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APRIL 25–27, 2018 1 NORDIC MUSIC TRADE MISSION APRIL 25–27 LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES DELEGATES 2 NORDIC MUSIC TRADE MISSION APRIL 25–27 LOS ANGELES Leifur Björnsson Ólafur Páll Rasmus A&R / MARKETING Torfason Damsholt ALDA MUSIC / ICELAND CEO ARTIST MANAGER [email protected] ALDA MUSIC / ICELAND ATC MANAGEMENT / DENMARK +354 773 7129 [email protected] [email protected] +354 695 6952 +45 2829 2639 Alda Music is a catalogue owner of the major- Alda Music is a catalogue owner of the major- ity of Icelandic music released since the 40’s ity of Icelandic music released since the 40’s After finishing his BA in Music Management at until now. Amongst shareholders and patrons until now. Amongst shareholders and patrons the Rhythmic Music Conservatorium in 2016, of the company are Ólafur Arnalds musician of the company are Ólafur Arnalds musician 27 year old Rasmus Damsholt, started his and Sölvi Blöndal former member of Quarashi. and Sölvi Blöndal former member of Quar- own management company, adding emerg- Alda also releases new Icelandic music along ashi. ing Danish artists such as Lowly, Chinah and with cherry picked releases from the back cata- Alda also releases new Icelandic music along Sekuoia to his roster. In 2017 he then joined logue. with cherry picked releases from the back London based artist management compa- Amongst the acts on our current roaster are; catalogue. ny ATC Management and is now running the GDRN, Hildur, Úlfur Úlfur, Birgir, Jónas Sigurds- Amongst the acts on our current roaster are; Scandinavian office out of Copenhagen. son, Singapore Sling. GDRN, Hildur, Úlfur Úlfur, Birgir, Jónas Sig- Alda Music also operates it’s own aggregation urdsson, Singapore Sling. www.atcmanagement.com digital distribution service, and offers digital Alda Music also operates it’s own aggrega- distribution services to individuals and third tion digital distribution service, and offers parties. digital distribution services to individuals and third parties. aldamusic.is aldamusic.is 3 NORDIC MUSIC TRADE MISSION APRIL 25–27 LOS ANGELES A song ”Alku” from Tuuletar’s album, “”Tules BAFE’S FACTORY’S ARTISTS: Aija Lehtonen SALES & PROMOTION Maas Vedes Taivaal””, winner of the Etno-Em- Tuuletar – Vocal Folk Hop BAFE’S FACTORY, FINLAND ma (the Finnish equivalent to the Grammy Solju - Vivacious, colourful, earthy, ethereal [email protected] Award) has been placed in Game of Thrones and genuine music from the far north of Eu- +358 40 593 9015 season 7 DVD and Blu-Ray commercial and rope: Sapmi in the most watched Australian TV drama J-P Piirainen - Nordic Guitar Music Wentworth’s grand season finale. We contin- Helsinki-Cotonou Ensemble - Modern Jazz, ue our co-operation with Tuuletar and Liquid Funky Beats and edgy Afrobeat in an inno- Bafe’s Factory is an independent record label 5th Productions -studio in USA in order to pro- vating manner and a publisher in Helsinki, Finland. It presents duce new music targeting for sync produc- Vilma Timonen Quartet (VTQ) - Urban Kan- Finnish artists who create their own unique mu- tion. tele Music sic targeting into international markets. Bafe’s Southpaw Steel ‘n’ Twang (SST) band was first Subsonic Trio - Pure World Music from Fin- Factory’s key focus area is music synchroniza- Finnish band invited to play at the Interna- land, Australia and Brazilan at the highest tion. Bafe´s Factory is an ”one stop clearance” tional Steel Guitar Convention in St. Louis. We level company. We represent all the rights needed also recorded the latest album from SST. Southpaw Steel’n’Twang (SST) - Sound of son- for sync and have separate audio tracks for re- ic spices - Instrumental, Jazz, Proge, Ameri- processing.We are also looking for distributors can music with lap steel guitar and sub-publishers. Teho Majamäki – Progressive World Trance - Bafe’s Factory’s artists have received excel- Ambient music produced with classical and lent reviews in the United States (for example ethnic percussion instruments World Music Central, RootsWorld, Jazz Weekly, Vintage Guitar Magazine, Premier Guitar, The Recorded A Cappella Review Board ) and a lot www.bafesfactory.fi of radioplays (for example KXEP, KZYX, KUNM, WFMU, KAOS, WTUL, WRIR, CFUV, KALX, KALW, WMBR, WNMC, WYCE). 