7-478: Late Night Tales and its predecessor Another Late Night are the names of two related series of artist-curated compilation albums released by Azuli Records in the UK until 2009 when the independent record label Night Time Stories took over the series. Both series were started by the author A.W. Wilde. The tracks on the albums are selected and mixed by a diverse selection of artists asked by Late Night Tales to create
14-413: A lot of credibility, but we weren't actually selling that many records. We were on a honeymoon period where all the magazines were talking about us but it didn't really reflect on sales. 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 latter of which reached number 31 in
21-792: The UK Singles Chart in October 2000. The label has since released over 200 singles and a number of compilations albums by Frankie Knuckles , Joey Negro , François K and Danny Tenaglia . Azuli have also released a number of DJ mix album and compilation album series': The Choice compilation series are retrospective albums, wherein all tracks are selected by renowned DJs. DJ's include Danny Tenaglia , Tony Humphries , François K and Derrick L. Carter , X-Press 2 , Jeff Mills and John Digweed . The label also releases annual compilation CD entitled Miami , Space: Ibiza and Made in Italy . Finally,
28-526: The back of a van. In 1990, Piccioni took over Black Market Records shop in London, and in 1991 he started Azuli Records. At the time there was a lot of house coming out in London from the acid scene but also a lot of stuff that was more American sounding which we wanted to put out. Azuli's debut release was Chocolate Fudge's "In A Fantasy". By the mid-1990s, the label began to have UK chart crossover hits. After about seven or eight releases we had already gained
35-542: The label celebrate their tenth anniversary with a box set including all albums to date. Azuli Records Azuli Records was a British independent record label , focusing mainly on house music and other forms of electronic dance music . The label was founded by DJ Dave Piccioni in London , England in 1991 but went into liquidation in April 2009. Some of its back catalogue was sold to Phoenix Music International Ltd. The label
42-482: The ultimate late night mix. Many of the albums end with a story track, read by famous English performers including Benedict Cumberbatch , Will Self , Brian Blessed and Patrick Moore . With the exception of Jamiroquai , Air , Bill Brewster , and Don Letts ' contributions, each release includes a cover version recorded by the artist(s). The series has been met with critical acclaim, with GQ praising Late Night Tales as "The Rolls Royce of compilations". 2011 saw
49-505: Was re-launched by Piccioni and administered by Defected Records . In 2012, the label was sold to Defected Records. Releases included the Choice series. The Azuli Records label was the UK's longest-running house label, releasing a total of 278 singles on Azuli Label and over 60 albums.Dave Piccioni, a DJ who had lived in New York's formative house community, began by selling 12" singles from
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