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SEPTEMBER 23, 2000

Volume 17, Issue 39

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Wyclef's new single, ItDoesn't Matter (Colum-bia), is this week's Euro-pean Hot 100 SinglesHighest New Entry.

we taller to radioM&M chart toppers this week

Eurochart Hot 100 SinglesMADONNA

Music(Maverick)

European Top 100 AlbumsTHE CORKS

In Blue(Atlantic)

European Radio Top 50ROBBIE WILLIAMS

Rock DJ(Chrysalis)

European Dance TraxxDARUDE

Sandstorm(16 Inch)

Inside M&M this week

BMG GETS CHEEKY.BMG has acquired indie label

Cheeky, homeof acts such asFaithless andDido, in a dealengineedred byBMG UK & Ire-land chairmanRichard Grif-fiths (pictured).

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WAPPING PLAYLISTSGerman listeners can nowaccess the playlists of someradio stations such as AntenneBayern stations through theirmobile phone. Page 3

JAllIN' EUROPEIndependent labels have beenat the forefront of jazz creativ-ity in Europe. Terry Berne pro-files some of Europe's mostactive indie labels.

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Majors wheel out the biggestguns in seasonal campaigna Music & Media staff report

LONDON - Record labelsand radio programmersacross Europe are gettingready for the busiest seasonof the year, which will seenew releases by such inter-national heavyweights asMadonna, U2, Fat Boy Slim,Sade, the Spice Girls, AllSaints, Ricky Martin, RodStewart, Radiohead, KylieMinogue, Texas, Elton Johnand The Beatles.

The sheer volume ofproduct-a completeoverview of major inter-national releases is pub-lished on page 7-8-haslabel executives and pro-grammers questioningwhether the market hasthe capacity to absorb

such a heavy flow. But theyremain optimistic about thefinal outcome. "Althoughhighly competitive I feelgreat about the comingmonths," says BMG UK &Ireland chairman and presi-dent BMG EntertainmentCentral Europe Richard Grif-fiths. "The quality of the com-bined releases from therecord companies is stagger-ing and can only expand themarket."

On the programmingfront, head of music atRadio 102 in Norway,Egil Houeland says hismain problem is thatthe bulk of releases isconcentrated on the endof the year. "I supposeit's good to have some

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Music Choice announces flotationby Gareth Thomas

LONDON - Music Choice Europe,which provides music through digi-tal television and on the Internet, isplanning to float on the Lon-don Stock Exchange in aneffort to raise approximately£45 million ( 73.5 million).On flotation, its market cap-italisation is expected to bearound £190 million.

The UK -based company,which is backed by recordlabels Sony and Warner andTV company BskyB, dis-tributes 47 digital audiochannels, each cateringfor a specific genre ofmusic and data, to around 5million European homes across

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Europe and into the Middle East."Music Choice is already a major

force in the provision of music intopeople's homes," chief executiveSimon Bazalgette tells M&M. "And

we will now make a signifi-cant investment in new mar-kets, such as broadband andmobile technology."

With revenue raised fromthe flotation, Music Choicehopes to offer its services onmobile telephones with the

introduction of UMTS (Univer-sal Mobile Telecommunica-

tions System). It alsoanticipates that the ser-vice will be distributed

via xDSL, advanced broad-band networks, once these

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Middelhoff aimsfor number oneby Adam White

HANOVER - Bertelsmann chair-man/CEO Thomas Middelhoffrepeated on September 13 his wish

to see BMG Enter-tainment becometop dog in the globalmusic business bythe end of the year.

"Don't say thatwe haven't achievedour objective untilDecember 31," he

declared during a financial presen-tation at Expo 2000 in Hanover.Middelhoff would not give any pre-cise details on how such worlddomination would be achieved,however, beyond alluding-as hehas done before-to the promise of

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Boy is not soBadly Drawnby Paul Sexton

LONDON - An industry audience atLondon's Grosvenor House HotelSeptember 12 witnessed The HourOf Bewilderbeast, whenthe debut album of thatname by the woolly -hat-ted artist Badly DrawnBoy beat off better-knownnominees to win theninth annual TechnicsMercury Music Prize.

