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BMG scores publishing■ 0^ coup■ EErNewlypublished research by Taylor ■ ■ • • ■ 0 Nelson Sofres reports the price of | os Robbie switches from EM across the yearwas £10.37, 1 it learned that its 11.0% market accordingpanel of 10,000 to the survevrespondents based on a ■ tablesBMG Music on EMI Publishing for poaching has turned its star the major compétition for this but it says 1 shareUK tally in 2000 since was the Its companyhighest annual was interviewed every two weeks. oversongwriter his songwriting Guy Chambers partner by Robbie luring Elvis Costello signed to us not long fomed.The singer s management compa- AimA1M SIGHShas signed UP FOR a COPYIOCKtwo-year dealDRM Williams from the rival company. ny IE Music's Tim Clark says the deci- with Barclays Merchant Services afterThe Williams' deal, which third solocovers album material Sing BMGCurran has "currentlyreckons that the biggestin Williams pop 'Yi becausesion to signof what with he BMG sees cameas the partly corn- tomicropayment use its new SystemCopylock as DRM part andof j When You're Winning,P represents original songwriters. 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"Robbie's from publishingthe begin- privatebelieve companyis a stable and home. they Theyoffered are us a costintégration savings of achievedPolyGram through helped the i thehis departuremajor's recording from Take arm That following in 1995 hisCurran génération," adds thathe says. originally he had Guy'scame upcame at exactlyup but theit's sametaken timequite as a othera degree corporations of stability couldn't," we believe he says. the eamingsUniversal beforeMusic interest,Group deliver taxes, } to signBMG a Musicsolo deal Publishing with EMI. managing writinghoped to unitépartner Williams at withBMG his song-until longThe time Williams to complété coup is the the deal." latest in a for Clarkthe praises"really, EMIreally Music good Publishing job" it £764mdépréciation for the and 12 amortfration months ended of Williamsdirector demonstratesPaul Curran sayshis company signing sinceChambers 1990 - -who was had lured been over with to BMGEMI. roundhis team, of goodwhich news saw itsfor actCurran Coldplay and butundertook praise forfor themWilliams, and it"l've was nothing a very theDecember Vivendi 31Universal 2000. Revenuesbusiness unitin can be as compétitive as anybody "We've had proximity to the whole win two Brit Awards while last month difficult décision," he says. Were also up, by 16% to £4.14bn. MMF meeting settofocus Balte snares £250,000 in on artists'copyright issue Artlsts' copyright Is one of the Blur royalties court case agendaIssues that of Is llkelythe tonext domlnate Music the uledManagers' for the Forumfirst week meeting of April. sched- KeithAt thisMarris gatherîng also expects MMF to chalrman be able toartists' report copyright the BPI's should vlew be ontreated how directorfollowing général his own Andrew meeting Yeates with lastBPI Marris says the managers' body ZX Food to^MMn Balfe: court victory and BPI broadly agree on copyright, April 1994. Under that deal EMI selling Blur album. A similar dispute b* copyrightbut the MMF to be Is returned pushlng to hard artists for additionagreed to to pay royalties around on £475,000 the sales ofin aroseBalfe with says Shampoo. he does not believe recouped. "If the copyright cornes Shampoo, who were on the verge of as a way of denying him royalties, back it Is likely the artist will signingThe firstto Food. Blur album under the sawbut oncethe opportunitythe situation for arose making "they a pany or at the very least move to terms of the agreement was The great saving and reducing their effervescentDropping one vitamin Berocca cocktail tablet intothat waterhelps youmakes stay an sharp. tyanother well equal BPI member out and sobe itmore will com-pret- Greatunits aroundEscape thewhich world. sold However, 2.14m financialshows no obligation. good faith Inmybookthatbecause when of work Is dlsappearlng. No one restricted-release concert album a royalty deal to share the risk." Internetcan get Itit. seemsIn thls unfalr new worldthat one of thefan onlynot availableselling 80,000in the UKunits, or USshould and Balfes'EMI was£50,000 ordered costs. to pay Judge the Be oc<:a trackIn New because Zealand acouldn't record recelvecompany a constituteHowever, Balfe the successfully second album.argued scoreBoggis draw. said