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At sufferedues to lose another listene^^TRi slide in audi growths.radio trends Rajarwith furtherresearch audience also 10.5m.and reach share, to 8.3% album". The success Is the first • Full Rajar report, p7 Liverpool-basedmajor breakthrough label for Deltasonic, The Coral's which struck a reported seven- CDs and DVDs fuel Safeway growth withfigure Sony licensing Music deal last for December. The Coral music and video. We are not video,only grocer but no-one looking is attaking music h( Radio bosses claim Bill will eut choice drivenmegastore partly formatby the roll-music industry groups offollows 19% foryear-on-year CDs and 49% sales for growth DVDs. 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Manchester northwest _ Odisctromcs CHANMELFLY ♦ mBm ïhusicweek ^0 IHU'iltil EvSïmgNews Revofcibon In The City: Unit 8. Brewery Yard. Deva Centre. Trinity Way. Salford. M3 7BB. Tel: 44<0)1618393930. Fax: 44(0)161839 3940. info@inthecity co uk EDITED BY PAUL WILLIAMS ([email protected]) ' Darius Danesh (pictured) was expectlng ib take a phone call at his Beggars finalises deal n € w s file (Sunday),parents' Glasgow confirming home he yesterdayhad scored PARSONS m NEW ClfAR CHANNEl ROLE Mercury Records' first number one Thetoownhalfof Beggars Group isMatador thls wei Clear Channel's music division 1997.slnce EltonDanesh, John's whose Candie Colourblind In The Wind was set to complété the acquisition managingmoved in a dlrector reshuffle Tim to Parsonsbecome has outselling fellow Pop Idol contestant aindie 50% Matador stake Records.In New York-base promotions vice président within the Gareth Gates by more than two to one Détails of the deal formergroup. Hisvenues rôle viceIs belng président taken Paulby Scotlandat the end last of lastFriday week, to do travelled a signing up at to » V went to press I Latham, who becomes chief Glasgow's WH Smith, where fans had deal,Friday, whii bu at th operating offlcer. queuedMercury since joint fourmanaging in the dlrectormoming. Steve ■; negotlatii CAPITAL MAXES NO TARRANT DECISION Ullywhite says, "The fact that Darius tributedalso see viaBeggars Alternative and Matador Distribution dis- denyingCapital Radiothat any has final issued décision a statement has yet nor there. When I first heard the song I Alliance in the US. It will also see been reached about Chris Tarrant's though it was great without knowing theBeggars' Matador New offices. York store move to future with the group, despite greatanythlng start about for us,his becauseréputation. we'v It ' The US deal cornes as the UK says neither the group nor Tarrant have been here five months." Ullywhite sa launch of a new French office from consideringmade any secret leaving of thethe Capitalfact he FMis November,a second single with thewill albumprobably expected appear October 1, which marks the start just before Chrlstmas. ofFrench a new indie distribution Naive. deal with 'FASTEST GROWING' STORE IS MUSIC IGNE fastest-growlngMusic Zone is billing retail itselfchain as after the UK's EMI dominâtes Mercury lisl furtherprogramme extending to 19 itsnew expansion stores this year toopenings, take it towhich 45 storeswill take In total.the chain Further to Midlandsaround 60 and shops, Yorkshire are planned in 2003. in the but Streets are tipped to win MOBO DETAILS CONFIRMED by James Roberts duction to albums we wouldn't other- ThisMobo year's Awards MasterCard-sponsored ceremony has been EMI Recorded Music has clain fcwmÊmmmmmmimmmmArtist/tltle/label wise know about. The Bees and Guy scheduled to take place at the London Prizequarter shortlist of this with year's Heavenly's Mercury Doves, The Streets Original ite Materiai (679) thatBarker I will are be twobuying." I don't know about Arenaaired by on Channel Tuesday, 4 Octoberin a highlights 1. It will be andParlophone-signed Source's Gemma Beverley Hayes ailKnight nom- MsDoves Dynamite The Last A unieBros Deeper (Polydor) tiveSimilarty, of the Wallexposure of Sound for the is apprécia- nomina- programme on October 3. TheBeverley Coral knight Coral Who(Oeltasonic) I Am (Parlophone) tion of The Bees. "Hopefully this nom- STRONGROOM EXPANDS CLIENT BASE Roots Manuva Run Corne Save Me (Big Dada) aination wider willaudience bring the and album it will getthrough the full to