Hed Kandi

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Hed Kandi

Type	Public
Founded	1999
Headquarters	London, England, UK
Industry	Music
Products	Dance Music CDs, Events, Lifestyle
Website	www.hedkandi.com

Hed Kandi is a UK-based record label and a music brand which was established in 1999 by Mark Doyle, specialising in commercial house music. Hed Kandi's catalogue includes both artist albums and various genres of club compilations.

The name is a modified spelling of "head candy", reminiscent of the expression eye candy.

In January 2006, Hed Kandi Records was acquired by the UK record company Ministry of Sound for an undisclosed sum^[1]. Since then, Mark Doyle and his team created a new record label, Fierce Angel. The leadership of Hed Kandi was taken over by Dan Baxter, who had previously worked for the label/brand when it was owned by UK media company, the Guardian Media Group. As of 2009 the Hed Kandi brand, together with Ministry of Sound, belongs to the MSHK Group.^[2]

In March 2007, Hed Kandi opened a Beach Bar in Egypt's Red Sea coastline resort of Hurghada city^[3]. This added to their portfolio by branching in to venues.

The Hed Kandi label has branched out extensively since its debut in 1999 and now includes a clothing and fragrance franchise. It has also partnered with Monarch Airlines to offer flights to Ibiza under the FlyKandi brand, created by the Hed Kandi team.

Hed Kandi has its own customised content channel on Audiotube.

Contents 1 History of the Hed Kandi Series 1.1 Back To Love 1.2 Beach House 1.3 Deeper 1.4 Destroy The Disco 1.5 Disco Heaven 1.6 Disco Kandi 1.7 Hed Kandi The Mix 1.8 Kandi Lounge 1.9 Nu Disco 1.10 Nu Cool 1.11 Pure Kandi 1.12 Serve Chilled 1.13 Stereo Sushi 1.14 Twisted Disco 1.15 Winter Chill 1.16 World Series 2 Artwork 3 Sub-Labels 4 References 5 External links

History of the Hed Kandi Series

This is the complete listing of available compilation series as taken from the Hed Kandi catalogue.

Back To Love

• Back to Love (1999)
• Back To Love 2 (2000)
• Back To Love 3 (2001)
• Back To Love 03.02 (2002)
• Back To Love 03.03 (2003)
• Back To Love 03.04 (2004)
• Back To Love 03.05 (2005)
• Back To Love (2006)
• Back To Love (2007)
• Back To Love: The Mix (2008)

Beach House

• Beach House (2000)
• Beach House 2 (2001)
• Beach House 04.02 (2002)
• Beach House 04.03 (2003)
• Beach House 04.04 (2004)
• Beach House 04.05 (2005)
• Beach House (2006)
• Beach House (2007)
• Beach House (2008) (Australia)
• Beach House (2008) (USA)
• Beach House (2008)
• Beach House (2009)

Deeper

• Deeper (2001)
• Deeper 01.02 (2002)

(now Twisted Disco)

Destroy The Disco

• Destroy The Disco (HEDK094)(2009)

Disco Heaven

• Disco Heaven 02.02 (2002)
• Disco Heaven 02.03 (2003)
• Disco Heaven 01.04 (2004)
• Disco Heaven 01.05 (2005)
• Disco Heaven (2006)
• Disco Heaven (2007)
• Disco Heaven (2008) (Australia)
• Disco Heaven (2008)
• Disco Heaven (2009)

Disco Kandi

• Disco Kandi (2000)
• Disco Kandi 2 (2000)
• Disco Kandi 3 (2001)
• Disco Kandi 4 (2001)
• Disco Kandi 5 (2001)
• Disco Kandi 05.02 (2002)
• Disco Kandi 05.03 (2003)
• Disco Kandi 05.04 (2004)
• Disco Kandi (2005)
• Disco Kandi (2006)
• Disco Kandi The Mix (2007)
• Disco Kandi USA(2009)

Hed Kandi The Mix

• The Mix: Summer 2004 (2004)
• The Mix: Winter 2004 (2004)
• The Mix: 50 (2005)
• The Mix: 2006 (2005)
• The Mix: Summer 2006 (2006)
• Hed Kandi Classics (2006)
• The Mix: Spring 2007
• The Mix: Summer 2007 (2007)
• The Mix: 2008 (2007)
• The Mix: Summer 2008 (2008)
• The Mix: USA 2009 (2008)
• The Mix: 2009 (2008)
• The Mix: 2009 (2008) (Australia)
• The Mix: Spring 2009 (2009)
• The Mix: Summer 2009 (2009)

