Magnasound Records

Magnasound
Type	Private
Industry	Music entertainment
Founded	1989
Defunct	2003
Headquarters	Mumbai, India
Key people	Shashi Gopal, chief managing director ; Kalpana Gopal, director; Madhav Das, director

Magnasound was an Indian record company that specialized in Indian classical music, Indian rock and Indipop. It was distributed by OMI Music Inc. Shashi Gopal was the managing director of Magnasound.

History

Shashi Gopal founded Magnasound in 1989 with his wife Kalpana and brother-in-law Madhav Das.^[1] The three launched the company with their life savings, which totaled Rs 6 lakhs.^{[citation needed]} In the early 1990s, the company gained a reputation for signing young artists like Daler Mehndi, Baba Sehgal, and Alisha Chinai, as well as acclaimed rock bands Rock Machine and 13AD^[2]

Established artists such as A. R. Rahman and Asha Bhosle also released albums for the label.^{[citation needed]}

Bayshore

After Magnasound wound up in 2003, Madhav launched another label, Bayshore Music, before he moved to print and edited a film magazine called South Side, for GV Films.^[1]

Discography

This is an incomplete list

Year	Album Title	Artist(s)	Notes/Ref(s)
1990	Dilruba	Baba Sehgal
1991	Alien Desire	Jasmine Bharucha
1992	Thanda Thanda Pani	Baba Sehgal	First Indian rap album ^[3]
1992	The Chronic	Dr. Dre
1993	Johnny Jokers	Shweta Shetty
	Raaga Raaga	K.S. Chithra, Voodoo	First Indian pop album to release in Compact Disc Digital Audio and also first album to enter Compact Disc digital audio in Tamil Nadu and South India region.
	Doggy Style	Snoop Doggy Dogg
1994	Style Bhai	Style Bhai
	Dr. Dhingra	Baba Sehgal
	Bombay Girl	Alisha Chinai
	Mix Masala	Various
1995	The New Album	Shweta Shetty, Shaan
	Made in India	Alisha Chinai	First Indian album to manufactured Compact Disc Digital Audio in India
	Dole Dole	Suchitra Krishnamoorthy	First album to enter Compact disc digital audio in Andhra Pradesh state.
	Bolo Ta Ra Ra	Daler Mehndi	First Punjabi pop album
	Oorja	Various	Remix album
	Roop Inka Mastana	Shaan, Stylebhai, Sagarika, Suchitra Krishnamoorthy, Kaushal	Remix album First album to enter Compact disc digital audio in West Bengal state.
1996	Zubeenor Gaan	Zubeen Garg, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Hema Sardesai	CD issues only
	Naujawan	Shaan, Sagarika	First Indian siblings album
	Oohalu	Suchitra Krishnamoorthy	First Telugu Pop album
	Dardi Rab Rab	Daler Mehndi
	Dum Tara	Suchitra Krishnamoorthy
	Channel Hits	Various	Compilation album
	Colonial Cousins	Colonial Cousins
	Janna Hai Bollywood	Models	First Indian girl band album
1997	Ho Jayengi Bale Bale	Daler Mehndi
	Love-Ology	Shaan	First album to enter Compact Disc Digital Audio in Assam and North-East region.
	Chand Sa Mukhda	Ali Haider
	A-Ha	Suchitra Krishnamoorthy
	Colgate - A Reason to Smile	Various
1998	Deewane To Deewane Hai	Shweta Shetty
	Tu	Sonu Nigam
	Maa	Sagarika
	Tunak Tunak Tun	Daler Mehndi
	Lolipop	Bina Mistry
	The Best of Biddu	Biddu	Compilation album
1999	Hunaru - 99	Zubeen Garg, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Bhitali Das	Bihu album
	Hulle Hullare	Rajeshwari Sachdev
	Mausam	Sonu Nigam
	Sanskar	Sonu Nigam
	Savariya	3 Brothers & A Violin
	Hello	Shael Oswal
2000	Dur	Strings
	Kaisa Hai Ye Jaado	Bela Shende
	Mukhda Piya Ka	Rajeshwari Sachdev
2001	Meri Jaan	Vasundhara Das

Notable artists

References

^ ^a ^b Kamath, Sudhish (28 May 2010). "Voice of the artiste". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
^ Sreekumar, Priya (4 December 2011). "Fusion is my passion, says Sunny Viswanath". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
^ "Baba Sehgal to turn author with debut book 'Thanda Thanda Paani', named after his first commercial album". 4 October 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

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[hindu-1] Kamath, Sudhish (28 May 2010). "Voice of the artiste". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 December 2011.

[2] Sreekumar, Priya (4 December 2011). "Fusion is my passion, says Sunny Viswanath". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2011.

[3] "Baba Sehgal to turn author with debut book 'Thanda Thanda Paani', named after his first commercial album". 4 October 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

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