itsStrongroom client base Management with the addition has expanded of GemmaDavid Bowie Hayes Heathen Nlght On(Columbia) My Side (Source) former Orinoco Studios manager Carol Worman,producers who Ken has Thomas brought and with Jon herCollyer. GemmaPanasoniosponsored Hayes' album event. Night Although On My ContraryKTRAVAGANIA/CHICANE to an impression given in last Side has sold 5,000 copies to date, dinner willon Tuesday,be presented September at a gala17. disputeweek's MW,was settledthe XtravaganzaChicane before any trial and twice for the prize, which gets the firstlabel's being second Tom McRae'sUK album self-titled release, Thecoverage event acrosswill be BBC2,the subject BBC4 of and TV Dlckinsbefore former was due BRI to chairman give evidence Rob in isrespect great." from artists and the people, début2001's whichprize. vhichOne willunder see a on-the-night new i cov- theDlckins, High Chieane'sCourt. The expert evidence witness, of was says Source/Virgin m nominationMeanwhile, for Electric their album Soft Parade'sHoles In and"It has justifiedgiven us what an awfiil lot of BBC2erage by" lRadio Onean eveningand BBC4. high- writtensubmitted testimony, to the court alongside in the evidence form of Turintor Phillipe Brakes Ascoli, on the whc si Thependent Wall islabel a significant db Records. coup It for is inde-only encouragement."Dave Bâtes. "The sayslist is labela great founder intro- (September 20). following Friday Subversivefrom Xtravaganza's Records' expert Dan Pope. witress, Industry rallies around TV wnr looms as TOTP Education roadshow Students seeking jobs In the music handindustry with are the to launchbe given of aa flve-dayhelping eyes top Saturday slot éducationleading UK roadshow music industry backed organi-by 15 cards for Saturday morning TV, with The Sound Advice event launches thenew BBCversion considering of Top Ofscheduling The Pops a 21at London'sand is set Brit to Schoolvisit the on University October directlyThe brandis opposite executive ITV rival CD;UK.producer OfInstitute Paisley ofin Glasgow,Performing Liverpool's Arts, Chrisshow, Coweywhich says will détails début of theiri eNvy. Nottingham.Manchester EachCity dayCollège concludes and Show,September are stillas partbeing of Thefinalised. Saturday He withlic and a gig,held opcn at a tolocal the venue,général show- pub- aboutsays heit runningwould againsthave no the worries chart casingExperts three from local ail unslgned of the organisa- bands. show"I certainly on the other wouldn't side. be afraid of that."room forhe compétitionsays. "There's on plentySaturday of newCotton Saturday and Simon Show Grant. hosts Fearne musicmornings has and beento some a extentlittle popbit extensionCowey tobelieves the TOTP thebrand latestis the otherneglected sorts with of weirdpeople and watching wonderful ail presence"final piece on ofUK the TV. jigsaw""It is a forlogical its hostRadio the One's final seminarOneMusic in websiteNottingham will things."The new show will go out in a 30- Saturdayextension Showfor us.and Itit helpscomplétés The event.as part OneMusic of the stations'executive Oneproducer Uve to 45-minute ;hslot pre-reoorded and will coversthe portfolio everything. of the brand. TOTP2 TOTP deals still greatJane Bolger opportunity says the to scheme support offers those a and onglive with a studiochart withdémographie the olderand theend new ofshow the is thewho industry. make and shape the future of î isno stillconfirmation to be effectivelyTOTP magazine." a télévision he says. version of MUSIC WEEK 10 AUGUST 2002 NEWS n e w s f / / e Digital radio market NHEIBIHS FORCES WIIH COCA-COLA Labels niche slrategy sees boosted as sets fly musicCocaCola promotton has linked offering with fansNME the for a off shelves in hours thanchance 6,000 to win tickets concert are tickets,up for grabs More in The radio industry Is heraldlng the Thursdaythe campaign and whichis running was onlaunched ali Coca- iast TV ad spend dip by £1.6ni arrivaimass-market of digital product radio as after a potential stocks Colapart in500ml the promotion, bottles. Consumers which is being taking by Robert Ashton wlthinof the threefirst sub-£100 hours Iast set week. sold out andsupported adverls by in national the NME radio and advertisingsister pub- Record company spending on TV Album/Artist ^ SIM"^ More than 