Frontiers Records

Frontiers Records
Founded 1996 (1996)
Founder Serafino Perugino
Status active
Distributor(s) RED Distribution (US & Canada), Sony Music (Australia & New Zealand), Caroline Distribution (UK), The Orchard
Genre Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal, AOR, progressive rock, power pop, progressive metal, symphonic metal, neo-classical metal, power metal, melodic rock
Country of origin Italy
Location Naples
Official website www.frontiers.it/home/

Frontiers Records is an Italian record label, predominantly producing classic rock. It was founded in 1996 by Serafino Perugino and is based in Naples, Italy.

History

Serafino Perugino started working in the music industry in 1996, as Italian distributor for numerous artists in the field of classic rock and earned an excellent reputation in the field, so that he could soon set up an independent label.

1998 saw the birth of Frontiers Records. The first release of the new label was the double live album Never Say Goodbye by the British hard rock group Ten.

In addition to the commitment of Frontiers Records to manage new artists in the genre the label roster includes well known bands and artists, such as Little River Band, Jeff Lynne, Winger, Styx, Toto, Yes, Joe Lynn Turner, Journey, Thunder, Survivor, Glenn Hughes, House of Lords, Crush 40, Hardline, Jeff Scott Soto, Whitesnake, Boston and FM

Frontiers Records in December 2010 completed sales contract with EMI Music for the U.S. and Canada distribution, which became effective from January 2011.[1] After Universal Music Group (UMG)'s purchase of EMI, Caroline, a UMG company, has undertaken US distribution. From January 2017, Sony Music or its independent labels distributor RED Music has started to distribute Frontiers Records releases in some key markets such as US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Caroline Distribution has been continuing the distribution in UK while in the other parts of the world, the independent labels distribute Frontiers Records releases. The exclusive distribution in Greece is being carried out by Infinity Entertainment IKE.

Italian producer, singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and mixing engineer Alessandro Del Vecchio works as the in-house producer for the label.[2]

Artists

See also

References

  1. ↑ Imperatore, MJ (3 December 2010). "FRONTIERS RECORDS sings distribution agreement with EMI MUSIC for North American market!". Rock & Metal News Express webzine. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  2. ↑ "Alessandro Del Vecchio". www.alessandrodelvecchio.com. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
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