Aegean Records is an independent record label founded by George Michael and Andros Georgiou in January 1991.[2] The label was set up after Michael broke from Sony Music after his court case, which he eventually lost.[3] Andros Georgiou became the managing director of the label.[4]
The artists either signed or previously signed to Aegean Records include:
George Michael[2]
Trigger[2]
Primitiva[2]
Joanna Bryant[1]
Bassey Walker
Toby Bourke[2]
Mutya Buena[5]
Surreala[2]
Georgiou and Michael founded Aegean Net Ltd on 15 November 1996,[6] 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.[7] In May 1997 Aegean became the first European record label to adopt the Liquid Audio secure electronic music-delivery system via www.aegean.net,[8] which was launched one year before BowieNet,[8] and 11 years before Spotify.[8]
Aegean.net was the first artist-owned website to allow fans to:
Chat with music artists (including Michael)
Purchase merchandise
Purchase and download music (via Liquid Audio)
Audio/video streaming (via RealVideo)
Join the first online-only fan club
Receive news and updates from Michael and other Aegean Records artists
^ abLorenz, Christian (22 February 1997). "Michael's Aegean Links with Pinnacle for U.K. Distribution". Billboard. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
^ abcdefFrieser, Mark (31 December 2016). "A Tribute to George Michael, Dot-Com Visionary". SyncSummit. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
^Smith, Giles (21 June 1994). "'Pop slave' George Michael to fight on". The Independent. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
^Weigle, Lauren (14 December 2015). "James Kennedy's Parents Jacqueline & Andros Georgiou". Heavy. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
^"Aegean". Discogs. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
^"Aegean Net Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
^Poaletta, Michael (15 April 2000). "Web Co Mezzmusic Jumps Into Inferno With Joint Venture". Billboard. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
^ abcStuart, Keith (11 January 2016). "BowieNet: how David Bowie's ISP foresaw the future of the internet". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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