300 unlts of lications, will also be offered £2.50 off felladvertising 7% year-on-year, for the first as labelshalf of spread 2002 Legacy Greatest Hits Boyz II Men (UnHsIand) £500,000 Mardi wentVldeoLogic's on saie Pureat John Evoke-1 Lewis andset CDs bought online front www.coca- money across a greater variety of TheNowl Essential 51 Various Barbra (EMI/Virgin/Universai) Streisand (Columbia) £450,000£485,000 February Escape Enrique Iglesias (Interscope/Polydor) £400,000 January outat 9.30ant around iast midday. Wednesday, Sources selllng at TheIRISH organiser HUSIC PRIZH behind PUT an ON Irish-based KOLB ACiubbers New Day Guide Has 2002Corne Various Celine Dion(MoS) (Epie) £340,000£277,000 John Lewis indicate that demand delayedMercury itsMusic launch Prize-style front this contest summer has f 26,0m for the same period in 2001, Best Summer Album Various (Sony TV/WSM) £260,000 May thatwas sufficientstore alone, to sellon the 1,000 first sets day. in until eariy next year because of what according to new research from MyLove Way/Flne So Strong Romance Various Frank (WSM) Sinatra (Reprise) £240,000£250,000 Januaryu Digital Radio Development heDave says Reid is aunveiled lack of plansindustry back backlng. in the médiaEMG. Thebuying figures agency show MediaComthat, once Hits 52 Various (BMG/Sony/Telstar/WSM) £190,000 ^ ^ Marctt SpencerBureau marketingsays the successdirector repre-Mike spring for the National Music Prize. again, compilabon albums dominated niche audiences." he says, adding ments of record companies. Univetsalcash sents a signlficant breakthrough. FESTIVAL PAYIHGIRIBUTE TO MACCOll TVreleases advertising, having with the five biggest among theTV 10ad that the number of projects using island spent the most . " Severaldigital-only customers services, quoted such existing as Coughlan,Arists including Johnny Brian Marr Kennedy, and Roddy Mary spends during the period. Emap, by and approximately Viacom channels 45%, withthis bothyear £500,000Boyz li Men -Legacy: on TV The advertising Greatest^ the Planet Rock, as the reason they Frante are to perform at the Kirsty jectsSignificantly, were up bythe approximately number of 8% groupsexperiencingsignificantgrowth^""""*""i, *targeting =a ""«ni"mostlyfemale en indlcateswanted to that buy thisthe newdemand set. is"This not RoyalMacColl Festival tribute, Hall A Ufeon Monday,In Song, at the 359 to 386 in the same period, in advertisingr, MediaCom spend. did detect a (£420,000)audience. Mostfor this of October the spend2001 ofSeptember the second 23. PRS-sponsored The show forms song- part during Big Brother radio," he says. writing fesbval The Song's The Thing, DavidMediaCom Swannell EMG suggests associate the director " andcampaigns Swannel expects advertising of theEMI/Virgin/Universai year. spent a fur- Following the limited launch, fur- which will see songwriters from albums/less spend" trend can be half of the year around music awards ther £110,0001 therVideoLogic shipments machines of more arethan due 4,000 to explainedmore advantage by record companiesof Channel taking 4, £485,000. Buttotal Columbia half-year onlyspend put toa arrive In the UK ready to go on sale Channel 5 and the increasing number Mobos. "With the gifting Christmas further £25,000 behind Barbra Isin mid-August.due towards A furtherthe end shipment of the September 2] 0 29. getof satellite niche groups and cable at a channels to tar- campaigns shift from the pick and mix Streisand'smonths from The April Essential to Ju in the two PlUH LAUNCHES NEW ACOUSTIC VENUE .. "There are many more channels back to ITV, " he says. twoThe weeks successful before thelaunch new cornes Radio TOcapacity,Plum Promotions acousticoriented is launching thevenue new tg advantage of growth in channels to Not surprisingly,id compilations greatest continue hits pack- to One service, lExtra, goes on air on theThe similariyBetsey Trotwood named pub in thein London's cellar of ;et lowcost entry into TV to reach key e the média buying départ- Friday August 16. Farringdon.acoustic, lo-fi Aimed and electronica,primarily at the new Marquée swings into venue shares the same Sound crew, action with C5's Pop Kingpromotions Cross's team renowned and management Water Rats as The new Marquée Club in Islington Theatre in London. playinghas been gîvenhost itsto firstthe