Phonoplay
| Phonoplay AG | |
|---|---|
| Active years | since 1976 |
| founder | Joe Kaslin |
| Seat | Adligenswil ; until 2001 in Lucerne |
| Website | www.phonoplay.ch |
| Sub-label | Phonoplay International |
| Genre (s) | Yodelling , folk music , folklore , Dixieland , Guuggenmusig |
Phonoplay AG is a Swiss record company . The company was founded in 1976 in the Würzenbach district of Lucerne and has been based in Adligenswil since 2001 . The company includes the music label Phonoplay International , PMP (Phonoplay MusicProductions) and the Phonoplay recording studio.
As part of the 40th anniversary of Phonoplay, Joël Gilgen reported on the SRF 1 radio show Volksmusik aktuell on September 10, 2016 and called it “today probably the largest and best-known folk music label in Switzerland”.
Walter Fölmli (* 1968) has been the owner since 1999. After completing his school education at Phonoplay, he did a commercial apprenticeship as well as an apprenticeship as a sound engineer and acquired the company in 1999 from the founder Josef «Joe» Käslin (* 1933).
The company states that "over 1,000" recordings have been made since it was founded. In the archive there are “more than 20,000” tracks set to music.
Artists (selection)
Web links
- Phonoplay AG at Discogs (English)
- Phonoplay recording studio at Discogs (English)
- Website
- Phonoplay AG , entry at Moneyhouse
Individual evidence
- ^ Dani Häusler (Red.): "Phonoplay" celebrates its anniversary. SRF, September 10, 2016.
- ↑ «Phonoplay» celebrates its anniversary. Volksmusik aktuell , Radio SRF 1, September 10, 2016.
- ↑ Joe Käslin. Volksmusik.ch, House of Folk Music, Altdorf.
- ↑ Walter Fölmli. Phonoplay AG; accessed on March 24, 2018.
- ↑ A few words about the company. Phonoplay AG; accessed on March 24, 2018.