Play It Again Sam (Label)

Play It Again Sam
Active years	1983 -
founder	Kenny Gates, Michel Lambot
Seat	Anderlecht ( Brussels )
Website	www.pias.com
Label code	LC 7800 / LC 07800
Sub-label	Back Bone Records, Genuine, Groove Kissing, JR Records, LD Records, Noise Traxx, PIAS America, PIAS Benelux, PIAS Cabaret, PIAS France, PIAS Germany, PIAS Holland, PIAS Japan, PIAS Spain, PIAS UK, PIAS / Wall Of Sound , Play It Again Sam Records, Play It Again Sam Records USA, Pop Records, Scarface, V2 Records , Who's That Beat?
distribution	Rough Trade

[PIAS] Recordings is a Belgian music label that operates internationally. [PIAS] Germany is based in Hamburg .

history

The name PIAS stands for " Play it again, Sam ", a quote from the film Casablanca . The label was founded in 1983 in Brussels by Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot.

Play It Again Sam was part of a wave of influential labels such as Factory, Mute, Rough Trade and 4AD in the early 1980s. Play It Again Sam first became known as one of the driving forces behind the emergence of electronic body music and industrial music with artists such as Front 242 , Meat Beat Manifesto and Young Gods . The label later expanded its musical horizons with bands such as The Sound , Soulwax , Sigur Rós and Mogwai .

In 2000 the label moved its headquarters from Brussels to London and was renamed [PIAS] Recordings. [PIAS] Recordings took part in labels like Fat Cat (became sister label) in Great Britain and released the first two albums of the Icelandic band Sigur Rós , which became the best-selling band in label history. The Scottish band Mogwai signed a deal with [PIAS] Recordings UK in 2001 and released 4 albums under this label.

Aside from the two London labels, [PIAS] Recordings has local artists and repertoire offices in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and the United States. The biggest national artists like Miossec and The Chase in France, Gisbert zu Knyphausen in Germany, Gabriel Ríos and Daan in Belgium, Raccoon and Anneke van Giersbergen in the Netherlands and Ojos de Brujo from Spain.

During the riots in the UK in 2011 , the PIAS warehouse burned down completely.

In February 2013 Universal Music sold the COOP label to PIAS.

Since the 30th anniversary of PIAS there have been so-called PIAS Nites in the operating countries . a. on December 13, 2012 in Berlin with I Am Kloot , Gisbert zu Knyphausen , Lisa Hannigan , Andy Burrows , Ghostpoet , Nicolas Sturm .

Artist

Alex Gopher Alt-J Arcane roots Armand Van Helden Drill & the Club of Gore Andy Burrows Dead Can Dance Dinosaur Jr. Eagle Seagull Editors Enno Bunger Everlast Feeder Fightstar Gisbert zu Knyphausen Ghinzu

Hooverphonic Joan as Police Woman Junior Jack Justin Nozuka Keaton Henson Kitbuilders Lilly Among Clouds Matt Simons Mélanie De Biasio Millionaire Miossec Morcheeba Múm Nits Nouvelle Vague Ojos de Brujo Operator Please

placebo Señor Coconut Siglo XX Soap & Skin Soulwax Stereo MCs Stone Gods The Answer The Jim Jones Revue The temper trap The Whip The Young Gods Trisomy 21 Turbo state Tiësto Twin Atlantic White lies

Web links

• Official website of PIAS Germany
• Official website of PIAS (English)
• Play It Again Sam (Label) on MusicBrainz
• Play It Again Sam (label) at Discogs

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/pias-buyout-of-co-op-cleared-by-ec-regulators/054100
2. ↑ Play it again Sam ( memento of the original from April 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , English, accessed April 24, 2010 
3. ↑ PIAS - London Riots reach the music industry
4. ↑ Universal Music sells Coop to PIAS
5. ^ [PIAS] Germany welcomes: lilly among clouds "Wintrup. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .