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Circus Records

Circus Records is an independent record label founded by Joshua "Flux Pavilion" Steele, Shaun "Doctor P" Brockhurst, Simon Swan and Earl Falconer in 2009. Kanye West and Jay-Z sampled the Flux Pavilion song "I Can't Stop" in "Who Gon Stop Me". Steele's extended play Blow the Roof also charted at number 60 on the UK Albums Chart. The label played a role in making the dubstep genre become more appealing to a mainstream audience.

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Circus Records
Founded2009 (2009)1
Founder
StatusActive
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Country of originUnited Kingdom
LocationLondon, England
Official websitewww.circus-records.co.uk

Circus Records is an independent record label founded by Joshua "Flux Pavilion" Steele, Shaun "Doctor P" Brockhurst,2 Simon Swan and Earl Falconer in 2009.3 Kanye West and Jay-Z sampled the Flux Pavilion song "I Can't Stop" in "Who Gon Stop Me". Steele's extended play Blow the Roof also charted at number 60 on the UK Albums Chart.456789 The label played a role in making the dubstep genre become more appealing to a mainstream audience.10

History

Circus Records was founded in 2009 to release "really good dancefloor music that was also appealing to more casual listeners" and to usher the "second wave of dubstep".1011

In 2022, Circus Records announced a new sublabel called "Circus Electric" as a place for their more experimental, eclectic, "bold, [and] boundary-pushing" releases.12

Artists

See also

See also

References

References

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  2. Mason, Kerri (2012-03-31). "Unstoppable: Prominent placement in controversial 'KONY 2012' clip sparks Flux Pavilion's buzz factor". Billboard. Vol. 124, no. 11. p. 39.
  3. "Circus Records". Retrieved 2013-11-25 – via Facebook.
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  6. "New Dubstep Top 10 Best Dubstep Producers for 2011". newdubstep.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
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  9. "Superbad - Flux Pavilion Song". World News. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  10. Kocay, Lisa (July 10, 2018). "How Circus Records Helped Bring Dubstep Into The Mainstream". Forbes.
  11. Muniz, Chris (July 2, 2018). "Cut From the Catalog: Circus Records". Insomniac.
  12. Sunkel, Cameron (August 2, 2022). "Historic Circus Records Imprint Announces Expansion With New Label, Circus Electric". EDM.com.
  13. Scruggs, Rugby (February 22, 2020). "Ace Aura impresses with brand new genre-bending EP". Dancing Astronaut.
  14. Cihak, Lennon (December 1, 2018). "Chime Releases Heavy, 4-Track Evolve EP on Circus Records". EDM.com.
  15. Stone, Katie (July 17, 2018). "Crizzly x YDG team up for "Knocked Out" on Circus Records [Listen]". EDM.com.
  16. Bein, Kat (March 8, 2018). "Rusko Is Back With Another 'Hot' Dubstep Wobbler: Listen". Billboard.
  17. Sani, Niko (July 22, 2021). "VAMPA and ZíA Drop Crushing Dubstep Collab "New Levels"". EDM.com.
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