Distinctive Records
Parent company	Avex UK (former)
Founded	1995
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Location	London, United Kingdom
Official website	distinctiverecords.com

Distinctive Records (formerly Distinct'ive Records) is a UK based record label founded in 1995.^[1] The label has hundreds of releases from artists, most notably Hybrid, Way Out West, and Ils.

History

Distinctive Records was initially founded in 1995 and started out as a sublabel of Avex Recordings (UK). In 1998, Avex reorganized, closed two of its labels and only continued trading music recordings as Distinct'ive Records.^[2] In 1999, The company began categorizing its genres within the label, sometimes retitling itself "Distinct'ive Breaks", which was often mistaken to be a sublabel of Distinct'ive.

The label gained popularity in 2000 at the launch of its own "Y3K" series.

Y3K series

• Y3K: Deep Progressive Breaks
• Y3K: Soundtrack to the Future

Y4K series

• Y4K: Tayo/Further Still
• Koma & Bones Present: Y4K
• Freq Nasty Presents: Y4K: Next Level Breaks
• Dub Pistols Present: Y4K
• Tayo Presents: Y4K
• ILS Presents: Y4K
• Y4K: Past Lessons, Future Theories
• Überzone Presents: Y4K
• Hybrid Present: Y4K
• Soul of Man Presents: Y4K: Breakin' in Tha House
• Phil K Presents: Y4K
• Ali B Presents: Y4K
• Evil Nine Present: Y4K
• Nubreed Present: Y4K
• DJ Icey Presents: Y4K
• Trouble Soup Present: Y4K
• Annie Nightingale Presents: Y4K
• General Midi Presents: Y4K
• Distinctive Presents: Y4K: The 20th

Artists

• Adam Fielding
• Boom Jinx
• Chris Coco
• DJ Hyper
• Dub Pistols
• General Midi
• Hexadecimal
• Hybrid
• ILL Audio
• Ils
• John Graham
• Way Out West

See also

• List of record labels

References

External links

• Distinct'ive Records Official Website
• Distinctive Records discography at Discogs
• Resident Advisor
• Hybrid's website