Microphone Records is a most experienced and well-known Latvia

Latvia

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n record label

Record label

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 and distribution company founded in 1993 by professional radio journalist

Broadcast journalism

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 Elita Mīlgrāve and professional record producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 and musician

Musician

A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....

 Guntars Račs. Since 1996 Microphone Records has a license agreement

License

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 with the EMIGroup

EMI

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 on promoting and marketing EMI and Virgin

Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

 artists in the Baltic states

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Microphone Records owns the labels MicRec, Aktiv and Raibā Taureņa Ieraksti, and also operates as the official distributor for the Sony BMG, Universal Music, Playground

Playground Music Scandinavia

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, Elap and Going For A Song

Going for a Song

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 record labels, among others. Microphone Records have their own publishing division "MicRec Publishing" the sub publisher of EMI Music Publishing.

Microphone Records is one of the few record companies in the region with international success. MicRec have got chart entries at UK Top 40 (BTH) as well as France Club Chart (DJ Ella). With "Brainstorm" they got chart entries in Belgium, Germany,Poland, Sweden and many other European countries. MicRec so far have had 7 artists in Eurovision international grand final competitions.

In 2011 Microphone Records released Lauris Reiniks album "Es skrienu" later re-released in Estonia & Lithuania as well as Germany.

Currently signed artists

• Musiqq
  Musiqq
  Musiqq are an Latvian duo which formed in 2009. On February 23, 2011 they won the Latvian national selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany with song "Angel in Disguise"....
  
  
• Brainstorm
  Brainstorm (Latvian band)
  Brainstorm is a Latvian pop/rock band. The band became popular internationally in 2000, when they finished third in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song "My Star"....
  
  
• Raimonds Pauls
  Raimonds Pauls
  Raimonds Pauls is a Latvian and Soviet composer and piano player who is well-known and respected in Latvia and the former Soviet Union.-Music:...
  
  
• DJ Ella
• LieneCandy
• Līvi
  Livi
  Līvi is a Latvian hard rock band, that was influential in forming the Latvian rock music culture. Their signatures are poetic lyrics and guitar solos....
  
  
• Ivo Fomins
• Detlef Zoo
• Nikolajs Puzikovs
• BTH
• Normunds Rutulis
• [Ex [da] Bass]
• Evija Sloka
• Fomins & Kleins
  Fomins & Kleins
  The Latvian rock band Fomins & Kleins was founded at the end of 2002.Its members Ivo Fomins and Tomass Kleins were already accomplished and recognized rock musicians. Both are from the western Latvian port city of Liepāja, which is famous for its rock music traditions - many famous Latvian rock...
  
  
• F.L.Y.
  F.L.Y.
  F.L.Y. was a Latvian band, created with purpose to participate in Eurovision Song Contest.At a party following the national finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, Mārtiņš Freimanis came up with an idea for the following year’s contest....
  
  
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• Kazha
  Kazha
  Kazha is a rock band with Japanese performers; founded in west-coast of the US, categolized in Hard Rock and sometimes in Heavy Metal. The band’s name is taken from the vocalist Kazuha Oda's first name....
  
  
• Bonaparti.lv
  Bonaparti.lv
  Bonaparti.lv is a sextet consisting of Latvian tenors, that participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with their song "Questa Notte".In 2006 Swedish composer Kjell Jennstig composed a song named "Tonight", which he handed in to Eirodziesma 2007 - the Latvian national qualification for the...
  
  
• Credo
  Credo
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• Hospitāļu iela
  Hospitalu iela
  Hospitāļu iela is a Latvian band formed in 1997. The core member of the band is songwriter and singer Edgars Šubrovskis.-Albums:-Music videos:...
  
  
• Labvēlīgais Tips
• Tumsa
• Boyza II
• C-Stones
• Aisha
  Aisha
  Aisha bint Abu Bakr also transcribed as was Muhammad's favorite wife...
  
  
• Lauris Reiniks
  Lauris Reiniks
  Lauris Reiniks is Latvian pop music singer, songwriter, television host and actor. Lauris was educated at the Jelgava Music college in Latvia and the University of Latvia, but acting skills have been honed in Los Angeles, California. He has released 7 solo albums...
  
  
• and many, many others