Strut Records

1999-2003: Strut was one of the UK's leading record labels dedicated to unearthing the lost gems of dance music past, covering music from hard funk, underground disco, original breaks and Nigerian Afrobeat to old skool hip hop and forgotten music library classics.

Set up in 1999 to document important areas of dance music's history, Strut's releases cut no corners, bringing together killer dancefloor tracks as well as giving a full context to the music, telling the story of the characters behind the tunes, the clubs and the scene of the time. The albums are mastered from original tapes wherever possible and feature extensive sleevenotes, researched and written by respected journalists, rare photographs and memorabilia.

Strut was reactivated in 2008 and is now part of the !K7 label group.

Acquired and re-launched in January 2008, Strut has a found a natural home at !K7.

From 1999-2003, the label became renowned for its uncompromising high quality packages documenting landmarks in the history of dance music from Italo Disco, Calypso, Afro Beat and beyond, all A&R'd by original Strut founder, Quinton Scott.

Since 2008 Strut has been developing further bringing a new artist studio collaboration series Information Inspiration. The series brings together current artists and producers with their musical heroes for a mouth-watering one-off collaboration recorded in an intense week long studio session. Bringing together pairs of artists and producers that might have never crossed paths, such as - Amp Fiddler with Sly & Robbie, Horace Andy with Ashley Beedle, and Mulatu Astatke with the Heliocentrics.

And in 2009 Strut has presented the first studio album in 20 years from legendary Hip Hop pioneer - Grandmaster Flash. An album that bridges concepts, cultures and times under one roof, a love for music – one thing that you can always expect from Strut.