Soma Quality Recordings
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| Founded | 1991 | ||
| Founder(s) | Glenn Gibbons, Jim Moutune, Dave Clarke, Stuart McMillan, Orde Meikle | ||
| Genre(s) | Techno Techno Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988... , house House music House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other... |
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| Website | http://www.somarecords.com/ | ||
Soma Quality Recordings (more commonly known as Soma Records) is a Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
techno
Techno
Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan in the United States during the mid to late 1980s. The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988...
and house
House music
House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
label co-founded in 1991 by the electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
duo Slam
Slam (band)
Slam are a producer/DJ duo from Glasgow, consisting of Stuart MacMillan and Orde Meikle . They are co-founders of Soma Quality Recordings. Their music style consists of house and techno.-History:...
. The label is known for releasing Daft Punk
Daft Punk
Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...
's first tracks from their 1997 album Homework.
Artists
BeroshimaCroucher & Myles
Decimal
Funk D'Void
Harvey McKay
Hystereo
Jandroide
Lee Van Dowski
Let's Go Outside
Mark Henning
Massi DL & Xpansul
Mr. Copy
My Robot Friend
Octogen
Repeat Repeat
Sci.Fi Hi.Fi
Sci.Fi Lo.Fi
Silicone Soul
Silicone Soul
Silicone Soul are a house music production duo from Glasgow, Scotland. They have released three albums on Soma Quality Recordings, and manage their own record label called Darkroom Dubs...
Slam
Vector Lovers
Vector Lovers
Vector Lovers is the moniker used by British electronic music producer Martin Wheeler. Wheeler, as described by Soma Records is a "computer nerd" and "80s-obsessed knob-twiddler" and creates music which falls into the intelligent dance music and electro genres...
Daft Punk
Daft Punk
Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...