Born Damon Gough inBolton near Manchester, BadlyDrawn Boy has been a criticalfavourite in the UK in the monthsleading up to the award, in which apanel of industry/media judges hon-our the unofficial British or Irish

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Upfrontby Emmanuel Legrand, Music & Media editor -in -chief

Of all the new technologies that will be used to dis-tribute music digitally, the wireless option is probablythe one that offers the most exciting potential for themusic industry, and for broadcasters.

Come to think of it, the growth of mobile phoneownership in Europe and in the rest of the world isstaggering and in a not too distant future, everyoneover 14 will own one of these devices (even in regionsof the world such as South East Asia). What WAP sys-tems can offer is an instant capability to access ser-vices, any time, anyplace-and be accessed in return.

More and more, there are reports of new deals,partnerships, tests, and experiments where music isused in conjunction with wireless applications. Takethis week. We report that in Germany, the playlist ofa handful of stations is now accessible through thephone. In France, Yacast, a new entrant in the busi-ness, is offering radio stations 24/7 instant recogni-

tion of titles, accessible through mobiles. Once youhave the title of the track on your (mini) phone screen,you can order it from an e-tailer or-not yet, butsoon-download the title, or listen to it.

A few months' back, M&M published a guide toWAP for dummies in which an executive from Eric-sson stated that "music and mobile devices are aperfect combination." This is proving to be a correctprediction.

And if offers immense business potential, simplybecause at one end of the phone you have the user andat the other end, a telco. In such a model, the user isidentified and can be billed through his telecom compa-ny, providing additional resources to the whole chain(telcos, artists, labels and stations).

Of course, the system is still inits infancy and lacks broadbandcapacity. This will be solved withthe next, third generation (3G) ofhigh-speed systems, perfect formusic streaming and downloads.

Once those technical hurdlesare passed, it's a good bet that thefuture of music will be mobile.

Music & Media values its readers' opinions-you can e-mail the editor -in -chief at: elegrand@musicandmedia.co.uk

BMG gets Cheeky and launches into Orbitby Emmanuel Legrand simply stating that BMG "paid a

fair value for the company."LONDON - BMG UK is broadening Rollo Armstrong-the master -its sources of repertoire with the mind behind Faithless and one of theacquisition of left-wing label co -owners of the label-will be join -Cheeky and the signing of a long- ing BMG UK in an A&R capacity.term, worldwide deal with produc- Griffiths says he has been a longtimeer/composer William Orbit. fan of the group. "I love Faithless

The acquisition of and Rollo is just brilliant-Cheeky-home of acts I absolutely wanted tosuch as Faithless and work with him," he says.Dido-was announced by Cheeky will cease toBMG UK & Ireland chair- t exist as a stand-aloneman and president BMG label and will be mergedEntertainment Central into Arista UK. A newEurope, Richard Griffiths Faithless album isat the company's annual expected in March 2001sales conference on Sep- I and an album by Dido istember 7. planned for October.

Griffiths tells M&M the deal Griffiths also announced thathad been under discussion for Madonna producer William Orbitabout two years and was closed has been signed up by VP of inter -just before the conference. He national A&R and marketing, Nickdeclined to reveal precise details, Stewart. Orbit's first BMG release

will be a self -titled album earlynext year.

On the sales front, Griffithsissued a broadside to retailers,revealing that BMG UK hadcaught some retail partners tryingto return to BMG products shippedfrom abroad. "Next time this hap-pens, we will sue," he warned.

The BMG executive continued:"Retail can have pricing at importlevel, but you can't have it bothways. If we cut our prices we haveto end our marketing support anddiscounts."

One answer, said Griffiths, wasto have different features enhanc-ing the value of the products forretailers as well as consumers.Accordingly, on November 6 BMGwill release the new album by UKboy band Westlife containingthree additional songs for the UKmarket only.

MTV goes Dutch in latest regionalisationby Siri Stavenes Dove

LONDON - The latest in a long lineof regionalised feeds, MTV Nether-lands (NL) was launched on Sep-tember 12 in a bid to boostits poor market share.