Thethe Balfesresuit have"is notcorne a (ii^ '' | owns the copyright and Is sitting on thatshould the have second been qualifyingthe band's release 2.4m- andEMI they déclinés have won." to comment. MUSIC WEEK 17 MARCH 2001 - -• 1 NEWS [email protected] IvlW COMMENT WiseVVIOL' BuddahUUUUUM IV lanas nrst- Marchcommission 18, another programmeprogratmm. BMG: A B1UEPRINT FOR THE FUTURE? Wise Buddah's TV production arm made by Wise Buddah Télévision, justhas monthslanded afterIts firstforming commission by secur- presence"This is ina thehuge market," boost to saysour Polydor and Universal Island have both been managing weekendIng the central dedlcated part of a Channelto the 5 StephenWise Buddah Mulholland. managing director director-less for months and before them it was RCA. 1 Elghties. ^ ^ ^ "Up until now we've been Now Richard Griffiths' restructuring of BMG bas 5 set up last June, has put viewed as a leading radio indepen- takingremoved the the MD company's posts with traditional it. twin label structure, I 9 together the documentary The Hit provedent, butwe've we're got quitebroader anxious creden- to On the face of It, it seems that the traditional managing i Story,Factory which - The promises Pete Watermanto offer a tials and are capable of producing director job fs becoming obsolète. As ever it !s not quite I Insight into when Waterman hlgh-qualityMeanwhile, télévision," Initial hashe adds. been sorethink eut andis going dried, on but as It to is how clear large that companies a fundamental should Stockand his and formerMatt Aitken partners domlnated Mlke commissioned by Channel 4 to pro- operate. the charts during the Eighties. milestonesduce a Saturday in music night on spécialTV for onan Once it was simple (allegedly), with each label 8pmThe slot programme on Sunday, will goMarch out in 18an autumn broadeast. andfunctioning A&R, marketing, as a self-contained promotions unit and complété press directors. with MDs around an Elghties weekend programmesAstley; subject going of Eighties out each revlval day MomentsThe 40 will Greatest be voted TVfor byMusic the Each pursued Its own identity, probably across a range of forgiving their viewers favourite the SAW chance songs. to voteThe Beatles'public andglobal will telecast Include of Ail TheYou Jukeboxrésulta will Top run 10In Theat Hit4.50pm Factory on - footageNeed Is ofLove The Clash.and exclusive live looserto be in facilitlating the opposite hub direction, that provides with imprintscentralised based services around for a happeneverything at BMG,that plugs and itinto is alsoit. This what seems is happening to be what at emergingis going to MusicUnsigned becomes Oneindependents of the driving llke factorsPlay It Againis undoubtedly Sam. the splintering of the thebusiness launch into of ever more satellitesub-genres, A&R which opérations. has in tumThen prompted there is West dotcom dip viclim keythe interplayexecutives. of theMeanwhile, différent manycharacters companies of chairmen are increasingly and their MusicUnsignedby Mary-Louise hasHarding become the lat- recently rebranded its having to become hit-focused rather than concentrating on déclinéest hlgh-profile as investors victim rejeotof the the dotcom sec- It"traditional" is probably artlsteasier development. for Griffiths to throw out the old-school rule tor in rapidly increasing numbers. paigns and book than some of his counterparts at other corporations since group,The whichventure secured capital-funded a listing on andhis companyits international is younger, structure its structures simpler. lessAnd themanagement-heavy opportunitles for (Aim)the Alternative back in October,Investment announced Market achieving savings cannot have escaped his attention. But that weekits closure around after the same18 months time aslast a Week publisher L doesEvery notcompany make itis anydifférent, less brave but this a move. looks like a model for the profit warning and management cri- announcedBusiness itsMedia n has Ajax Scott t also quickly follows site dotmusic is up for sale follow- the plug '■01 î Chrysalis group to' _ focus' on business-to-business,company's décision MusicUnsigned marketing direc- the ground," activities while independent down- HAS THE POP BUBBLE FINALLY BURST? tor Simon Robinson says the MU thePolydor's acts featuredIceberg Slimm on MU was prior one toof beingload site sold. iCrunoh is on the verge of If the pop bubble hasn't