Skint Records

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Skint Records
Parent companyBMG Rights Management
Distributor(s)Universal Music Group[1]
GenreEDM, big beat, indie pop, house
Official websitewww.skintentertainment.com

Skint Records is a Brighton and Hove based dance music record label owned by JC Reid, Tim Jeffery and Damian Harris.[2] It was created as a sublabel of Loaded Records, also founded by Reid and Jeffery. Along with Wall of Sound, the label was a leader in the big beat music scene of the mid to late 1990s.[3]

The label's roster at this time included big beat scene leaders

Lo-Fidelity Allstars
who have changed and diversified their style along with the label.

Skint were the main kit sponsor for

Palookaville
on one of the shirt designs.

Skint also have a sub-label for more underground releases called "Under 5's", which originally ran from 1997–2001, but was re-launched as a digital only label in 2009 to host new artists such as Linton Brown, Kinzy and Rory Hoy.

In 2002, Skint released a compilation album, We Are Skint, featuring tracks from the label's artists.[5] From 1996-1998, Skint released a series of albums, Brassic Beats, also containing songs from the label,[2] but all of the songs were new, therefore not being a compilation album series.

Skint Records had one UK number one album,

In April 2014,

Fatboy Slim's catalogue is owned by Skint and BMG internationally, except in USA and Canada, where it is owned by Universal Music Group under the Astralwerks label.

See also

References

  1. ^ "BMG forms alliance with Universal Music Group; plans to move physical distribution to UMG's Commercial Services division". musicbusinessworldwide.com. 19 October 2023.
  2. ^ .
  3. on 4 March 2016.
  4. ^ Paul Camillin (30 April 2008). "Albion Say Goodbye To Skint". Brighton and Hove Albion FC Official website. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  5. ^ "We Are Skint, discography listing". Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  6. ^ "BMG acquires Skint and Loaded Records | News | Music Week". Musicweek.com.

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