live inaugural workout, GWRPOACHES KELLY AND BAILEV ChannelAlthough 5 musicthe new show, venue Pop. does not officiallyperformances open untilfrom September Daniel 5, ScreamBedingfleld, and SugababesBoniface, werePrimai ail September. featurecaptured as at thethe Marquée, backdrop which ta willthe PPL SIGNShas signed AGREEHEHT a reciprocai WITH IRISH agree- PPL whichweekly aired half-hour for the music first timeprogramme at 5pm eringment recordwrth its company irish équivalent rights for PPI broad- cov- BMG Music Publishing has strengthened its links with Echo And The Bunnymen following Iast year's signing tie-up,casting in and which public PPI performance. will represent The UK newof Will material Sergeant, only, by including securlng songs a Worldwide on his fortheomingdeal with his début colleague solo albumlan McCulloch. for Jeepster, The althoughagreement BMG is initially for inindies the UK,in Ireland is the andfifth PPLsuch Irish deal indies Publishing's général manager lan Ramage says the company hopes to take on his catalogue in the future. a studio, the performer is always secured in reeent months by PPL Those20 years songs or so are ago, currently the albums handled will by start Warner/Chappell, coming back Into but Mac'sRamage and adds, Will's "As ownership the (original) bit by deal bit andwas the done plan cheesylooklng winks.for the But caméra they reallyand doinggave SONOPRESS OFFERS SHAll PRESS RUNS contributingis - as long asto theyfuture don't solo fall and out Bunnymen of love with projects, us - to he take is keen that for on." hlm Ramage to write adds for otherthat, petformers.alongside McCulloch Plctured, it some welly. It was iike a gig and bersLabels of wantingpromo CDs, to press back limited catalogue num- or left to rlght, are Ramage, McCulloch and BMG Publishing (Manchester) A&R manager Caroline Elleray. theby being performances on a proper were stage." realiy lifted serviceCD-Roms from are Sonopressbeing targeted UK, whichby a new is aimednow offering at short a CD-ondemandproduction runs. facility Pressure grows for more trading standards cash THIS WEEK'SBPI AWARDS BPi director général An standards officers are sometimes S■ PapaLovehatetragedy Roach's reach- iocalpressing authority MPs to fimding guan for tr given evidence by BPI anti-piracy es gold status, while Bryan Adams' standards officers, to In the UK, Yeates says the low levei forinvestigators the investigation looking tointo hait a case, when onlythe Spirit:OST and Stallion the Boom Of The sélection Cimarron compi- - increasingYeates has levels pressed of fo ofofficers funding has for.left tradingthe industry standards facing officers say they do not have the lation receive silver awards. an uphill battle in' dealing with In his note to MPs, Yeates HOW TV SHOWS' RATINGS COMPARE Music Group, ' Europear arepirates, often as under-resourced trading standards to officerspursue acknowledges that there is local Commission figures showing thaï Yeates: Illégal imports on investigations. Trading standards ring-fencedauthority opposition for spécifie for fundingpurposes, to bein extemalseizures bordersof pirate leapt dises by at 349% the year-EU's settingInterpol alsoup aannounces working groupthat obligeddepartments to areinvestigate also not copyrightcurrentiv particular with éducation. However, Top Of The Pops II (Weds) onyearPirate toCDs, 40m DVDsunits inand 2001. cassettes investigate ), whose members mfnngement ca""» ahe différentsuggests positionthe music - industryit has beenis in seizedaccounted Iast year,for 42% while of a numberail goods of willorganisations corne from including private theand IFPI. public will otherwise not receive any resourc links were also established between intellectualact as a forum property in the offences. investigation of moneyHe also used believes to fight piracythe amount should theThe EU reiEU figures corne Interpol's secretary généralorganisation Ron the Government investigation unit recognises the £300m in- VAT every-.jding year. an estimated MUSIC WEEK 10 AUGUST 2002 Moir to continue change at R2 after renewing contract M\N C 0 M M E N T Radio "Next year we'll have a brand évolutionpromlsed afterno let-up agreeing in hls lo statlon's remain wlthnew, Jeremymidday Vlne.current That affalrs will clearly show BOW CANNOI DELAY MOVES