Planet Dog Records

{{Short description|Record label based in London, England}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox record label | name = Planet Dog Records | image = | parent = | founded = | defunct = | founder = | status = Active | distributor = | genre = Ambient, techno, breakbeat, psychedelic trance | country = England | url = http://www.planetdogrecords.com }}

'''Planet Dog Records''' is a small record label based in London, England, known for its innovative ambient, techno, breakbeat, and psychedelic trance releases.<ref name="rc">{{cite news |last1=Fyfe |first1=Andy |title=A COSMIC DOG |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/cosmic-dog |access-date=7 December 2023 |work=Record Collector |date=23 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer) |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |title=Planet Dog Records |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195313734.001.0001/acref-9780195313734-e-54505 |access-date=16 June 2015 |edition=4th |date=2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-972636-3 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> It is part of the same organisation headed by Michael Dog (real name Michael Sassen) that ran Club Dog in London and the touring Megadog parties, and was created as a promotional vehicle for the participating artists.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=October 1995 |title=Megadog: A Big Rover Comes to America |url={{Google books|Li0EAAAAMBAJ|page=8|plainurl=yes}}|magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly |page=8 |accessdate=16 June 2015 |issn=1074-6978}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Hermes|first=Will |date=November 1995|title=Temple of the Dog | journal=SPIN | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EYlQ2Hsft8QC&pg=PA36 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Marshall | first=Jules | magazine=WIRED | date=May 1994 | title=Zippies! | url=http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/2.05/zippies_pr.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Reynolds | first=Simon | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CXPZyYHLd-kC | title=Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture | chapter=Chapter 5: Fight for your right to party - Spiral Tribe and the Crusty Raver Movement| date=4 July 2013 | publisher=Faber & Faber | isbn=9780571289141 }}</ref> It was most active from 1993 to 1998, releasing recordings by Eat Static,<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|date=2000|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music|publisher=Virgin|location=London|isbn=978-0-7535-0427-7|oclc=59455393|page=138}}</ref> Banco de Gaia, Children of the Bong, Timeshard, and Future Loop Foundation. The label went on to have a turbulent relationship with its artists in 1999, that included its catalogue being taken into receivership largely due to the financial troubles of its UK distributor A&M-affiliated Ultimate.<ref name="rc"/>

Many Planet Dog Records releases were re-released in the United States on Mammoth Records.<ref>{{cite news|last=Duffy|first=Thom |date=18 March 1995 |title=Home & Abroad |url={{Google books|2wsEAAAAMBAJ|page=46|plainurl=yes}}|newspaper=Billboard |page=46 |access-date=16 June 2015 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref>

== See also == * List of record labels

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.planetdogrecords.com}} * {{Discogs label|1568|Planet Dog}}

Category:British record labels Category:Ambient music record labels Category:Techno record labels Category:Psychedelic trance record labels