# Deviant Records

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Deviant_Records
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Deviant_Records.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deviant_Records
> Source revision: 1238426999
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{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](/source/Trance_music)
| country     = [England](/source/England), UK
| location    = [London](/source/London)
| website     = [https://web.archive.org/web/20070205235409/http://www.deviantrecords.com/ Website archive]
}}

'''Deviant Records''' was a [London](/source/London)-based [electronic music](/source/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](/source/Flood_(producer)), [Ed Buller](/source/Ed_Buller), [Mel Wesson](/source/Mel_Wesson), Dave Bessell), Schematix, [The Orb](/source/The_Orb), [Humate](/source/Humate), Phat Gecko (Luke Corradine), [Spooky](/source/Spooky_(house_music_duo)), and [Witchman](/source/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](/source/Paul_van_Dyk), now one of the world's most successful DJs, and [DJ Sammy](/source/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](/source/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>

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

{{Authority control}}
{{UK-record-label-stub}}

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Deviant Records](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deviant_Records) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deviant_Records?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.