british music

nordic
BRITISH
MUSIC
BPI/UKTI Nordic
Trade Mission 2010
Welcome to the 1st Annual
BPI/UKTI Trade Mission
to the Nordic region
Welcome to the inaugural BPI/UKTI Trade Mission to the
Nordic region. This is a continuation of our successful
existing international trade mission programme, which
currently includes a Sync Licensing one to Los Angeles and
an introduction to doing business in Japan. The Nordic
region has always been particularly receptive to and an
excellent market for UK independent music. Despite the
market pressures that each territory is facing, UK music
continues to punch above its weight across the region.
Our ambitions and aspirations for this mission are as
always; helping UK companies learn about, make contacts
with and trade in international markets and to assist
in whatever way we can, the development of business
opportunities benefitting UK companies. Hopefully, we
can fully deliver on this. We have an excellent programme
of seminars, presentations and networking opportunities
to achieve just this and we thank all our delegate
companies, guests and participants from across the
region for their support in making this first trade mission
to the Nordic area happen. Our particular thanks also go
to the UKTI office in London and the British Embassy in
Oslo for helping us stage the event.
Welcome to Oslo
Velkommen til Oslo
Välkommen till Oslo
Tervetuloa Osloon
Velkommen til Oslo
Velkomin til Osló
Julian Wall is Director Independent Member Services and
International Events at the BPI, the British Record Industry
trade association. With 400+ members, the BPI accounts
for the approximately 90% of all the recorded music
sold in the UK - the world’s third largest music market.
Previous to the BPI, Julian was Senior VP International
at Sanctuary Records UK and has worked in various
marketing and promotion positions at a number of labels
including RCA, Arista, Mercury and MCA.
Julian Wall
Director of International Events & Independent
Member Services, BPI
Riverside Building,
County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road,
London, SE1 7JA, UK
www.bpi.co.uk
UK Trade
& Investment
The originality and quality of British music makes it a
major influence on global tastes and trends.
Creative talents in all fields of the music business
are drawn to the UK, attracted by its vibrant creative
reputation, cultural diversity and sophisticated audiences.
UK Trade & Investment is the Government organisation
that helps UK based companies succeed in the global
economy.
We also help overseas companies bring high quality
investment to the UK’s dynamic economy – acknowledged
as Europe’s best place from which to succeed. We provide
expertise and contacts through our extensive network of
specialists in the UK, and in British embassies and other
diplomatic offices around the world.
UK Trade & Investment‘s work with the UK music industry
includes organising missions to key overseas markets
such as the US, Japan and China, the UK’s significant
presence at important international trade events such as
SXSW and Midem and one-to-one business support to help
UK companies take advantage of these and other global
opportunities.
Phil Patterson
International Business Specialist
for the British Music Industry
UK Trade & Investment – UK
Kingsgate House, 66-74 Victoria Street,
London, SW1E 6SW, UK
pattersonphil@btconnect.com
For further information, please visit:
www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk
Patrik Larsson
Headlock Management
Patrik Larsson has been active in the Swedish music
industry for almost 20 years as an artist, producer, writer,
promoter, label manager and A&R. He worked at MNW
during the mid/late 90s and was one of the original
founders of Playground Music. Patrik started his own
independent consulting company Lights Out in 2004 and
is one of the 3 partners at Stockholm based Headlock
Management. He is a board member of both SOM [the
Swedish Organization for Independent Record Labels]
and Export Music Sweden. He frequently attends music
conferences worldwide and is a prominent lecturer at
music schools across Sweden.
Patrik Larsson
Headlock Management
Music Industry Consultant & Manager
PO Box 3283
SE-10365 Stockholm
SWEDEN
patrik@headlockmanagement.se
www.headlockmanagement.se
Yemi Alade-Lawal
Aqui Entertainment / Afro Pop Live
yemi@afropoplive.co.uk
mob: +44 (0)7877 403705
www.afropoplive.co.uk
Aqui/Afro-pop live is a London based Entertainment and
Events Promotions Company with a global perspective,
operating with an integrated team of creative visionaries.
Our operations include a boutique Indie label, Artist
Management, Consulting, Talent & Artist Relations.
