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Renaissance
Parent companyRenaissance Music
Founded1994 (1994)
FounderGeoff Oakes
GenreHouse, progressive house, tech house, electro house, deep house
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Official websitewww.renaissance.dj

Renaissance Music (formerly called Renaissance Renaissance Recordings) is a British record label and live events promotion company, founded by the club Renaissance in 1994. It went into administration in September 2010 and the back catalogue was sold to Phoenix Music International Ltd.[citation needed]

In July 2011, after a year of inactivity, it was announced that Renaissance had been reborn, with founder and original owner Geoff Oakes guiding the brand. After a large period of activity, they ceased operations once again on 23 September 2014.[1][2] In July 2017, they released a new digital remix of Age of Love's song "The Age of Love" by Solomun that went to world No. 1 on the electronic music charts.[3]

In 2018, media and finance entrepreneur Scott Rudmann acquired a majority stake in the label and began working in partnership with Oakes.[4] Renaissance label released a series of remixes of iconic dance music singles in collaboration with some of the world's leading electronic music producers, all of which went to a chart position of No. 1, No. 2, or No. 3. These singles include Cafe del Mar (Tale of Us remix), Bladerunner (Maceo Plex remix), Sacred Cycles (Adam Beyer and Bart Skills remix). [needs to be updated with additional remix list][citation needed]

Since 2018, the record label has released over forty singles on the main label and new Bauhaus sublabel, with over thirty top ten singles on various Beatport genre lists. The company has arranged and promoted over forty events since 2018, including large scale festival style events in Tulum, Mexico in partnership with Zamna. Renaissance has arranged club nights in over ten countries, including Israel.[citation needed]

In 2024, the operations of the business, catalog, and trademark ownership were acquired in full by Scott Rudmann in a new company named Renaissance Music. Marcus James has been the head of AnR and the lavel operations for twenty years and continues in his role to date.[5][6]

In October 2024, the label announced that for the first time, its library of over one hundred mixes dating from 1994 would be made available on the Apple Music Dj Mixes platform.[7] The first release 'The Mix Collection; Volume One consists of a three-CD set of three mixes by Sasha (DJ) and John Digweed and was the first album in the history of electronic music to become a gold record with over 100,000 copies sold in 1994.[citation needed] The mixes comprise a three hour and forty minute electronic music composition, recorded using vinyl records and the most advanced sound technology of the time.[8]

Sublabels

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  • emFire
  • USR (Underground Sound of Renaissance)
  • Bauhaus (commenced in January 2023)

Catalogue

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Series

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Albums, compilations and DJ mixes

