It all started in 1999 in Poland, when AXIS f.u.h. was
established by Maciej Repetowski and Radoslaw Repetowski
to operate as a multimedia company. At the beginning, the
company was involved mainly in music production and audio
mastering for third parties.
We have created several audio background tracks for
advertisements and we've made a few digital audio
masterings for local Hip-Hop groups. With the absence of
interest form local bussinesses for such a specific
products, in November 1999 we decided to start importing
and selling rare and collector's CDs with electronic
music. At that time, a separate division of our company
(called R & R Records) was created, together with our
internet record store. In 2001, AXIS f.u.h. started
preparations to become a record publisher. Using "R &
R Records" trademark, an independent record label aimed
for electronic music has been created. In December 2001,
first album in our catalogue, RR 0001 CD (Bookovsky -
Analogy), was published and received good reviews.
At the beginnig of 2003, due to conflicts about future of
our record label, the company was divided into AXIS
Records (owned by Maciej Repetowski) and R.A.R.E. Music
(owned by Radoslaw Repetowski). Both of them operated on
separate base, without beeing bussiness partners.
In January 2005, we decided to take an advantage of
Poland becoming a member of European Union and to start a
process of creating an UK based record label. The
transition was completed in October 2005 with permanent
migration to UK and creation of Alpha Centauri record
label. The new label has bought all the remaining stock
from (then dissolved) AXIS Records, in order to maintain
continuity. Most of old AXIS Records releases are still
available in our online shop. In 2006, Alpha Centauri
published their first releases - Electron and Space
Project albums.
In 2010, after a few years of break in publishing
activity, Alpha Centauri is back, stronger than ever and
as always willing to cause quite a stir in the spacesynth
world. The future looks great...