Company Background: Started in 2006 as a Management
consultancy company. In 2007 we added boutique live
events to our portfolio, with core activities revolving
around our Promotion Banner ‘afro-pop live’. Our passion
and vision of delivering cutting edge African sounds
grew and subsequently resulted in the formation of our
label in 2009. This label serves as a vehicle for emerging
contemporary African repertoire in the UK and Europe.
Dex Lush
Artlab Management / Egregore Music
dexlush@gmail.com
tel: +44 (0)1273 273133
mob: +44 (0)7595 778972
We are a UK based management company and record
label specialising in the genres of indie electro, electro
pop and dance music. Our priority artists for the Nordic
trade mission are:
South Central: Internationally established DJ producers
and 5 piece electro rock act, we are currently looking for
partners in Scandinavia for label licensing or alternatively
PR and marketing companies etc for their recently
recorded album ‘Society of the Spectacle’.
www.myspace.com/southcentralmusic
Dubstar: Successful 90’s dream pop band back together
with a planned album release in September 2010. We are
looking for potential partners for recordings and live work
throughout Scandinavia.
www.dubstar.com
Baxen: New dance producer working under the title
of Baxen in addition to other pseudonyms, attracting
attention from many international dance labels including
Exceptional Records, Tool Room Knights and Ministry of
Sound.
www.myspace.com/baxenmusic
Victor Conradsson
Believe Digital
Believe Digital is the leading digital distributor and
services provider for independent artists & labels in
Europe.
We provide bespoke digital solutions starting with
distribution and incorporating promotion, marketing,
strong analytics and sales data that allows right-owners
of all kinds to react to market intelligence, and jointly
build pertinent A&R strategies.
victor.conradsson@believedigital.com
tel: 44 (0)20 7036 8720
mob: +44 (0)7960 477559
www.believedigital.com
Labels: a selective roster of marquee labels in each
country like Limoncello Music (EMI Publishing),
Yellow (Bob Sinclar), Fargo (pop), Versatile (house),
Listenable (metal), Buda Musique (world), Red Records
(jazz), Playasound (world), Cellfish (ringtones), DJ
Center (dance), Bang! Music (pop), Europa Corp
(soundtracks)…
Artists: Gotan Project, Soko, Orbital, MC Solaar, Lowkey,
John Smith, Chew Lips, Lisa Hannigan, Ravi Shankar,
Navin Kundra, DJ Cam, Birdy Nam Nam, Femi Kuti,
Sebastien Tellier, Luciano, Gonzales, Magma, Jason
Edwards, Chloe, Ivan Smagghe, Joakim, Chateau Flight,
Chinese Man, amongst others…
Sam Kleinman
Craze Productions
doctorofdance@gmail.com
mob: +44 (0)7877 169615
www.crazedigital.com
Craze Productions is a UK company that has been in
business for 7 years. We started life as an independent
digital record label with hi tech expertise, and over the
last few years we have also made huge strides in the
movie and video markets (Audio Visual) through our
innovation and excellent reputation.
Craze Productions has 6,000 movies available for digital
distribution.
In addition to this we have more than 10,000 music
clips, as well as over 2,000 hours of music oriented
programming and more than 30,000 songs.
All of this material is by the hugest charted artists mostly from the Hip Hop and Urban music genres.
Craze Productions also offer our catalogue of Music and
Film related iPhone Applications for white label branding.
Craze Productions anticipate that the above inventory of
hugely valuable titles will double by the end of this year.
