Thrive Music

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Thrive Music
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Founded1997
FounderRicardo Vinas
Distributor(s) Virgin Music Label & Artist Services
Genre Electronic, Dance, Alternative
Country of originUnited States
Location Los Angeles, California
Official website thrivemusic.com
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Thrive Music is a United States-based record label founded in Los Angeles, California, by music industry entrepreneur Ricardo Vinas. [1]

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History

Thrive Records was founded in 1997 [2] by electronic music trailblazer Ricardo Vinas, as a joint venture with Sire/Warner Bros. Records—the label founded by Seymour Stein. [3] Vinas credits Stein as the most influential mentor in his career. During Thrive Records' first four years, Vinas worked closely with the revered record executive responsible for discovering Madonna, Depeche Mode, and The Ramones.

Thrive hit the ground running with the release of the soundtrack album for the most talked about independent film of 1998, Darren Aronofsky’s Pi (Sundance Film Festival Best Director Award Winner), [4] and launching the premiere DJ mix series, Global Underground. The upstart label immediately had in its roster some of the most up and coming artists in electronic music, including Paul Oakenfold and Deep Dish.

Thrive Records distributed Oakenfold’s label Perfecto Records for a decade. Paul Oakenfold received a 2006 Grammy nomination for his Thrive Records album, Creamfields (2006). [5] [6]

Deep Dish delivered their most successful and Grammy nominated album, George Is On (2005), during their time at Thrive Records. [7] [8] [9] George Is On spun Deep Dish’s biggest selling singles, "Flashdance", "Say Hello", and their collaboration with Stevie Nicks on a dance version of the Fleetwood Mac classic, "Dreams". Thrive Records' artist roster has included the critically acclaimed Roni Size, A-Trak, former Underworld member Darren Emerson, Mark Ronson, Duck Sauce, Sander Kleinenberg, Josh Wink, Ferry Corsten, and Steve Aoki. The Thrive/Dim Mak single, "I’m In The House" featuring will.i.am, was Aoki's only American Top 40 radio crossover single until 2017.

The genre defining debut albums from Steve Aoki, Pillow Face and His Airplane Chronicles (2008), and A-Trak's Infinity+1 (2009), [10] were both released by Thrive Records.

Thrive Records was active in the film soundtrack arena. In addition to Pi, Thrive Records released the soundtrack albums for the Oscar nominated and highly acclaimed Christopher Nolan film, Memento, the groundbreaking Requiem For a Dream directed by Darren Aronofsky.

Thrive Records dabbled in alternative music after signing Foo Fighter's drummer, Taylor Hawkins, and his solo band, The Coattail Riders. [11] [12]

The label was home to many of today's top EDM executives including former Thrive Records GM Lee Kurisu (Dim Mak Records President), and A&R executives Peter Torres and David Dann (Mind of a Genius Records GM, and Founder). [13]

Thrive Pictures was the film and television division for Thrive Records run by Hollywood film executive Bryan Brucks. [14]

Distribution

WEA Distribution was Thrive Records distributor from 1997 until 2000. Thrive Records moved to RED Distribution/Sony Music in 2001 and ranked consistently as one of RED's top performing labels. [15] Thrive Records provided North American distribution for several iconic European dance labels, including Perfecto Records, Renaissance Recordings, and Global Underground.[ when? ]

Thrive Music

After a successful 15-year run with Thrive Records, Ricardo Vinas launched Thrive Music in 2015 with distribution through Sony Music. Thrive Music has released successful projects from EDM mainstays like Moby, [16] Nicky Romero, [17] Cheat Codes, [18] and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike. [19] The label has assembled an artist roster that also includes newcomers like SAYMYNAME, [20] and the 2017 Grammy nominated Lipless, [21] [22] Cazztek, Sick Individuals, Dropout, 4B, Hunter Siegel, Myon, and Madison Mars. [23]

Thrive Music artists are featured in multiple television shows, video games, films, and multi-media ad campaigns. In 2017 those include Despicable Me 3 (trailer), Mountain Dew, So You Think You Can Dance, and Dancing With The Stars. [24]

Artists

Compilations

Thrive Records launched and marketed some of the most successful dance compilation series in the United States:

See also

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