Former Ministry Of Sound and RCA boss David Dollimore is returning to dance music with the launch of new label Disorder Records, in partnership with Universal Music’s Geffen Records. The new company has also partnered with Manchester’s Warehouse Project to launch WHP Records.
“Disorder will be an incubator for the future of dance music and redefine the landscape as we see it”, says Dollimore. “This label will be a portal to the underground club world, distilling future trends for mass consumption”.
“We will be leading a generation forging alternative routes to the top, outside the confines of dated traditional structures”, he goes on. “The Disorder artist will resonate in fashion, culture, lifestyle and entertainment, across multiple platforms, forming a new gen of future visionaries within the field”.
Geffen President Tom March adds: “At Geffen we are always looking to partner with our industry's most successful and innovative entrepreneurs. I couldn’t be more excited to partner with David as he heads back to what I consider him to be the best in the world at - signing and A&R-ing dance music. Between us, we have worked with many of the great names in the last 20 years of electronic music. I am so happy to be joining forces with him now”.
Starting out as an intern at Ministry Of Sound, Dollimore rose up the ranks to head up the label, working with artists including Eric Prydz, Duke Dumont, Axwell, Benny Benassi, MK and Avicii.
He then oversaw the label’s sale to Sony Music UK in 2016, after which he was named President of RCA Label Group. He left RCA earlier this year, replaced by new co-Presidents Stacey Tang and Glyn Aikins.