BMG Japan which, confusingly, is part of SonyBMG (it's confusing because Sony Japan isn't), has announced a new agreement with Japanese sales, marketing and management outfit Hostess Entertainment, who represent a number of European indies in the Japanese market, including Domino and PIAS. The agreement will see BMG Japan distribute releases represented by Hostess. They will also provide sales and broadcast media support.
Confirming the deal, Hostess Founder and President Andrew Lazonby told CMU: "With Hostess continuing to evolve and grow at such a rapid rate it's been clear we needed to align ourselves with a distribution partner who could both help us maximise the potential of our clients' exciting repertoire and also show a level of flexibility and a dynamic that's generally all too rare within the Japanese industry".
Upcoming releases that will be distributed through the alliance include Kills, Los Campesinos, Blood Red Shoes, Vitalic, Mogwai, Yo Majesty and Bloc Party.