Bitbird
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| Industry | Music industry | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Founders | Sander van Dijck & Thorwald van den Akker | ||||||||||||||||||
| Headquarters | The Hague, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||
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Founders: Sander van Dijck & Thorwald van den Akker, Partner: Budi Voogt | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | bitbirdofficial |
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| YouTube information | |
| Channel | user/bitbirdofficial |
| Years active | 2014-present |
| Genre | Music |
| Subscribers | 16,000 |
| Total views | 700,000 |
| Network | Heroic Recordings |
| Subscriber and view counts updated as of September 25, 2017. | |
Bitbird (stylised as bitbird) is an independent record label and creative company based in The Hague, Netherlands founded by Sander van Dijck in 2014. The label is jointly run by Sander van Dijck's manager Budi Voogt and his longtime friend and associate Thorwald van den Akker, who is also the label's creative director and co-founder. Their goal is to support good, emotional music across the board regardless of genres. They also believe in giving the artist the right support system to allow themselves to fully express themselves creatively. They also want Bitbird to 'be the most fair and honest label there is'.
While Bitbird is known primarily for releasing the electronic dance music subgenre future bass, they have also released a wide variety of genres including classical music, R&B, trap, and electronica.
bitbird is most known for releasing music by artists such as San Holo, DROELOE, Taska Black, Duskus, and BeauDamian.
The label was founded in mid-2014 by childhood friends Sander van Dijck and Thorwald van den Akker. van Dijck stated that one of the reasons for starting the label was because 'no label has ever given me [him] that full creative control I crave.'
On July 30, 2014, they released their first single "The First Route" by Duskus which they redistributed on October 29, 2015.
On July 15, 2016, the label released its first ever compilation album "Gouldian Finch" with lead single "Still Looking" by San Holo. "Still Looking" was released on June 7, 2016 and topped the Hype Machine charts for original releases shortly after its release.
On November 22, 2016, the label released the single "Light" by San Holo which topped the Hype Machine charts shortly after its release. It also debuted on the Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic songs in #38 the tracking week of December 17, 2016 before rising to #26 the following tracking week and breaking into the top 20 the week of December, 31st. "Light" marked the first bitbird and San Holo release to chart on any Billboard charts.
On December 16, 2016 the label hosted their first ever label showcase at Melkweg in Amsterdam headlined by San Holo and Wiwek featuring bitbird artists DROELOE, BeauDamian, and Duskus.
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