Locomotive Music

Locomotive Music, also known as Locomotive Records, is documented as an independent record label based in Spain. The supplied reference material does not provide a founding date, founder, original corporate entity, headquarters city, or detailed chronology of the label’s formation. As a result, its early institutional history cannot be reconstructed reliably from the available sources. The label is associated with a broad specialist catalogue centered on rock and heavy metal. Its documented artists include major Spanish names such as Barón Rojo, Hamlet, Los Suaves, Mägo de Oz, Sex Museum, Stepa, and Tierra Santa. The roster also contains international acts from several parts of the metal and hard-rock world, including Adagio, Alogia, Anubis Gate, Astral Doors, Before the Dawn, Benedictum, Blood Stain Child, Crystallion, The Diamond Dogs, Doro, Elegy, Eminence, Figure Of Six, Grave Digger, Grenouer, Lanfear, Maeder, Medication, Prong, Randy Piper's Animal, Spider Rockets, Stormlord, Stryper, and Wuthering Heights. Taken together, these associations portray Locomotive Music as a specialist label whose identity was built around artist-led rock and metal releases rather than a general-market music portfolio. The catalogue spans multiple related styles, including traditional heavy metal, hard rock, progressive and power metal, gothic and extreme metal, and alternative or experimental guitar music. The Spanish component of the roster is particularly important to the label’s identity, while the international signings show an effort to operate beyond a purely domestic market. The available material does not specify the label’s distribution arrangements, recording facilities, imprints, release volumes, or commercial performance. The most clearly documented later development occurred on 25 February 2019, when One Media iP acquired the Locomotive Music music catalogue. This event shifted the documented focus from the label as an active release platform to the ownership and exploitation of its historical recorded-music assets. The source identifies the acquired subject as the music catalogue, not necessarily the Locomotive Music name, staff, corporate vehicle, or any ongoing label operations. It is therefore not possible to conclude from the acquisition alone whether the brand continued independently, became dormant, or was fully integrated into another business. No supplied source identifies current executives, a present-day headquarters, a current website, new campaigns, later releases, or a formal closure. Locomotive Music’s present status is consequently recorded as unknown. Its historical importance rests on the breadth of its Spanish and international rock and metal catalogue and on the subsequent transfer of that catalogue to One Media iP.

• 2019

  Catalogue acquired by One Media iP

  [1]Locomotive Musicen.wikipedia.org

  One Media iP acquired the Locomotive Music music catalogue on 25 February 2019. The available reference does not clarify whether the transaction included the label brand or operating company.

An independent Spanish record-label brand focused on rock, heavy metal, and related specialist guitar-music genres.

• Recorded music catalogue

  Locomotive Music recorded-music catalogue

  The label’s principal offering was a catalogue of rock, hard-rock, and heavy-metal recordings. The documented roster includes Spanish acts such as Barón Rojo, Hamlet, Los Suaves, Mägo de Oz, Sex Museum, Stepa, and Tierra Santa, as well as international artists including Doro, Grave Digger, Prong, Stryper, and Anubis Gate. The catalogue was acquired by One Media iP in 2019.

• 2019

  Transfer of the Locomotive Music catalogueM&A

  Background

  The label had accumulated a specialist rock and heavy-metal recorded-music catalogue featuring Spanish and international artists.

  Action taken

  One Media iP acquired the Locomotive Music music catalogue on 25 February 2019.

  Aftermath

  The transaction placed the documented catalogue under One Media iP’s ownership or control. The available source does not state whether Locomotive Music continued as a standalone label or whether the brand and operating company were included.

  Source

1. 1Locomotive Musicen.wikipedia.org