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In The City announce first keynotes

By | Published on Monday 12 July 2010

Organisers of In The City have announced details of three events that will take place as part of this year’s convention.

First up, Jay-Z’s right hand man Jay Brown, President and Co-Founder of Roc Nation, will appear in conversation with Epic Records MD Nick Raphael.

Next, Graphite Media’s Ben Turner will lead a session on the dance music industry, featuring contributions from dance music experts Nick Halkes (co-founder of Positiva and XL), Jho Oakley (Pendulum, Chase & Status and Noisia manager) and Caroline Protheroe (David Guetta’s manager).

Third, Mike Pickering will be talking to Paul Morley about the recently relaunched Deconstruction Records, and his long career in dance music, from DJing at The Hacienda in the 90s, to his work with In The City founder Tony Wilson at Factory Records, through to his later major label ventures.

As previously reported, In The City will this year take place from 13-15 Oct in various hotels around Manchester’s Piccadilly Square. The gigs strand will include the usual In The City Unsigned segment, and bands wanting to put themselves forward have until 6 Aug to do so. More info at www.inthecity.co.uk, where you will also find an early bird discount on full delegate tickets that will save you £200.



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