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 | TODAY'S TOP STORY: This is 2015, in case you hadn't noticed, and if there's one thing we don't need in this bold new year it's labs. I mean, labs, who needs them? Not me, not you, not anyone, that's who. And certainly not a leading live music giant. Which is presumably why Live Nation Labs is no more, according to various sources. Yes, the live music firm has seemingly wound up its digital... [READ MORE] | |
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 | TODAY'S APPROVED: The internet has got itself in a right old state over the finding of a newly-uploaded song/YouTube video by 'lost' Nigerian popstar and "elusive mystery man of music" William Onyeabor, who hasn't released anything in years; nay, decades. The Bible-inspired song, titled 'Many Mansions', first surfaced on YouTube in Sept 2014, but has apparently escaped wider notice until now... [READ MORE] | |
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| TOP STORIES | Live Nation Labs closes
JUMP | ONLINE | | LEGAL | Beats sued by former By Dre partner
JUMP | ONLINE | | LIVE BUSINESS | LeeFest taking gap year, back in 2016
JUMP | ONLINE | | BRANDS & MERCH | Bieber is new groin of Calvin Klein
JUMP | ONLINE | | ARTIST NEWS | The Haxan Cloak on board with Björk LP
Sting's Broadway musical to close after failing to cover costs
JUMP | ONLINE | | RELEASES | The Prodigy to release music for bedtime
The Go! Team announce fourth album
Enter Shikari attack privatisation of the NHS on new single
JUMP | ONLINE | | ONE LINERS | CMU's One Liners: Chalk Press Agency, Sony Walkman, Paul Weller and plenty more where that came from
JUMP | ONLINE | | AND FINALLY... | Nick Cave collaborates on skateboard design
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SOLD OUT - CAMPAIGN MANAGER, THEATRE/MUSIC (LONDON)
In this role you can join a vibrant, growing team, contributing to the growth and culture of the company and driving the business forward. The successful candidate will need to be client-facing, a natural communicator, thorough, reliable and with a gift for organisation and effective time management. The Campaign Manager's role is people-centric and we are looking for somebody who enjoys building relationships with clients and media contacts.
For more information including a full job description and how to apply click here. |  | | | | BROWNSWOOD MUSIC - SPECIAL PROJECTS ASSISTANT (LONDON)
Brownswood Music have recently been awarded special Arts Council funding status to become an NPO (National Portfolio Organisation). We are launching an exciting three year talent discovery and development scheme as of spring 2015 to help support untapped talent in the realm of leftfield music. We are looking for a project paid intern/assistant to come on board to help with the administrative and planning portion of the project. The role will be approximately three days per week from the North London office, but may involve travel to project sites around the UK.
For more information including a full job description and how to apply click here. |  | | | | MINISTRY OF SOUND - DIGITAL CAMPAIGN MANAGER (LONDON)
Ministry Of Sound Recordings seek an experienced Digital Campaign Manager. The DCM will be responsible for the planning and execution of the digital marketing strategy for all Ministry Of Sound Recordings artists. MoS Recordings is behind many of the biggest dance hits of the last 20 years. It now has a growing roster of established and developing artists including London Grammar, DJ Fresh, Wretch 32 and Rhodes. While the role will be label-focused, the DCM will feed into all areas of the brand.
For more information including a full job description and how to apply click here. |  | | | | IMAGEM MUSIC - CREATIVE ASSISTANT (LONDON)
Imagem Music UK is seeking a bright, ambitious and organised Creative Assistant to join the A&R/Creative team in our central London office. The Creative Assistant will work closely with the A&R team and the Managing Director on a variety of creative and administrative projects. Our ideal candidate would be a first or second jobber with a passion for pop music and prior experience and/or interest in music publishing, A&R and digital/online communications.
For more information including a full job description and how to apply click here. |  | | | | 9PR - ACCOUNT MANAGER (LONDON)
9PR are looking for a print and online Account Manager. Our roster includes the following acts and organisations: Public Enemy, Röyksopp, Boys Noize, Grace Jones, Sherwood & Pinch, Underworld, Gary Numan, Dena, Digitalism, The Garden, C Duncan, Shelter Point, DEMS, M+A, Pinkshinyultrablast, !K7, Warp, Def Jam, Trax, PIAS, City Slang, FatCat, Fierce Panda, Astralwerks, Abbey Road Studios, Plisskën festival, Reverence festival, Universal, Island, Sony, Columbia, RCA, Cooking Vinyl, Record Makers.
