# Byte Records

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{{Short description|Belgian independent music label}}
{{Unreferenced|date=June 2019}}
{{notability |date=October 2025}}
{{infobox record label
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 | founded     = 1988
 | founder     = [Jean-Paul De Coster](/source/Jean-Paul_De_Coster)
 | distributor = 
 | genre       = {{hlist|[Dance](/source/Electronic_dance_music)|[Eurodance](/source/Eurodance)|[hi-NRG](/source/hi-NRG)|[soul](/source/soul_music)}}
 | country     = [Belgium](/source/Belgium)
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'''Byte Records''' is a Belgian-based [independent music label](/source/Independent_record_label) specializing in [dance music](/source/dance_music). The company was founded by [DJ](/source/DJ) [Jean-Paul De Coster](/source/Jean-Paul_De_Coster) in 1988 and is named after his former record store in [Antwerp](/source/Antwerp). Successful acts have included [2 Unlimited](/source/2_Unlimited), [Sash!](/source/Sash!) and [Sylver](/source/Sylver).
Through the years the label had several sub-labels like B³ (Byte Blue), Byte Progressive, Discomatic and La Belle Noir.

One of the first Byte releases was "Don't Miss The Party Line" by Jean-Paul De Coster and Peter Neefs as [Bizz Nizz](/source/Bizz_Nizz). The single was licensed by Cooltempo, a sub-label of Chrysalis (now [EMI](/source/EMI)) and became a top 10 hit in the [UK](/source/UK) by the end of the 1980s. Together with producer [Phil Wilde](/source/Phil_Wilde) Jean-Paul De Coster formed the producers duo behind the famous Eurodance act [2 Unlimited](/source/2_Unlimited) in the beginning of the 1990s. Licenses were given by Byte to [PWL Continental](/source/PWL) and [ZYX Music](/source/ZYX_Music) and the act sold more than 20 million records and 50 million compilations worldwide, giving Byte Record a tremendous boost.
Other Eurodance acts followed and Byte became a household name in the dance community. Most of the artists became popular in [Belgium](/source/Belgium), [The Netherlands](/source/The_Netherlands) and [Germany](/source/Germany) like Timeshift, CB Milton, Red 5, Sash! and DJ Peter Project. But due to the bad economic climate in the music industry, Byte had to reduce his activities over the years. Since early 2004 dance act [Sylver](/source/Sylver) has been the only remaining act signed by Byte Records.

==List of Artists==
* [Bizz Nizz](/source/Bizz_Nizz)
* [2 Unlimited](/source/2_Unlimited)
* Timeshift
* [CB Milton](/source/CB_Milton)
* [Ice MC](/source/Ice_MC)
* [740 Boyz](/source/740_Boyz)
* [Murray Head](/source/Murray_Head)
* Red 5
* [Sash!](/source/Sash!)
* The Oh!
* [Phats & Small](/source/Phats_%26_Small)
* [DJ Peter Project](/source/DJ_Peter_Project)
* Atlantis 6
* [Sylver](/source/Sylver)
* Zippora
* D-Devils

==External links==
*[http://www.byte.be Byte Records] official website (no longer active)
*[http://www.discogs.com/label/Byte+Records Byte Records] releases on Discorg

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