intended for major label distribution. Enigma also released film soundtracks including The Terminator and River's Edge. Enigma released a compilation album, Enigma Variations, with various artists. Enigma had a joint venture with Mute Records and released certain Mute titles in the United States. Sonic Youth's landmark 1988 album Daydream Nation was originally released on Enigma Records, in association with Blast First Records. Enigma was formally acquired by Capitol/EMI in 1989. Some of its catalog and operations were merged into the still independent Restless Records in 1991. Enigma's Canadian division was closed in 1992 and was reorganized into FRE Records before shuttering in 1999, after which its back catalogs was sold to DROG Records. The Enigma catalog is controlled by Capitol Music Group, owned by Universal Music Group which acquired Capitol's former parent EMI and the majority of its recorded music operations in 2012. Disney Music Group's Hollywood Records, distributed by UMG, handles the reissues of Stryper's Enigma albums. The catalog of Devo's albums and Enigma titles that were merged into Restless is owned by Warner Music Group, which acquired Restless's previous parent Rykodisc in 2006, and distributed by the Alternative Distribution Alliance. Artists 7 Seconds 20/20 45 Grave Agent Orange Bardeux Barren Cross Battalion of Saints Berlin David Cassidy Casteel Celtic Frost Channel 3 Close Lobsters The Cramps Dead Milkmen Death Angel The Descendents Devo The Dickies Don Dixon The Effigies Roky Erickson Fear The Fibonaccis Game Theory Get Smart! GG Allin Girlschool Great White Green on Red Guardian Peter Hammill Allan Holdsworth Hurricane Hüsker Dü Jon and the Nightriders Steve Kilbey Lȧȧz Rockit Laibach The Leaving Trains Lizzy Borden The Minutemen Ronnie Montrose Mojo Nixon Mötley Crüe Motörhead Bill Nelson Obsession Pere Ubu Plan 9 Plasticland Poison Chris Poland Rain Parade Ratt Red Flag Red Hot Chili Peppers Redd Kross The Residents Sacred Reich Greg Sage Skid Roper Saxon Screamin' Sirens Shooting Star Slayer The Smithereens Sonic Youth Al Stewart Stryper Tex and the Horseheads They Might Be Giants Thor Tom Peterson and Another Language T.S.O.L. The U-Krew Untouchables The Vandals Ben Vaughn Vinnie Vincent Invasion Voivod Wall of Voodoo Wednesday Week Wild Dogs Ike Willis Wire XYZ Znowhite See also List of record labels References Alternative rock record labels Classical music record labels Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles Defunct record labels of the United States Rock record labels EMI 1980 establishments in California 1991 disestablishments in