Basic Beat Recordings is an independent dance

Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...

 record label

Record label

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 from Rotterdam

Rotterdam

Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

 in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

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The label was founded by Ron Hofland and his then business partner Ronald Molendijk and started releasing records in the early 1990s. Artists such as DJ Tiësto

Tiësto

Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...

 and Ferry Corsten

Ferry Corsten

Ferry Corsten, also known under the alias System F, is a Dutch producer of trance music, in addition to being a DJ and remixer. He also hosts his own weekly radio show, Corsten's Countdown. He routinely plays at events all over the world with crowds in excess of tens of thousands. In 2009 Ferry...

 released a number of early records on labels associated with this company before finding international fame, whilst Hugo Zentveld and Aldwin Oomen

Zentveld & Oomen

The Dutch DJs, Hugo Zentveld and Aldwin Oomen, are behind a number of dance production projects, including Angel City, Boombastic, and Nightbreed.-Angel City:...

 of Nightbreed and Angel City, have released a number of records by their production projects on sublabels such as Guardian Angel.

Labels affiliated to Basic Beat Recordings

• 303F Records
• B-House Records
• Basic Energy
• Buckle Up Records
• Denz Da Denz Recordings
• Guardian Angel: is best known for releasing a number of dance
  Dance music
  Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
  
   and electronica
  Electronica
  Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
  
   compilations in the Netherlands
  Netherlands
  The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
  
   such as the Lost Treasures and Forbidden Paradise
  Tiësto
  Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...
  
  mix albums. The label has also released a number of singles as well including output from DJ production duo Hugo Zentveld and Aldwin Oomen
  Zentveld & Oomen
  The Dutch DJs, Hugo Zentveld and Aldwin Oomen, are behind a number of dance production projects, including Angel City, Boombastic, and Nightbreed.-Angel City:...
  
   who are best known in the United Kingdom marketplace for their Nightbreed and Angel City projects.
• Technique Records
• Trashcan Records