Edel

About

Edel is an independent media group based in Hamburg, registered as Edel SE & Co. KGaA (HRB 155929, Hamburg).^[1] Michael Haentjes founded it in 1986 as a mail-order business for film music; it listed on the Neuer Markt as edel music AG in 1998, a name it carried until 2007.^[2][3] The group runs record labels and book publishers, and makes CDs, DVDs and vinyl at its subsidiary optimal media in Röbel/Müritz.^[2][4]

Referenced by

• Inferred: Brand owner at point of sale for Macaco – Rumbo submarino (CD) derived
  Edel Records is the Edel group's multinational label; the group was edel music AG at release
• Inferred: Registered GS1 prefix used by Macaco – Rumbo submarino (CD) derived
  Prefix 402 (GS1 Germany); no source names the registrant. Edel's German parent is the prefix-country company of the record company and the disc was made in Germany
• Imprint of Edel Records sourced
  Discogs gives edel music & entertainment GmbH as parent label, itself part of Edel SE & Co. KGaA
• Owns Edel Spain sourced
  Discogs: Spanish subdivision of Edel Music Germany, parent edel music AG; current status not researched
• Owns Optimal Media verified
  Edel's own site calls optimal media 'our subsidiary'; also stated by Wikipedia

Also known as

• Edel SE & Co. KGaA
• edel music AG 1998-08-19–2007-06-29
• edel Gesellschaft für Produktmarketing mbH 1986–1992

References

1. ↑ LEI record: Edel SE & Co. KGaA GLEIF. registry. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 391200WD1VDASNHUMJ23. CC0.
2. ↑ Edel SE & Co. KGaA Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-13. Lead; History. CC BY-SA 4.0.
3. ↑ edel music AG Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 64953.
4. ↑ About us Edel SE & Co. KGaA. manufacturer. Accessed 2026-09-13. optimal media.