Editing Deconstruction Records

{{Short description|British record label}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
{{Infobox record label
| name        = Deconstruction Records
| image_name  = Deconstruction logo.JPG
| parent      = {{hlist|[[Sony Music]]|[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]] <small>(former)</small>}}
| founded     = 1987
| founder     = Pete Hadfield, Keith Blackhurst, [[Mike Pickering]]
| country     = [[England]]
| location    = [[London]]
| url         = 
}}

'''Deconstruction Records''' is a British [[record label]] founded in 1987 by Pete Hadfield and Keith Blackhurst,<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|page=116}}</ref> together with [[Mike Pickering]] of [[M People]].<ref name=billboard/><ref>{{cite news|author=Paul Lester |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/aug/03/new-band-kenneth-bager |title=Kenneth Bager (No 1,077) &#124; Music &#124; guardian.co.uk |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date= 3 August 2011|access-date=2013-03-01 |location=London}}</ref> According to ''[[DJ Magazine]]'' it is "best remembered for marrying underground credibility and diversity with an open-minded attitude towards pop".<ref name=djmag/>

==Artists==
[[File:Kylie Minogue Cropped Sliver Spoon Awards 2012.jpg|thumb|upright|125px|alt=Kylie Minogue in 2008|Kylie Minogue]]
It initially specialised in house anthems such as K Klass's "Rhythm Is a Mystery" and Bassheads' "Is There Anybody Out There?", as well as M People's output, but also had a record in promoting underground dance acts such as [[Dave Clarke (techno DJ)|Dave Clarke]].<ref name=djmag/> Hits included [[Robert Miles]]' UK No. 2 hit "Children",<ref name=djmag/> [[Felix (musician)|Felix]]'s twice UK top ten hit "[[Don't You Want Me (Felix song)|Don't You Want Me]]"<ref name="Larkin90"/> and Italian techno act [[U.S.U.R.A.]]'s UK No. 7 hit, "Open Your Mind".

It was home to [[Kylie Minogue]] in the mid-late 1990s, when working with [[Saint Etienne (band)|Saint Etienne]], [[Brothers in Rhythm]] (who produced her single "[[Confide in Me]]"), and others.<ref>{{cite news|author=Peter Conrad |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jul/09/popandrock.kylieminogue |title=Peter Conrad on the return of Kylie Minogue &#124; Music &#124; The Observer |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date= 10 July 2006|access-date=2013-03-01 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/table/2009/mar/14/love-1000-songs-everyone-must-hear |title=Love: part one of 1000 songs everyone must hear|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=2009-03-14 |access-date=2013-03-01 |location=London}}</ref>

Among the other artists to record for the company were [[Guru Josh]], [[Black Box (band)|Black Box]], [[M People]], [[Way Out West (duo)|Way Out West]], [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]], [[Jam Machine]]<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25865/jam-machine/ |title =The Jam Machine inside the TOP 75 Single Chart in UK on Discogs|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date= 2018-03-28 }}</ref> and [[Republica]].<ref name=billboard/> It also released recordings by [[Lionrock]], [[Death in Vegas]] and [[Dub Pistols]] through its Concrete Records subsidiary.<ref name=billboard/>

==Commercial history==
Distribution was via label deals with [[Parlophone]], for acts such as [[K-Klass]] and Bassheads,{{citation needed|date=September 2013}} and [[RCA Records]] for everybody else (although M People had a separate deal with [[Epic Records|Epic]] in the United States, but had its primary label attached to their releases Stateside). It was acquired by [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]] in 1993,<ref name="Larkin90"/> and its operations reduced in 1998,{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}} with M People gaining its own M People Records label for the release of its ''Fresco'' album. [[Sony Music]] then acquired BMG's stake in [[Sony BMG Music Entertainment]] in 2008, which led to the closure of both Deconstruction and Concrete.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/sony-relaunch-deconstruction/ |title=Sony relaunches Deconstruction &#124; CMU: Complete Music Update |website=Thecmuwebsite.com |date=2009-07-08 |access-date=2013-03-01}}</ref>

==Orthography==
Deconstruction Records was written a number of ways, including
* '''De Construction Records''' (pre BMG releases)
* '''deConstruction Records'''
* '''Deconstruction Records'''

==2009 re-launch==
Sony and Three Six Zero Group relaunched the label in July 2009, again under Mike Pickering; its first release was [[Sasha (DJ)|Sasha]]'s "Xpander" in August 2009.<ref name=billboard>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/business|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115042729/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/genre/news/e3i16f6b174a96cefa9574cdaab5ee14b33|url-status=dead|title=Billboard Business|website=Billboard.com|archive-date=15 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=djmag>{{cite web |url=http://www.djmag.com/news/detail/1949 |title=Second Coming |website=Djmag.com |date=2009-07-29 |access-date=2013-03-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215064137/http://djmag.com/news/detail/1949 |archive-date=15 December 2010}}</ref> They relaunched some of its back catalogue, and announced some new signings in late 2009, including [[Axwell]], [[Diagram of the Heart]], Retro/Grade and [[Way Out West (duo)|Way Out West]]. In May 2010, it was announced that [[Calvin Harris]] was signed the head of the A&R team at the newly relaunched Deconstruction label.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://completemusicupdate.com/article/calvin-harris-to-be-deconstruction-ar-man/|title=Calvin Harris to be Deconstruction A&R man |website=Completemusicupdate.com|access-date=4 December 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100424053522/http://www.deconstructionrecords.co.uk/home Official site]
*[http://www.discogs.com/label/Deconstruction Discogs entry]

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