{{short description|Defunct UK electronic music label}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --> | name = Deviant Records | image = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | parent = Phoenix Music International Ltd<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us {{!}} Phoenix Music International {{!}} London |url=https://www.phoenixmusicinternational.com/about-us |website=Phoenixmusicint}}</ref> | founded = {{Start date|1994}} | founder = Rob Deacon | slogan = | defunct = {{End date|2007}} | status = Inactive | distributor = | genre = Electronic, trance | country = England, UK | location = London | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070205235409/http://www.deviantrecords.com/ Website archive] }}
'''Deviant Records''' was a London-based electronic music record label founded by publisher and music producer Rob Deacon in 1994.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ra.co/labels/207|title=Deviant Records|date=n.d.|publisher=RA|access-date=2022-03-16}}</ref> They published bands such as Pentatonik, Node (Flood, Ed Buller, Mel Wesson, Dave Bessell), Schematix, The Orb, Humate, Phat Gecko (Luke Corradine), Spooky, and Witchman.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2007/oct/10/guardianobituaries.obituaries1|title=Rob Deacon|date=2007-10-09|last1=Gibson|first1=Robin|last2=Champion|first2=Sarah|work=The Guardian|access-date=2022-03-16}}</ref> Deviant grew to be one a major independent dance label and represented Paul van Dyk, now one of the world's most successful DJs, and DJ Sammy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://olimax.com/work/deviant-records/|title=Deviant Records|date=n.d.|publisher=Olimax Digital Design|access-date=2022-03-16}}</ref> Disillusioned by the corporate consolidation within the music industry, as well as the increase in music downloads, Deacon sold Deviant Records to Phoenix Music International Ltd. in 2006.<ref name=obit/> He died on 8 September 2007 in a canoeing accident.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/rob-deacon-758862.html|title=Rob Deacon|date=2007-11-21|work=The Independent|location=London|access-date=2022-03-16}}</ref>
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Category:British record labels Category:Trance record labels Category:Electronic music record labels Category:Record labels established in 1994 Category:Record labels disestablished in 2006 Category:Defunct record labels of the United Kingdom
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