MFS (label)
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| Founded | 1990 |
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| Country of origin |
 Germany
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| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Official website | www.mfs-berlin.de |
MFS (Masterminded For Success) was an independent electronic dance music label from Berlin, Germany lasting from 1990–2008 (although it has officially never actually folded, it has just stopped releasing music). The label was originally founded by "Deutsche Schallplatten Berlin" the former GDR record company, which made it the very first independent dance music label of East Germany, until the DSB closed down in 1993. After which, Mark Reeder and Torsten Jurk took MFS and carried on, to launch the careers, and release music, by some of electronic dance music's seminal artists.
MFS is consider to be one of the first trance labels, and to be the first to coin the term "trance music", and seen by few as an underground label. Its main focus from the beginning was trance music, but soon started to release different types of electronic genres. MFS has helped start many famous artist with their early careers such as, Paul van Dyk, Harald Blüchel (Cosmic Baby), Mijk van Dijk, Gerret Frerichs (Humate), as well as many others.
In December 1990 after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the ex-Amiga aka Deutschen Schallplatten Berlin (DSB) followed Mark Reeder's suggestion in founding a electronic music record label "Masterminded For Success" as he built good relationships with DSB who he has been officially working for in East Berlin producing an album for Die Vision, while the Berlin Wall was still secure. The name "MFS" was actually taken from the initials of Ministry for State Security(German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, MfS), commonly known as the Stasi in East Germany. The label was run by Mirko Withfield and Mark Reeder, Torsten Jurk and Matt Graver, who shortly after left the label to become the manager of Atari Teenage Riot. After the collapse of Deutsche Schallplatten and the sale to BMG, Mark Reeder and Torsten Jurk secured a bank loan and bought back the rights on the label name and catalogue.
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