ONLINE as Moir,controller who formoved a further into year.the con- stationhave an andImpact hopefully on the we'll tone be of able the endedtroller's spéculation seat In aboutJanuary hls 1996,future to Moirbring saysthrough hls newdécision talent." to stay ECBut, is an at issuethe heart which of potentiallyUniversal's affects complaint everyone, to the newat the 12-month station whenextension he signed at the a on, despite only days earlier sug- in every sector of the music Industry. end of last month, keeping him in forgesting somebody it was else"probably with freshright facesIt Is anothercertainly new regrettable anti-competition that the probe,muslc industry Atcharge the sameuntll timethe end it was of nextconflrmed year. 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In "We'll muslc beand looklng new artlsts at new ta One area he Is partlcularly keen reach a compromise and expend such energies on our extemal enemies. start of 2003. support and thls Is part of the to expand over the next year Is the thisBut, very what public is most dispute. conceming While the Is thestand-off potential between knock-on the IFPIimplications and Biem of RadioMoir, Two whose has tumedstewardship it Into theof says.work "There'sthat's noongoing prospect here," at ail heof whilestatlon's also coverage building ofon live the muslc, early has deteriorated to the point of civil war, the publisher community has sayscountry's there most-llstened-to wlll be no room forstation, com- lutionany klnd at Radioof slowing Two. down our évo- progress of digital service 6Music alsoWhen remalned it cornes firm to on establishing the matter aof royalty online raterights. for a new music use, it Is AndInévitable the mechanlcal that we should rate islook the towards most natural the rates rate forto lookestablished towards. uses. doesWhat not Is obscure crucial isthe that industry's the ongoing vision dispute towards over settlement the mechanlcal of a very rate BMG underlines slnbilily crucialIf it takes issue two - the years création for the of Biem-IFPIa workable squabble rate for todownload be settled, of music. record companiesHowever, wllluntil still the be publishers able to release and the records. record labelsBusiness reach will any not klnd stop. of nfler exil of Middelhoff Evenconsensus sources on closea download to UMI rate, acknowledge the migration that onlinean agreement cannot even on the begin. by Robert Ashton However, in a letter which was download rate cannot wait for another 18 months. BMG's place within the issued to staff immediately after 12A monthsfurther wouldsix-month be terrifying.delay on theTwo download years would rate be would calamitous be very for senous; remainBertlesmann unchanged, empire despite is theset rés-to tedthe thatboard the meeting, Zomba dealThielen had meantadmit- everyone concemed - except the pirates. ignation of the German média "crossing our own rules about how The strength of this year's Mercury shortlist is its breadth, with the tivegroup's Thomas chairman Middelhoff and chief and execu-recent die.much The debt' letter Bertelsmann also explains can that han- he I shortlisted albums emphasising the quality of UK R&B, hip hop and mergerssigns that an easierthe EC ride. may give big wants to reduce this debt through a guitaroffers norock/pop really ground-breaking in ail its forms. candidates.What Is clear, The though, Streets' Is thatMike this Skinner year (JuiyMiddelhoff, 28) after whoa sériés quit oflast rows Sunday over favourite since this summer's French World Cup contenders. themann, future has beendirection actively of involved Bertels- in 3 extremely unhkely a This,reflectlon however, of British is no musicreflectlon in 2002. on the Mercurys. It is, I guess, more of thesition imminent of Zomba forced and tentative $2.5bn acqui-merg- than he had under Middelhoff. Althoughbeen a softening they suggest in the thereEC's Viewhas Martin Talbot, [email protected] Nicoli.ertalks last year with EMI boss Eric emergedAlthough from few the détailsmanagement have June'son collective announcement dominance that following the EC ANDY CLEARY Thielen,Although is hisnot successor,known to Guntershare closemeeting to thein groupGutersloh, insist theresources will wasblock annulling the Airtours/First the 1999 Choicedécision deal to SUN