Planning and Research - Record Labels

Big Beat Records is an East Coast hip hop and dance-music record label that operates as a subsidiary of Atlantic Records.

Founded as an indie label in 1987 by 22-year-old New York deejay Craig Kallman, the company initially operated out of Kallman's parents' apartment. Atlantic purchased the label outright in 1992.Although the label originally focused on house music, being entrenched in the often cutting-edge New York music scene inevitably led Big Beat to embrace the growing hip hop genre as the 1990s progressed. It also had a sub-label named Turnstyle. In 1998, Kallman was promoted to Vice President of Atlantic.
Big Beat relaunched as Atlantic's dance-oriented imprint in early 2010, with Wynter Gordon, Chromeo, Dj Chuckie, Knife Party, Martin Solveig, Teddybears, Sebastian, Icona Pop and Skrillex on its roster.



OWSLA is a record label owned by Skrillex, Tim Smith, Kathryn Frazier and Clayton Blaha. Skrillex announced the label on 1 August 2011. The label's first release was Porter Robinson's Spitfire.