TWISTED America Records is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 founded by Rob Di Stefano and Mark Davenport in 1996 (see 1996 in music

1996 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...

). Born from the shuttered TRIBAL America label (and its TRIBAL UK subsidiary), TWISTED pioneered the hard 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...

 and progressive club styles that rose to international success in the early 2000s.

It's the label that released hits like Fired Up, by Funky Green Dogs, Elements & Music is The Answer by Danny Tenaglia

Danny Tenaglia

Danny Tenaglia is a New York-based DJ and Grammy nominated record producer.-Early life:At the age of ten, Tenaglia first started to collect records. In 1979 he began going to nightclub Paradise Garage, where DJ Larry Levan's genre-less blend of music appealed to him...

, Be Yourself by Celeda

Celeda

Celeda is an African American dance music singer and drag performer born in Chicago, Illinois. She began having hits on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in the late 1990s, beginning with "Music Is the Answer ," a collaboration with DJ and producer Danny Tenaglia that peaked at number 15 in 1998...

, Revolution by Superchumbo, Muscles by Club 69, So Get Up by USL

USL

USL may refer to:Arts and entertainment* Underground Sound of Lisbon, a Portuguese dance music project* Urban Strawberry Lunch, a Band from LiverpoolComputing* Universal Systems Language, a language for system engineering and software development...

, Walking On Thin Ice by Ono

Yoko Ono

is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon...

, Dark Beat by Oscar G & Ralph Falcon.

Also classic albums like Danny Tenaglia's Tourism. Funky Green Dogs' Get Fired Up

Get Fired Up

Get Fired Up is the debut album of Murk as Funky Green Dogs, released on Twisted Records /MCA Records, catalog number TWD-11511. The production of the songs on the album don't stray too far from the catchy, successful formula the two major club chart hits and pop crossover hits "The Way" and "Fired...

, Celeda's This Is It, Club 69's Style, Superchumbo's Wowie Zowie

Roster

• Alex Santer
• Danny Tenaglia
  Danny Tenaglia
  Danny Tenaglia is a New York-based DJ and Grammy nominated record producer.-Early life:At the age of ten, Tenaglia first started to collect records. In 1979 he began going to nightclub Paradise Garage, where DJ Larry Levan's genre-less blend of music appealed to him...
  
  
• Tom Stephan
  Tom Stephan
  Tom Stephan is a house music producer and DJ.-Biography:Tom Stephan was raised in the western New York town of Olean but moved to London to go to college. It was in London that he started his DJ career, opening up for Danny Tenaglia and eventually hosting regular house nights at the Turnmills club...
  
  
• Celeda
  Celeda
  Celeda is an African American dance music singer and drag performer born in Chicago, Illinois. She began having hits on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in the late 1990s, beginning with "Music Is the Answer ," a collaboration with DJ and producer Danny Tenaglia that peaked at number 15 in 1998...
  
  
• Funky Green Dogs
• Deep Dish
  Deep Dish
  Deep Dish is a duo of DJs and house-music producers consisting of Iranian-American members Ali "Dubfire" Shirazinia and Sharam Tayebi. Based in Washington, D.C., Shirazinia and Tayebi are well known for providing house or dance remixes of tracks of famous stars such as Madonna, Cher and Gabrielle,...
  
  
• Rui da Silva
  Rui da Silva
  Rui da Silva is a Portuguese producer and DJ, whose single "Touch Me" topped the UK Singles Chart in 2001.At the time, he was the only Portuguese musician to have a UK hit, and hence was the first to score a UK number one.-Career:...
  
  
• DJ Vibe
  DJ Vibe
  This article refers to the House DJ Vibe, not the hardcore DJ Vibe DJ Vibe is a house music DJ.-Career:Vibe was born in Lisbon, Portugal, and became a DJ at 15...
  
  
• Junior Vasquez
  Junior Vasquez
  Junior Vasquez, , is an American club DJ and remixer/producer.-Career:...
  
  
• Ono
  Yoko Ono
  is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon...
  
  
• Louie"Boogie"Balo
• Stereo Soldiers