Azuli Records

Azuli Records
Founded 1991 (1991)
Founder Dave Piccioni
Defunct 2009 (2009)
Status Defunct
Genre Electronic
Country of origin U.K.
Location London
Official website www.azuli.com

Azuli Records is an independent record label, focusing mainly on house music and other forms of electronic dance music. The label was founded by DJ Dave Piccioni in London, UK in 1991 and went into liquidation in April 2009. Some of its back catalogue was sold to Phoenix Music International Ltd. The label was re launched by Dave Piccioni and administered by Defected Records. In 2012, the label fully sold to Defected Records.

Releases included the Choice series.

History

The Azuli Records label was the UK's longest running house label, releasing a total of 278 singles on Azuli Label and over 60 albums.Dave Piccioni, a DJ who had lived in New York's formative house community, began by selling 12" singles from the back of a van. In 1990, Piccioni took over Black Market Records shop in London, and in 1991 he started Azuli Records.

At the time there was a lot of house coming out in London from the acid scene but also a lot of stuff that was more American sounding which we wanted to put out.
— David Piccioni[1]

Azuli's debut release was Chocolate Fudge's Inner Fantasy. By the mid-1990s, the label began to have UK chart crossover hits.

After about 7 or 8 releases we had already gained a lot of credibility, but we weren't actually selling that many records. We were on a honeymoon period where all the magazines were talking about us but it didn't really reflect on sales.
— David Piccioni[1]

In 1998, Azuli released the hit single Needin' U by David Morales, followed by other hits including Eclipse's Makes Me Love You (1999) and Afro Medusa's Pasilda (2000), the latter of which reached number 31 in the UK Singles Chart in October 2000.[2] The label has since released over 200 singles and a number of compilations albums by the likes of Frankie Knuckles, Joey Negro, François K and Danny Tenaglia.

Azuli have also released a number of DJ mix album and compilation album series':

The Choice compilation series are retrospective albums, wherein all tracks are selected by renowned DJs. DJ's include Danny Tenaglia, Tony Humphries, François K and Derrick L. Carter, X-Press 2, Jeff Mills and John Digweed.

The label also releases annual compilation CD entitled Miami, Space: Ibiza and Made in Italy.

Finally, the Club Azuli project was a compilation series featuring current dancefloor hits, in both mixed and unmixed versions. Club Azuli is also the title of Azuli's event program which, for the past two years, has been visiting the finest clubs across the globe.

