Phonag Records AG

Swiss record company Phonag Records AG was founded as Phonag Schallplatten AG in 1960, has been a fixture on the Swiss music market. In the early years, the company distributed not only recording media, but also Atari games consoles (including the Pac-Man game), a series of Arkade compilations, and at a later stage VHS video cassettes. From the word go, Phonag was hugely successful with its own label, Helvetia, which fostered some of the greats of the folk music scene including [a1227200], [a2496066], and Trio Oesch, to name but a few. In time, other long-term partners joined Phonag, including the publisher Globi-Verlag (with the cult series of children's audio books in dialect Globi & Papa Moll). Phonag distributes and markets national labels such as Gadget Records (77 Bombay Street, Lovebugs, [a716989]), Zytglogge ([a287992]), Turicaphon (with evergreens such as 40 Schwyzerörgeli Hits), and also well-known international names from foreign labels such as Skunk Anansie (Edel), [a278940] (Dramatico), [a290771] (Cooking Vinyl), [a11769] (Kontor Records), [a17479] and Tom Waits (Epitaph, Anti-), and Stereophonics (Ignition Records Ltd.). Phonag also has exclusive contracts with an impressive number of Swiss artists such as [a233270] und Francine Jordi, DJ Antoine, Bastian Baker, Remady & Manu-L, Mike Candys or [a4214964]. In 2007, Phonag Records AG was taken over by TBA AG, thereby intensifying and reinforcing the long-term, successful cooperation between the two companies. Phonag remains an independent marketing and rep company under this new ownership.