DEAL WILL GIVE ALBUMS NEW LIFE companyMiddelhoff's insiders enthusiasm and foranalysts music, evenbe no though change Bertelsmann to BMG's ownership, needs to tunitiesover compétition for music issues, mergers the oppor- and sellagree BMG that remains a move toextremely merge or unlike- even itsraise Zomba money deal because would completion leave it with of "Although the path has somewhat musicly, even division if Thielen's has appetitebeen tarnished for the debtsBMG's approaching New York €4bn spokesman (£2.5bn). forbeen them cleared, because it would who isbe around?" difficult imagine most of us would want to try it. andby the the Napster downturn and inZomba the globaldeals sonnel,adds, "There no change is no inchange strategy in andper- says"Also, oneZomba German doesn't bank add analyst. much a weeklyThat Is promotionexactly what that The will Sun creale is offering focused via musicIt is sales.understood that BMG chair- noOne change insider in focus."insists the company's thatpublishing." is attractive, certainly in music e marketingper day, effectively attention slowingon one artistdown forthe six ageing days flewman backand CEOto NewRolf YorkSchmidt-Holtz from a debt"Why level sell isa manageableprofitable business?" and asks, althoughAnother thebroker Airtours added deal that,may Massive and intense média focus Is one of four key reasons why meetingBertelsmann last managementWednesday withboard a Thepétition source chief suggests Mario thatMonti EC would com- be"alter loathe the tolandscape", be a "guinea BMG pig" would to thlspotential promotion of CD wlllsingles work. because Rarely ofcan chart we exploitrules, butthe wlthfull marketingthls remainpromise untouched.that the divisionindeed wouldsome ingobject with to BMG. any other company merg- test the theory that Monti is soft- exercise you can promote, sell and send out ail of the messages wonderfulyou want tocreatlve on dise challenge. and even InWe the know paper papers In what can hasbe ato great be also a Robertson Tnylor hits Vétéran artiste and rising stars promotional device for music, but can they sell albums? 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Promotionaland trylng your marketing product is out about on beingback. Thisrecognised; 1s the first that sign thisthat weis arean international artist award. Other surprises"One of ofthe the unexpected night was musical John industry just like the any other." best vocalist and Brian Kellock Taylor's performance of the Green smartInto the and paper embrace promoting new marketingthe value ofcultures. muslc, Dailythe value messages of singles wlll go LosRobertson Angeles Taylorand Madridopened lastoffices year. in Trio's Live At Henry's as best awardMan Suite, - they winner heid of thethe newaudience work and the value of albums. How can that be devaluing? 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Dean being playlisted by the Netherlands' Radio 3, MTV and byUK appearances showcase is atto Austria'sbe followed TMF,September Polydor with is cueingthe album up theto follow.release of James Dean from ' " ' ia' and" Belgium's"e, the single, onperformance Channel V in Sydney, followedMelbourne's bygigat Hi-Fi Bar • V2 launched Liberty X's Just AugustKerrang! 5 photo Still in shoot, Melbourne radio forinterviews Gu/tarand at MCM's week,A Little as single airplay at forUS theradio track last performancePlanet Rock, Undercover,at 3RRR, as 3PBS,well as plus a string live to of air continuesEurope backed to buiid up acrossby promo in Augustmajor press 10 Halden faceto-face Open interviewsAir Festival, and Germany phoners Germany,Belgium in the the Netherlands coming weeks. and Augustplus promo 11 Hamburg Stadtpark Open Air Festival, theV2 planssecond to singlehold off - Mantronixreleasing AugustGermany 16 Zurich Open Air Guggibad, untilcover after Got Tothe Have summer, Your whileLove - Switzerland Just A Little has been playlisted Cologne,August 17 Germany Performance coinciding at the with Prime Popkomm. 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WEA London has struck a licensing deal with .