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Aegean Records

Aegean Records
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Parent company Nobby's Hobbies Holdings
Founded 1991
Founder George Michael and Andreas Georgiou
Status Active Independent
Distributor(s) Pinnacle Entertainment (United Kingdom)
Genre
Country of origin United Kingdom
Official website Aegean Records

Aegean Records is an independent record label founded by George Michael and his cousin Andreas Georgiou in January 1991. The label was set up after Michael broke from Sony Music after his court case, which he eventually lost. Andreas Georgiou became the managing director of the label.

The artists either signed or previously signed to Aegean Records include:

Georgiou and Michael founded Aegean Net Ltd on 15 November 1996, which was the internet business of Aegean Records. Michael and Georgiou were directors of the business, although Georgiou resigned as a director on 25 January 2000, he then became managing director of mezzmusic.com. In May 1997 Aegean Records became the first European record company to adopt the Liquid Audio secure electronic music-delivery system via www.aegean.net, which was launched one year before BowieNet, and 11 years before Spotify.

Aegean.net was the first artist-owned website to allow fans to:


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