finally burst, it's probably about time Maharajboard - whichand institutional included CEO investors Aroon releasingHe adds his débutMusic record. Unsigned Meanwhile, Music3W, the artist Yes,it did. even I, one of the greatest supporters of the British pop Chris Roberts from einvestments Holdings currently has £1.7m in the Artistportai Direct,modelled has onuntil Nasdaq-listed the end of single, feel we have now exhausted this market in the UK. We and Stephen Dean of ITVoyager - sector businesses to "reverse into the month to complété merger talks withcan nojust longer a bit goof sweeteneron regurgitating or very great average old standardnew songs. songs returnwas "too to shareholders.high rlsk" to guarantee a the Alm-listed shell". Ail 19 remain- ness, according to founder Carl- With new acts, such as the much-vaunted Jonathan Wilkes, "We floated the companying staff werelast Wednesday.informed and left the 46Leighton-Pope. staff are presently Nine of runningthe original the disappointing early expectations in this week's chart, the signs would bewith generated the viewt by a scaled-back business. are ominous. - which is now falling off across the0 thatsumer launched online atmusic the beginningbusinesses of my"Last sword," week says I was Leighton-Pope. ready to fall "But on underIn this pressure.clfmate any High label on thespecialising llst of pop in speciallstspop is likely is toHugh feel sales,"internet says- and Robinson. traditional "However, record the UK's feverish dotcom boom in this week we seem to have found a Goldsmith's Innocent label, whose rester includes the llkes of due to sample ciearance problems remain - with adapted business wayhas beento stay that out we of launchedjail. Our problemtoo late withMartine their McCutcheon first singles andand Billiehave -inevitably girls who found had numberit tough ones to November, that side of the busi- investors.plans to suitA&R changing site Peoplesound moods of with a threeyear plan in a market that créditkeep on for matchlng the Atomic that Kittens record. and That their said four Innocent weeks deservesat number full Warner team reunite Itone is withalso Wholea shame Again. that Boyzone will not be touring this year. in new promoteam Jones-Donelly champions RI he'sStill, thewith real Ronan's talent, excellent the other new lads single should proving be grateful once againfor their that stance over dance and urban years at the top. the Alex defence Jones-DonellyJones-Dcnellv of Radio has hacOne's corne aama playllst to adegree reflectsn. the tastes and pas- Yes, it's definitely time for the boys to move over, and I also by rejecting claims it has become sionsUK and of currentlythe youth dance audience and inurban the fedsuspect up with that ail the those other covers band theyin their keep camp, on dolng. Westlife, Only must the be mer WEA director of promobons Chris "vertoo dance-biasedas editor of music since pollcy. he took music are very, very popular. thought of ail the money going to Comic Relief keeps me from Mason and his new partners Reece In his most reveallng discussion putHowever, of the if youstation scrutinise you will the see,out- being less than kind about their version of Uptown Glrl. Yes, It seniorHill and promotional Pete Daws, positions who both at heldthe ceeding,Jt about Jeff the Smith playllst last since year, suc-the unlike the majority of the commer- kidswill bewill number buy it. one,But itand is definitelyyes, a couple not theof hundred future of thousands music in the TheWarner three in TVleft and WEA radio following respectively. the former Kiaa 100 executive aI0 cial radio stations, we play a very n Reid ai notdefended automatically the statlon's to support décision big- Separately, Jones-Donelly also The ne selling hits, while predicting that musicalunveiled prlorltieslast week foreight the of coming his blg On a différent note, congratulations to our very buoyant dance West End offices and its first prôject tlmeIncreasingly to album it will tracks devote Instead more alr-of few months, which range from the compilationindustry foralbums accounting sold in for2000 a staggering - a dramatic 38% Increase of ail over will be Instant Karma's The Alice singles. new Stéréophonies single to US previous years. Aiong with the lucrative merchandise market, AtBand, A Timewhose is firstreleased single on OneJune Day 4. 