Kandi Lounge

• Kandi Lounge (2008)
• Kandi Lounge (2009)

Nu Disco

• Nu Disco (2009)
• Nu Disco (2010)

Nu Cool

• Nu Cool (1998)
• Nu Cool 2 (1999)
• Nu Cool 3 (1999)
• Nu Cool 4 (2000)
• Nu Cool (2006)
• Nu Cool (2007)

(now Kandi Lounge)

Pure Kandi

• Pure Kandi (2009)

Serve Chilled

• Serve Chilled 1 (1999)
• Serve Chilled 2 (2000)
• Serve Chilled 3 (2001)
• Serve Chilled (2006)
• Serve Chilled (2007)
• Serve Chilled (2008)
• Serve Chilled (2008) - USA
• Serve Chilled (2009) - USA

Stereo Sushi

• Stereo Sushi (2002)
• Stereo Sushi 2 (2002)
• Stereo Sushi 3 (2002)
• Stereo Sushi v. Futomaki (2003)
• Stereo Sushi v. Wasabi (2003)
• Stereo Sushi v. Sake (2004)
• Stereo Sushi Teriyaki (2005)
• Stereo Sushi 8 (2006)
• Stereo Sushi Sashimi (2006)
• Stereo Sushi 10 (2007)
• Stereo Sushi 11 (2007)
• Stereo Sushi 12 (2008)
• Stereo Sushi 13 (2008)
• Stereo Sushi 14 (2008)

Whatever happened to these fantastic Stereo Sushi releases in 2009???

Twisted Disco

• Twisted Disco (2003)
• Twisted Disco 03.04 (2004)
• Twisted Disco 02.05 (2005)
• Twisted Disco (2006)
• Twisted Disco (2007)
• Twisted Disco (2008)
• Twisted Disco (2009)

(formerly Deeper)

Winter Chill

• Winter Chill (1999)
• Winter Chill 2 (2000)
• Winter Chill 3 (2001)
• Winter Chill 06.02 (2002)
• Winter Chill 06.03 (2003)
• Winter Chill 06.04 (2005)

World Series

• The World Series U.K. Mix 1 (2003)
• World Series 2 (2004)
• World Series 3 (2004)
• World Series Live: Paris (2006)
• World Series Live : San Francisco (2008)
• World Series: Ibiza (2008)
• World Series: Brazil (2009)

Artwork

Much of the cover artwork for the Hed Kandi records has been designed by the illustrator Jason Brooks. However, some 2006 and 2007 Hed Kandi releases do not have Brooks' cover artwork, since Brooks also left Hed Kandi together with Mark Doyle after Ministry of Sound took over.^{[citation needed]} Brooks eventually returned to Hed Kandi.^{[citation needed]}

Sub-Labels

• Acid Lounge

• Taste Of

Hed Kandi : Hed Kandi Presents A Taste Of Kandi Summer 2008

Hed Kandi : A Taste of Winter 2008

Hed Kandi : A Taste of Winter 2009

Hed Kandi : Winter Sampler 2010 / A Taste of Winter 2010

Hed Kandi : Hed Kandi Presents A Taste Of Kandi Summer 2009

• Base Ibiza

Base Ibiza: Base Bar

Base Ibiza: 2002

Base Ibiza: 2003

Base Ibiza: 2004

• Stereo Sushi

Stereo Sushi: Stereo Sushi Vol.1

Stereo Sushi: Stereo Sushi Vol.2

Stereo Sushi: Stereo Sushi Vol.3

Stereo Sushi : Stereo Sushi Vs. Futomaki

Stereo Sushi : Stereo Sushi Vs. Wasabi

Stereo Sushi : Stereo Sushi Vs. Sake

Stereo Sushi : Stereo Sushi Vs. Teriyaki

Stereo Sushi : Stereo Sushi Vol.8

Stereo Sushi: Stereo Sushi Sashimi

Stereo Sushi: Stereo Sushi Vol.10

Stereo Sushi: Stereo Sushi Vol.11

Stereo Sushi: Stereo Sushi Vol.12

Stereo Sushi: Stereo Sushi Vol.13

Stereo Sushi: Stereo Sushi Vol.14

• Es Vive Ibiza

Es Vive Ibiza

Es Vive Ibiza: 2003

Es Vive Ibiza: 2004

Es Vive/Base bar Ibiza: 2005

Es Vive Ibiza/Ibiza Base Bar 2006

Es Vive Ibiza/Ibiza Base Bar 2007

References

External links

• Hed Kandi Official Website
• Hed Kandi MySpace
• Hed Kandi Beach Bar
• Hed Kandi Records at Discogs.com