R & S Records represents the initials of Renaat Vandepapeliere & Sabine Maes, the couple that created this label.
The label was first named as Milos Music Belgium but just one record was released on this label.
Still independent and currently managed from London by Renaat & Sabine, label manager Andy Whittaker.
Name variations as found on this profile:
- R & S Records
- R&S Records
- R&S Records - Belgium
- R+S Records
[A bug in the early iterations of the database prevented entering the label name as R&S Records. Although the bug has since been fixed, and although the name without spaces around the ampersand has always been preferred, it is currently not possible to rename a label once created. Therefore for the time being the spaces around the ampersand must remain.
CJ Bolland a british guy born in UK but moved to Belguim when he was 3 really was a main influence of the early Belguim techno scene 89 ish. The Project,Space 3001,Sonic Solution etc etc
You don't hear much from Sabine Maes these daze? Public Relation Eighty-Eight . I can see this court case, either way, will be a minefield of 'sound on sound' . . . Which way I am not sure ;) Subjectivity?
One of the greatest if not "the" only belgian labels that has ever existed along with Music Man Records .
R & S is pure joy for the ears have great memorable tunes that everyone should recognize . I agree 1989-1995 were the golden years of this label but yeah thats maybe because i'm nostalgic ....like who isn't lol
Anyway R & S surpas easily the garbage label Bonzaï that is overrated .
Classic Record Label,Always has been, always will be. Everyone of us will have at least a few R&S tracks in their collection, id put money on it. Other than that id agree with everything spl3nd1d said. 1988-1991 sublime times for this vintage label. The rest as they say is HISTORY.
R&S Records was (and to be honest still is) one of THOSE labels.
If you are are an oldskool fan or a true lover of electronic music, then I think I can't tell you anything new here.
BUT, If you accidentally got here, because of, say, you've just discovered Vamp / DJ Hell / 4th Sign / Plastic Dreams / Aphex Twin / Ken Ishii etc. (this list would go on pretty much forever), and google came up with discogs, then DO NOT LEAVE THIS PAGE. Take a break, relax, and start exploring the history book of electronic music - aka R&S Records. You won't regret it.
This "demigod" label had outstanding output in the '90s - those who deny / cannot acknowledge this can not be taken seriously in terms of electronic music (though I've never seen anyone hating this label - for a reason I guess).
Assuming you don't have time for stuff like this, I suggest buying at least "In Order To Dance". It's not even music, it's a higher level - no BS here, most of today's music feel #@!$&#> redundant compared to this. On the other hand, R&S these days is not what it was back then, but don't let this disappoint you, even this "average R&S" is incredible sometimes.
R&S records repressed a lot of their catalogue during the '90's. Somehow that's not mentioned here on discogs. Like the 4th sign and My definition of house music from DJ Hell for example. I bought those somewhere between '94 and '96 with the vintage sticker on the sleeve and slightly different label artwork and/or minor changes in sleeve artwork. The 2006 represses seem to have the mention of discopress which is not on de mid '90's represses.
808-MAN
March 6, 2021