We have the following artists on our label as well as
hundreds of others:
Timbaland
AAliyah
Kool and the Gang (New album available soon with Shick
in addition to other material)
Rev Run (ex-Run DMC)
Simon Saunders
Exploding Chicken Records
admin@explodingchickenrecords.com
mob: +44 (0)7906 204838
www.explodingchickenrecords.com
Exploding Chicken Records.com is a dance music label,
featuring the artist Smash & Grab who releases on
237mp3 stores worldwide every 2 weeks. Our objectives
are to build strong relationships with key industry players
within the Scandinavian market. Exploding Chicken
Records has already gained the support from some of the
world’s top DJ’s & producers, such as : Laurent Garnier,
Dave Clarke, The Hacker, Nic Fanciulli, X-Press 2 & Rob
Da Bank; with radio plays on BBC Radio 1, Kiss FM &
Galaxy Network. We are looking to meet publishers, labels,
licensors & distributors who see the potential of our music
and our network of brands.
www.explodingchickenrecords.com
Nick Dunn
Horus Music Limited
Horus Music was established four years ago to help artists
achieve their ambitions. With over 25 up and coming
artists on the books, Horus Music has gained a reputation
as a company that is committed to a high standard of
professionalism, delivering what it says it will deliver
and doing everything possible to help their artists. The
company now has a distribution arm that has over 5000
tracks on the roster and is looking to develop further its
distribution business as well as build relationships with
colleagues from all across the music industry.
nick.dunn@horusmusic.co.uk
tel: +44 (0)116 253 0203
mob: +44 (0)7814 050007
www.horusmusic.co.uk
Trevor McNamee
Jalapeno Records
trevor@jalapenorecords.com
tel: +44 (0)20 8743 5218
mob: +44 (0)7971 887267
www.jalapenorecords.com
Jalapeno is a dance label with an emphasis on album
acts from the funk and soul side of the spectrum. Key acts
include Kraak & Smaak / Smoove & Turrell / Max Sedgley /
The Bee Keepers / Dr Rubberfunk / Skeewiff / IKON.
We have two sub labels.
Floorplay, a house label A&R’ed by rising stars Prok &
Fitch and home to most of their own productions, and
Illegal Beats, home to the productions of international
house star Kid Crème.
Kate Brockhurst
Kdot Online Limited
Kdot Online is an urban music and youth media agency
specializing in artist bookings, on-line promotion &
marketing services for a range of clients including record
labels and management companies.
Founder Kate Brockhurst has over 10 years experience in
the music industry. Starting out as PA to Radio 1’s Dave
Pearce before moving to broadcast management company,
Wise Buddah, where she headed up the dance/urban artist
roster. In 2006 Kate produced the ‘Firin’ Squad Unsigned
Podcast’ which earned her a Gold Sony Radio Academy
Award for Best Internet Program in 2007.
Formed in 2007, Kdot’s aim is to become a leading
and innovative brand within the commercial urban
sector, dedicating time to artist development and music
kate@kdotonline.com
tel: +44 (0)20 8563 3934
mob: +44 (0)7973 629054
www.kdotonline.com
programming in this genre as well as creating education
and training opportunities.
Kate works closely with the British Council, Arts Council
and UKTI’s Music Export team, running the Urban Music
International Group.
Kate would like to connect with those interested in booking
UK urban talent for live and club sets, tours and festival
bookings as well as labels and management teams
interested in working with exciting, innovative marketing
and PR services in the UK.
Martyn A Lowesmith
Landed Music Limited
Landed Music Limited is a management company, record
label and studio, which is only 2 years old. Brand values
of quality and individuality support our drive to push the
existing boundaries of music genres, being innovative and
creative, striving to elicit something new. Integrity and
fairness support our ethical and responsible relationships
with our artists, suppliers and marketplace.
martyn@landedmusic.com
tel: +44 (0)20 7117 0800
mob: +44 (0)7831 112300
www.landedmusic.com
boundaries and allows for collaborative development in
a co-ordinated and cohesive way. Our sound is a positive
meld of the best that real instruments can bring with the
cutting edge technology of old and new technology.
We have four emerging artists to promote for the Nordic
marketplace: covering Nordic/Icelandic fable/atmospheric
pop (Heidrik); electro-acoustic experimental pop
(Manhattan Ghost Stories); dark Victorian electro (Tulip
Staircase); and lush orchestrated ballads (David Simnel).
Having all the resources in one place gives the creative
space for musicians and songwriters to push their
Danny Sperling
Minty Highway Limited
danny@mintyhighway.com
tel: +44 (0)1279 851952
mob: +44 (0)7899 890339
www.monostereo.se
Minty Highway is the UK management company working
with emerging Malmö band MONO STEREO.
first single as a taster for the LP with a carefully planned
and co-ordinated online campaign.