Discography

Choice Series

House / Club albums

Azuli Label Singles: AZNY 01 Chocolate Fudge In A Fantasy (12") 1991 AZNY 02 Chocolate Fudge What You Want / To Be Now (12") 1991 AZNY2K 02 Various Azuli 2001 Winter Sampler (4x12", Smplr) 2001 AZNY2K 03 Various Miami Sampler 2002 ◄ (2 versions) 2002 AZNY 03 Chocolate Fudge Locomotion ◄ (2 versions) 1991 AZNY 04 Sensory Elements Vol 1 (12") 1992 AZNY 05 KCC Featuring Emile* Groove Thing (12") 1992 AZNY 06 Disco Elements EP Vol 1 (EP) ◄ (2 versions) 1992 AZNY 07 Underground Mass Featuring Lisa White Music (Takes Control) (12") 1992 AZNY 08 KCC Featuring Emile* Heaven (12") 1992 AZNY 09 Romanthony Now You Want Me ◄ (2 versions) 1992 AZNY 10 Chocolate Fudge Stomp EP (12", EP) 1992 AZNY 11 Underground Mass Feat. Lisa White Didn't I ◄ (2 versions) 1992 AZNY 12 Disco Elements Vol. 2 ◄ (2 versions) 1992 AZNY 13 Tuff Productions Feat. Carol Leeming Won't Get To Heaven (12") 1992 AZNY 014 Mount Rushmore The Vibe (That's Flowing) ◄ (2 versions) 1993 AZNY 15 Romanthony Falling From Grace ◄ (2 versions) 1993 AZNY 16 Romanthony Falling From Grace (Re-Mixes) (12", Ltd) 1993 AZNY 17 Underground Mass Give Me The Love (12") 1993 AZNY 18 Tuff Production* Feat. Destry (I Wanna) Thank You (12", Promo, Ltd) 1993 AZNY 20 Romanthony Make This Love Right / Now You Want Me ◄ (2 versions) 1993 AZNY 021 Tension A Place Called Heaven ◄ (3 versions) 1993 AZNY 22 Disco Elements Volume Three ◄ (2 versions) 1993 AZNY 23 Tension Love Me, Hold Me (12") 1994 AZNY 23 Tension Love Me, Hold Me (12", W/Lbl) 1994 AZNY 24 Buzzin Cuzzins Feat Romanthony Let Me Show You Love ◄ (2 versions) 1994 AZNY 25 Buzzin Cuzzins Let Me Show You Love (Remix) ◄ (3 versions) 1994 AZNY 26 Trojan Horse, The Featuring Renee Simms* Show And Tell (12") 1994 AZNY 028 Romanthony In The Mix (A Tribute To Tony Humphries) (12") 1994 AZNY 029 Indo R U Sleeping (Remixes) ◄ (2 versions) 1994 AZNY 030 Black Shells The Anthem ◄ (3 versions) 1994 AZNY 31 Apostle 1 My Soul's On Fire / Testify Remixes (12") 1994 AZNY 32 Disco Elements Volume Four ◄ (2 versions) 1994 AZNY 33 Romanthony Ministry Of Love ◄ (3 versions) 1995 AZNY 034 Andrea Mendez Bring Me Love ◄ (3 versions) 1995 AZNY 035 Baby Bumps Funky Sugar ◄ (2 versions) 1995 AZNY 36 Andrea Mendez Bring Me Love (Remixes) ◄ (3 versions) 1995 AZNY 37 Urban Frequency Keep On Doing (12") 1995 AZNY37 Urban Frequency* Keep On Doing (12") 1995 AZNY 38 DJ Spen Presents Jasper Street Company* A Feeling ◄ (2 versions) 1995 AZNY 39 Baby Bumps Bumpomatic EP (EP) ◄ (2 versions) 1995 AZNY 40 Tension Feat. Kristan Grey Mighty Love ◄ (2 versions) 1995 AZNY 41 Ada Dyer You Make Me Whole (12", Promo, W/Lbl) 1995 AZNY 42 Ada Dyer You Make Me Whole (12", Promo, Gre) 1995 AZNY 42-1 Annette Taylor Put The Fire Out ◄ (2 versions) 1995 AZNY 43 Indo R U Sleeping (Grant Nelson Remixes) (12") 1996 AZNY 44 Indo R U Sleeping (12") 1996 AZNY 45 Fayleine Brown You Know I've Missed