-conceptthe sfîow of Is TheMonkees. expèfcted to The' remake of tions,The newranging company from publishing,covers a rangemanagement, of fonc- American-influencedindependent company funk sonicSBO rock act Kinky.for Latin re US. developstudio to artistslabel activities. with long-term "Our main album focus selling is to UK producer Chris Allison - whose crédits UN1VERSALIAUNCHES WEBSITE SHOWCASE potential." says Green. Dotinclude Allison work - with set Coldplay, up sonicSBO The Beta in the Band UK and in Universal Music Publishing has launched a to Thedevelop Southampton-based and market a number company of iss looking" ' ratch this autumn 2000, with Kinky as one of his first signings. and catalogue. Pitched as a tool for the UK and licence them c It Gets?, in September. "People seerruo be Allison,Kinky's has début already album, been producedreleased inby the Chris US entertalnmentid professionals, video clips and the licensing site will territories.dent, but we "We realise would we can'tlike to take keep on theindepen- world gettingThomas, really who excited has hired about independent the album," radiosays and Latin America, where it has enjoyed crit- n. "It is part of UMPG's ongoing from an office in Southampton," says Easy and TV promotions and press companies to releaseical acclaim. of their Following début the album, Mexican Kinky and have US atalogueto aggressively in new marketand innovative our StreetOne labelof the manager company's Jason first Thomas. acts to attract alsohandle completed the label's a dealmarketing. with Vital Easy for Street UK distri- has been nominated for best rock Album by a he company's président David interest is Budapest, who have already been bution. Budapest recently completed a resi- duoLatin or Grammys. a group with The lyrics event at thetakes forthcoming place on rite jsicpubilshing.comcan be accessed at offeredest from a Green's major US former deal. labelThe offerfollows Mercury, through inter- begindency anat London'sextensive WaterUK tour Rats, in supportand are ofset the to September 18 at the Kodak Theatre in which the two parties first got invoived. forHollywood. The Short Kinky List have Music also Project been nominated2002, the BLUEHWPIAYUST - One Love album'We weredeal inwith the Mercury process whenof negotiating Jonathan a five-and EasyOther Street acts include currently Rachael under Gray development and Triangle by US équivalent of the Mercury Music Prize. (Innocent). The first Howard [Berman, former managing director] Finishing School, which Thomas describes as ShortSeptember List 17.finalists will be announced on " number two, due in leftEasy the Streetcompany," is releasing explains Thomas.Budapest's début "aGreen littie bitis morealso inleftfield the process than Budapest". of establishing The album will be released in Europe early October, this is perfectly-formed to album Too Blind To Hear at the end of August. a number of other ventures through his com- whichnext year will featureand will dancebe preceded mixes byby DJ a Sneak.single, packconsoiidate (single, their tbc) place at the top of the It will be followed by a single, Is This The Best pany Green Consulting. 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Proof buildershis own gardenworked inat Notting fitting outHill thewhile main a team house of theUp representsbusiness what the thefirst new opportunity team can to do show with mat most recent release - a low-key piece to Gabriel's exacting and ever-changing an established artist. 130of work, tracks made amassed up in duringpart from the someUp sessions of the spécifications.Surprisingly, the piece failed to pick up on such"It isa greatgreat toalbum," start our says new Ascoli. mission "Every with - gave the Gabriel team their first opportunity the juicy parallel between this construction team that has worked at Virgin for the last 10 to "Itwork was with a Virginlittie bitin itsof newa chance incarnation. to get to beenProject personally and the oneoccupying with which himself Gabriel for more has yearsadds, withhas somebeen waitingirony. for this record " he know them," says Gabriel's manager Mike than seven years - his sevenlh "song-based" RealLarge. World The studios,long-time Largetechnical is confident director Upat soloUs, studiowhich album,is due and to his reach first since stores 1992's on stillrougher beheves ride thanthe albumever intodlyl can be radio-led, cfimate^but with will sit easily with both new fans and old. "I September 23 under the long-mooted title first single The Barry Williams Show - which wouldflnd themselves say anybody completely who bought at Kidhome A would with of "IUp. have always told people the album will be Steve Osborneco-producers plus guestsStephen such Hague as Peterand goesfor Up to ailwhat radio Steam this week and - notionallySledgehammer doine this record, as would anybody who bought So Green, Danny Thompson, the Blind Boys Of respectively did for Us and So. "I think Peter in As1986," for that he piecesays. in the Standard, it seems September,"life, the music says business Gabriel. 