Location Amsterdam, Netherlands Founder Martin Garrix Country of origin Netherlands | Official website www.stmpdrcrds.com Date founded 4 March 2016 | |
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Genre Electro house
tech house
progressive house
future bass
trap Distributors RCA Records (North America, 2016–), Columbia Records (United Kingdom, 2016–), Sony Music (2016–) Profiles | ||
STMPD RCRDS (pronounced "Stamped Records") is a record label founded on March 4, 2016 by DJ, record producer and musician Martin Garrix.
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History
Martin Garrix first announced that he was creating his own record label on a Dutch TV show and in his YouTube miniseries, The Martin Garrix Show. This news came quickly after Garrix left Spinnin' Records and MusicAllStars Management on August 27, 2015. The separation was cited by Garrix as a disagreement between himself and Spinnin' about the ownership rights of his music.
The name of the label refers to stamps, and was inspired by his father's stamp auctioning company.
Garrix released the label's first song, "Now That I've Found You", featuring vocals from John Martin and Michel Zitron, which original instrumental was dubbed "Don't Crack Under Pressure", on March 11, 2016. The melody of the song was originally created by Garrix during Dancefair in April 2015, and was notably later played during his closing set of Sziget Festival.
To celebrate the launch of the new label, Garrix hosted a party at STORY Nightclub on Friday, March 18, 2016, after he closed the mainstage of Ultra Music Festival Miami.