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Key information Tag
10 year anniversary re-issue. Y10
The Masters Series. #
Studio albums and Long Plays. LP
Unreleased. —
No. Artist Title Format Date Tag
REN01CD Dave Seaman Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 1: Awakening 2xCD 14 March 2000 1
REN02CD Deep Dish Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 2: Ibiza 2xCD 14 August 2000 2
REN03CD Various Artists Renaissance: Progression, Vol. 1 2xCD 14 November 2000
REN04CD Dave Seaman Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 3: Desire 2xCD 1 May 2001 3
REN05CD Various Artists Renaissance: Ibiza 2001 3xCD, Comp 14 July 2001
REN06CD Nick Warren & Danny Howells Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 4: Revelation 2xCD 14 November 2001 4
REN07CD Various Artists Renaissance: Anthems 2002 3xCD, Comp 14 December 2001
REN08CD Various Artists The Sound of Renaissance, Vol. 1 2xCD 20 May 2002
REN09CD Marcus James The Sound of Renaissance, Vol. 2 2xCD 23 June 2003
REN10CD Sander Kleinenberg Everybody 2xCD 20 October 2003
REN11CD Hernán Cattáneo Renaissance: The Masters Series 2xCD 16 February 2004 5
REN12CD Dave Seaman & Phil K The Therapy Sessions 2xCD 29 March 2004
REN13CD —
REN14CD Various Artists Renaissance Presents Pacha Ibiza 3xCD 21 June 2004
REN15CD James Zabiela Renaissance ALiVE 2xCD 2004
REN16CD Sander Kleinenberg This Is Everybody Too 2xCD 27 September 2004
REN17CD Sasha & Digweed Renaissance: The Mix Collection 3xCD 8 November 2004 Y10
REN18CD Hernán Cattáneo Renaissance: The Masters Series 2 2xCD 14 February 2005 6
REN19CD Dave Seaman & Luke Chable The Therapy Sessions, Vol. 2 2xCD 28 March 2005
REN20CD Various Artists Renaissance Presents Pacha Ibiza, Vol. 2 3xCD 11 July 2005
REN21CD James Zabiela Utilities 2xCD 20 June 2005
REN22CD Yousef & Behrouz Renaissance Presents Frontiers 2xCD 22 August 2005
REN23CD Nic Fanciulli Renaissance Presents Nic Fanciulli 2xCD 19 September 2005
REN24CD Satoshi Tomiie Renaissance: 3D 3xCD 30 January 2006
REN25CD Dave Seaman Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 7 2xCD 13 March 2006 7
REN26CD Hernán Cattáneo Renaissance: Sequential 2xCD 8 May 2006
REN27CD John Digweed Transitions CD 5 June 2006
REN28CD Faithless Renaissance: 3D 3xCD 10 July 2006
REN29CD Various Artists The Sound of Renaissance, Vol. 3 2xCD 31 July 2006
REN30CD Sandy Rivera Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 8 2xCD 4 September 2006 8
REN31CD Nic Fanciulli Renaissance Presents Nic Fanciulli, Vol. 2 2xCD 23 October 2006
REN32CD John Digweed Transitions 2 CD 29 January 2007
REN33CD Satoshi Tomiie Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 9 2xCD 12 March 2007 9
REN34CD Hernán Cattáneo Renaissance: Sequential, Vol. 2 2xCD 7 May 2007
REN35CD Various Artists The Sound of Renaissance, Vol. 4: Ibiza 2xCD 2007
REN36CD Sander Kleinenberg This is... Sander Kleinenberg 2xCD 30 July 2007
REN37CD John Digweed Transitions 3 CD + CD-ROM 24 September 2007
REN38CD Shlomi Aber State of No One CD, Album October, 2007 LP
REN39CD Steve Lawler Viva London 2xCD 22 October 2007
REN40CD Tom Middleton Renaissance: 3D 2xCD 28 January 2008
REN41CD Dave Seaman Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 10 2xCD 10 March 2008 10
REN42CD John Digweed Transitions 4 CD 14 April 2008
REN43CD Steve Lawler Viva Toronto 2xCD 14 July 2008
REN44CD Danny Tenaglia Futurism 2xCD 8 August 2008
REN45CD Danny Howells Renaissance: The Mix Collection 2xCD 8 September 2008
REN46CD Satoshi Tomiie Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 11 2xCD 3 November 2008 11
REN47CD Roger Sanchez Renaissance: 3D 3xCD 26 January 2009
REN48CD James Zabiela Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 12 2xCD 23 February 2009 12
REN49CD Tom Middleton One More Tune 2xCD 27 April 2009
REN50CD Hernán Cattáneo Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 13 2xCD 25 May 2009 13
REN51CD Hercules & Love Affair Sidetracked 2xCD 13 June 2009
REN52CD Christian Smith Platform 2xCD 7 September 2009
REN53CD Dave Seaman Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 14 2xCD 28 September 2009 14
REN54CD M.A.N.D.Y. Renaissance: The Mix Collection 2xCD 26 October 2009
REN55CD Gui Boratto Renaissance: The Mix Collection 2xCD 15 February 2010
REN56CD Paul Woolford Platform 2xCD 22 March 2010
REN57CD James Zabiela Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 15: Life 2xCD 19 April 2010 15
REN58CD Hernán Cattáneo Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 16: Parallel 2xCD 5 July 2010 16
REN59CD La Roux Sidetracked 1xCD 26 July 2010
RENEW01CD Dave Seaman Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 17 2xCD 10 October 2011 17
RENEW02CD Hernán Cattáneo Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 18 2xCD 8 October 2012 18
RENEW03CD Tale of Us Renaissance: The Mix Collection 2xCD 25 February 2013
RENEW04CD Nick Warren Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 19 2xCD 21 January 2013 19
RENEW05CD Francois K Renaissance: The Masters Series, Part 20 2xCD 22 April 2013 20
RENEW06CD Tiefschwarz Renaissance: The Mix Collection 2xCD 8 July 2013
Focus On
  • RENFOC1 Neil Quigley - Focus On: Renaissance
    (1xCD) Release Date: 7 September 2009 (was never released on CD according to Neil Quigley himself)

Vinyl

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References

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  1. ^ RENAISSANCE [@renaissance_dj] (23 September 2014). "Renaissance RIP... Now at @Arkitekt_dj and facebook.com/Arkitekt.dj" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "PARRIER LIMITED - Filing history (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
  3. ^ RENAISSANCE [@renaissance_dj] (25 July 2017). ". @SolomunMusics 'The Age Of Love' remix hitting #1 spot on @dmcworldmag buzz charts!!!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "About « Renaissance". Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  5. ^ https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04652351/persons-with-significant-control
  6. ^ https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04652351/officers
  7. ^ https://search.brave.com/search?q=apple+music+renaissance+dj+mixes+release+news&source=web&summary=1&summary_og=83be78ea58b8cf2025d8c1
  8. ^ https://www.discogs.com/master/1477-Sasha-John-Digweed-Renaissance-The-Mix-Collection
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