German touring agency getting NZ acts heard in Europe sign as partner to BMG
Written by Admin on February 24, 2013
Making it in New Zealand is one thing, but our country’s biggest groups, such as Fat Freddys Drop and The Blackseeds, realise that the key to their sustained success is finding a way to get their music known overseas. This is where companies such as Berlin based record label & booking agency Crazy Planet Records have come into the picture; and this company’s recent announcement that they have signed a deal as a partner to publishing heavyweight BMG Rights Management has potentially added a large gold (or even platinum) frame to this picture.
Crazy Planet Records has been involved behind the scenes in NZ music for the past 3 years, travelling to our corner of the globe and supporting local groups that they feel could work out over in the European market. This has included releasing a Cornerstone Roots album in Germany, and booking several tours and festival shows for Kiwi acts such as Sola Rosa, Cornerstone Roots, Six60, Funkommunity, Hollie Smith and others. Crazy Planet also has a collaboration with Base FM and an office in Auckland. One of their artists, Mara Simpson, who is now based in Berlin, is arriving in NZ this month to perform a 30 date NZ tour, supported by Crazy Planet, with her band Mara & the Bushkas.
But the companies recent signing with BMG will have NZ music managers and bands even more interested to intercept CEO Matthias Mueller for a coffee when he is next in NZ. BMG Rights Management administer the publishing rights for artists such as David Bowie, Aerosmith, Fleet Foxes, MGMT, Foo Fighters and others of the world’s top artists. Crazy Planet will investigate the NZ music market even more closely with a view to signing exciting artists to an international well-respected publisher. Publishing is becoming a corner stone of the constantly evolving music industry as bands start to generate regular income from syncing to movies, games & TV and from other rights such as airplay or live performance.
You can check out Mara Simpson and her band Mara & the Bushkas around NZ at the following venues:
09.02.13: Southern Cross Arvo Show, Wellington
13.02.13: Le Cafe, Picton
14.02.13: Hot Mammas, Motueka
15.02.13: Golden Beer, Mapua
16.02.13: Mussel Inn, Onekaka
17.02.13: Roots Bar, Takaka
20.02.13: Dux Live, Christchurch
21.02.13: Penguin Club, Oamaru
22.02.13: Chicks Hotel, Dunedin
27.02.13: Wunderbar, Lyttleton
28.02.13: TBC, Blenhiem
01.03.13: The Playhouse, Nelson
02.03.13: Evil Genius, Wellington
03.03.13: Newtown Festival, Wellington
06.03.13: Meow, Wellington
07.03.13: The Yot Club, Raglan
08.03.13: TBC, Auckland
09.03.13: Leigh Sawmill, Leigh
10.03.13: Eggsentric, Coromandel
23.03.13: Matterhorn, Wellington
06.04.13: Beer Fest, Nelson
More information can be found about Crazy Planet Records at www.crazyplanetrecords.com and BMG RightsManagement at www.bmg.com
For press and interviews contact Ali Tocher at alistair@crazyplanetrecords.com
To contact the New Zealand office for any A&R related queries, please contact JAZZ at jazz@basefm.co.nz