MULTITONE
RECORDS
Independent label: Multitone
Records, originally Savera Investments, was a British record label founded by
Pran Gohil in 1978. Pran was formerly Regional Head of Polygram, Asia Pacific
based in the Netherlands and also Executive Chairman of Spartan Records, London.
Multitone Records specialized in bhangra style music. The style itself was
commercialized by Multitone Records, which is considered to be the pioneer of
British Bhangra and the label grew to become the "largest Asian record label in
the world" during its lifetime under Managing Director Jitesh Gohil. In 1992,
the company entered into a joint venture with BMG in order to spread its label
throughout Europe and internationally. Multitone's artists formed the "who's
who" of the British bhangra scene including The Safri Boyz, DCS, XLNC, Sasha,
Amar, Apna Sangeet, Alaap, Chirag Pehchan and many more. A number of Multitone's
records entered the UK and International charts including "People of the world"
by Sasha, "Take me higher" by Bindushri and "Tu hai mera sanam" by Amar.
Multitone's music also entered the market on the Indian subcontinent with hits
like "Patel rap" by Bali, and hits of Abba in Hindi by Salma and Sabina Agha.The
company began distribution in the United States on 27 June 1994 through M.S.
Distributing Co. Paul Bernard was appointed as the US representative of the
company. The US debut featured albums by Pammi and XLNC. Following the buyout of
BMG by Sony Music in 2008, the label became one of the subsidiaries of Sony
Music Entertainment UK Holdings Ltd. where it was listed "dormant". Multi tone
Records was acquired by Moviebox Records International Birmingham who revamped
the collection and launched the Bhangra Legends collections and also gave birth
to the Legends Band. Bhangra artists were selling over 30,000 cassettes a week
in the UK, but no artists reached the Top 40 UK Chart despite these artists
outselling popular British ones; most of the Bhangra cassette sales were not
through the large UK record stores, whose sales were those recorded by the
Official UK Charts Company for creating their rankings. Multitone Records
managed three singles. It issued singles in MUL-1000 and BHA-0 numerical
series. Multitone Records Former Address: 12 Redford Way Uxbridge Middlesex. and
Bedford House, 68-79 Fulham High Street London, SW6 3JW. Distributed By Spartan.
81 |
Sheeva |
Japanese
Way |
MULTITONE |
MUL |
1001 |
81 |
Mahendra Kapoor,
Musarrat* |
Boney M & more in Hindi |
MULTITONE |
MUL |
1002 |
81 |
Peter
Moss |
The Indian Connection |
MULTITONE |
MUL |
1003 |

88 |
Dilruba |
Bhangra Attack (Shaal
Mar-Kay) ?(12") |
MULTITONE |
BHA |
1 |
89 |
D.C.S |
D.C.S Rules
Britania |
MULTITONE |
BHA |
2 |
89 |
Bali |
Patel
Rap |
MULTITONE |
7 BHA |
3 |
