| DEP International Ltd. | |
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| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 1980 (1980) |
| Founder | UB40 |
| Defunct | April 2008 (2008-04) |
| Distributor | Virgin Records A&M Records |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Location | Digbeth,Birmingham |
Dep International was a Britishrecord label founded in 1980 by members of British groupUB40.[1] It specialised inreggae anddub music. The label went intoadministration in October 2006 and intoinsolvent liquidation in April 2008.[2][3]It was based in DEP International Studios inDigbeth,Birmingham.
DEP International was formed in 1980 by members of UB40 to keep control over their record output and to release tracks by other artists. A worldwide distribution deal was struck withVirgin Records in 1982.[4] It was the first label to release adub album;Present Arms in Dub, which appeared in the British pop charts. They also had the first commercial application of a British method of mass-producing holograms with the limited edition version ofUB44 having ahologram covering the record sleeve.[5] Although the label was wound-up in 2007, in 2011 five founder members of the group and directors of the label, hadbankruptcy proceedings started against them relating to debts of the record label.[6] The five named were Robin Campbell, Brian Travers,Terence Wilson, Norman Hassan and James Brown.[7]
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