Never Say Die Records
defunct record label based in London, United Kingdom (2009—2022)
Never Say Die Records is a British electronic music record label well-known for releasing bass music, dubstep, and trap music records The label is home to artists such as Dodge & Fuski, Dr. Ozi, Eptic, Habstrakt, Kompany, Megalodon, LAXX, Spag Heddy, Must Die!, Trampa, and Zomboy.
History
Never Say Die was founded and incorporated as a limited company (LTD) in London on 17 July 2009 by two dubstep artists: Thomas Petais (aka SKisM) and Nicholas "Mobscene" Sadler. Petais founded Never Say Die because he "wanted to continue making bass music and working in the industry" due to the decline of the breaks scene; a scene he used to be in. On 7 December 2009, Never Say Die released its very first single, with remixes from other artists, called Ruffneck 09 by Ctrl-Z & The Freestylers with vocals from Reggae artist Navigator.
The name "Never Say Die" is a reference to a quote "Goonies Never Say Die" from the 1985 film called The Goonies. Petais owned merchandise from the film, and selected the name for the label because of that fact.
In February 2013, Never Say Die launched its very first sublabel called No Tomorrow Recordings as "a new platform for artists wanting to reach out to other genres [outside of Never Say Die's primary genres] like electro, trap and much more".
On 6 May 2013 the label collaborated with electronic music news outlet Your EDM to set up a launch party to celebrate the release of Eptic's Mastermind EP.
In April 2014, the label won Best Label from The Bass Music Awards (BMA).
Never Say Die moved its headquarters twice: first from London to Birmingham, England in 2016 and, finally to its current location, from Birmingham to Clacton-on-Sea, England in 2021.
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