10 MusicWeek 02.08.13 DATA DIGEST MUSICIANS UNITED
April 1893, Manchester As the Musicians’ Union celebrates its 120th anniversary in 2013, this black and white still from the organisa- tion’s archives is quite the relic. It shows the MU’s first meeting, led by young clarinettist Joe Williams. Within six months of its establishment the union had 1,000 members and today it boasts over 30,000.
PICTURE OF THE WEEK THETASTEMAKERS
Today’s opinion formers predict tomorrow’s headline acts
JESSICA EDWARDS NOTION Midnight Juggernauts
Memorium (Record Makers)
Memorium is a kaleidoscope dream of electropop and 60s funk, what more could you ask for? The overlapping beat patterns and the retro synth loops in the fore- ground create a refreshing and downright amazing sound that only Midnight Juggernauts could make.
MISTAJAMBBC RADIO 1XTRA Ray Foxx ft. Rachel K Collier
Boom Boom (Heartbeat) (Island Records)
Boom Boom (Heartbeat) was first played on my show back in May and has been building nicely since then. It works aswell on radio as it does in my DJ sets and sounds even better in the sun. Definitely a future classic!
PAUL KERR THE DEVIL HAS THE BEST TUNA Bridie Jackson & The Arbour
Prolong (Debt Records)
This Newcastle quartet’s music is so pure, so beautiful, so natural it somehow slows the world down and makes it seem a much better, calmer place. Their new single Prolong has harmonies so soothing it could single-handedly cure the world of stress. Harmonies this soothing should be available in chemists as well as iTunes.
MATTHEW PARKER TOTAL GUITAR Hawk Eyes
That’s What This Is (In One Ear Industries)
Hawk Eyes’ new EP, That's What This Is, showcases the Leeds rockers’ most refined, clever songwriting yet. Cheap is the pick of the bunch: melodic, groove- laden and thrillingly volatile. Hawk Eyes deserve recognition as one of the UK’s best contemporary heavy bands. Someone make that happen.
SIGNS O’THE TIMES
Spinefarm Records have signed band Decade, who become labelmates of Rammstein and KoRn. The English five-piece previously took the DIY route before sign- ing and are supporting Emily’s Army on tour prior to Tonight Alive later this
year.The release of their debut album, produced by Romesh Dodangoda, is due early 2014. Warner/Chappell Music
has inked a worldwide co-pub- lishing agreement with Def Jam recording artist and song-
writer Logic. He is currently working on his full-length debut album with executive producer No I.D. Imagem Music USA has signed a worldwide, multi-year administration agreement with Counting Crows. The California band gained world- wide popularity after the release of their 1993 debut LP August and Everything After. Twenty years later they have sold more than twenty million albums worldwide and have released five more full- length studio albums.
Artist The Thunderclaps Track Judgement Day (instrumental) Composer D Darch / D Anderson Publisher Touch Tones Music Ltd Client Adidas / TBWA / London Campaign Adidas Basketball: jump with Derrick Rose in London Usage 1 year Online / Events (world) Key execs David Bass (Platinum Rye Entertainment) / Alex Sheridan (Tummytouch)
US Basketball star Derrick Rose is the centre of a new Adidas campaign for a line of trainers branded with his name. The Chicago Bulls player toured Europe last month as part of the wider campaign and stopped off in London where this particular advertisement was made. Hackney was host to the event in question where hundreds of fans
showed up to meet Rose and win a pair of Derrick Rose 3.5s by jumping to grab them off a high-up shelf. David Bass, associate director, Music at Platinum
Rye Entertainment said: “The film is the result of an event TBWA London created for Adidas in Hoxton where kids from the surrounding community can liter- ally jump 10ft for a pair of exclusive
D.Rose basketball trainers. It was important that the music not only sup- ported the action happening on screen but also was relevant to the youth market we’re aiming at.” Tummytouch’s Alex Sheridan commented: “Viral placements have become an increasingly important source of revenue for us at Touch Tones, and we see it as important in terms of not only fees but also expo- sure. This was a great placement for our writers and as ever Platinum Rye were a pleasure to work with.”
The tale behind a standout sync deal in the industry this week… SYNC STORY
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