For more information including a full job description and how to apply click here. |  | | | | ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT FESTIVALS - MEMBERSHIP ASSISTANT (LONDON)
AIF are looking for an enthusiastic and organised Membership Assistant to assist the General Manager with day-to-day organisation and administration. You must be a quick learner with solid administrative skills and will be extremely IT literate, reliable and have great communication skills. Experience of working on events, specifically conferences and workshops would be advantageous.
For more information including a full job description and how to apply click here. |  | | | | IDOL UK - MANAGER (LONDON)
IDOL is a fast-growing independent French company that specialises in digital music distribution and label services, with an ambitious plan to develop internationally. With a strong marketing expertise, digital distribution experience and a technological edge, today we offer a complete range of services, tailored to meet the needs of labels and content distributors.
For more information including a full job description and how to apply click here. |  | | | | SOCIAL MEDIA EXECUTIVE, LIVE MUSIC (LONDON)
Handle Recruitment are looking for a Social Media Executive to join this dynamic start-up Live Music Events Company based in London. You will be responsible for overseeing social media channels and producing a comprehensive online strategy for all events as well as building the overall brand and online community.
For more information including a full job description and how to apply click here. |  | | | | LISTEN UP - EVENTS PRESS OFFICER (LONDON)
We are hiring an experienced Events Press Officer to join the events team at Listen Up. The candidate will need 3-4 years' experience running print and online events campaigns and will be working across Listen Up's extensive festival and events roster.
For more information including a full job description and how to apply click here. |  | | | | HOUSE OF 27 - SOCIAL MEDIA & DIGITAL MARKETING MANAGER (LONDON)
House Of 27 is looking for an experienced Social Media & Digital Marketing Manager to join their team. You will be responsible for the day to day social media activity for artists and music brands; creative content creation, copywriting, influencer outreach, content flow management, community engagement and fan growth. You will be working alongside external partners to amplify artists' social media presence and relevance.
For more information including a full job description and how to apply click here. |  | | | | WFS COMMS - JUNIOR MUSIC PUBLICIST (LONDON)
Worldwide Friendly Society Communications is looking for a junior publicist. Ideally with one or two years experience, you will have delivered complete album campaigns across print and digital music media with attention to detail, determination and panache.
For more information including a full job description and how to apply click here. |  | | | | THE ORCHARD - MARKETING COORDINATOR PAID INTERNSHIP (LONDON)
The Orchard has an opening for a marketing coordinator on a twelve month paid internship basis. This is a pivotal support role for our UK and European retail and interactive marketing teams. The position sits within the marketing department that is comprised of two branches - retail marketing and interactive marketing.
For more information including a full job description and how to apply click here. |  | | | | 7DIGITAL - LABEL & PROMOTIONS MANAGER - GERMAN-SPEAKING (LONDON)
7digital is looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Label & Promotions Manager to join our team based in East London. The Label & Promotions Manager will be solely responsible for all label relationship and promotions in Germany, Switzerland and Austria as well as our G/S/A websites and apps and all social media. They will work closely with other Label & Promotions Managers as well as internal content teams to ensure content availability and to run promotions.
