isn't this a little too early for april fool's?

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this is a sad day,

i am still finding it hard to comprehend how one of the biggest and most diverse trance labels in the world, if not THE biggest & most diverse, has managed to get to such a situation it has to close down.

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Like everyone else, i'm shocked. Such talented producers on that label too

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Top 5 ATM
1) 16 Bit Lolitas - Nobody Seems To Care
2) Roger Martinez - Kaleidoscopic
3) Ormatie - She Very
4) 16 Bit Lolitas - Murder Weapon
5) Alex Dolby - Cairo

This fuckin sucks!!!!!!!!

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What do you put into your live sets that has made you a dancefloor favorite for the past decade?

"I’m a dance floor favorite? Great! I would say the passion that I feel for the music I buy and the honesty with how I play it. I play the records I love not the ones that simply work. I’ve never taken the easy music option (which would make me a lot more money by the way) but chosen to push people a little. I try to draw people in a new direction slightly and expand their taste a little more than other DJ’s." - Lee Burridge

that's a sad news

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How is it possible for a label to be bankrupt if almost everyone on this board has several of their releases?

THIS SUX!

Bad financial mgt can sink any company. They don't watch their bottom line and release stuff that no one buys. It's a business afterall. Global Underground got into the same problem, unit sales were good but the ppl at the top just spent too much money and they almost went into bankruptcy. I think some labels get far too carried away with releasing and signing things....far too often and they don't make their money back. THen again, most ppl that run labels are not technically business trained people to begin with. Most deejays start their own labels but how many have decent financial mgt skills?. Also I guess they may blame it on mp3's also but if you don't work hard enought to promote and effectively market your music then you will fail. Also I feel that the the labels don't realize that their target market is constantly changing and they need to keep on top of that.

I can't believe this is true!

I had to go to the lightning records website and check for myself... and there it was in black and white.

I am honestly shocked and the label will be sadly missed!

lateRZ,

barryfigiel

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I'm completly fucking gutted.

This is a right shock to me as it to everyone else, I read on their site a few months ago about some rumours about lightning records ending which they dimissed saying the rumours were untrue, but looks like the rumours were true

My fave label too as loads of other ppls.

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Woah, this is bad. Very bad

I think the reason they werent making so much money was that everyone only bought big name stuff such as Airwave, Push, Cape Town, Plastic Boy... but ignored other alises by those 2 producers like Nova, The Lounge, Perfect State, and Tribal Warriors. I hope they re-open under Cyclonus Records or something and have their artists focus on only their popular acts so they cash in.

But anyway that really sucks. One of the best labels ever, really.

R.I.P. Lightning Records