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Aztec Records
Founded2010
FounderLaura Fares & Ariel Amejeiras
GenreElectronic, Electropop, Synthpop, Synthwave, Retrowave, Latin Music
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LocationLondon
Official websitehttps://aztecrecords.com

Aztec Records is an independent British record label. It specialises in electronic and pop music, in the subgenres of Synthpop, Synthwave and Retrowave following the music and pop culture of the 80s.  It was founded in 2010 by Laura Fares and Ariel Amejeiras.[1]

Label Development

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The record company has developed and released acts such as Bright Light Bright Light,[2] NINA,[3] LAU,[4] Zenith Volt,[5] Sunglasses Kid,[6] Owlle,[7] Gryff,[8] Thought Beings,[9] Primo the Alien,[10] Oblique,[11] Eutropic,[12] Power Rob,[13] Surrender,[14] Wyve,[15] Mickey Cupid,[16] Traverse Town,[17] Maighread[18] and many others.[19]

Bright Light Bright Light is Welsh composer/producer and DJ Rod Thomas. His album "Make Me Believe In Hope",[20] was recorded during two years with different collaborators: Andy Chatterley (Kylie / Nerina Pallot), Boom Bip (Neon Neon) and The Invisible Men (Jessie J). 

Laura Fares discovered and developed NINA in 2010, a German singer-songwriter based in Berlin, with whom she formed a band until 2019. Aztec Records released NINA’s first single "Take Me Away", a pop dance song, in 2011.[21] The label has also produced and released NINA’s first two albums ‘Sleepwalking’ (2018) and ‘Synthian’ (2020), with producers like Richard X, Oscillian, Ricky Wilde and Sunglasses Kid.

In 2012 Aztec Records teamed up with EQ Music Blog to organize the first Poptronik Festival in Sitges, Spain, featuring Andy Bell of Erasure, Monarchy, Simon Curtis, Markus Riva, superstar producer Fernando Garibay and other international artists, and a compilation was released for that event.[22]

The label has more than 25 international artists on their roster and releases new music weekly. The label also releases different compilations regularly, like “Pure Synthwave” which was curated by NINA herself,[23] “Pure Darkwave”, “Pure Retrowave”, “Pure Synthpop” and more recently “Pure Latin Synth”, that inspired Ariel and Laura to start a Latin American branch, based in Argentina.

In 2020 Aztec Records launched their Spanish speaking sub-label called Aztec Latin, which specialises in pop and electronic music purely in Spanish. Artists include Ignacia,[24][25] Jaz Oil,[26] Locker, Verona, Caseti, Mandy Barrón, Kush Mama, The Broken Flowers Project and others.

Aztec Music Publishing is the publishing branch of Aztec Records. It began in 2014 with the idea of expanding its catalog and managing it properly to place it in films, television, games and commercials. Placements include brands such as Adidas, Hugo Boss, Mercedes Benz,[27] Uniqlo, Victoria's Secret[28] and some others.

Artists

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  • LAU
  • NINA
  • Bright Light Bright Light
  • Sunglasses Kid
  • Syst3m Glitch
  • Gryff
  • Zenith Volt
  • Bunny X
  • MORPHOICE
  • Fulvio Colasanto
  • Eutropic
  • Adam Siana
  • EhRah
  • Power Rob
  • Friday Night Firefight
  • Popcorn Kid
  • Pleasure
  • Space Tourist
  • Oblique
  • Surrender
  • Mike Haunted
  • Primo The Alien
  • XES
  • WYVE
  • Traverse Town
  • SJ Bravo
  • Mickey Cupid
  • Coastal
  • WET SUNSET
  • Cymatica
  • Sight Telma Club
  • Thought Beings
  • Woman E
  • Arcade Ocean