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Live Nation Labs closes
This is 2015, in case you hadn't noticed, and if there's one thing we don't need in this bold new year it's labs. I mean, labs, who needs them? Not me, not you, not anyone, that's who. And certainly not a leading live music giant. Which is presumably why Live Nation Labs is no more, according to various sources. Yes, the live music firm has seemingly wound up its digital innovations unit which was created when it bought online metrics firm BigChampagne in 2011. It was thought the Labs would help Live Nation capitalise on the phenomenal database of music consumers it acquired when it merged with Ticketmaster in 2010 by developing and/or acquiring clever digital and data tools for use in the live, music and entertainment industries. Some interesting acquisitions and projects followed, though it's not clear how fruitful the venture has been overall, given the multi-million purchase of Big Champagne required to kick the whole thing off (widely reported as $30 million, though one source told Billboard it was closer to $12 million, but still a sizable investment). Some insiders say that the Labs project was never really embraced by Live Nation at large, and especially the firm's existing digital departments that saw it as a threat, which may have hindered its efforts to create new platforms to be utilised by the tours, events and artists Live Nation owns and represents. All that said, information about the closure of Labs is currently minimal. We do know that Big Champagne co-founder Eric Garland and a key exec at the digital unit Ethan Kaplan both departed last month after their soon-to-expire contracts were not renewed. Big Champagne's other founder Joe Fleischer will seemingly stay with Live Nation, though most Labs employees will be moved to other parts of the business, mainly within Ticketmaster. Meanwhile, according to Digital Music News, one of Live Nation Labs' acquisitions - EDM service Boomrat - will be merged in with the online operations of Live Nation-allied EDM franchise Insomniac. |
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Beats sued by former By Dre partner
Another Beats lawsuit? Well, why the hell not. The now Apple subsidiary is facing another lawsuit from a former business partner (in addition to the one being pursued by Steven Lamar), this one from Monster LLC, the tech company that originally made the overpriced Beats By Dre headphones but which ended its alliance with the firm in 2012 in something of a messy divorce. Though possibly more messy that we realised if the new lawsuit from Monster is to believed. According to the Wall Street Journal, it accuses the Dre and Jimmy Iovine headed Beats company of some dodgy dealing around its previous acquisition - by phone maker HTC in 2011 - which enabled the firm to call time on its Monster alliance. Monster says that while Beats sold 51% of the business to HTC, it bought 25.5% back a month later (ultimately buying HTC out of the company entirely). The initial deal was done this way, says the lawsuit, so that Beats could utilise a change of ownership clause in its deal with Monster allowing it to cut its business partner out of the equation. As a result of the supposed change in ownership Monster says it had to transfer some of its IP over to Beats costing it millions in lost revenue. To add insult to injury, Monster CEO Noel Lee, who retained a small stake in Beats even after his partnership with the firm ended, says he sold those shares in 2013 after being advised by a board member that no major transaction was on the horizon. Beats, of course, was then bought in a $3.2 billion deal by Apple last year, the latter of which said the purchase had been "years in the making". Lee also reckons Dre and Iovine have recently rewritten history editing out his company's role in creating the hugely successful Beats headphone business. So, lots of grievances there then. Though the core legal claim is that Beats "fraudulently acquired" the Beats By Dre line of headphones through the allegedly "sham transaction" with HTC. Neither Apple nor Beats have responded to the lawsuit. |
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LeeFest taking gap year, back in 2016
Festival-that-started-as-an-illegal-garden-party LeeFest is to take a year off in 2015 - sort of like Glastonbury does with its 'fallow year' scheme - before moving to a new, bigger site in 2016. The charitable fest, which was invented in 2006 by a then sixteen year old Lee Denny in his parents' garden in Beckenham, has since grown in size to a 2500-capacity weekender with camping, headlined last year by The Cribs, Frightened Rabbit and Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip. Denny and Team LeeFest now say that: "After an amazing five years the event has outgrown its current home at Highams Farm, and the time has come to move on". Confirming this will mean taking a year off, they explain in a statement: "We're gutted that we won't get to see you all this summer, but this will serve to make LeeFest all the more awesome. The festival is still being run entirely by volunteers, despite its unbelievable growth, so we often don't get a chance to work on the big picture stuff. This is a unique opportunity for us to make LeeFest more sustainable, more creative and even more ambitious in the long term". Lee and friends add they will confirm details of LeeFest 2016, the festival's tenth edition, "as soon as possible". |
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Bieber is new groin of Calvin Klein