Following successful domestic shows, this summer has
seen the release of a US 7 inch and significant interest
and support from bloggers worldwide as well as UK radio
support from Steve Lamacq and Tom Ravenscroft on BBC6
Music.
Minty Highway is seeking to connect with potential label,
license and industry partners to be able to maximize the
potential of Mono Stereo throughout the Nordic region.
The band and renowned US producer Kramer will shortly
complete mixing of their debut LP recorded earlier this
year in Denmark which will be ready for release early in
2011.
The band will tour the UK for the first time and branch into
Europe for shows in November to coincide with releasing a
Iain Black
PRS for Music
The Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (“MCPS”)
and the Performing Right Society (“PRS”) are the
collecting societies operating in the United Kingdom
in relation to the mechanical and performing rights in
copyright musical works.
iain.black@prsformusic.com
tel: +44 (0)20 7306 4018
mob: +44 (0)7960 144541
www.prsformusic.com
Scandinavia, PRS for Music’s rights are managed
by KODA, STIM, TEOSTO, TONO, STEF and NCB; and
reciprocally, we represent the rights of these societies’
members in the UK.
Together, as PRS for Music, we represent 65,000 thousand
individual songwriters and composers of musical works
and their publishers on behalf of whom we collect and pay
royalties when their music is exploited in one of a number
of ways, for example when performed or played in public,
broadcast or made available on online.
We represent our members’ rights throughout the
world through an extensive network of representation
agreements with equivalent societies overseas. In
Dick Miller
Rightsman
Rightsman represents: Artists, labels, management
and production companies, sourcing commercial and
international exploitation opportunities. Rightsman
have developed a strong UK and international network
throughout the key sectors, advising and implementing
agreed strategies across traditional business models and
new generation platforms.
As a fully integrated part of your team we can offer,
physical and digital distribution, licensing, sales,
marketing, logistics, administration, ompilation
licensing, manufacturing, synchronisation (TV, film
and adverts), sponsorship, branding, premiums and
rights management. We have key relationships and
representation agreements with digital and mobile
aggregators, software developers, community marketing
dick@rightsman.com
tel: +0044 (0)20 8542 4222
mob: +0044 (0)7968 947723
www.rightsman.com
platforms as well as the more traditional film & television
production companies.
Finance and Marketing is now a key imperative for new
businesses and we have a relationship with an Investment
Group who provide investment for both origination and
exploitation of projects. Rightsman have a long history
of conducting business in Scandinavia and sourcing
opportunity internationally for Scandinavian rights
owners, our current clients include Sivert Hoyem, one of
Norway’s most successful artists.
Nathaniel Perkins
Ruffa Lane Records
nat@ruffalane.com
tel: +46 760 29 0070
www.ruffalane.com
Nathaniel is founder and co-director of three companies:
Ruffa Lane Records, Magpile Music Publishing and Faith
Artist Management.
and is looking for new projects to compliment his current
roster.
The companies were created 5 years ago and look after
the business interests and rights exploitation of four
artists: S.E London based ‘Lucky Soul’ and ‘Grantura’
and Stockholm based ‘Montt Mardie’ aka ‘Monty’ and
‘Napoleon’ aka ‘Club Club’.
Recent successes have included top 10 albums in Japan,
numerous cross-territory synch licenses, A-list radio
playlists positions and live performances from Bangkok
to Sochi.
Nathaniel recently relocated from London to Stockholm
Paul Shedden
Shed Records
SHED Records is an indie label in the Pop/Crossover Dance
genre. Our priority artist Natisse (www.natisse.com) has
had her first 3 singles go top 20 in the commercial pop
chart. The 4th single and current video is receiving wide
support ranging from ALL UK gymnasiums, bars/clubs and
over 9000 retail outlets.
TV support from The Chart Show – Dance Nation, Virgin On
Demand, Starz TV, BPM TV, LP33 TV…...
UK national/regional and international radio support via
Music2Radio.
