# Aztec Records

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**Aztec Records** is an independent British record label. It specialises in electronic and pop music, in the subgenres of [Synthpop](/source/Synth-pop), [Synthwave](/source/Synthwave) and Retrowave, following the music and pop culture of [the 80s](/source/1980s). It was founded in 2010 by [Laura Fares](/source/Laura_Fares) and Ariel Amejeiras.[1]

## Label Development

The record company has developed and released acts such as: [Bright Light Bright Light](/source/Bright_Light_Bright_Light),[2] [NINA](/source/Nina_(musician)),[3] [LAU](/source/LAU_(musician)),[4] Zenith Volt,[5] Sunglasses Kid,[6] Owlle,[7] Gryff,[8] Thought Beings,[9] Primo the Alien,[10] Oblique,[11] Eutropic,[12] Power Rob,[13] Surrender,[14] Wyve,[15] Mickey Cupid,[16] Traverse Town,[17] Maighread[18] and many others.[19]

*Bright Light Bright Light* is Welsh composer/producer and DJ Rod Thomas. His album "Make Me Believe In Hope",[20] was recorded during two years with different collaborators: [Andy Chatterley](/source/Andy_Chatterley) (Kylie / [Nerina Pallot](/source/Nerina_Pallot)), [Boom Bip](/source/Boom_Bip) ([Neon Neon](/source/Neon_Neon)) and [The Invisible Men](/source/The_Invisible_Men) (Jessie J).

Laura Fares discovered and developed NINA in 2010, a German singer-songwriter based in Berlin, with whom she formed a band until 2019. Aztec Records released NINA’s first single "Take Me Away", a pop dance song, in 2011.[21] The label has also produced and released NINA’s first two albums ‘Sleepwalking’ (2018) and ‘Synthian’ (2020), with producers like Richard X, Oscillian, Ricky Wilde and Sunglasses Kid.

In 2012, Aztec Records teamed up with EQ Music Blog to organize the first Poptronik Festival in [Sitges](/source/Sitges), Spain, featuring [Andy Bell](/source/Andy_Bell_(Welsh_musician)) of [Erasure](/source/Erasure_(duo)), Monarchy, Simon Curtis, [Markus Riva](/source/Markus_Riva), superstar producer [Fernando Garibay](/source/Fernando_Garibay) and other international artists, and a compilation was released for that event.[22]

The label has more than 25 international artists on their roster and releases new music weekly. The label also releases different compilations regularly, like “Pure Synthwave” which was curated by NINA herself,[23] “Pure Darkwave”, “Pure Retrowave”, “Pure Synthpop” and more recently “Pure Latin Synth”, that inspired Ariel and Laura to start a Latin American branch, based in Argentina.

In 2020 Aztec Records launched their Spanish speaking sub-label called Aztec Latin, which specialises in pop and electronic music purely in Spanish. Artists include: Ignacia,[24][25] Jaz Oil,[26] Locker, Verona, Caseti, Mandy Barrón, Kush Mama, The Broken Flowers Project and others.

Aztec Music Publishing is the publishing branch of Aztec Records. It began in 2014 with the idea of expanding its catalog and managing it properly to place it in films, television, games and commercials. Placements include brands such as: [Adidas](/source/Adidas), [Hugo Boss](/source/Hugo_Boss), [Mercedes Benz](/source/Mercedes-Benz),[27] [Uniqlo](/source/Uniqlo), [Victoria's Secret](/source/Victoria's_Secret)[28] and some others.