You ◄ (2 versions) 1996 AZNY 46 Andrea Mendez Fantasy Come True ◄ (2 versions) 1996 AZNY 47 Thelma Houston I Need Somebody Tonight (Original Mixes) ◄ (2 versions) 1996 AZNY 48 Thelma Houston I Need Somebody Tonight ◄ (2 versions) 1996 AZNY 49 BJ Crosby Find Your Way (Heller & Farley Mixes) ◄ (2 versions) 1996 AZNY 50 Andrea Mendez Fantasy Come True (E Smoove Remixes) ◄ (2 versions) 1996 AZNY 51 BJ Crosby Find Your Way ◄ (2 versions) 1995 AZNY 052 Disco Elements Volume Five ◄ (2 versions) 1996 AZNY 53 Thelma Houston All Of That (Original Mixes) ◄ (2 versions) 1996 AZNY 054 Skuba (2) Kuba ◄ (2 versions) 1996 AZNY 55 Deep Bros. Feat S. Armstrong* + Barbara Tucker Keep On Lovin' You ◄ (2 versions) 1996 AZNY 056 Fayleine Brown Joy ◄ (2 versions) 1996 AZNY 57 Thelma Houston All Of That (2x12") 1997 AZNY 058 Buzzin Cuzzins Feat. Romanthony Good Feeling (Single) ◄ (2 versions) 1997 AZNY 59 Vice Versa (3) Feat. Michael Watford I'm Coming Home ◄ (2 versions) 1997 AZNY 60 Uptown Express feat. Ritchie Jones Not Much Heaven (12") 1997 AZNY 060 Richie Jones Pres. Uptown Express Feat. Pepper Mashay Not Much Heaven (12") 1997 AZNY 060 Richie Jones Pres. Uptown Express Feat. Pepper Mashay Not Much Heaven (12") 1997 AZNY 61 Ritchie Jones* Pres. Uptown Express Feat. Pepper Mashay Not Much Heaven (Heller & Farley Remixes!) (12") 1997 AZNY 62 East Village Heads* Free Girl / Miss Treated ◄ (2 versions) 1997 AZNY 63 Deep Bros. Feat. Michael Watford You Got It (Original + Lenny Fontana Remxes) ◄ (2 versions) 1996 AZNY 64 Deep Bros. Feat. Michael Watford You Got It (Tuff Jam Remixes) (12", W/Lbl, TP) 1996 AZNY 065 Su Su Bobien Another Story ◄ (2 versions) 1996 AZNY 66 Chocolate Fudge Fixation (12") 1997 AZNY 066 Chocolate Fudge Fixation (12", TP) 1997 AZNY 067 Laguna Spiller From Rio (Mt Rushmore Remix / Original) (12", TP) 1997 AZNY 68 S Cabar* Carnival ◄ (2 versions) 1997 AZNY 69 Pepper Mache* Happiness ◄ (2 versions) 1997 AZNY 70 Tension Can You Feel It ◄ (2 versions) 1997 AZNY 72 Debbie Pender Movin' On (Paramour / Mt Rushmore Mixes) ◄ (2 versions) 1997 AZNY 73 Cookie Best Part Of Me (Joey Negro / Kerri Chandler Mixes) (12") 1997 AZNY 74 D'Menace Deep Menace (Original + Joey Negro Mixes) (12", TP, W/Lbl) 1998 AZNY 75 Star City (2) You Got It (12", S/Sided, TP, Ltd) 1997 AZNY 76 Indo R U Sleeping (Bump And Flex Mixes) (12", TP, W/Lbl, Promo) 1997 AZNY 78 Pepper Mashay Happiness (M+S Remixes / Tuff Jam Dub) ◄ (2 versions) 1998 AZNY 080 Spirits Of Rhythm Music - Original Mixes ◄ (2 versions) 1999 AZNY 081 Thelma Houston All Of That (Industry Standard Mixes) ◄ (2 versions) 1998 AZNY 82 Pepper Mashay Into You (Banana Republic / Grant Nelson Mixes) ◄ (2 versions) 1998 AZNY 083 Bini + Martini* Dancing With You ◄ (2 versions) 1998 AZNY 84 David Morales Presents Face, The (3) Needin' You ◄ (3 versions) 1998 AZNY 85 Lenny Fontana Presents Lifeline Stompin In America (Original / Kyodai Remixes) ◄ (2 versions) 