Magnasound Records

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.

Magnasound

Company 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

History

A. R. Rahman receiving a Platinum Award at the MagnaSound Awards

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. 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]

Already established artists like A. R. Rahman and Asha Bhosle also released albums for the label. Magnasound began to concentrate more on classical artists. Carnatic vocalist Bombay Jayashri became its flagship classical artist when she signed with Magnasound in 1994. Magnasound was also one of the first Indian labels to concentrate on music videos, taking advantage of the new MTV India channel.

In 2003, the company was declared bankrupt and was defunct.

Bayshore

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

Discography

This is the incomplete list

Year	Album	Artists	Notes/Ref(s)
1990	Dilruba	Baba Sehgal
1992	Thanda Thanda Pani		First Indian rap album [3]
	The Chronic	Dr. Dre
1993	Johnny Jokers	Shweta Shetty
	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
	Dole Dole	Suchitra Krishnamoorthy
	Bolo Ta Ra Ra	Daler Mehndi
	Oorja	Various	Remix album
	Roop Inka Mastana	Shaan, Stylebhai, Sagarika, Suchitra Krishnamoorthy, Kaushal	Remix album
1996	Zubeenor Gaan	Zubeen Garg, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Hema Sardesai	CD issues only
	Naujawan	Shaan, Sagarika	First Indian siblings album
	Dardi Rab Rab	Daler Mehndi
	Dum Tara	Suchitra Krishnamoorthy
	Channel Hits	Various	Complication album
	Colonial Cousins	Colonial Cousins
	Janna Hai Bollywood	Models
1997	Ho Jayengi Bale Bale	Daler Mehndi
	Love-Ology	Shaan
	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	Complication album
1999	Hunaru - 99	Zubeen Garg, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Bhitali Das	Bihu album
	Hulle Hullare	Rajeshwari Sachdev
	Mausam	Sonu Nigam
	Sanskar
2000	Dur	Strings
	Kaisa Hai Ye Jaado	Bela Shende
	Mukhda Piya Ka	Rajeshwari Sachdev

Notable artists

• A.R. Rahman
• Alisha Chinai
• Baba Sehgal
• Bela Shende
• Bhitali Das
• Bina Mistry
• Bombay Jayashri
• Hema Sardesai
• Jasmine Bharucha
• Kumar Sanu
• Mehnaz Hoosein
• P. Unnikrishnan
• Raageshwari
• Sagarika Mukherjee
• Shantanu Mukherjee
• Shweta Mohan
• Shweta Shetty
• Sonu Nigam
• Suchitra Krishnamoorti
• Suchitra Pillai
• Udit Narayan
• Zubeen Garg