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"-i Project in littie more than twn Christmaspleted by Christmas,"is that?" he said, "but which MUSIC WEEK 10 AUGUST 2002 FOR RECORDS RELEASED ON 19 AUGUST 2002 - R E V I E W S EHHHmnii onQum of the week of the week ATOMIC KÏTTEN: The Tide Is High (Get The TOPLOADER: Magic Hôtel (S2 Feeling) (Innocent~j KittensTatest CD1 SINCD38). slice The of UK 5084712). Toploader's follow-up to pop is this cover of the " Ir Im-selling far better record. Produced by D: • | Blondiespun long classic, after thewhich summer sounds has so go strong (it is B-listed at Radio Two eclectïcEringa and mix George of R&B, Drakoulis West Coast and rockrecorded and popmostly makes in LA, for thi a a Capitalcool new hot hook hit). to A thenew already middle first-classeij mix. The single | satisfying blend. Kicking off with the muscular first single id album Get The Feeling, released on September 9. 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GregCosmic Parker Force - -Change Chocolaté Of Heart Starflsh (Phuturo) (Vertige) decksOf course,and a mixer 10 years anymore," of independence says Squire. has thesimilar past to few the years." lifestyle I had been enjoying for 8.7. LUDJ LouisKlm - - Get French Ready Kiss To (Remix)Explode (whlte(WaterworM) label) Catapultnot gone unnoticedThe store by has the staffproduced and regularsa spécial at Such vision invariably attracts like-minded 9) OJ Oddz - Walk In The Park (whlte label) magazineoutlining the in commémoration key dates in the of store's the milestone, history, currentlystaff, many - leadingof whom DJs have on Cardiff'sbeen - ordance are muslc I (Mojolatars10) High Contrast Remix) -(whlte Retum label) Of Forever along with many of the Personal achievements developingscene. Catapult staff, ail hasof whom a longare ' legacy of During its 10 years in business. Catapult has saleor-return on stock and therefore have to fromof its staffits humble over the beginnings years. 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It should sell well îd some pick-up fron strongtrack with seller. a NewI could York see feel it gettingand is licenseda really for Itthe is restgood of tothe see year, Oxford-based Massive as the Stone Roses whose music has been copies of an album like that in a small mar- on to a major. which,Records along opening with a Nottingham,new shop in Birmingham,tends to be used on the télévision. ketLike town the is greatCharlie business. Landsborough record, I andWe at handlethe moment BMG's have vinyl a lotsales of demand for dance for the biggest account in the Midlands, studentsAs far asare business away, so isthat concerned does affect now, busi- the think Eva Cassidy's upcoming album Imagine Sasha's début album. Although this album is Selectadisc in Nottingham still do very well ness. But, although we lose 7,000 students should do well - it sounds terrifie. I think it is a big departurefanbase whatever from his he usual does. style, The healbum has across the board and are going mad for the whoevery have summer, been weaway do fromget sometown. coming baok goingpretty togood. do really really well. The tracks are is deeper " doingThis terrifically week The well, Coral's which self-titled is not a albumsurprise Is fewThe weeks biggest has disappointmentbeen the décliné in of the the pastser- We have also because they are a local band. We were get- vice from Warner. Despite the fact that 3mv DeathLeathergirl. In TheVegas' new albumdouble- could really be tingadvance asked too, aboutbecause them we hadan a awfuldlsplay lot out ina docommunicated an excellent job,it to theus hasway beenthat Warner very poor have - the one that pushes them to the next level, week upfront. weit. 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