Metropolis Records Explained

Metropolis Records is a record label that was founded in Philadelphia in 1993, by Dave Heckman.^{[1] [2]} The label's all-electronic format closely tracked with European contemporaries including Off Beat, and since 1995 has been instrumental in promoting and distributing underground electronic music in the U.S.^[3]

On June 9, 1999, Metropolis bought the American industrial label, Pendragon Records. It assumed distribution responsibilities for Pendragon's back catalog, as well as that of 21st Circuitry, another industrial label which had gone out of business.^[4]

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Metropolis Records . metropolis-records.com . dead . https://archive.today/20140423174700/http://www.metropolis-records.com/artist.php?id=198 . April 23, 2014.
2. Web site: Dave Heckman, music entrepreneur and founder and president of Metropolis Records, has died at 68. 4 August 2022 . Miles, Gary .
3. Book: Reed . S. Alexander . Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music . 2013. New York. Oxford University Press. 9780199832583. 1147729910. the Internet Archive. registration. 283–284.
4. Comer . M. Tye . June 28, 1999 . rpm news . April 13, 2020 . . CMJ . New York . 31, 37 . 59 . 624.