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PIAS Recordings | |
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Parent company | PIAS Group |
Founded | 1983 |
Founder | Kenny Gates Michel Lambot |
Distributor(s) | PIAS, Virgin Music Group in the U.S. |
Genre | |
Country of origin | United Kingdom and Belgium |
Location | London and Brussels |
Official website | playitagainsam |
PIAS Recordings (formerly Play It Again Sam) is a Belgian record label founded in 1983 by Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot.[1] Play It Again Sam expanded along with other European independent labels in the early 1980s. Play It Again Sam's prominent early artists were electronic-rock acts like Front 242, Meat Beat Manifesto and The Young Gods. They later added artists such as The Sound, Soulwax/2ManyDJ's, Sigur Rós and Mogwai.