We had 153,142 YouTube hits during the initial 10 weeks
release period for the last singe ‘Follow Me’ www.youtube.com/natissemusic
shedrecords@hotmail.co.uk
tel: +44 (0)1908 691790
mob: +44 (0)7956 686165
www.natisse.com
The first Natisse album, ‘Mirrorball Diva’, is completed
– digital through IRIS and physical distribution through
Nova/Universal scheduled for November 2010 release.
We are looking to meet labels for licensing and potential
business partners who are as excited about this project
as we are.
Hiikmah Rokos Osi Efa
triibalmarkings@yahoo.com
info@triibalmarkings.com
tel: +44 (0)20 7328 0891
mob: +44 (0)7775 876642
www.triibalmarkings.com
Triibal Markings Productions
Triibal Markings Productions are looking to create dynamic
relationships for our services and artists.
We are seeking festival, tour and event bookings,
digital, synchronisation and licensing deals for the
placement and distribution of Triibal Markings II Artists
and creative works. We represent: Hiikmah, an Eclectic
Singer Songwriter, Poetic Pilgrimage; female hip hop,
experimental, world music poets and spoken word lyricists
and Zong Zing All Stars a 9 piece band playing uplifting
dance music called ‘Cavacha’, who bring the Sounds of
the London-African Underground to the Mainstream.
digital distribution, publishing, producers, remixers,
public relations, marketing companies, booking agents,
record labels and all representatives. We would like
to meet you and introduce you to Triibal Markings.
Something different! Be more than curious to something
good….
We are interested in meeting creators, producers,
agents, bookers, promoters, marketers, distributors and
publishers within the music, film, entertainment, video,
Mo Fini
Tumi Music
Established in 1983, Tumi is the leading Latin American
music company in Europe and the biggest collection of
Cuban music, outside Cuba, anywhere in the world. We are
looking for partners for distribution, music licensing for
compilation as well as for film and TV.
Our Film and TV section represented through Music Sales
Limited with offices all over the world.
We also license regularly tracks for compilations to all
major record companies worldwide. We own master rights
and publishing to some 3000 tracks from Cuba, Brazil,
Peru, Bolivia , Argentina, Bolivia and other Latin American
countries covering all Latin genres.
We have also our established artists touring Europe in
22011 to include: Tomezclao, Yusa, Candido Fabre, Bana
mofini@tumimusic.com
tel: +44 (0)1225 852474 ext 1
mob: +44 (0)7885 410998
www.licensing.tumimusic.com
Conga project (Congo-Cuba).
If you are a booking agent or a festival organizer and like
to know more about our bands touring then send me an
email mofini@tumimusic..com
Rupert Withers
Vigilante music
vigilante@peroxidemusic.com
tel: +44 (0)20 7371 6244
mob: +44 (0)7766 345222
www.peroxidemusic.com/vigilante
Vigilante Music represents both UK and US classic rock
bands, and acts as representatives for multiple labels
looking to get their artistes released in the Nordic region.
We have represented such acts as Vixen, Enuff Z’Nuff,
Logan, and this year will be representing, amongst others,
Crimes of Passion, Stolen Peace and Weapon.
Dorothee Imhoff
7digital
dorothee.imhoff@7digital.com
tel: +44 (0) 207 099 0815
www.7digital.com
Established in 2004, 7digital is a leading digital media
delivery company based in London and operating globally.
Combining our secure and robust technology platform
with the broadest agreements within the digital media
industry, we provide comprehensive digital download
services to a wide range of partners around the world. We
have worked with record companies, artists, FMCG brands,
retailers, consumer electronics companies, advertising
agencies and many other organisations looking to harness
the power of digital entertainment to engage customers.
We have provided digital download services to over 500
partners including, Spotify, Universal Music, EMI, Warner
Music, Sony, KitKat, Samsung, Hugo Boss, Yahoo!, NME,
AOL, XFM, BFI and Adidas, and have delivered millions of
digital products in over 25 countries.
We operate our own direct-to-consumer digital download
stores in 16 countries across Europe and North America:
this gives us a significant advantage in understanding
the ever-evolving digital music industry as well as gaining
significant insight into how the consumption of digital
content is changing through direct experience with users.
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