1 Rsuggestedad 0 0ne In a webehat on byrapper Stlcky Eve featuring and garage MC trackDynamite. Boo this points«— to ...33 a contlnuing | period of health for a scene which, fromMason, Madonna who has to workedShola Ama, for artists says, MondayM- H that' the statlon'swebsite high-last Other acts named include outlast the ci 00ked upon as a f]ash in the pan Expect jt to "We've got nearly 50 years of TV bdanced t0 mirro and urban music Avalanches,"The thread Linkin that Park runs and through Nerd. Tllly Ruthcrford's"nt column pop cycle. Is a personal vlew 15- to"■ "24-year-old ' 'audience what Its cotewas them Is a sense of excltement, listenlng to. "Radio One to a large said.a sense of youth attitude," he MUSIC WEEK 17 MARCH 2001 EDITED BY STEVE H E W1S L E Y (Tel: 01892 519504/[email protected]) - I ARKETING Hill and Ronan Keating wlth Go Mute appoints expert to new s fi I e OutBeat/Polydor Of Reach foract WorklngGabrleile's Tltle's theme track Mute Recoi recrulted Ten-year-oldI0UCH m GO UK FOR R&B DANCE and MGUIHE hlp hop forthcomlngof Reach is scheduled film Bridget to Jones'scome out Diary. on ApriiOut Thompson to oversee the web- weektitie Touch holding magazine emergency was talkslast date2, immediately UK tour. The precedlng film will thedébut singer's In the nine- UK basedits key marketing sprlng album activity releases for two from of toPubllsher secure Joethe Pidgeonmagazine's inslsts future. the onbox April office 13 from and theis expected best-selling to benefitnovel of at the the TheDepeche Bad Seeds.Mode and Nlck Cave And company has not gone into writtensame name. by Gabtielle The mld-tempo (pictured) track and - her co- numberThompson, of musicwho worksclients, for has a Shortencollaborator - was on selectedher hit Sunshlne, by Working Jonathan TItle brought in third party companies to Manson, who is leaving to over submissions from EMhChrysalis' workcampalgns. wlth her on the international freelancopursue consultancy work. The andtitle's artists'Robbie Williamscollaborations and Geri on PolyGram/Halliwell. UMG onlineOutside PR Online and willStartle handle Digital the circulation100,000 during tripied Manson's to more th successUniversal in films the past,have workedIncludlng to Wetgreat Wet internetMarketing promotionalthe creative foractivity the AilWet's Around, long-reigning which was number used oneas the hit themeLove is Exciteraround theout Depecheon May Mode 14, albumwhlle The Ministry Of Sound is helping tunePolydor to Foursays WeddingsGabrlelle wasAnd selectedA Funerai. SnatchnetNlck Cave's is No the More creative Shall teamWe Part for tofestival fill the calendar hole left by in Glastonbury's this year's démographiebecause of her of appeal25-year-old-plus to the film's women. target Out with(April Mute's 2), with Internai Thompson PR team. working dancecancellation party. withMinistry, a Dome-style which Of Reach has already been C-listed at Radio "With these releases, where stagedNew Year's the MillenniumEve party, plansDome's to currentlyOne and playlistedin Ireland atworking Capital. on The new singer material is thereit was Is Importanta key International to bring element,in some host the 50,000ticket Knebworth for an album expected in the fourth quarter. expertise," says Thompson. 01at Knebworthevent under on a Augustmassive 11. dome More already been signed up for the danceFidelity festival, Allstars, includlng BT, Bent, Lo- Seb Radio One opls for fewer bonds andFontaine, Todd Terry.Judge Jules, Tail Paul HOMHiNDS HOVES1HT0 SMS Ei1csson@homelandsWorldpop has teamed to up offer with a and longer sets al live events textallow messaging registered serviceusera to that recelve will include Manie Street Preachers, as well as being a more satistying informationnews, spécial around effets the and May other 26 Westlife,Shaggy, ArchitechsJJ72, Outkast, and Spooks. S Club 7, grammeexperience controller for the Jeffbands," Smith. says pro- event. The Wlnchester-based withPluggers one claiming have welcomed it will end the the "cattle move andThe éditer station's of music controller policy Andy Alex. I thisLondon year, from begins April 11-16. with OneOther Live events in SwinsteadK-RAY HAGAUNE Publishing, GETS GREEN which UGHI revampDonelly theannounoed tour's format the at theplans média to theinclude Dreem Music Teem Live Tour 2001 (from (May May 24-28), 28), Jockeypublishes S/ut, Sleazenation is to make andits darlaunch of events of Radio for One's 2001 Onelast week.Live calen- OpeningGatecrasher Party (June (June 22),16), Radiothe IbizaOne quarterlypublished fanzine with Sleazenation X-Ray- in The Sunday aflemoon broadeasts in ableto perform the Park (Julyin Ayia 7-8) Napa and Love(June Parade 29), T UKIn magazineassociation in withits own Xftri right.