Narada is a record label formed 1983 as an independent New Age music label. Now a fully-owned subsidiary of EMI, Narada evolved through an expansion of formats to include music from other styles including world music, jazz, Celtic music, new flamenco, acoustic guitar and piano genre releases. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Narada created several sub-label imprints to differentiate their offerings in the marketplace, in particular: Sona Ga...
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Narada is a record label formed 1983 as an independent New Age music label. Now a fully-owned subsidiary of EMI, Narada evolved through an expansion of formats to include music from other styles including world music, jazz, Celtic music, new flamenco, acoustic guitar and piano genre releases. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Narada created several sub-label imprints to differentiate their offerings in the marketplace, in particular: Sona Gaia, Antiquity Records, Rising Sun Records, Narada World, Narada Jazz, and Narada Mystique. In 1997 (see 1997 in music), along with its affiliated companies, Narada was purchased by EMI and put under the fold of Virgin Records.
Since the acquisition, Narada has become the principal US licensee for Peter Gabriel's Real World Records, the various sub-labels of Narada have been retired and their albums folded into the company's main imprint "Narada." Higher Octave, also acquired by EMI in 1997 was absorbed into Narada in 2004 as a sub-label...
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