Essential Music & Marketing is helping indie artists and
labels expand their international reach. The group has made a deal with seven
label groups in hopes of expanding the successes they saw last year, when 14 of
the distributor’s releases made their way to the United Kingdom’s Top 40 list.
The new labels include Kemado Label Group, Cult Records, Kanine Records,
FatCat, Loose, Lex, and Nettwerk Records.
Kemado
Label Group was founded by Andres Santo Domingo and Tom Clapp, is one of
the groups that will be partnering with Essential Music & Marketing. The
label group includes Kemado Records, Mexican Summer and Software. Kemado’s
artists include Call of the Wild, The Sword, Moab, Wild Hunt, and others. For
more information on Andres Santo Domingo, check out our profile of him here.
Cult Records was started by Julian Casablancas, frontman for
The Strokes. The label made its first signing in late November 2012 with the
NYC band “The Virgins.” The significantly more established Kanine Records will
also be signing on with Essential Music & Marketing for distribution in the
UK and Europe. Based in Willamsburg, Brooklyn, the label was started in 2002 by Lio and Kay
Kanine and includes artists like Eternal Summers, Grizzly Bear, and Surfer
Blood.
Essential Music & Marketing began in 2003 to provide
labels and artists with digital and physical distribution services and
packages, offering project management, marketing, and sales. They are based out
of the UK and have made deals with a number of labels, including Black Hole
Recordings, Pink Mist, R&S Records, and many more. This newest addition of
seven labels to its repertoire brings total representation up to 24 labels.
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