Renaissance Recordings

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Renaissance
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Founded1994 (1994)
FounderGeoff Oakes
Genre House, progressive house, tech house, electro house, deep house
Country of origin United Kingdom
Official website www.renaissance.dj

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]

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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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Catalogue

Series

Albums, compilations and DJ mixes

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10 year anniversary re-issue.Y10
The Masters Series.#
Studio albums and Long Plays.LP
Unreleased.
No.ArtistTitleFormatDateTag
REN01CD Dave Seaman Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 1: Awakening2xCD14 March 20001
REN02CD Deep Dish Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 2: Ibiza2xCD14 August 20002
REN03CDVarious ArtistsRenaissance: Progression, Vol. 12xCD14 November 2000
REN04CD Dave Seaman Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 3: Desire2xCD1 May 20013
REN05CDVarious ArtistsRenaissance: Ibiza 20013xCD, Comp14 July 2001
REN06CD Nick Warren & Danny Howells Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 4: Revelation2xCD14 November 20014
REN07CDVarious ArtistsRenaissance: Anthems 20023xCD, Comp14 December 2001
REN08CDVarious ArtistsThe Sound of Renaissance, Vol. 12xCD20 May 2002
REN09CDMarcus JamesThe Sound of Renaissance, Vol. 22xCD23 June 2003
REN10CD Sander Kleinenberg Everybody2xCD20 October 2003
REN11CD Hernán Cattáneo Renaissance: The Masters Series2xCD16 February 20045
REN12CD Dave Seaman & Phil K The Therapy Sessions2xCD29 March 2004
REN13CD
REN14CDVarious ArtistsRenaissance Presents Pacha Ibiza3xCD21 June 2004
REN15CDJames ZabielaRenaissance ALiVE2xCD2004
REN16CD Sander Kleinenberg This Is Everybody Too2xCD27 September 2004
REN17CD Sasha & Digweed Renaissance: The Mix Collection 3xCD8 November 2004Y10
REN18CD Hernán Cattáneo Renaissance: The Masters Series 22xCD14 February 20056
REN19CD Dave Seaman & Luke ChableThe Therapy Sessions, Vol. 22xCD28 March 2005
REN20CDVarious ArtistsRenaissance Presents Pacha Ibiza, Vol. 23xCD11 July 2005
REN21CDJames ZabielaUtilities2xCD20 June 2005
REN22CDYousef & Behrouz Renaissance Presents Frontiers2xCD22 August 2005
REN23CDNic FanciulliRenaissance Presents Nic Fanciulli2xCD19 September 2005
REN24CD Satoshi Tomiie Renaissance: 3D3xCD30 January 2006
REN25CD Dave Seaman Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 72xCD13 March 20067
REN26CD Hernán Cattáneo Renaissance: Sequential2xCD8 May 2006
REN27CD John Digweed Transitions CD5 June 2006
REN28CD Faithless Renaissance: 3D 3xCD10 July 2006
REN29CDVarious ArtistsThe Sound of Renaissance, Vol. 32xCD31 July 2006
REN30CD Sandy Rivera Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 82xCD4 September 20068
REN31CDNic FanciulliRenaissance Presents Nic Fanciulli, Vol. 22xCD23 October 2006
REN32CD John Digweed Transitions 2 CD29 January 2007
REN33CD Satoshi Tomiie Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 9 2xCD12 March 20079
REN34CD Hernán Cattáneo Renaissance: Sequential, Vol. 2 2xCD7 May 2007
REN35CDVarious ArtistsThe Sound of Renaissance, Vol. 4: Ibiza2xCD2007
REN36CD Sander Kleinenberg This is... Sander Kleinenberg 2xCD30 July 2007
REN37CD John Digweed Transitions 3CD + CD-ROM24 September 2007
REN38CD Shlomi Aber State of No OneCD, AlbumOctober, 2007LP
REN39CD Steve Lawler Viva London2xCD22 October 2007
REN40CD Tom Middleton Renaissance: 3D2xCD28 January 2008
REN41CD Dave Seaman Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 10 2xCD10 March 200810
REN42CD John Digweed Transitions 4CD14 April 2008
REN43CD Steve Lawler Viva Toronto2xCD14 July 2008
REN44CD Danny Tenaglia Futurism2xCD8 August 2008
REN45CD Danny Howells Renaissance: The Mix Collection2xCD8 September 2008
REN46CD Satoshi Tomiie Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 112xCD3 November 200811
REN47CD Roger Sanchez Renaissance: 3D3xCD26 January 2009
REN48CDJames ZabielaRenaissance: The Masters Series, Part 122xCD23 February 200912
REN49CD Tom Middleton One More Tune2xCD27 April 2009
REN50CD Hernán Cattáneo Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 13 2xCD25 May 200913
REN51CD Hercules & Love Affair Sidetracked2xCD13 June 2009
REN52CDChristian SmithPlatform2xCD7 September 2009
REN53CD Dave Seaman Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 142xCD28 September 200914
REN54CDM.A.N.D.Y.Renaissance: The Mix Collection2xCD26 October 2009
REN55CD Gui Boratto Renaissance: The Mix Collection2xCD15 February 2010
REN56CD Paul Woolford Platform2xCD22 March 2010
REN57CDJames ZabielaRenaissance: The Masters Series, Part 15: Life2xCD19 April 201015
REN58CD Hernán Cattáneo Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 16: Parallel2xCD5 July 201016
REN59CD La Roux Sidetracked 1xCD26 July 2010
RENEW01CD Dave Seaman Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 172xCD10 October 201117
RENEW02CD Hernán Cattáneo Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 182xCD8 October 201218
RENEW03CD Tale of Us Renaissance: The Mix Collection2xCD25 February 2013
RENEW04CD Nick Warren Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 192xCD21 January 201319
RENEW05CD Francois K Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 202xCD22 April 201320
RENEW06CD Tiefschwarz Renaissance: The Mix Collection2xCD8 July 2013
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  2. RENAISSANCE [@renaissance_dj] (23 September 2014). "Renaissance RIP... Now at @Arkitekt_dj and facebook.com/Arkitekt.dj" (Tweet) via Twitter.
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