Country of origin Israel, Morocco Founded 1997 | Official website www.avatar-music.com Countries of origin Israel, Morocco | |
Founder Avichay Avigal, Peter Eibenschutz Distributor(s) Avatar Records
Ingrooves/Fontana
Eighth Note (IL)
Arabesque (UK)
Wakyo (Japan)
Virgin (India)
EQ (Singapore / Malaysia) Genre Psytrance, Goa Trance, Ambient, Chillout, Lounge, Yoga, Electronic Music Albums Chaos Laboratory, Cryptic Crunch Profiles | ||
Avatar Records is a Tel Aviv-based independent record label and digital distributor specializing in electronic music, providing music to online retailers including Apple's iTunes Music Store, Beatport and more The company was founded by Avichay Avigal and Peter Eibenschutz in 1997. According to the label's co-founder, the label initially had an alliance with NMC Music, when it first started as its subsidiary. Later, Avatar was in collaboration with BNE, before finally becoming a fully independent label.
Contents
- Early Years 1997 2003
- Later Years 2004 present
- Notable releases
- Avatar Spirit
- ProFile
- Past and Present Artists
- References
Projects released on Avatar include albums from Asia 2001, Goa Gil, Nimba, The Nommos, Electric Universe, Toi Doi, Thomas Leer, Lumen, Ocelot, Pete Namlook & Mixmaster Morris, Jupiter 8000, Overdream, Enichkin, Celtic Cross, Becoming.Intense & Pharmacore, Prana, Sandman, GMS, Hux Flux, Orion, Indoor, The Infinity Project, Cydonia, Synchro, Psychoz, Astropilot, Elysium, Reflex.
Early Years: 1997 - 2003
During the first years, Avatar focused on releases from big names. Later, Avatar became more interested in discovering new names. Names like Toi Doi, Overdream, Psychoz and Astropilot have all started with Avatar.
Avatar was the first label to release psychedelic trance music locally in India, Mexico and Poland.
Later Years: 2004 - present
In 2004, Avatar had its entire catalogue available on The Orchard, and it remained like that till the bankruptcy of BNE, and was followed by a law sue of Avatar against BNE.
In 2008, Avatar became a fully independent label, and signed a digital deal with Ingrooves/Fontana.
Notable releases
Avatar Spirit
Avatar Spirit is the chill and lounge label of Avatar. Yoga and Cafe music from India, Morocco and The Middle East.
ProFile
ProFile label is the classics label of Avatar, with releases of special versions and remastered golden albums from: Tsuyoshi Suzuki, Goa Gil, Dino Psaras, Orion, Pete Namlook, Indoor, Sandman, Space Cat, The Infinity Project, Total Eclipse, Celtic Cross, GMS, X-Dream, Hux Flux, The Kumba Mela Experiment, Echo System, Elysium.