HOKUO ONLINE TRADE MISSION February 12 - 17, 2021 Nordic Delegates 02 ARCTIC RIGHTS MANAGEMENT ØYVIND STRØNEN A&R ASIA HEAD OF LABEL SERVICE NICLAS LUNDIN CO-FOUNDER / SONGWRITER / PRODUCER [email protected] PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTOR AND TEACHER +47 40218414 WWW.ARCTICRIGHTS.COM [email protected] +46706622960 Arctic Rights Management is the biggest indie publisher in ARTOVIK.SE Norway, where we have about 50 writers in the roster, ranging from jazz, to heavy metal. In the field of J-pop and K-pop we Niclas Lundin is a Multi Platinum Songwriter with songs released all have a few that are aiming to be producers and songwriters, over the world by artists including Martin Garrix, Rick Springfield, where I am in charge of this particular part of our business. My Namie Amuro, SHINee, James LaBrie, Koda Kumi, Kiz-My-FtII, background is from being a touring musician in rock bands, Dada Life, Cho Yong Pil and many more. before I got a degree in musicology and took a role in Arctic Niclas often lectures about songwriting both in Sweden and abroad Rights spring 2019. I've always been in love with Japanese and he is well known for hosting professional songwriting camps and culture, and I’ve visited many times. I also spent a year trying to he is part of staff at the three songwriting Academies of Sweden; learn how to speak Japanese, but I’m afraid my vocabulary is Musikmakarna, Dreamhill Music Academy and Songwriting for an limited to ordering ok onomiyaki and beer. International Market. Arctic Rights also has a label as well where we release new music every month (mainly from own writers), and would be very I'm hoping to grow my network of professional contacts both for interested to connect our artist projects to the Japanese scene or myself as a music professional as well as professional camp host, sync opportunities. Label releases: Spotify but also for my alumni at our academies who many of them will be Recent J-pop productions (available for pitch): influencing the world of pop in the future. s.disco.ac/qisrjkzsdbdm 03 ART PREVOLUTION AIJA LEHTONEN MANAGER MINNA-MARI ROMS [email protected] AGENT / MANAGER +358 40 593 9015 WWW.BAFESFACTORY.FI [email protected] +358 (0)50 413 5013 WWW.ARTPREVOLUTION.COM Bafe’s Factory is an award winning record label and publisher in Finland. We have attended Hokuo Trade Mission three times since 2016 and Finest Sounds Minna-Mari Roms, graduated Master of Arts, is experienced event in Tokyo 2018.We represents Finnish world- and folk-music artists, who producer and artist manager. Her booking agency Art create their original sound. The roster includes Tuuletar (performed twice in Prevolution represents top Finnish artists like Maria Japan), VILDÁ (performed at Harmony Fields's International Online Festival in Kalaniemi, Johanna Juhola, Pauanne, Piirpauke, Juuri & Japan), Gájanas, Solju, PERTTULA, Áššu, NIEMI. We also work on music Juuri. The company provides also tour productions and synchronisation, for example Tuuletar’s music has been placed on Game of promotional services. Thrones DVD trailer and several Netflix tv-series.Vildá has won Music Moves Europe Talent Award 2021 and Solju’s album Odda Áigodat has won Best Looking for concert / tour possibilities: International Indigenous Release 2019 in Canada. Johanna Juhola Pauanne Looking for international partners for licensing, distribution Johanna Juhola & Imaginary Friends Pauanne Magic Power and synchronisation (one stop clearance) deals. Duo Milla Viljamaa & Johanna Juhola Johanna Juhola Trio Tuuletar: Vetten vuoro / Turn of the Tide EP Gájanas: Čihkkojuvvon / Hidden (6.2.2012) Northern Sámi ethno-progressive fusion sound (15.1.2021) Vocal performance group Youtube Youtube Distribution / Sync possibilities to: VILDÁ - Mystical joiks and sounds of the Perttula: Pajavasara / Forging hammer (Spring 2021) Maria Kalaniemi Spotify Samís alongside strong groovy soundscapes of Accordionist Toni Perttula is a true musical an accordion Youtube blacksmith Youtube 04 COSMOS MUSIC JESPER 'YEBO' REGINAL PEO NYLÉN FOUNDER / A&R / BOSS CREATIVE DIRECTOR [email protected] [email protected] +4526375411 +46 705 869088 WWW.CRUNCHY.DK WWW.COSMOS-MUSIC.COM Crunchy Frog (label) and Crunchy Tunes (publishing) has been around since 1994 and Cosmos Music is a leading independent in the Nordics are working with Nordic - mostly Danish - indie artists. Most famous bands in Japan with label, publishing and studio complex under the are probably Iceage, Junior Senior, The Raveonettes, The Mopeds, Eggstone, superheroes, The Tremolo Beer Gut etc. We mainly work with bands writing and same roof in central Stockholm in newly renovated performing their own material. We focus a lot on sync licensing and have had great premises. We represent publishers like Concord, Pulse, succes in the field with aformentioned bands, but also PowerSolo, D/troit, The New Buddemusic, Because, Mute Song and many other as Madness, Thee Attacks and many others. Scandinavian sub-publishers and have 13 