Distinctive Records (formerly Distinct'ive Records) is a UK based record label founded in 1995. 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. 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
Resident Advisor Hybrid's website