Azuli Records

The Azuli Records label is the UK's longest running house label. Dave Piccioni, a DJ who had lived in New York's formative house community, began by selling 12" singles from the back of a van. In 1990, Piccioni took over Black Market Records shop in London, and in 1991 he started Azuli Records. Azuli's debut release was Chocolate Fudge's Inner Fantasy. By the mid-1990s, the label began to have UK chart crossover hits. In 1998, Azuli released the hit single Needin' U by David Morales, followed by other hits including Eclipse's Makes Me Love You (1999) and Afro Medusa's Pasilda (2000). The label has since released over 200 singles and a number of compilations albums by the likes of Frankie Knuckles, Joey Negro, François K and Danny Tenaglia. Azuli have also released a number of DJ mix album... About | read more