ZYX Music
ZYX Music GmbH & Co. KG is a German record label founded in 1971 by Bernhard Mikulski. It is one of the most successful German record labels of the 1980s and 1990s.
Also recorded as ZYX Records
ZYX Music
- Name
- ZYX Music
- Founded
- 1971
- Headquarters
- Germany
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ZYX Music GmbH & Co. KG is a German record label founded in 1971 by Bernhard Mikulski. It is one of the most successful German record labels of the 1980s and 1990s.
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Overview
Until 1992, the label was known as Pop-Import Bernhard Mikulski. The label specialized in disco, early house music, and 1990s techno. Founder Bernhard Mikulski is credited with coining the term "Italo disco" in the 1980s. After Bernhard's death, his wife Christa Mikulski took over in 1997. Headquartered in Merenberg, Germany, and has offices in the US and several European countries. ZYX releases records across a variety of genres, including techno, hip hop, funk, rock, and pop. Notably, ZYX currently holds many rights from some German Krautrock labels, such as Ohr, Pilz, and Kosmische Kuriere, and is also responsible for reissuing many albums from the free jazz/avant-garde label ESP-Disk. Previously, it held the manufacturing license for Fantasy Records in Europe, an arrangement that ceased at the end of 2005. Under the imprint ZYX Classic, ZYX has reissued significant recordings of classical music, including a Beethoven edition. Golden Core is a successful heavy metal label.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — ZYX Music • Founder — Bernhard Mikulski • Country — Germany • Website — https: zyx.de/
Institutional history
Dated record
Institutional history
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1971
ZYX Music established.
1971
ZYX Music is recorded from 1971.
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- Germany
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1114679291, House (Zusammenstellung, Zyx Music).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
reference work
- “ZYX Music”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q136549: ZYX Music
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Literature
Literature
—Zyx Music (Germany), Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, 2003.
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- 1.Scene and heard: Italo-disco | Music | guardian.co.uk. The Guardian. septembre 2008.
- 2.2011: WHAT IS ITALO DISCO??. The Social Seattle. 20 décembre 2011.
- 3.Artists. zyx.de.
- 4.2 Der Musikmarkt. joerg.diekneite.com.
- 5.article en https://books.google.fr/books?id=ZwgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=%22ZYX+Music%22&source=bl&ots=MitJuRpwUM&sig=4GhvH0I9yogOQ3pLMjG120K_WUI&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjpoubchMHLAhXC2BoKHX4JCzE4ChDoAQgvMAk#v=onepage&q=ZYX%20Music&f=false Premature Comeback ? 72 3 décembre 1994 Billboard consulté le=14 mars 2016 .
- 6.Subsignal Biography. Sputnikmusic.
- 7.Manilla Road Signs With Golden Core / ZYX & New Album “Mysterium” Announced!. manillaroad.net. 22 septembre 2012.
- 8.Exorcism Signs With Golden Core Records, Album Expected Spring 2014. metalunderground.com. 8 octobre 2013.
- 9.News en vrac volume 2. musicinbelgium.net. 18 mars 2014.
- 10.KILL RITUAL Signs With GOLDEN CORE RECORDS / ZYX MUSIC. Blabbermouth.net. 10 décembre 2013.
- 11.MIRACLE MASTER Signs With GOLDEN CORE RECORDS/ZYX MUSIC. Blabbermouth.net. 13 décembre 2013.
- 12.BLACKWELDER signs record deal with Germany’s GoldenCore Records/ZYX Music. armyofonetv.com. 25 avril 2015.
- 13.Blackwelder – Survival The Fittest. metalunderground.at.
- 14.A&R Director Gregor Minnig verlässt Zyx Music. MusicMarkt. 27 mai 2015.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1114679291, House (Zusammenstellung, Zyx Music).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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