1998 AZNY 86 Madie Myles* You Got Me Forever (Club Asylum Remixes) ◄ (2 versions) 1998 AZNY 88 3 Spirits The Answer (Original / Disco Elements Remixes) (12") 1999 AZNY 88 3 Spirits The Answer (Original / Disco Elements Remixes) (12", TP) 1999 AZNY 89 House Of Glass Playin' With My Mind (Bini + Martini Mixes) ◄ (2 versions) 1998 AZNY 90 Studio 45 Freak It ! (Original + Disco Elements Remixes) ◄ (2 versions) 1999 AZNY 91 Next Phase My Desire (Club Asylum Mixes) ◄ (2 versions) 1999 AZNY 092 Spirits Of Rhythm Music - (Boris Dlugosch + Michi Lange Mixes) ◄ (2 versions) 1999 AZNY 93 Studio 45 Freak It! (Remixes By Pete Heller / Black Science Orch.) (2x12") 1999 AZNY 094 Kathy Brown Joy ◄ (2 versions) 1999 AZNY 095 Kathy Brown Joy (Sharp / Boris Dlugosch Dubs) ◄ (2 versions) 1999 AZNY 96 Disco Elements Volume Six (12") 1999 AZNY 097 Pepper Mashay Step Into My Life ◄ (2 versions) 1999 AZNY 098 Candido Jingo ◄ (2 versions) 1999 AZNY99 Eddie "Flashin" Fowlkes* Oh Lord E.P. (EP) ◄ (3 versions) 1999 AZNY100 Eclipse Makes Me Love You ◄ (2 versions) 1999 AZNY 101 Pepper Mashay Step Into My Life (The Full Intention Mixes) ◄ (3 versions) 1998 AZNY 102 Eclipse Makes Me Love You (Richard F / Funk Force Remixes) (12") 1999 AZNY 103 Darryl Pandy Meets Nerio's Dubwork Sunshine & Happiness (12") 1999 AZNY 104 Studio45* Present Le Pamp Play House* I Like The Sounds ◄ (2 versions) 1999 AZNY 105 Black Masses My Heavenly Stars (12") 1999 AZNY 106 Darryl Pandy meets Nerio's Dubwork Sunshine & Happiness (Futureshock Remixes) (2x12", Promo) 1999 AZNY 108 Sharp Boys* Feat. Kenny C Raise The Alarm ◄ (2 versions) 1999 AZNY109 Z Factor Make A Move On Me (12") AZNY 109 Z Factor Make A Move On Me ◄ (2 versions) 1999 AZNY 110 Soul Providers Rise (12") 1999 AZNY 111 Sharp Boys, The Feat. Kenny C Raise The Alarm (12") 1999 AZNY 113 Bini & Martini Happiness (My Vision Is Clear) ◄ (2 versions) 2000 AZNY 113R Bini & Martini Happiness (My Vision Is Clear) (12") 2000 AZNY 114 Class A Your Love Is What I Need (12") 2000 AZNY 115 Boogie Tunes Takin You Down ◄ (2 versions) 2000 AZNY 116 Gambafreaks Down Down Down (Jazzy M / Class A Remixes) (Single) ◄ (3 versions) 1999 AZNY 116 R Gambafreaks Down Down Down (Vinyl, TP) 1999 AZNY119 SK Come Alive (12") 2000 AZNY 120 David Morales & Albert Cabrera Present Moca Featuring Deanna Higher ◄ (2 versions) 2000 AZNY 120R Moca Higher (12") 2000 AZNY 120X Moca Higher (2x12", TP) 2000 AZNY121 Pasta Boys* + Bini & Martini Present Goodfellas, The (2) Soul Heaven (12") 2000 AZNY 124 Magic Touch Good Inside (2x12") 2000 AZNY 124R Magic Touch Good Inside (12", W/Lbl) 2000 AZNY127 Afro Medusa Pasilda ◄ (3 versions) 2000 AZNY 127R Afro Medusa Pasilda ◄ (2 versions) 2000 AZNY128 LoveRush Luv 2 See Ya (Dancin) ◄ (2 versions) 2000 AZNY128R LoveRush Luv 2 See Ya (Dancin) ◄ (2 versions) 2000 AZNY 129 Mutiny UK* New Horizons ◄ (2 versions) 2000 AZNY 130 Ricky Montanari I Believe ◄ (2 versions) 2000 