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Revision as of 22:55, 20 March 2023
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| PIAS Recordings | |
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| Parent company | PIAS Group |
| Founded | 1983 |
| Founder | Kenny Gates Michel Lambot |
| Distributor(s) | PIAS, Universal Music Group in the U.S |
| Genre | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom and Belgium |
| Location | London and Brussels |
| Official website | playitagainsam |
PIAS Recordings (formerly Play It Again Sam) is a Belgian record label founded in 1983 by Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot.[1] Play It Again Sam expanded along with other European independent labels in the early 1980s. Play It Again Sam's prominent early artists were electronic-rock acts like Front 242, Meat Beat Manifesto and The Young Gods. They later added artists such as The Sound, Soulwax/2ManyDJ's, Sigur Rós and Mogwai.
History
The first release on the label in 1984 was the mini album Faces in the Fire by the cult experimental psychedelic band The Legendary Pink Dots. This was immediately followed by the 'Four Your Ears Only' EP, an aural map of Northern England, featuring Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Red Guitars, Party Day and Luddites.[2] This laid the ground for releases from many other artists with very diverse musical backgrounds and geographical origins, including the Butthole Surfers, Parade Ground, The Neon Judgement, The Sound, Skinny Puppy, Taxi Girl, Bill Pritchard and The Cassandra Complex. In 1988 the label released the album Front By Front by Front 242 including the single "Headhunter" (with a video directed by Anton Corbijn).
In 1999, Play It Again Sam signed a German distribution deal with London-based indie dance label Mo' Wax, including works by DJ Shadow and DJ Krush.[3]
In 2000, the label moved from Brussels to London and was renamed PIAS Recordings. PIAS Recordings released the first two albums by Icelandic band Sigur Rós. The Scottish band Mogwai signed to PIAS in 2001.
PIAS announced at the end of 2010 that it would be re-launching Play It Again Sam as a label.
In November 2022, Universal Music Group purchased 49% stake in [PIAS] (including [PIAS] Recordings).[4]
Current roster
- Agnes Obel
- Andy Burrows
- Arcane Roots
- Balthazar
- Black M
- Blanche
- Bohren & der Club of Gore
- Brodka
- Courting
- Champs
- Day Wave
- Dead Can Dance
- dEUS
- Editors
- Elliot Moss
- Failure
- Fews
- Foxes
- Ghostpoet
- Harper Simon
- Jean-Louis Murat
- Jesswar
- The Jezabels
- Keaton Henson
- Joan As Police Woman
- Lisa Mitchell
- Lord Huron
- Lucius
- Lykke Li
- Mew
- Minor Victories
- Other Lives
- Pixies
- Public Service Broadcasting
- Salvatore Adamo
- The Slow Show
- Soap&Skin
- Soulwax
- Twin Wild
- Wave Racer
- White Lies
Former artists
- Band of Skulls
- Causes
- Cabaret Voltaire
- Crystal Castles
- Enter Shikari
- The Darkness
- Dinosaur Jr.
- Drive-By Truckers
- I Am Kloot
- The Jim Jones Revue
- Jurassic 5
- Maxïmo Park
- The Middle East
- Mogwai
- My Morning Jacket
- My Vitriol
- The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
- Placebo
- Rodrigo y Gabriela
- Seasick Steve
- Texas
- Young Guns
- Zulu Winter
See also
References
- ^ Discogs - Play It Again Sam
- ^ "Play It Again Sam Records Releases". Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2015-07-06.
- ^ Sansone, Glen (24 May 1999). "Play It Again Sam To Distribute Mo Wax" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 58 (619). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 12. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 22 December 2021.
- ^ "Universal acquires 49% stake in independent music powerhouse [PIAS]". 30 November 2022.
