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The popular ambient, chill, electronic and instrumental record label Wayfarer Records has become Wayfarer Music Group. This initiative was put in place by the company\u2019s new owners Sean O\u2019Bryan Smith and Dieter Spears marking a commitment to the label\u2019s community-based philosophy while serving its ever-growing roster of top recording artists and composers. Wayfarer will continue its commitment to being a collective of artists running a full-service record label, production company and music library servicing the music, film, television, corporate and gaming communities.\u00a0<\/p>

Wayfarer Records was founded in 2007 by Award-Winning producer, composer and guitarist Dave Luxton. The well-respected Wayfarer Records originally made a name for itself in ambient music with artists such as Luxton, Boreal Taiga, Daren Keck, Jason Blake and more. In 2023, Wayfarer began its restructuring to become an artist community-based entity. With this, they embarked on an aggressive expansion campaign signing a plethora of well-known artists in the genre including ELEON, Ambiente Solstice, Brannan Lane, Byron Metcalf and Grammy Award-Winner Richard Theisen. During this period, Wayfarer also expanded their personnel which led to Smith and Spears both serving as departmental directors.<\/p>

In mid-2024, Luxton decided to step down as CEO of Wayfarer Records as well as relinquish the company to Smith and Spears. As of August 1st<\/sup>, 2024, Wayfarer Records officially became Wayfarer Music Group with Smith now serving as President and Spears as Vice-President plus, members of the artist roster assuming multiple directorial positions.<\/p>

Wayfarer Music Group will continue to service music fans worldwide with their releases as well as increasing efforts on their placement, production and promotional divisions to better serve their artists.<\/p>

For more information on Wayfarer Music Group and our amazing artists please, check out our About and Artists sections.<\/p>

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