Relentless Records: Difference between revisions

| distributor = [[Sony Music EntertainmentUK]]

| url = {{URL|www.relentless-recordsrelentlessrecs.netcom/}}

'''Relentless Records''' is a British record label currently headed by co-founder [[Shabs Jobanputra]].<ref name='relrecs2013site'>{{cite web | url = http://www.relentless-records.net/welcome-to-relentless-records/ | title = Welcome to Relentless Records | accessdateaccess-date = 2013-11-13 | quote = "Relentless Records is a boutique and independently minded record label providing a home for distinctive, creative talent."}}</ref> Originally known for [[UK garage]] singles such as [[Artful Dodger (UK band)|Artful Dodger's]] "[[Re-Rewind]]" and [[B-15 Project|B-15 Project's]] "[[Girls Like Us (song)|Girls Like Us]]", Relentless has also published albums by [[Joss Stone]], [[KT Tunstall]], [[SoUnion Solidof CrewKnives]] and [[Cage the Elephant]].

Relentless Records was formally registered as a company on 1 December 1999.<ref name='relrecs99reg'>{{cite web | url = http://opencorporates.com/companies/gb/03888819 | title = RELENTLESS RECORDS LIMITED | accessdateaccess-date = 2013-11-13 | publisher = Companies House}}</ref> After first working with [[Virgin Records UK|Virgin Records]] in 2003, the label was sold to it in 2009 (when Virgin was at that time a label of [[EMI|EMI Records]]).<ref name='cmurelrecssony'>{{cite web | url = http://www.completemusicupdate.com/article/relentless-records-joins-sony-music/ | title = Relentless Records joins Sony Music | accessdateaccess-date = 2013-11-13 | author = Complete Music Update | date = 2012-01-13 | publisher = [[Complete Music Update|CMU]]}}</ref>

Affected by the November 2011 dissolution of [[EMI#Sony.2FUniversal sale|EMI Group]] (the parent company of Virgin Records), Virgin's recorded music business was sold to [[Universal Music Group|Universal Music UK]], a division of Universal Music Group. Propitiously, Jobanputra had departed EMI in April 2011, with a deal returning control of the Relentless name to him whilst leaving the label's roster signed to the major.<ref name='cmurelrecssony' /> In this interim period, Relentless released music from [[Ms. Dynamite]] and [[Cage the Elephant]] and signed artists [[Rude Kid (musician)|Rude Kid]] and [[Misty Miller]].

In January 2012,<ref name='rm64-rel-to-sony'>{{cite web | url = http://rm64.com/2012/01/12/relentless-records-to-sony-music/ | title = Relentless Records to Sony Music | accessdateaccess-date = 2013-11-13 | date = 2012-01-12 | publisher = Room 64}}</ref> Relentless became part of [[Sony Music UK|Sony Music]] in the UK, reuniting Jobanputra with his former EMI/Virgin colleague Nick Gatfield.<ref name='billboardrelrecssony'>{{cite webmagazine | url = http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/1099510/sony-to-resurrect-relentless-records-label | title = Sony To Resurrect Relentless Records Label | accessdateaccess-date = 2013-11-13 | last = Smirke | first = Richard | date = 2012-01-12 | workmagazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref><ref name='mwrelrecssony'>{{cite web | url = http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/sony-resurrects-relentless-records/047765 | title = Sony resurrects Relentless Records | accessdateaccess-date = 2013-11-13 | date = 2012-01-12 | publisher = [[Music Week]]}}</ref>

ArtistsNotable artists signed under Relentless include:

* [[BrysonBad TillerBoy Chiller Crew]]

* [[MalumaBimini Bon-Boulash]]

ArtistsNotable artists formerly signed under Relentless include:

* [[RandyUnion Travisof Knives]]

* {{Official website|https://www.relentless-recordsrelentlessrecs.netcom/}}

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[[Category:UK garage record labels]]