# PIAS Cooperative > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/PIAS_Cooperative > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/PIAS_Cooperative.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PIAS_Cooperative > Source revision: 1329035499 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Record label [PIAS] Cooperative Parent company PIAS Group Founded 2005 (2005) Defunct 2018; 8 years ago (2018) Status Absorbed into PIAS Group Distributor PIAS Group Country of origin United Kingdom Location London **[PIAS] Cooperative**, formerly **Cooperative Music**, often referred to as **Co-Op**, was a group of indie labels based in the UK but that have offices around the world, owned by [\[PIAS\]](/source/PIAS_Group). Through their partner labels [PIAS] Cooperative worked with artists such as [iamamiwhoami](/source/Iamamiwhoami), [Phoenix](/source/Phoenix_(French_band)), [Bloc Party](/source/Bloc_Party), [The Knife](/source/The_Knife), [Fleet Foxes](/source/Fleet_Foxes), [Prinzhorn Dance School](/source/Prinzhorn_Dance_School), [Citizens!](/source/Citizens!), [Interpol](/source/Interpol_(band)), [The Black Keys](/source/The_Black_Keys) and [Mumford & Sons](/source/Mumford_%26_Sons). ## History In April 2005, Cooperative Music was set up by the [V2 Music Group](/source/V2_Records) as a transnational marketing and distribution operation which licenses independent labels, as opposed to individual artist companies which is the standard industry practice, for release in Europe, Australia and Japan. This in-house licensing division has an exclusive international marketing team with representation in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Australia and Japan. In February 2013 [\[PIAS\]](/source/PIAS_Group) acquired Co-Op from [Universal Music Group](/source/Universal_Music_Group).[1] In 2018, PIAS Cooperative was absorbed into [PIAS Group](/source/PIAS_Group), PIAS Cooperative brand is used in its sales on PIAS website. In 2024, financially badly harmed PIAS (including Cooperative Music) was bought again by Universal. ## Former Partner labels - 37 Adventures - [Acid Jazz Records](/source/Acid_Jazz_Records) - [ATO Records](/source/ATO_Records) - [Bella Union](/source/Bella_Union) - [DFA Records](/source/DFA_Records) - [Heavenly Recordings](/source/Heavenly_Recordings) - [Mute Records](/source/Mute_Records) - Phantasy - Point of Departure - Research - Transgressive Records - [Wichita Recordings](/source/Wichita_Recordings) - [V2 Records](/source/V2_Records) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Confirmed: Universal sells Co-Op – and racks up £530m from EMI asset sales"](http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/confirmed-universal-sells-co-op/053773), Music Week (Wednesday, Feb 27th 2013 at 5:41PM). Retrieved 7-10-2018. ## External links - [Cooperative Music](https://musicbrainz.org/label/df5fcfa0-cf92-4eb4-bbdd-16ff390d6fd3) publishing catalog at [MusicBrainz](/source/MusicBrainz) - [PIAS Cooperative](https://www.discogs.com/label/Cooperative+Music) discography at [Discogs](/source/Discogs) v t e Universal Music Group People Lucian Grainge (Chairman and CEO) Vincent Vallejo (Deputy CEO) Boyd Muir (COO) Matt Ellis (CFO) Sherry Lansing (Chair, Board of Directors) Margaret Frerejean-Taittinger (Vicechair, Board of Directors) Jody Gerson (Chair, Universal Music Publishing) Interscope Capitol Labels Group Capitol Music Group Capitol Records Blue Note Records Astralwerks Harvest Records SharpTone Records Capitol Christian Music Group ForeFront Records Sparrow Records Priority Records Interscope Geffen A&M Interscope Records Geffen Records A&M Records Nuclear Blast Records Blood Blast Distribution Interscope Films Aftermath Entertainment Darkroom Dreamville Records Kidinakorner Lost Highway Records Shady Records Cinematic Music Group Downtown Records Verve Label Group Deutsche Grammophon Decca Records Decca Classics Mercury KX Impulse! 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