Azuli Records

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Azuli Records
Founded	1990s
Founder	Dave Piccioni
Genre	Electronic
Country of origin	UK
Location	London
Official website	http://www.azuli.com/

Azuli Records is an independent record label, focusing mainly on house music and other forms of electronic dance music. The label was founded by DJ Dave Piccioni in London, UK in 1991.

Releases include the Late Night Tales / Another Late Night DJ mix albums, and the Choice series.

1 History
2 Discography
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

The Azuli Records label is the UK's longest running house label.^{[citation needed]} Dave Piccioni, a DJ who had lived in New York's formative house community, began by selling 12" singles from the back of a van. In 1990, Piccioni took over Black Market Records shop in London, and in 1991 he started Azuli Records.

At the time there was a lot of house coming out in London from the acid scene but also a lot of stuff that was more American sounding which we wanted to put out.

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Azuli's debut release was Chocolate Fudge's Inner Fantasy. By the mid-1990s, the label began to have UK chart crossover hits.

After about 7 or 8 releases we had already gained a lot of credibility, but we weren't actually selling that many records. We were on a honeymoon period where all the magazines were talking about us but it didn't really reflect on sales.

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In 1998, Azuli released the hit single Needin' U by David Morales, followed by other hits including Eclipse's Makes Me Love You (1999) and Afro Medusa's Pasilda (2000). The label has since released over 200 singles and a number of compilations albums by the likes of Frankie Knuckles, Joey Negro, François K and Danny Tenaglia.

Azuli have also released a number of DJ mix album and compilation album series':

The Choice compilation series are retrospective albums, wherein all tracks are selected by renowned DJs. DJ's include Danny Tenaglia, Tony Humphries, François K and Derrick L. Carter, X-Press 2, Jeff Mills and John Digweed.

The Late Night Tales series (formerly Another Late Night) is aimed at a home listening and post-clubbing experience. DJ's include Fila Brazillia, Rae & Christian, Four Tet, Groove Armada, Howie B, Nightmares on Wax, Jamiroquai, The Flaming Lips and Air. The Late Night Tales albums also include stories read by Patrick Moore and David Shrigley, and one-off cover versions by the artists themselves, including Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) performing Castles Made of Sand by Jimi Hendrix and The Flaming Lips performing a version of Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes.

The label also releases annual compilation CD entitled Miami, Space: Ibiza and Made in Italy.

Finally, the Club Azuli project is a compilation series featuring current dancefloor hits, in both mixed and unmixed versions. Club Azuli is also the title of Azuli's event program which, for the past two years, has been visiting the finest clubs across the globe.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Choice Series

Derrick L. Carter 2 x CD Album
Roger Sanchez (UNMIXED) 2 x CD Album
Roger Sanchez (MIXED) 2 x CD Album
Louie Vega (UNMIXED) Limited Edition 2 x CD Album
Kenny Dope (UNMIXED) 2 x CD Album
Kenny Dope (MIXED) 2 x CD Album
Danny Howells (Unmixed) 2 x CD Album
Danny Howells 2 x CD Album
John Digweed 2 x CD Album
XPRESS 2 2 x CD Album
Jeff Mills 2 x CD Album
Louie Vega 2 x CD Album
Tony Humphries 2 x CD Album
Danny Tenaglia 2 x CD Album
Francois K 2 x CD Album

[edit] Late Night Tales Series

Main article: Late Night Tales

[edit] House / Club albums

Miami 2008 (Unmixed Limited Edition) 2 x CD Album
Miami 2008 (Mixed) 2 x CD Album
Club Azuli 5 Vinyl Sampler 2 x LP Album
Club Azuli 5 (UNMIXED) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground 2 x CD Album
Azuli Presents - Space Annual 2007 (UNMIXED) 2 x CD Album
Azuli Presents - Space Annual 07 (MIXED) 2 x CD Album
Club Azuli 5 (MIXED) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground 2 x CD Album
Club Azuli Ibiza 2007 UNMIXED 2 x CD Album
Las Tardes En Ibiza 2007 2 x CD Album
Club Azuli Ibiza (MIXED) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground 2 x CD Album
Space Ibiza 2007 UNMIXED 2 x CD Album
Azuli Presents - Space Ibiza 07 2 x CD Album
SPACE TRANQUIL - Volumen Tres CD Album
MIAMI 2007 (Mixed) 2 x CD Album
Club Azuli 2007 (UNMIXED) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground 2 x CD Album
Club Azuli 2007 (MIXED) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground 2 x CD Album
Space Annual #1 (Unmixed) 2 x CD Album
Space Annual #1 (Mixed) 2 x CD Album
Circo Loco 2006 - Mixed by Tania Vulcano & Cirillo 2 x CD Album
Club Azuli 02/06 (UNMIXED) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground 2 x CD Album
Club Azuli 02/06 (MIXED) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground 2 x CD Album
Azuli Presents - Space Tranquil VOLUMEN DOS CD Album
Azuli Presents - Space Ibiza 06 2 x CD Album
Azuli Presents - Miami 2006 UNMIXED 2 x CD Album
Azuli Presents - Miami 2006 MIXED 2 x CD Album
Club Azuli (DJ UNMIXED) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground (UNMIXED) 2 x CD Album
Club Azuli (MIXED) - Future Sound Of The Dance Underground 2 x CD Album
Azuli Presents - Space Tranquil Volumen Uno CD Album
Azuli Presents - Space Ibiza 04 2 x CD Album
Azuli Presents - Miami 2005 UNMIXED 2 x CD Album
Azuli Presents - Miami 2005 MIXED 2 x CD Album
Azuli Presents - Space Ibiza 05 2 x CD Album
Big Wheels Of Azuli 2 x CD Album
Azuli Presents - Miami 2004 2 x CD Album
Azuli Presents - Miami 2002 2 x CD Album
Azuli Presents - Miami 2001 2 x CD Album
Joey Negro - Back To The Scene of The Crime CD Album
Black Market Presents - 2 Step Volume 2 CD Album
Azuli Presents - Miami 2000 CD Album
Black Market Presents - 2 Step Volume 1 CD Album
Joey Negro - Can't Get High Without You CD Album
Romanthony - Romanworld CD Album
Another Fine Mess - Fila Brazillia CD Album
Another Fine Mess - Fila Brazillia 3 x LP Album
Another Fine Mess - FC Kahuna CD Album
Another Fine Mess - FC Kahuna 2 x LP Album
Space: Ibiza 2003 (Mixed By Smokin Jo & Reche) 2 x CD Album
Azuli Presents - Miami 2003 2 x CD Album
Azuli Presents - Vertigo CD Album
Azuli Presents - Wild Fruit 2 x CD Album
Azuli Presents - Faith Vol. 2 2 x CD Album