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Mute Records

Parent company	EMI
Founded	1978
Founder	Daniel Miller
Genre	Various
Country of origin	UK
Official website	Official website of Mute Records

Mute Records is a record label formed in 1978 by Daniel Miller primarily to release his own single, "T. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Daniel Miller (born 14 February 1951 in London) is a British music producer and founder of Mute Records. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Events January: May - The Bee Gees dominate the singles and album charts as Saturday Night Fever becomes a cultural phenomenon Daniel Miller (born 14 February 1951 in London) is a British music producer and founder of Mute Records. V. O. D. "/"Warm Leatherette", under the moniker The Normal. " Warm Leatherette " is a song by Daniel Miller, released on the only single by his musical project The Normal as B-side to "T The Normal is the Recording artist name used by English music producer Daniel Miller, a film editor at the time who is best known as the founder of the Record

Mute Records made a name for itself as the label that was willing to sign post-punk artists like Fad Gadget (Frank Tovey's pseudonym), Einstürzende Neubauten, Throbbing Gristle, Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF) and Cabaret Voltaire. Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s Fad Gadget is the Stage name of Francis John (Frank Tovey ( September 8, 1956 &ndash April 3, 2002) Fad Gadget is the Stage name of Francis John (Frank Tovey ( September 8, 1956 &ndash April 3, 2002) Einstürzende Neubauten (ˈaɪnˌʃtʏɐʦəndə ˈnɔʏˌbaʊtən is an Avant-garde music band originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980 Throbbing Gristle are a British Avant-garde music and Visual arts group that evolved from the Performance art group COUM Transmissions DAF is an influential German Electropunk / NDW band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 featuring Gabriel "Gabi" Delgado-López Cabaret Voltaire were a British music group from Sheffield, England. Once electronic music hit the British charts from 1981 onwards, Mute signed artists like Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb, Yazoo and Erasure that utilised new technology which would eventually redefine the sound of the dancefloor in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Depeche Mode (dəˌpɛʃˈmoʊd are an English Electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. Nitzer Ebb (pronounced night-zer or nit-zer &mdashthe band pronounces it both ways are a British music group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends Yazoo (known as Yaz in the US) are an English Synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex. Erasure are an English Synth pop duo formed by Songwriter and Keyboardist Vince Clarke and Singer

Mute redefined itself again to encompass alternative rock with bands such as Sonic Youth on their Blast First imprint. Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Sonic Youth is an American Alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1981 Blast First is a sublabel of one-time indie label Mute Records, founded in approximately 1985. The label also in 1992 launched a subsidiary called Novamute Records, mainly as a distribution channel for experimental electronic music. Novamute Records is the Electronic music subsidiary of Mute Records which was started in 1992.

Mute Records was famous for being the home of Depeche Mode and Erasure despite the lack of what is normally considered a contract. Moby, Nick Cave and Laibach are also Mute mainstays. Richard Melville Hall, also known as Moby (born September 11, 1965 in Harlem, New York) is an American DJ Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957 in Warracknabeal, Victoria) is an Australian Musician, Songwriter, Author Laibach is a Slovenian avant-garde Music group strongly associated with industrial, martial, and neo-classical musical

The following albums released by Mute have been nominated for the Mercury Prize: We Can Create by Maps (2007), Coles Corner by Richard Hawley (2006), Felt Mountain by Goldfrapp (2000) and Soul Murder by Barry Adamson (1992). The Mercury Prize, formerly the Mercury Music Prize and currently known as the Nationwide Mercury Prize for Sponsorship reasons is an annual music prize We Can Create is the debut album from Northampton -based band Maps, released in 2007 Maps is the recording name used by Northampton -based musician James Chapman. Coles Corner is the fourth studio album from musician Richard Hawley. Richard Hawley (born Richard Willis Hawley, 17 January 1967, Sheffield, England) is a Guitarist, Singer, Felt Mountain is the debut Album by English electronic duo Goldfrapp. Goldfrapp are a British Electronic music group known for their visual theatrics and contribution to the popularization of Electronic dance music. Barry Adamson (born 1 June 1958) is an English Rock musician who has worked with rock bands such as Magazine

Mute Records was the first British record label to have an internet presence, entitled Mute Liberation Technologies. This started out as a dial-up BBS, then becoming a Telnet site and finally a website. A Bulletin Board System, or BBS, is a Computer system running software that allows users to connect and login to Telnet ( Tel ecommunication net work is a Network protocol used on the Internet or local area network (LAN connections They continued to be run in tandem for a number of years until all were finally shut down, with the exception of the website.

On May 10, 2002, EMI acquired Mute Records, extending an existing licensing relationship that Mute had with EMI’s Virgin Records for over 15 years. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell Daniel Miller, Executive Chairman, is responsible for all of the company’s global activities.

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This is a list of notable Record labels Due to the large number of entries the list has been divided by the first character of the label's name See also This is a list of notable Electronic music The following is a list of items with recorded Mute Records catalogue numbers starting with label founder Daniel Miller's single as The Normal. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and

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