- into The a tuningpeople inwith and another Jones-Donelly says the for the people watching and (JulyReading 21). Radio One will also be at the firet issue isI circulationout this month of 20,000 with eventdécision this to year book could fewer help acts the for station each are stiil working lowedRadio the One'snews in Januarythat Capital Camival.Creamfieid! US.attract more big-name artists from the This year s One Big Sunday tour will longerFM would sets be for booking this year's fewer Party acts In Thebut One"Live but music is a daytoday is not a bolton commitment for Radio to related to Xftn programmlng. "The number of bands will be Park in July. "This will give the Capital our core audience of 15- to 24-year- MAIS I0INS MEDIA GROUP UK theyreduced can from perform eight orbetter nine showeasesto seven so s already confirmed listeneri, forthose a better in the radio park, betterprogramme value olds andmusic reflects scene," the diversitysays Parfitt. of the directorWorldpop's John former Mais commercialhas Jolned Groupmédia UKmonitoring as managing agency director Media Popworld seals Cadbury's deal MTV utilises SMS text messaging ofMais, its médiawhose research25-year experiencedivision. SimonPopworld, Fuller's aimed pop at six-music to 15year-project to support interactive programme InciudesIn the UK working music Industry for the likes of exerciseolds, is continuingwith a new itsdeal brand-building in place with programmlngMTV is ramping content up Its following interactive the [t—n r-Tvr-s. ■-"1,see Sony the andlaunch MRIB, of its will Cadbury's and the announcement of huge popularity of its new Video amongbuslness-tobusiness hls responsibilitles. website a commercialCadbury's Trebor partnership Bassett with begins Pepsi. TV ClashThe show.music channel is using spe- Mmm Popworldadvertising compétition today (Monday) offering ofchik a Sonicciallst Advertisingonline promotions to send companyout SMS ticketsdren the to chance two exclusive to win musicone of parties 5,000 motemessages and toobtain 150,000 votes phones for its to now pro- (FLAJH Westlife.in October They headlined enter by by answering S Club 7 andtwo twice-dailynames has beenVideo acqulred Clash. 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MUSIC WEEK 17 MARCH 2001 INTERNATIONAL — EDITED BY PAUL W LLIAMS Five Play It Again Sam (Pias) has signifi- "Becauselook dominâtes Pias is athe Belgian-based company. Finland,In Austria, Switzerland Australla, andCanada, the top withcantly the stepped launch up of company and because Belgium is a 10 In Denmark, the Netherlands al department thinksmall internationally.country, it's natural In the for UK, them some- to singleand Sweden. Here Wlth Meanwhlle, Me débuts the at South Paw whichPias has Recordings Mogwai on and its tlmes we can be a little bit UK-centric, 13 In Norway and cllmbs 32-23 n, formerly head of interna- books. The company also owns 3mv nationally,"but it's the Piashe says. culture to think inter- In Germany. tionalnew rôle at Onelast LittleMonday Indian, which took wili up see her At the same time as the launch of Johnson, whose seven years as a• tourVirgin's of Nortli Melanie America C, who on beginsMarch her looking to exploit répertoire inter- Pias's international department Edel One Little Indian head of international 29, lands another Top 10 hit with UKnationaily labels fromthat thethe growingPias UK number Group ofis try. "She also set up International itsRecords London-based has recruited international several staff mar- to Sneakerincluded Pimpsworking and with Skunk the Anansie,likes of countdowna Northern ofStar the track biggest on the UK- fono working with as well as handling mate- Rescue (a company offering interna- keting opération headed by former believes the opération has "huge sourced hits on European radio for UK release. It is the first such tional services to l ' Music International execu- potential". 