So that time Justin Bieber weirdly responded to a rather unwelcoming audience at a Fashion Rocks event by stripping to his pants, perhaps he was actually auditioning. And look, he's got the gig. Yes, the Bieber boy is the new face, torso, legs and groin of Calvin Klein, and if you don't or won't believe me, you'll have to take a look at this photo of him showing off in his favourite boxers. Announcing his new job on Instagram he wrote "officially a part of the legacy - check out @calvinklein for more. #mycalvins. #newfaceofcalvinklein". Now he's on board perhaps the fashion firm could make him an orange pair that he could wear in his next photo shoot at the offices of the LAPD. In unrelated news, Bieber recently broke his "damn" foot while playing 'soccer'. Perhaps he was auditioning for a brand partnership selling orthopaedic bandages. |
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| | Approved: William Onyeabor
The internet has got itself in a right old state over the finding of a newly-uploaded song/YouTube video by 'lost' Nigerian popstar and "elusive mystery man of music" William Onyeabor, who hasn't released anything in years; nay, decades. The Bible-inspired song, titled 'Many Mansions', first surfaced on YouTube in Sept 2014, but has apparently escaped wider notice until now. As is investigated in Noisey's excellent short film of 2014, 'Fantastic Man', Onyeabor became a big synth-pop-making deal in his native Nigeria in the 1970s and 1980s. Having disappeared off - becoming a born-again Christian and wealthy industrialist - following the release of his last LP in 1985, he has only rarely been seen or heard from since. Onyeabor's work re-entered the spotlight in 2013, 'Searching For Sugar Man'-style, when David Byrne's world label Luaka Bop re-released a pair of his records. Then, in a very recent and extremely rare radio chat with BBC 6 Music's Lauren Laverne, Onyeabor said that he had new material in the pipeline, which really was a thrill. So, take from all that what you will. While everyone got very excited by the 'Many Mansions' clip, which certainly features a modern-looking Onyeabor, the celebrations were cut short when the video was hit with a takedown notice from The Orchard. Which at least seems to verify its legitimacy. As you can't watch that video, here instead is 'Atomic Bomb' from Luaka Pop compilation 'Who Is William Onyeabor?'. | | CLICK HERE to read and share online | | |
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The Haxan Cloak on board with Björk LP
The Haxan Cloak, aka Triangle-signed Brit Bobby Krlic, has officially joined the slow trickle of confirmed collaborators on Björk's forthcoming LP. Drip... drip... drip. It's a fairly short list so far, consisting only of Krlic and Venezuelan producer Arca - who in The Fader's Oct/Nov 2014 cover story was cited, mistakenly it now appears, as the Björk record's "sole producer". Contesting that, The Haxan Cloak said on Twitter yesterday: "I can now share, with equal parts humility and excitement, the last few months I've been working with Björk on her new record. An honour". -------------------------------------------------- Sting's Broadway musical to close after failing to cover costs
Try as he might, Sting just can't make New York interested in the Newcastle shipbuilding industry of the 1980s. Not even with singing and dancing. Poor Sting. Poor Newcastle. Poor ships. The former Policeman's musical 'The Last Ship' opened on Broadway in October to good reviews, but has subsequently failed to pull in a sizable enough audience to cover its $625,000 per week running and $15 million set up costs, reports The New York Times. This despite Sting himself joining the cast in November, replacing Jimmy Nail. Poor Jimmy. In an email to staff and other supporters obtained by the NYT producers Jeffrey Seller and Kathryn Schenker said this week: "We have been bewildered and saddened by our inability to sustain an audience for this musical that we deeply love. There are no easy explanations. [We are] heartened that we have been able to share this work with 140,000 theatergoers since our start last summer in Chicago and that Sting's herculean participation on stage since 9 Dec has lengthened our run, filled the theater with enthusiastic audiences and helped to burnish 'The Last Ship' in the canon of beautiful, original new musicals. Our ability to persevere has helped ensure a viable future for the show in licensing". 'The Last Ship' will close on 24 Jan. The producers are now hoping to secure licensing deals to help cover some of the losses. |
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The Prodigy to release music for bedtime
The Prodigy. The Prodge. The Prodders. The P Men. El Prodigio. Pro Diggity. The Pradajy. Prodigy, The. La Mirindaĵo. Mr Prodigy. Alf Six. Theeee Proooodiiiiiiggggyyyy. Liam And The Boys. The Propnadigicals. Whichever of these many commonly used names for them you prefer, they are back. Their sixth studio album, the nocturnally-titled 'The Day Is My Enemy', will be released through their Cooking Vinyl imprint, Take Me To The Hospital, on 30 Mar. It features guest contributions from Sleaford Mods and Flux Pavilion. "This is all well and good", I'm sure you're now screaming. "In fact, it's all well and fucking good", you add, swearing quite unnecessarily, "but is there a fucking teaser trailer?" Oi! I told you to lay off the swearing. I've got a good mind not to let you have this teaser trailer at all. Maybe I'll give it to your sister instead, as she seems to be able to manage to behave herself. Yes, I think that's what I'll do. So this video here is for your sister's eyes only, and you can go to your room. Right now. -------------------------------------------------- The Go! Team announce fourth album
