INDEPENDENT MUSIC LABEL SPECIALIZED IN DANCE MUSIC


Byte Records was founded by Jean-Paul De Coster in 1988 and is born out of his DJ record store, which he started in 1983. Successful acts of the label are 2 Unlimited, Sash! and Sylver. Throughout the years, the label had several sub-labels like Byte Blue, Byte Progressive, Discomatic and La Belle Noir.

One of the first Byte releases was “Don’t Miss The Party Line” by Jean-Paul De Coster and Peter Neefs as Bizz Nizz. The single was licensed by Cooltempo, a sub-label of Chrysalis (now EMI) and became a top 10 hit in the UK by the end of the 1980s.

Together with producer Phil Wilde, Jean-Paul De Coster formed the producers duo behind famous Eurodance act 2 Unlimited in the beginning of the 1990s. Licenses were giving by Byte to PWL Continental and ZYX Music and the act sold more than 20 million records and 50 million compilations worldwide, giving Byte Records a tremendous boost.