'It's the music that counts Fellowas If That Spice Were Girl Me Melanie moves B 11-10. department launched by the company clearlyso she the instantly needs of recognises UK labels. She'sreall> formerlytive Monica Polydor Marin. UK internationalJulie Sersansie, mar- He'sand Mikegot a greatis so visionpassionate of a global about inde- it. Feelsarrives So nine Good, places taking lower Virgin's with theoutside increasing its Brussels importance base, thereflecting group worlda heavy and hitter she's in sympatheticthe international and marketingketing manager, manager is made while international former Sine hispendent passion, network there's and, so together much exper- with traoks.tally on Therethe Top are 20 six to Unlversal three isattachingtotheUK.Mlke Heneghan, président of Edel- responsive to label needs," he says. Coleinternational becomes product international manager junior Emma pro- andreleases, the indies, three twoapiece from from EMI BMG and Johnsonowned Piasis the UKidéal Group, person believesto head cornes just a few weeks after Pias duction manager. companies in 15 European territories, Sony, and one from Warner. the new group because of her 20 itsstruck distribution an alliance throughout with Nude Europe to handle and Pias'sHeneghan UK international believes the department opening ofis plansis now to looking open an to officeNorth in America New York. with • Coldplay finally end thelr frustration at belng stuck at two heavllyUK guitar focused bandJàjand on the Theft US where Audte they (pictured), are signed whose dlrectly career for to the date world has to been London- soundtrackbehind the Coyoteon the AustralianUgty Slre, have Interrupted thelr extenslve US touring schedule to promote thelr first resuitalbums In chart a number but it one stlll for does the not withdomestlc new Independentsingle release. label Stoopid Sci-Fi Ass, Recordings, released hastoday been (Monday) backed inby a a one-off l&date deal tour easesParlophone past theact. OST As Parachutesboth Barflyof the UKat The whlch Monarch. concludes They on will March be retuming 20 and 21immediately with performances after thelr at UK London's dates to andEminem's Dido's MarshallNo Angel Mathers leap over LP Stoopidthe US where Ass and they another recelved of thelrwidespread tracks, exposureWe Luv U, thanks in the to20th the Century inclusion Fox of film andboth two of them on the to chartstand wlth at one releaseDude Where's last December. My Car. TheMiles movie Jacobson, debuted creatlve at two dlrector at the US of Sci-Fibox office Recordings following its Eminem'sColdplay clalmlng rise to one third on spot. the optlmisticwhich he set the up band with can Anglo give Plugglng the label managing a chart hit dlrector with its Garry first Blackbum,release. 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The whlch second Is a formatradioonly of AMERICAN CHARTWATCH byALAN JONES inlhf Tm 10 f S""aœ swS^"m • Instant Karma lands itself a flisplaying a number one hit as the Addis 'iT'Z'rrjsrdelicious For the firstn timee since The Beatles' 31 came ont 1 r u/ooi/e " « ^ CornesBlack Widow Around single replaces Goes LeAnn Around n vvasn t me wnne leits outgoing replacement number bears one a ishit powered called I byDid = It Thes,,, nÇalted retease^ No ^ ® ,' Pg^g^j,^ British act. 1 slides 36 - and^th airplayRimes chartat the whlletop of moving the Swedish 6-2 on numbercourse, cornestwo even from though Shaggy, its sales who findslast weekhis Hotshot were steady album atpushed 264,000 down Ti the équivalent Norwegian survey ' act saying I Did It is the Dave Matthews1 Band, whose high date are a mighty 6,719,000 Meanwhile,and 20-10 in the Denmark. Danish sales album Everyday sold 732,000 copies ' Coldplay'sTopping theParachutes 30,000 recoverssales mark by fnrleaping th» 62-51tirer Its chart Is clearly warming itself up Theot es includ 0 forreworking Eurovision of Johnny mania Logan'swith a 2001 RearLJam, the highestjiurnber_o i the SarhejihafC massed ranks _. I up onîv a nritr-h"otch, t'to number^ However, 72. Under pressuresin|,e Ye',owfrom the te highestcontest newwinner entry Hold at Menumber Now the nownrwasTh'ebeadngJh^rewousjecorjLset^ release of officir b; Sifiîember. Then, as including S Club 7 whose "7 hother British' and Irish acts are in décliné, nine. 