4 Music Week 15.08.14 NEWS NEWS IN BRIEF
n AIM: London Grammar, Arctic Monkeys and Bonobo are included in the names nominated for awards at the 4th annual AIM Independent Music Awards. The Independent Label of the Year gong will be contested by Because Music, Domino, Fearless Records, Hospital Records, Ninja Tune and Secretly Group. The ceremony takes place on September 2. n ASCAP: The collecting society has appealed a court ruling passed in March that gave Pandora an annual license rate of 1.85% of its revenue. ASCAP has said that the rate given to Pandora is below market value and threatens the future of its members. n SAAVN: Indian music streaming service Saavn has signed licensing deals for Warner Music and EMI catalogues after securing an undisclosed amount of new funding. The agreements add 800,000 tracks to its library, taking it to nearly two million - the service already includes Sony and other Universal catalogue. n BMI: BMI wants to give its members the ability to withdraw their digital rights as part of an effort to modernise the consent decree that binds its publishers. The proposal comes in an outline of a submission that BMI filed to the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice on Wednesday, August 6. n VKONTAKTE: Russian social networking site Vkontakte (VK) is embroiled in a lawsuit over alleged copyright infringement. The website allows users to upload music and videos, but hasn’t yet signed any licensing deals with rights holders. Sony, Universal and Warner are suing for £1m in damages and asking for an order that would require VK to use fingerprinting technology to delete copyrighted works and prevent them from being uploaded again. n RHAPSODY: The company saw its revenues grow 22.3% in the second quarter to $42.4 million but its net loss stood at $4.7 million – an increase from $4.4 million at the same point last year. Rhapsody recorded net losses of $13.6 million in 2011 and $12.2 million in 2012, when revenues stood at $127 million. n PEERMUSIC: Indie publisher Peermusic has promoted both Yvonne Drazan and Julio Bagué at its Latin Division. Drazan will take the role of VP, Latin Division, West Coast while Julio Bagué becomes VP, Latin Division, East Coast and Puerto Rico.
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1983 Management is celebrating the chart success of its debut
ADMIN AGREEMENT COVERS LABELS ANJUNABEATS AND ANJUNADEEP Involved Publishing signs with Kobalt
PUBLISHING n BY RHIAN JONES
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nvolved Publishing has signed an exclusive worldwide deal with Kobalt for the administration of its dance music catalogue. Co-owned by electronic trio
Above & Beyond, Involved is the publishing arm of dance labels Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep. The company controls songs from writers including Above & Beyond, Mat Zo, Dusky, Andrew Bayer, Arty, and Audien. The partnership will allow Involved to strengthen its collection and administration resources. As part of the deal, Kobalt’s global sync licensing and creative teams will seek out new opportunities for Involved’s writers, as well as exploit the catalogue for use in film, TV advertising and other media. Discussing the deal, Kobalt’s Dominique Keegan and Benjamin Groff said: “We are very excited to be working with Involved Publishing. We have been fans of the Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep labels since their beginnings and the whole team at Kobalt are very much looking forward to working with all the great artists, writers and producers at Involved.” CEO of Involved Publishing
James Grant (pictured) said: “The exciting thing about Kobalt is their global reach and the fact that there are genuine fans of what we do in each of their major offices worldwide. “There are unprecedented
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“We have been fans of the Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep labels since their beginnings. The whole team at Kobalt are very much looking forward to working with all the great artists, writers and producers at Involved Publishing” DOMINIQUE KEEGAN AND BENJAMIN GROFF, KOBALT
opportunities for dance music globally and our catalogue has never been more relevant, so it was the right time to bolster our publishing infrastructure and our offering to writers. “We want to continue to
use our grassroots A&R reach to identify and work with the cutting edge talents and future
stars of our genre, but also be in the frame when more established writers are seeking deals. “The Kobalt partnership
gives us a global infrastructure overnight and, with our combined teams, means we can offer first class collection, creative collaboration and sync opportunities - and ultimately be
a great home for the best dance music writers.” Made up of Paavo Siljamäki,
Tony McGuinness and Jono Grant, Above & Beyond recently announced a sold out show at Madison Square Garden. They are currently promoting Blue Sky Action, the lead single from their new artist album, due out 2015. The Anjunadeep imprint recently inked a deal with Ministry of Sound for the joint release of Lane 8, featuring Bipolar Shine’s I Got What You Need (Every Night) and will release the sixth instalment of its annual Anjunadeep compilation series in September.
Lillingston’s new venture scores Top 10 album
artist campaign, Charlie Simpson’s Long Road Home The company, founded less
than a year ago, earned the highest new entry in the UK Album Chart on Sunday at No.10 and landed at No.1 on the Independent Album Chart. “Charlie is a phenomenal
artist and richly deserving of yet another chart success,” says 1983 founder Tristan Lillingston. “Credit is due to the teams at Warner/ADA and Sandbag for galvanising Charlie’s fanbase
with a fantastic in-store promo schedule and a first-rate D2C campaign.” Simpson is signed to NUA Entertainment, an artist partnership company set up by city investor Neil Utley. He is co-managed by Lillinston, as well as Craig Jennings (Raw Power). This is his second Top 10 album, following on from Young Pilgrim which debuted at No. 6 in 2011. Utley said: “I am absolutely delighted to see Charlie have his
second Top 10 album as a solo act. He is a unique artist and this shows he has stood the test of time - while still in his 20s.” Lillingston added: “Neil and
his team have been wonderful to work with over the past few years and their support has been unwavering. We hope to emulate this success with more artist campaigns in the future.” 1983 is currently developing
a number of new acts including rock band Take The Seven, and acoustic popsters Bare Jams.
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