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One Liners: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Caroline Polachek, Superorganism, more
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 6 December 2022
DEALS
Bucks Music Group has signed a worldwide publishing deal with Balimaya Project founder Yahael Camara-Onono. Bucks’ Director A&R Sarah Liversedge Platz says: “Yahael Camara-Onono is a really exciting musician and songwriter. He’s incredibly talented and his star is rising with the work he’s producing with Balimaya Project. We’re really happy to welcome him to Bucks”.
Concord Music Publishing’s joint venture with producer Tofer Brown, Chromatic Music, has signed songwriter and producer Aaron Chafin in a deal covering his existing and future works. “Super excited to be joining Chromatic Music and Concord for my publishing”, says Chafin. ”The opportunities presented from the team were undeniable from the beginning, and I feel more than confident within their worldwide network of collaborations!”
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APPOINTMENTS
Sony Music has promoted Christel Kayibi to Director Of Repertoire Strategy For Africa. The move comes just months after her last promotion to Senior Legal And Business Affairs Manager in June.
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EDUCATION & EVENTS
Launchpad and the PRS Foundation have announced a joint Talent Development Conference, which will take place at Leeds Beckett University on 24 Feb – merging two separate previous events. “We’re delighted to be partnering with Music:Leeds/Music Local’s Launchpad to combine each of our conferences into one event in Leeds in 2023”, says PRS Foundation’s Joe Frankland. “Each year the Talent Development Conference is a fantastic opportunity for music creators and those on the front line of talent development to come together, network and discuss the big topics and challenges facing the industry”.
Women’s leadership programme the Music Leaders Network has opened up its 2023 applications process. It is open to company employees and self-employed people with between five and 25 years industry experience. “We’re looking forward to welcoming a new Music Leaders Network cohort in May 2023”, say founders Remi Harris and Tamara Gal-On. “The results our members have achieved to date have transformed their professional lives and allowed them to deliver even greater impact through their work”. More info here.
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RELEASES
Caroline Polachek will release new album ‘Desire, I Want To Turn Into You’ on 14 Feb. Here’s new single ‘Welcome To My Island’. She has UK tour dates booked in February, including a show at Brixton Academy on the day of the album release.
Superorganism have released ‘Woofin & Meowin’, the theme song from the festive episodes of animated TV show ‘HouseBroken’. “We all love the show, and considering some cartoon themes and soundtracks shaped our childhoods and ultimately our tastes, it was super inspiring to get involved”, say the band. “We wrote ‘Woofin & Meowin’ immediately before we set off on our first tour since the pandemic, and I think you can feel that anxiety and excitement bubbling over”.
The Levellers have released new single ‘Down By The River O’. The track is taken from their new album, ‘Together All The Way’, which is out in March.
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GIGS & TOURS
The Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced that they will play two UK shows next summer – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on 21 Jul and Hampden Park in Glasgow on 23 Jul. Tickets go on sale on Friday.
Check out our weekly Spotify playlist of new music featured in the CMU Daily – updated every Friday.
