BBC News By Mark Savage image captionThe accusations were made as part of an employment tribunal claim The head of influential dance label R&S Records discriminated against black and female artists, according to a former employee. Label founder Renaat Vandepapeliere dismissed music by some ethnic minority artists as "meaningless" and claimed the history of techno was "very white", said former talent scout Raj Chaudhuri. Chaudhuri is suing R&S for unfair dismissal, citing race discrimination. The label said there was "no truth" to his "spurious" and "damaging" claims. "Mr Renaat Vandepapeliere is certainly not racist and everyone at R&S Records embraces equality," said R&S co-founder Sabine Maes, who is also Mr Vandepapeliere's wife, in a statement.