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GHOST IN THE MACHINE PIAS joined Mercury nominee Ghostpoet at Wimbledon Dog Track last week, where the talented young chap signed to Play It Again Sam. We hear the gang tried to win back some of the money spent on the advance – but missed out by a whisker. Close, but no cigar. [L-R]: Pip Newby - PIAS A&R; Martine Alan - Ghostpoet's lawyer; Guillaume Pichois - Kayak Music Management; Ghostpoet; Kenny Gates - co founder and CEO, PIAS Group; Geoff Muncey - GM, PIAS Recordings; Edwin Schroter – PIAS Group MD; and Peter Thompson – MD, PIAS UK.


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SUB POP Founded 1986


Key Artists Soundgarden, Nirvana, Flight Of The Conchords Fleet Foxes, The Shins


Founded by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington, Sub Pop is widely credited with the popularisation of grunge music. The conception of the label can be traced back to a fanzine founded by


Pavitt called Subterranean Pop, which focused on American independent record labels. Pavitt abbrevitated the title to Sub Pop and started alternating issues with compilation tapes of underground rock bands. The first Sub Pop LP came in 1986, a compilation which featured


material from the likes of Sonic Youth, Naked Raygub, Wipers and Scratch Acid. In 1987, prior to becoming a full partner, Poneman provided $20,000 in funding so that it could release Soundgarden’s debut single Hunted Down/Nothing to Say and EP Screaming Life. Quitting their jobs in 1988, Pavitt and Poneman devoted their time to


Sub Pop and released the first single by Mudhoney in August that year. Far more fateful, however, would be the release of Love Buzz in November, the debut single from an Aberdeen, Washington band called Nirvana, who went on to record their first album Bleach with the indie. Sub Pop formed a joint venture with Warner Bros. Records in 1995 and


continued to see success post-millennium with the likes of Fleet Foxes, Flight Of The Conchords and The Shins.


Did you Know? Sub Pop lays claim to two platinum records, Nirvana’s Bleach (left) and the self-titled 2008 album from comedy folk duo Flight Of The Conchords.


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HONEST JOHN This week saw the retirement of popular BRIT School chair of governors John Deacon CBE – and some of the industry’s finest turned out to wish him well. Paul Burger will now take succeed him as chair of governors. The BPI’s Maggie Crowe called Deacon: “My old boss and one of life’s true gentlemen.” [L-R: Standing] Paul Russell, Rupert Perry, Paul Burger, Sir George Martin, John Kennedy, Rob Dickins, John Craig, Fran Nevrkla, Nick Williams, Geoff Taylor, Tony Wadsworth.[L-R: Sitting] Sara John, John Deacon (honouree), Maggie Crowe, Derek Green.


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