AZNY 131 Subsystem Feat Lisa Millett The Best Of You (Bini+Martini / Knee Deep Mixes) ◄ (2 versions) 2000 AZNY 134 DJ Disciple It's Easy ◄ (2 versions) 2000 AZNY 135 DJ Pierre Free For Life (Original Mixes) (12") 2001 AZNY 136 Class A Same As It Ever Was / U Bring Me Up ◄ (2 versions) 2000 AZNY 137 Bini & Martini Burning Up ◄ (3 versions) 2001 AZNY137R Bini + Martini* Burning Up ◄ (2 versions) 2001 AZNY 138 House Of Glass Disco Down ◄ (3 versions) 2001 AZNY 138R House Of Glass Disco Down ◄ (2 versions) 2001 AZNY139 Soul Providers Feat. Michelle Shellers Rise ◄ (2 versions) 2001 AZNY 139R Soul Providers Feat. Michelle Shellers Rise ◄ (2 versions) 2000 AZNY140 Byron Stingily Feat. Leee John U Turn Me (Bini + Martini / Urban Groove Mixes) ◄ (2 versions) 2001 AZNY141 Class A Streetlife (Original / Dub Mixes) (12") 2001 AZNY 143 Boogie Boy Girl In A Dream (12", TP, W/Lbl) 2001 AZNY 144 Goodfellas, The (2) Soul Heaven ◄ (2 versions) 2001 AZNY 144R Goodfellas, The (2) Soul Heaven ◄ (2 versions) 2000 AZNY145 Richie Jones Presents Uptown Express Featuring Pepper Mashay Not Much Heaven ◄ (2 versions) 2001 AZNY 146 Jeremy Sylvester B-Bop ◄ (2 versions) 2001 AZNY147 Britalics So Beautiful ◄ (2 versions) 2001 AZNY148 Shauna Solomon I Wanna Be ◄ (2 versions) 2001 AZNY 149 Brown & Brown Goodlife (M.A.S. Collective Remixes) ◄ (2 versions) 2001 AZNY 149R Brown & Brown Goodlife ◄ (2 versions) 2001 AZNY 149X Brown & Brown Goodlife (Spen & Karizma Remixes) (12") 2003 AZNY 150 Ad Finem If You Fall (M.A.S. Collective Mixes) ◄ (2 versions) 2002 AZNY151 Ubu Pixels ◄ (3 versions) 2001 AZNY 151R Ubu Pixels (Pete Heller Remixes) ◄ (2 versions) 2001 AZNY 152 Feela Sweet Temptation ◄ (2 versions) 2002 AZNY152R Feela Sweet Temptation (Bini & Martini Remixes) ◄ (2 versions) 2001 AZNY 153 Unknown Artist Massage In A Brothel (12", W/Lbl, Pri) AZNY 154 Class A Hit Me ◄ (2 versions) 2001 AZNY 155 Rita Campbell Runaway Love (Kidstuff Remixes) ◄ (2 versions) 2001 AZNY 156 Jeremy Sylvester The Darkness / The Things I Can Do (12") 2002 AZNY 157 Robbie Rivera Super Drum ◄ (2 versions) 2002 AZNY 158 Goodfellas, The (2) All Night (12") 2002 AZNY 159 Electronica Burn Up ◄ (2 versions) 2002 AZNY 160 Lele Pasini Little Brother ◄ (2 versions) 2002 AZNY 161 Kluster My Love ◄ (2 versions) 2002 AZNY 162 Real Deep Seven ◄ (2 versions) 2002 AZNY163 Chicken Lips He Not In ◄ (2 versions) 2002 AZNY163R Chicken Lips He Not In (12") 2003 AZNY 164 Planets Piano Thing ◄ (2 versions) 2002 AZNY 165 Eclipse Take Me Down (6 Underground) (Bini & Martini Mixes) ◄ (2 versions) 2002 AZNY 166 Electronica She Loves Me / Coke, Sex, Drugs ◄ (2 versions) 2003 AZNY 167 Bini & Martini Say Yes ◄ (2 versions) 2003 AZNY 167X Bini & Martini Say Yes (Murk Remix) (12", Promo, S/Sided) 2003 AZNY 168 Mission Control Outta Limits ◄ (2 versions) 2003 AZNY 169 Jestofunk Disco Queen ◄ (2 versions) 2003 AZNY 170 Sessomatto I Need Somebody ◄ (2 versions) 2003 