Belgian label celebrates 30 years of techno non-conformity

From landmark releases by Aphex Twin and Juan Atkins to giving the likes of Dave Clarke a fighting chance at creative freedom to creating a modernist home for James Blake and Blawan, Ghent’s R&S Records has remained one of the more integral and outspoken survivors of global dance music, reports Digital World. Renaat Vandepapeliere and Sabine Maes turned their undying passion into a success story for status quo-challenging electronic music, balancing cutting-edge talent with a host of industry hotshots to forge one of the more unconventional yet wholeheartedly satisfying agendas to sail the highs and lows of Europe’s club culture. While a hiatus in 2001 may have signalled a potential end to one of the most heralded industry shepherds, R&S’s survival through the shifts and bends of global music culture has seen the now-London-based label propel forward to 2013, its 30th anniversary.