of Renaissance, Vol. 4: Ibiza | 2xCD | 2007 | |
REN36CD | Sander Kleinenberg | This is... Sander Kleinenberg | 2xCD | 30 July 2007 | |
REN37CD | John Digweed | Transitions 3 | CD + CD-ROM | 24 September 2007 | |
REN38CD | Shlomi Aber | State of No One | CD, Album | October, 2007 | LP |
REN39CD | Steve Lawler | Viva London | 2xCD | 22 October 2007 | |
REN40CD | Tom Middleton | Renaissance: 3D | 2xCD | 28 January 2008 | |
REN41CD | Dave Seaman | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 10 | 2xCD | 10 March 2008 | 10 |
REN42CD | John Digweed | Transitions 4 | CD | 14 April 2008 | |
REN43CD | Steve Lawler | Viva Toronto | 2xCD | 14 July 2008 | |
REN44CD | Danny Tenaglia | Futurism | 2xCD | 8 August 2008 | |
REN45CD | Danny Howells | Renaissance: The Mix Collection | 2xCD | 8 September 2008 | |
REN46CD | Satoshi Tomiie | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 11 | 2xCD | 3 November 2008 | 11 |
REN47CD | Roger Sanchez | Renaissance: 3D | 3xCD | 26 January 2009 | |
REN48CD | James Zabiela | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 12 | 2xCD | 23 February 2009 | 12 |
REN49CD | Tom Middleton | One More Tune | 2xCD | 27 April 2009 | |
REN50CD | Hernán Cattáneo | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 13 | 2xCD | 25 May 2009 | 13 |
REN51CD | Hercules & Love Affair | Sidetracked | 2xCD | 13 June 2009 | |
REN52CD | Christian Smith | Platform | 2xCD | 7 September 2009 | |
REN53CD | Dave Seaman | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 14 | 2xCD | 28 September 2009 | 14 |
REN54CD | M.A.N.D.Y. | Renaissance: The Mix Collection | 2xCD | 26 October 2009 | |
REN55CD | Gui Boratto | Renaissance: The Mix Collection | 2xCD | 15 February 2010 | |
REN56CD | Paul Woolford | Platform | 2xCD | 22 March 2010 | |
REN57CD | James Zabiela | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 15: Life | 2xCD | 19 April 2010 | 15 |
REN58CD | Hernán Cattáneo | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 16: Parallel | 2xCD | 5 July 2010 | 16 |
REN59CD | La Roux | Sidetracked | 1xCD | 26 July 2010 | |
RENEW01CD | Dave Seaman | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 17 | 2xCD | 10 October 2011 | 17 |
RENEW02CD | Hernán Cattáneo | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 18 | 2xCD | 8 October 2012 | 18 |
RENEW03CD | Tale of Us | Renaissance: The Mix Collection | 2xCD | 25 February 2013 | |
RENEW04CD | Nick Warren | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 19 | 2xCD | 21 January 2013 | 19 |
RENEW05CD | Francois K | Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 20 | 2xCD | 22 April 2013 | 20 |
RENEW06CD | Tiefschwarz | Renaissance: The Mix Collection | 2xCD | 8 July 2013 |
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