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One of the UK Eurovision finalists sériésbegins ofiater gigs this and week a heightened in Austin, Texaspanel with près- a R&Btracks, sound. Fantasy, Young Is saldrecently to have signed a pop to ^Association of Independent Music board IsVVIndswept currently Muslcunpublished. London Dave while Stewart Hayman is EuropeRecord companycontenders interest has inreached this year's new Song heights For Dougmember D'Arcy and willSonglines chair a panelmanaging entitled director How thealso Appleton's expected toforthcomlng work on materlal album. for thishaving year deals with pending ail four subject finalists to belng the resuit signed, of the or (Marchcan the 17). UK Amongreclaim the the issues US? seton toSaturday be dis- THOMAS |0!NS EAST WEST compétitionOne of the yesterday contenders, (Sunday). Just Another Rainbow cussed are the culture clash between the Arista A&R manager Richard Thomas has by Lucv Randell. will be released regardless of lemsalternative and opportunitiesand dance scenes, for UK touring artists prob-and atquit East the Westcompany in the to comingtake up weeks. a similar rôle whichreflects song the is commitmentchosen to represent to the theproject UK. This by the rôle of indie labels in bringing UK talent Thomas Is credited with signing Rui Da Telstar, which initially became involved via its toAmong the US themarket. UK and US industry représen- theSilva's wing number of former one Arista hit Touch A&R Medirector under sequentlypublishing armsigned Strongsongs the artist and to which its hasMultiply sub- tatives set to speak on the panel are Pete Niok Raphaël. imprint. AristaEdge, thein theex-pat US Britand whonow signedworks atDido Clive to COMMERCIAL BREAK FOR SO S01ID CREW k Lucy is a fantastic find andils havefirst Davis's J Records, and Cooking Vinyl manag- South London collective So Soiid Crew ). She Is working on several new tracks e Randell: long-term commitment ingThe director BRI and Martin Aim Goldschmidt.are also jointly hosting a advertislngare the latest world. darlings While of the the TV Huston,has a deal Just already," Another saysRainbow Strongsongs' was wrtten Rona by MeanwhileLindsay Dracass Kimberley depending Rew's on entry,Sunday's Men, resuit. per- réception on Thursday in the SXSW confér- groundbreaklng garage act's track They Universal Muslc writers Pete Kirtlev and Tim formed by Swedish artist Nanne, has a release enceUK executives centre, which to key is players intended in theto introduceUS. ColaDon't TV Know commercial, features Inband the member current AshaCoca- gleHawes Pure (who & Simple) also wrote along Hear'Say's with Liz currentWinstanley, sin- daughter-in-lawsecured for Sweden of Abba's through Benny EMI. Andersson Nanne is andthe Independent labels attending SXSW include featuredD Is also onresponslble the current for McCaln the track chips TV publishedBMG was by lastStrongsongs. week preparing to sign Tony expectedis relatively that well EMI knownUK will pickin the up anrégion. option It onis Independiente,Cooking Vinyl, VinylRamencovision, Hiss, Revolver, Transient, Ministry campaign.asked to contribute The crew ahave track also for beenthe next internationalMoore, subject A&R to yesterday'sand marketing results. Nick BMGStewart VP theEurovision. track should it become UK's entry for OfBeggars Sound Group and andPoptones, V2 (both as viawell theiras theUS Solldsériés follow of AH upG's thelr Channel recent 4 show.single SoOh no thatJive failed Records to make has backedthe final one four of the tracks includeoffices). idlewiidArtists playing(Food/Parlophone), at this year's BrassySXSW through(Sentimental Relentless Things) on wlth May 21 28. Seconds ladLuke To Galiana's Die For will version be released of Wayne next Hector's month. 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Mogwai (PIAS in the Gray material this summer featuring a Zoc Johnston (plctured), the vocalist signedrange of to tracks the label from in when the mid-Nineties. the singer was who recently featured on Bent's critical- Tentativelyinclude tracks titled such Wisdom, Birds Withoutthe album Wings, will Falthlessly-acclaimed as aSwollen vocalist single, and member has jolned of The Rice and Shine. Gray's previously amazingthe touring her collective. vocal is when "1 realised I heard how a DAT Reshreleased will albumsalso be Amade Century's available End toand of the vocal for a remix I did of Swollen," saysRecords Falthless co-founder malnman Rollo. and Johnston's Cheeky RADIO DRE OPT FOR DAVID MIX thlrdvocals album will first Outrospective, be heard on which Falthless' was versionRadio One of thehas forthcomlng swltched to Cralgplaying David a new mastered last week. 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