## Discography

Catalogue number Artist Title AZT0001 The Feathered Snake EP Tecnoctitlan AZT0002 Keep Calm & Carry On AZT0003 In The Beginning Maighréad AZT0004 Closer TNTT AZT0005 Cool 'n The Gang Cereal Killers AZT0006 Lady Joker Lady Joker AZT0007 Bad Boyfriend Johnny Lazer AZT0008 We Don't Miss A Beat Van Go Lion AZT0009 Hands Down Angelo AZT0010 "More Than Human" TNTT AZT0011 Soul Electric RAFF AZT0012 Take Me Away NINA AZT0013 "Human Sacrifice" TNTT AZT0015 Desire Woman E AZT0016 This Beat Is POPTRONIK - Volume One Various Artist AZT0017 Hit & Run Woman E AZT0018 Hit & Run (The Remixes) AZT0019 Mickey Cupid Mickey Cupid AZT0020 We Are The Wild Ones NINA AZT0021 My Mistake AZT0023 Parade Mickey Cupid AZT0024 "Heart Of Glass" NINA AZT0025 "Summer" Mickey Cupid AZT0026 "Waterline" SJBRAVO AZT0027 Beyond Memory NINA AZT0028 "Feel You" Mickey Cupid AZT0029 We Never Dream SJBRAVO AZT0030 Graduation Sunglasses Kid AZT0031 "Night Swim" AZT0032 "Corruptin' Mind" AZT0033 Sleepwalking (Album) NINA AZT0034 "Killer" Traverse Town AZT0035 Killer (EP) AZT0036 Sleepwalking (Deluxe Edition) NINA AZT0038 Pure Synthwave Vol. 1 Various Artist AZT0039 "Sunset On The Bay" WYVE AZT0040 "The Calm Before The Storm" NINA AZT0042 Pure Retrowave Vol. 1 Various Artists AZT0043 Pure Synthwave Vol. 2 AZT0044 Pure Retrowave Vol. 2 AZT0045 Pure Darkwave Vol. 1 AZT0046 Automatic Call (Single EP) NINA AZT0047 Pure Synthpop Vol. 1 Various Artist AZT0048 Time Zones (EP) Friday Night Firefight AZT0049 Surrender Surrender AZT0051 Fictiopolis WYVE AZT0052 Pure Latin Synth, Vol. 1 Various Artist AZT0053 Where No One Goes (EP) Friday Night Firefight AZT0054 "Forbidden Love" XES AZT0055 Buenos Aires Outrun, Vol. 1 Various Artist AZT0056 "Heartbeat" Zenith Volt AZT0057 "World Goes Round" Friday Night Firefight AZT0058 "Challenger" Zenith Volt AZT0059 Turbo Drive, Vol. 1 Various Artists AZT0060 "Hold On" Zenith Volt AZT0061 "Galaxy AZT0062 "Super-computer" AZT0063 Synthian NINA AZT0064 Disappear (The Remixes) Surrender AZT0065 Synth Songs of Hope, Vol. 1 Various Artists AZT0066 "Human Error" Fulvio Colasanto AZT0067 "Black Heart" Oblique AZT0068 "Psycho Beat" Fulvio Colasanto AZT0069 "Stunning" LAU AZT0070 "True" AZT0071 "Little Light" Mike Haunted feat. Chris KD AZT0072 "Radical Dreamers" Fulvio Colasanto feat. XES AZT0073 "We Had Magic" LAU AZT0073 The Mothership Space Tourist AZT0075 Pleasure EP Pleasure AZT0076 "Recognise" LAU AZT0077 Miami Cyber Nights Vol. 1 Various Artists AZT0078 Synthian (The Remixes) NINA feat. LAU AZT0079 DARK: Awake / Ivory Crow Eutropic AZT0080 AGE: Distant World / Silicon God AZT0081 DAY: Pieces / Run AZT0082 DREAM: Down By Law / Starry Sky AZT0083 "Silhouettes" Friday Night Firefight AZT0084 "Fixing Me With Love" Sunglasses Kid & Primo The Alien AZT0085 "Chill" Sunglasses Kid & Jay Diggs AZT0086 Sophomore Sunglasses Kid AZT0087 A Deep Blue Swimming Pool Wet Sunset AZT0088 "NYC Sunrise" Bunny X & Marvel83' AZT0089 Pure Synthwave, Vol. 3 Various AZT0090 Calypso Drip FM Gryff AZT0091 Tranquility Base (Deluxe Edition) The Secret Chord AZT0092 "Free Forever" Popcorn Kid ft. LAU AZT0093 Runaway Power Rob AZT0094 "In The Night" Adam Siana AZT0095 "Telekinesis" Oblique AZT0096 "The House" Fulvio Colasanto feat. Christina Sirva & Mike Haunted AZT0097 Superstars Fulvio Colasanto feat. Eutropic AZT0098 Neon Beach Thought Beings AZT0099 "Hours" Cymatica AZT0104 New Religion Gryff AZT0101 "Back To Christmas" Oblique AZT0102 "Caskets" Cymatica AZT0100 DARK AGE DAY DREAM Eutropic AZT0105 Somewhere In Between EP Cymatica AZT0110 "Wild Love" Friday Night Firefight AZT0117 "Alone At Xmas" Heartracer AZT0107 "Apricale (Stal Remix)" Wet Sunset AZT0109 The Beginning NINA AZT0106 "Thunder" Ends 84 feat. Power Rob AZT0111 "The Cards" LAU

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1. ["Oblique publicarán "Black Heart" en el sello británico Aztec Records"](https://www.mondosonoro.com/noticias-actualidad-musical/aztec-records-y-oblique-black-heart/) (in Spanish). *MondoSonoro*. 2020-05-25. Retrieved 2021-01-19.

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1. ["Aztec Records' recording artist NINA curates compilation"](https://www.brutalresonance.com/news/aztec-records-recording-artist-nina-curates-compilation-pure-synthwave-vol-1-available-now/). *www.brutalresonance.com*. Retrieved 2021-01-19.

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## External links

- [Official Web Site](http://www.aztecrecords.com/)

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