Dependent Records
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| Country of origin | Germany |
| Location | Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Official website | www |
Dependent Records (stylized as dependent) is a German
).Artists that have released music through Dependent Records include
History
Dependent announced at the start of 2007 that the label would close its doors to new artists and shut down once contractual obligations had been fulfilled, citing ongoing concerns with piracy. This announcement took the form of an essay in both German and English in the booklet to Dependence: Next Level Electronics Volume 2, a compilation featuring work by fourteen artists signed to the label, in which Stefan Herwig stated, "...we estimate that illegal downloads of Dependent albums outnumber legal purchases by a factor of three or even five to one".[citation needed]
After the label closed down, a person claiming to be Stefan Herwig uploaded the whole back catalogue to
On May 15, 2009, Herwig announced that Dependent Records would reopen in the summer or fall of that year, partnering with the US-based Metropolis Records, citing fan support and the role of labels as "quality filters" for the vast number of new bands.[4]
Artists
See also
- List of record labels
References
- Heise Zeitschriften Verlag, retrieved October 10, 2014
- ^ Pirate Bay upload by Dependent founder a hoax; 'extensive research not always an option' for Internet media
- ^ Record Label Quits, Uploads Albums onto The Pirate Bay (Torrentfreak.com, visited 11-02-2008)
- ^ Herwig, Stefan (May 15, 2009). "Dependent reopen in summer/fall 2009". Dependent. Gelsenkirchen: Mindbase Music Management. Retrieved February 1, 2015.
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