4 NORDIC MUSIC TRADE MISSION APRIL 25–27 LOS ANGELES Åsa Enström Ruben Nesse Peo Nylén GENERAL COUNSEL CEO/OWNER CREATIVE DIRECTOR BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT BRILLIANCE / NORWAY COSMOS MUSIC PUBLISHIN / (SCANDINAVIA) AB / SWEDEN [email protected] SWEDEN [email protected] +47 9808 0349 [email protected] +46 7031 54560 +46 7058 69088 Music lawyer - responsible for the negotiation Brilliance is a music company founded in Nor- Cosmos Music is a leading independent mu- and review of all contracts and rights clearanc- way in 2010 with offices in Bergen and Lon- sic company, with label office, publishing of- es for the Nordic office within the BMG group. don. Our goal is to discover and present new fice and studio complex with seven writing Handles legal disputes and coordinates local brilliant music through talent management rooms in central Stockholm. The publishing acquisitions and investments. Board member and label services. We also have a singles club side represents over half a million songs from of Stim and Swedish MPA. Interested in strate- that releases new singles from up and coming companies such as Concord/Imagem, Bud- gic questions within PROs and technical and acts and a PR division offering pan-Scandina- demusic, Mute Song, Bucks and many more, digital development, such as AI and blockchain vian PR services. Currently presenting acts like as well as a quickly growing local catalogue, etc. Tuvaband, Kommode, Intertwine, Novo Amor, including big hits in various countries. Cosmos Misty Coast Music’s company history dates back to 1966, BMG is a worldwide music company with both when in-house imprint Amigo was founded in publishing and record label. www.brilliance.no Stockholm and we are proud to have been the record label of choice for hundreds of artists www.bmg.com ever since. Today, Cosmos Music is a digitally focused and 100% independent Swedish mu- sic company with an international outlook. We invest heavily into A&R and our global network of close distribution partners, marketing teams, publicists and radio pluggers provides us with a worldwide reach. www.cosmos-music.com 5 NORDIC MUSIC TRADE MISSION APRIL 25–27 LOS ANGELES other cities such as Seoul, Los Angeles, Tokyo Robin Jenssen VICE PRESIDENT & and Aarhus. GENERAL MANAGER In 2017 Jenssen and his business partner Pelle EKKO MUSIC RIGHTS EUROPE / Lidell (former European A&R Executive for SWEDEN Universal Music Publishing Ltd UK) launched [email protected] the new music publishing company EKKO +46 7072 26770 Music Rights, backed by powerful Korean music company S.M. Entertainment, and its In 2005 Jenssen co-founded the renowned writ- recently launched sister company, CTGA Co. ing and production team Dsign Music. Since Ltd. EKKO is the result of a long-standing idea the start they have been involved in more than from Korean leading music business executive 200 releases worldwide resulting in 33 US Bill- and billionaire Lee Soo-man, founder and board No 1’s, over 25 million records sold, an former Chairman of S.M. Entertainment. array of international No 1’s and Top 10’s. Pio- Jenssen has so far had a long and success- neers of K-POP and J-POP smash hits, cutting ful career as manager and music business edge writing and production, winner of numer- entrepreneur on the international scene. ous awards across the globe and so forth - the He is a pioneer in the K-Pop world where his list goes on and on! clients Dsign Music to date, are responsible The smash hit and No.1 single for Ricky Martin for multi-million sales and some of the most “Vente Pa’Ca” has 1,4 billion views on YouTube iconic and commercially successful hits in and more than 277 million streams on Spotify, K-Pop’s history. Jenssen is a very experienced earning Dsign Music a SESAC Latin Award in entrepreneur and music publisher – known 2017 and 2 nominations for the Latin Grammy internationally for his excellent strategic and Awards in 2017 (Song of The Year, Album of entrepreneurial skills. Jenssen is also involved The Year). in other ventures such as musicals, music tech Trondheim Song:Expo was founded by Jens- and mobile applications. sen in 2011 and is known for being “Europe’s biggest songwriting camp” with 15 studios and 100 songwriters/producers attending every www.ekkomusicrights.com year. This writing camp is later also arranged in 6 NORDIC MUSIC TRADE MISSION APRIL 25–27 LOS ANGELES On the producer/artist front, we represent, Eero Tolppanen Jesper Thorsson HEAD OF A&R among others: CEO ELEMENTS MUSIC / FINLAND ALEX MATSSON, a DJ/producer whose debut EXPORT MUSIC SWEDEN AB / EERO.TOLPPANEN@ single “UFO” certified double platinum and is SWEDEN ELEMENTSMUSIC.FI soon to release his debut EP via Sony Music. [email protected] +358 40 837 6664 ALISKY, a talented producer with a unique +46 72 586 50 60 electronic sound. Signed to Warner and cur- rently preparing his debut EP. I’m the Head of A&R and co-owner of Elements LEO JUPITER. His co-write and production on Export Music Sweden works at an industry level Music, the leading independent Finnish mu- Reino Nordin’s “Antaudun” was the biggest to help export Swedish music to the world. We sic publishing company. We represent sever- Finnish hit of 2017 and certified 3 x platinum, support songwriters, musicians, recording art- al internationally focused writers, producers winning the Emma award (Finnish Grammy) ists and companies within the music industry to & artists including, for example, the highly for the most streamed song of the year.