When you look at the history of dance music culture there is one label in particular that has stood at the forefront, R&S Records is that label.

Renaat Vandepapeliere (the R from R&S) has played a massive part in shaping dance music as we know it, As the founder of R&S, Renaat was one of the first to welcome techno when it came from America to Europe in the 1980s, giving a young Derrick May and Joey Beltram a chance at producing and releasing records in Europe. R&S aimed to preserve the true soul in those recordings and not water it down to meet the expectations of European audiences. Soon the label was pushing the innovative new sounds of Aphex Twin, Paula Temple, Jaydee, C.J Bolland, The Source Experience/Robert Leiner, System 7, Dave Angel, Ken Ishii and Model 500/Juan Atkins all who went on to become legends in their own right.