Discography

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Catalogue number Artist Title
AZT0001 The Feathered Snake EP Tecnoctitlan
AZT0002 Keep Calm & Carry On Tecnoctitlan
AZT0003 In The Beginning Maighréad
AZT0004 Closer TNTT
AZT0005 Cool 'n The Gang Cereal Killers
AZT0006 Lady Joker Lady Joker
AZT0007 Bad Boyfriend Johnny Lazer
AZT0008 We Don't Miss A Beat Van Go Lion
AZT0009 Hands Down Angelo
AZT0010 "More Than Human" TNTT
AZT0011 Soul Electric RAFF
AZT0012 Take Me Away NINA
AZT0013 "Human Sacrifice" TNTT
AZT0015 Desire Woman E
AZT0016 This Beat Is POPTRONIK - Volume One Various Artist
AZT0017 Hit & Run Woman E
AZT0018 Hit & Run (The Remixes) Woman E
AZT0019 Mickey Cupid Mickey Cupid
AZT0020 We Are The Wild Ones NINA
AZT0021 My Mistake NINA
AZT0023 Parade Mickey Cupid
AZT0024 "Heart Of Glass" NINA
AZT0025 "Summer" Mickey Cupid
AZT0026 "Waterline" SJBRAVO
AZT0027 Beyond Memory NINA
AZT0028 "Feel You" Mickey Cupid
AZT0029 We Never Dream SJBRAVO
AZT0030 Graduation Sunglasses Kid
AZT0031 "Night Swim" Sunglasses Kid
AZT0032 "Corruptin' Mind" Sunglasses Kid
AZT0033 Sleepwalking (Album) NINA
AZT0034 "Killer" Traverse Town
AZT0035 Killer (EP) Traverse Town
AZT0036 Sleepwalking (Deluxe Edition) NINA
AZT0038 Pure Synthwave Vol. 1 Various Artist
AZT0039 "Sunset On The Bay" WYVE
AZT0040 "The Calm Before The Storm" NINA
AZT0042 Pure Retrowave Vol. 1 Various Artist
AZT0043 Pure Synthwave Vol. 2 Various Artist
AZT0044 Pure Retrowave Vol. 2 Various Artist
AZT0045 Pure Darkwave Vol. 1 Various Artist
AZT0046 Automatic Call (Single EP) NINA
AZT0047 Pure Synthpop Vol. 1 Various Artist
AZT0048 Time Zones (EP) Friday Night Firefight
AZT0049 Surrender Surrender
AZT0051 Fictiopolis WYVE
AZT0052 Pure Latin Synth, Vol. 1 Various Artist
AZT0053 Where No One Goes (EP) Friday Night Firefight
AZT0054 "Forbidden Love" XES
AZT0055 Buenos Aires Outrun, Vol. 1 Various Artist
AZT0056 "Heartbeat" Zenith Volt
AZT0057 "World Goes Round" Friday Night Firefight
AZT0058 "Challenger" Zenith Volt
AZT0059 Turbo Drive, Vol. 1 Various Artists
AZT0060 "Hold On" Zenith Volt
AZT0061 "Galaxy Zenith Volt
AZT0062 "Super-computer" Zenith Volt
AZT0063 Synthian NINA
AZT0064 Disappear (The Remixes) Surrender
AZT0065 Synth Songs of Hope, Vol. 1 Various Artists
AZT0066 "Human Error" Fulvio Colasanto
AZT0067 "Black Heart" Oblique
AZT0068 "Psycho Beat" Fulvio Colasanto
AZT0069 "Stunning" LAU
AZT0070 "True" LAU
AZT0071 "Little Light" Mike Haunted feat. Chris KD
AZT0072 "Radical Dreamers" Fulvio Colasanto feat. XES
AZT0073 "We Had Magic" LAU
AZT0073 The Mothership Space Tourist
AZT0075 Pleasure EP Pleasure
AZT0076 "Recognise" LAU
AZT0077 Miami Cyber Nights Vol. 1 Various Artists
AZT0078 Synthian (The Remixes) NINA feat. LAU
AZT0079 DARK: Awake / Ivory Crow Eutropic
AZT0080 AGE: Distant World / Silicon God Eutropic
AZT0081 DAY: Pieces / Run Eutropic
AZT0082 DREAM: Down By Law / Starry Sky Eutropic
AZT0083 "Silhouettes" Friday Night Firefight
AZT0084 "Fixing Me With Love" Sunglasses Kid & Primo The Alien
AZT0085 "Chill" Sunglasses Kid & Jay Diggs
AZT0086 Sophomore Sunglasses Kid
AZT0087 A Deep Blue Swimming Pool Wet Sunset
AZT0088 "NYC Sunrise" Bunny X & Marvel83'
AZT0089 Pure Synthwave, Vol. 3 Various
AZT0090 Calypso Drip FM Gryff
AZT0091 Tranquility Base (Deluxe Edition) The Secret Chord
AZT0092 "Free Forever" Popcorn Kid ft. LAU
AZT0093 Runaway Power Rob
AZT0094 "In The Night" Adam Siana
AZT0095 "Telekinesis" Oblique
AZT0096 "The House" Fulvio Colasanto feat. Christina Sirva & Mike Haunted
AZT0097 Superstars Fulvio Colasanto feat. Eutropic
AZT0098 Neon Beach Thought Beings
AZT0099 "Hours" Cymatica
AZT0104 New Religion Gryff
AZT0101 "Back To Christmas" Oblique
AZT0102 "Caskets" Cymatica
AZT0100 DARK AGE DAY DREAM Eutropic
AZT0105 Somewhere In Between EP Cymatica
AZT0110 "Wild Love" Friday Night Firefight
AZT0117 "Alone At Xmas" Heartracer
AZT0107 "Apricale (Stal Remix)" Wet Sunset
AZT0109 The Beginning NINA
AZT0106 "Thunder" Ends 84 feat. Power Rob
AZT0111 "The Cards" LAU

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