Looking for opportunities for our catalogue - and are bringing new releases from songwriters/producers signed to our roster. The several artists: songwriters have been successful on the Japanese and Iceage South Korean markets among others, for a number of The Tremolo Beer Gut years. The New Madness The Entrepreneurs Looking for exciting collaborations for our artists such as Frida Palace Winter Yune Sundemo, Molly Hammar, Skott, Andreas Moe, and Aron Blom, as Late Runner well as sync opportunities and extended business for our songwriters. ONBC Snake and Jet's Amazing Bullit Band 05 DEADPOP ELEMENTS MUSIC EERO TOLPPANEN NIKOLAJ GLOPPEN HEAD OF A&R MANAGER [email protected] [email protected] +358 40 8376664 ELEMENTSMUSIC.FI Eero is the Head of A&R and co-owner o f Elements Music, a music Deadpop is a creative management service, we create art with publishing & producer management company based in Helsinki, artists. Our passion is to help artists define their ideas, and we like Finland. to be a part of every aspect to make sure the project stays true to their vision. We love creativity, communication and Elements represents a diverse roster of writers & producers and is strategies.Today we represent artist like fawlin, Fijitrip, Falito and the leading independent publishing company in Finland with a Stuck in North. strong international focus. The roster has had releases with For our artist we are looking for creative opportunities, collaborations with including Jolin Tsai, TWICE, 2PM, Shinee, Super Junior, KAT-TUN, other artists and inspiration to tap in to new and exciting markets. Ben Wu, Mirei, Kara and A- Lin, the Pentatonix, Lost Frequencies, fawlin Deepend&Yonotus, Alle Farben and Phoebe Ryan. Stuck in North Instagram Elements offices are located within The Grind Studios, a 13 room Instagram Spotify writing & production studio complex in downtown Helsinki, where Spotify it’s convenient to organize writing camps and sessions with domestic Fijitrip Deadpop and international clients and partners. Instagram Instagram Spotify We are always looking for new collaborations and opportunities for our writers! 06 FOLK EXTREME OY SILJA PALOMÄKI EXECUTIVE PRODUCER [email protected] +358505408872 KAYLEE WESLEY PEARSON WWW.FOLKEXTREME.FI MANAGER [email protected] Folk Extreme is a flexible organisation for experimental folk music +4528180477 WWW.HAPPYDUCK.DK productions. Our members are working widely in Finnish folk music Kaylee Wesley Pearson owns and runs the Copenhagen based industry. The purpose of Folk Extreme is to help the progress of management and booking agency Happy Duck. folk music and maintain the orchestral activity in Finland. Folk Happy Duck officially opened in 2014, but the idea to work closely with Extreme have every year activity in several cities in Finland and a few artists, helping them on their way to succes, had been under way abroad. for many years. We do not work with specific genres – we work with talented artists we personally like and see potential in. We work very We are looking for possibilites to open markets for our international closely with each of our artists and focus on making them become the bands and artists. best version of themselves. Our main export bands are arctic etnotekno act Suistamon Sähkö The artists I would like to introduce to the Japanese music market are: (Suistamo Electricity), hypnotic sound mix with archive recordings Lucy Love – Grime/Hip-Hop called Anne-Mari Kivimäki & Palomylly and Pekko Käppi, who has Ravi Kuma – Electronic Hip-Hop revolutionised the standards of playing the ancient Finnish Mambe & Danochilango – Global bass / Ethnic bass instrument jouhikko, a bowed lyre, by plugging it into an amplifier. Blended Brew – Rock Bjonko – Balkan Beat 07 MATTIAS ALBINSSON MANAGER / AGENT THOMAS BREDAHL [email protected] ARTIST MANAGER +46709241412 WWW.HEADSTOMP.COM [email protected] +4553343377 WWW.HEARTBEATMANAGEMENT.DK We’re an independent boutique management working out of Aarhus, Denmark. Headstomp is an independent management and booking We represent all business affairs of a select bunch of artists. We do not have agency based in Stockholm, Sweden. Have been around for 20 an actual genre focus. We simply believe in extraordinary people and music. years and work with genres as pop, rock, singer songwriter, jazz, alternative and indie. We manage the following artists: Kato (legendary danish EDM artist), I, Mattias, have been working in the company for 15 years Zookeepers (succesfull young and fresh danish EDM duo), Lydmor (one woman mainly as booking agent focusing on European booking but electronic army), Jacob Dinesen (young danish Springsteen-ish rock act), Austin have now also taken on the role as manager for one of the Lucas (American indie folk punk act), Baest (danish death metal signed to Century Media), Go Go Berlin (danish contemporary indie rock band). bands I book shows for. We're looking for labels to licence for the Japanese market. Looking for possibilities for the band Tonbruket that I manage.