About recordJet

Our history

The idea that gave birth to recordJet is as simple as it is revolutionary: the democratisation of the music industry. Every artist should have easy and fair access to the same tools as labels and majors, without losing their rights and without having to be tied to a partner for a long time. Complete freedom hand in hand with full support – that was the vision that created recordJet and that we follow to this day. How did this idea come about? More for personal reasons than entrepreneurial ones. Jorin Zschiesche wanted to found a company, but moreover, wanted to make his beloved music and its industry a better and fairer place and to give all artists the same chances of success.

How did that happen? recordJet was founded in 2008 and supported from the very beginning by a handful of trusted third-party partners. The mission was clear; how to achieve it, however, was not. To go from founding a one-person company driven by a love of music, to a functioning distribution website with several employees took a lot of work. Those first few steps were not easy: the start of the company was shaped by hope for the idea and anticipation, but also existential angst, doubts and a lot of work. But the investment was worth it: in the years following its founding, recordJet celebrated its successes – small at first, and then bigger – and laid the foundations of the company we are today.

From 2008 to 2010, the focus was on developing the service and signing contracts with our first few shops and partners. In 2010, the platform went from beta to live – finally! recordJet also founded its own label to enable artists to get label income from neighbouring rights and introduced a special label rate. In the same year, we started offering physical distribution, detailed trends and free charts registration.