AZNY 170R Sessomatto I Need Somebody ◄ (2 versions) 2003 AZNY 171 Kobayashi (3) Ain't All That ◄ (2 versions) 2003 AZNY 172 Keep The Change Sublime (12") 2003 AZNY 173 Ralph Falcon That Sound (Pete Heller Mixes) (12", W/Lbl) 2003 AZNY 173 Ralph Falcon That Sound (Pete Heller Mixes) (12") 2003 AZNY 175 Ricky Montanari & Davide Ruberto Million Faces ◄ (2 versions) 2003 AZNY 176 Ad Finem If You Fall ◄ (2 versions) 2003 AZNY 178 Mama Look Crew Oh No No No ◄ (2 versions) 2003 AZNY180 Nine Lives The Voice ◄ (2 versions) 2003 AZNY181 Jeremy Sylvester Presents Socafrica "Hot" (12" W/Lbl; 2 versions) 2004 AZNY 183 Bini & Martini Say Yes (12", Promo) 2004 AZNY196 Pure Orange (Save A Prayer) Live Another Day (2xFile, MP3, 320) 2004 AZNY198 Jeremy Sylvester Got Soul (2xFile, MP3, 320) 2004 AZNY200R Deux Sun Rising Up (Jupiter Ace Remix / Original Dub) (12", Pic) 2005 AZNY207 Patrick Alavi Power (Mixes) (12") 2005 AZNY 210 Lee Coombs Feat. Katherine Ellis Shiver (2xFile, MP3, 320) 2011 AZNY 217 Lee Coombs Featuring Katherine Ellis Shiver (3xFile, MP3, 320) 2011 AZNY237 Freaks, The* The Creeps (Unreleased Mixes) (CDr, Promo) 2006 AZNY 238 Kamisshake Getting Stronger (12") 2007 AZNY 240DJ Chicken Lips He Not In (Vandalism Remix) (12", S/Sided, Promo) 2007 AZNY241 Chab Feat. JD Davis Closer To Me (Muzzaik / Dirty South Remixes) (12") 2007 AZNY 242 Tim Andresen Everybody ◄ (2 versions) 2007 AZNY 243 Eric Laville Unknown (CDr) AZNY 243 Eric Laville Unknown (12") AZNY 244 Stereo Scum Featuring Melleefresh* Let's Get Dirty (12") 2007 AZNY 246 JdotP SID Bubble ◄ (2 versions) 2007 AZNY 247 Guy J Agent Blue (12") 2007 AZNY 249 Kamisshake Dark Beat ◄ (2 versions) 2007 AZNY251 Dope N Dusted* Electric Guitar (4xFile, MP3, EP, 320) 2008 AZNY 254 Ubu Pixels (Guy Gerber / Pete Heller Mixes) ◄ (2 versions) 2007 AZNY255 Kamisshake Dark Beat (File, MP3) 2007 AZNY 260 Vandalism (2) vs Chicken Lips Do It Proper (Do You Really Want It) (10xFile, MP3) 2008 AZNY260 Vandalism (2) vs Chicken Lips Do It Proper (Do You Really Want It) (12") 2008 AZNY261 BLM All Hooked Up And Ready To Go (2xFile, MP3) 2008 AZNY264 Chab Feat. JD Davis Closer To Me (PhonJaxx Remix) (CDr, Promo) 2008 AZNY265 D Ramirez* & Dirty South (2) Shield (Single) ◄ (4 versions) 2008 AZNY266 Overzero In My Bedroom (CDr, Promo) 2008 AZNY267 Hamptons, The Simple (CDr, Single, Promo) 2008 AZNY268 Oliver Lang Bomb The Terrace (CDr, Promo) 2008 AZNY270 D. Ramirez Physiological Rhythms (12") 2008 AZNY274 Indo R U Sleeping (The Remixes) (11xFile, MP3, 320) 2009

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References

  1. 1 2 Stone, Jonas. "A history of Azuli". Archived from the original on 9 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
  2. ↑ Roberts, David. Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums. Guinness World Records Ltd 17th edition (2004), p. 16 ISBN 0-85112-199-3

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