Good news for fans of lively pick n mix pop, the first Go! Team album since 2011 will be upon us in March. Speaking about the record, the man behind the project, Ian Parton, said: "I wanted to make an album driven by melody and song writing because catchiness is the hardest thing you can do. Brill building hooks but permeated with a kind of wobbly VHS feel". 'The Scene Between' will become available on 23 Mar via Memphis Industries. For now, get your wobbly VHS fix on the album's title track here. -------------------------------------------------- Enter Shikari attack privatisation of the NHS on new single
Enter Shikari have revealed the second single from their forthcoming album, 'The Mindsweep'. Called 'Anaesthetist', the track sees the band launch an attack on the government's moves to dismantle the NHS. Explains frontman Rou Reynolds: "We seem to have reached a stage of such capitalistic fervour, that we believe it acceptable to punish people for ill health. By charging for healthcare we act as if illness is nothing but one's own problem, but what is the purpose and advantage of 'civilisation' if it is not helping the most vulnerable within society?" He adds: "The lottery of birth can offer us a wealth of bad luck when it comes to our health and the safety nets are being pulled in as the desire to boost profit overtakes the desire to help people". Watch the video for 'Anaesthetist' here. |
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Chalk Press Agency, Sony Walkman, Paul Weller and plenty more where that came from Other notable announcements and developments today... • PR man Jon Lawrence has left Stoked to set up his own company, Chalk Press Agency. Clients include Haim, St Vincent, Ben Howard, Michael Kiwanuka, Kyla La Grange, Broods and Denai Moore. Details here. • Sony has signed off on a new Walkman model, the Walkman ZX2. It's a high-end MP3 player priced at £949, and features a hi-res audio processor to rival Neil Young's Pono. It will probably go on sale in the spring. And for all the kids who don't know the history of the Walkman, Pitchfork felt it necessary to print a recap. • Paul Weller is going to mix up some fuckin next level shit on his forthcoming studio album. It's "defiantly 21st century", "progressive in the literal sense of the word" and features a "kazoo [played] through a fuzzbox", he tells Uncut. . • Oh, what? Another Tame Impala album. Well, OK then. But make sure you clean up afterwards. The band are still working on the record, so there's time to clear a proper space for it. • NY hip hop entities Dipset - aka Cam'Ron, Jim Jones, Juelz Santana, and Freekey Zekey - have this week shared their first new single in five years, 'Have My Money'. Slide over and hear a radio rip of it, right now. • Jagjaguwar signees Viet Cong have let slip another song from their debut album, which is out on 20 Jan. Slipped right out it did. Someone should really pick it up. Look, there it is. • Grimey type Mumdance and the Boxed collective's Logos have knocked heads on a LP of "ten future-facing club tracks', titled 'Proto'. It arrives via Tectpnoc on 16 Feb, and this may or may not be a stream of its title track. • Still-dismally-named indie band Pop Etc, fka The Morning Benders, have released the lyric video to their new single 'Running In Circles', which is available to buy now. Look, listen and learn the track via said lyric clip right here. |
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Nick Cave collaborates on skateboard design
What do you get for the man who has everything? A skateboard, apparently. Nick Cave has a skateboard now. And everything else, if the premise of this opening paragraph is to be believed. I'm not convinced, personally. Anyway, that Nick Cave guy - the one from that film - has teamed up with Australian skateboard company Fast Times and American artist Chuck Sperry to create a new skateboard design. A 'deck', if you will. Which you will, because that's what it's called. This particular deck is inspired by the song 'Nature Boy', from him and The Bad Seeds' 2004 album 'Abattoir Blues'. This song, it was mutually agreed by Cave and Fast Times, "best suited the Melbourne Skate Scene and vibe of Fast Times". These are things that Cave would be well aware of because he is apparently a "regular visitor" to the company's Melbourne store. The theme is visualised with a painting of "one of Chuck's dames" who appears "tangled in her long golden locks wrapped in a psychedelic bed of flowers". There are some lyrics from 'Nature Boy' slapped on it too, just so you know what's going on. Take a look at the finished product here. And if you don't fancy forking out for a bit of wood that you'll never use, there's also a t-shirt. Now, imagine if we could finish this with a video of some people doing skateboarding tricks to a soundtrack of 'Nature Boy'. And now cease to imagine, because that very dream is a reality. |
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Email chris@unlimitedmedia.co.uk (except press releases, see below) | | | |  | ALY BARCHI | Staff Writer
Aly reports on artist and business news, leads on the CMU One Liners, and contributes to the CMU Approved column. She also coordinates the daily cultural tips on CMU's sister site ThisWeek London.
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