The ninth regional ser-vice launched by the US TVcompany in the past fouryears, MTV NL is competing withDutch language music TV chan-nels TMF and The Box.

TMF currently accounts for80% of music television viewing inthe Netherlands, giving the chan-nel a substantial lead over bothMTV and The Box, which accountfor just 10% each, according to fig-ures published by KLO.

Brent Hansen, president & chiefexecutive MTV & VH1 Europe,admits: "We know we aren't asclose to the viewers as we'd like tobe." He believes the inclVsion oflocal presenters, local content, sub -

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titled foreign programming and aplaylist designed to suit the Dutchmarket is the way to close that gap.

In addition to the localmaterial, MTV NL will

broadcast eventssuch as the MTVEurope MusicAwards and will, inHansen's words,

"in that way remain anetwork."

Treading a fine linebetween regionalisation and MTV'sinternational appeal, Hansen con-fesses: "The strength of the brand

is that it is international." Onscreen MTV NL, like all regionaloutlets, will still be called just

MTV. "We don't want peo-ple who have been watch-ing the pan-EuropeanMTV to get the feeling ofhaving something takenaway from them," heexplains.

Hansen says that thepan-European formatwhich was launched in

Europe in 1987 never was meant tobe kept. "We always intended toregionalise," he says.

MW Espana also launches localised serviceMTV Espana was launched just twodays before MTV NL, on September10. The channel is created for Spain,The Balearics and the CanaryIslands. As in Holland, the channelwill be aimed at local youth and willfeature Spanish -language program-

ming and presenters, as well as atailor-made playlist for the Spanishmarket. MTV Espana will alsobroadcast the network's events andcan boast an added category in theMTV Europe Music Awards 2000-Best Spanish Artist Of The Year.

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Germans to receive radioplaylists on mobile phonesby Tayfun Kesgin

BERLIN - The playlists ofsome radio station will beavailable to German listen-ers next month throughtheir mobilephones. Listenerscan also order CDsdirectly by sendinga text message.

Commercialstations, RadioIngolstadt, FFN,Antenne Bayernand Radio Energyhave suppliedtheir playlists to Hamburg -based company Minick,who have developed thesystem called mobileSound.

Available by the end ofthe month, mobileSoundenables listeners to send atext message to a servicenumber and receive backinformation on the name

and performer of a trackheard on the radio.

Information on the CDand its price can then bedealt with by mail ordercompany alphamusic,

which claims to beable make the CDavailable for salewith a deliverytime of a maximumof 48 hours. To buythe CD, the usersimply sendsanother SMS mes-sage to confirm thetransaction.

Because of the greaterefficiency in marketing anddistribution, alphamusicclaims that the prices of theCDs are competitive withthose in music shops.

Alexander Trommen,MD of Minick says:"mobileSound provides cur-rent and individual infor-

mation on the radio pro-gramme plus a transaction-al offer-that is real addedvalue for the customer andit makes the radio interac-tive."

Despite favouring theSMS system the companyis also putting its faith inWAP technology. "At thismoment there are onlysome 200,000 WAP-enabled phones in Ger-many, compared with some32 million mobile phoneswith SMS," says pressspokesperson HeikoBiesterfeldt. "On top ofthat the SMS tool is muchcheaper than WAP. Oncethe WAP technology hasadvanced, however, we willmost definitely sell singlesongs digitally, but for nowSMS is an handy tool tocapitalise on the cellularphone hype."

Flemish girl trio K3 are pictured atBelgian broadcaster VRT Radio 2,after winning the station's Zomer-hit (Summer Trophy) for the sec-ond year running. K3 have justreleased their new album, Ytppiee(BMG Belgium). The group soldover 100,000 copies of their albumAlle Kleuren and are currently inthe top 10 of the Belgian chartswith the single Kleuren (Colours).

Pictured (1-r) are: Anja Daems(Radio 2 presenter), Kristel (K3),Karen (K3), Jo De Poorter (TV1 pre-senter VRT TV) and Kathleen (K3).

Universal extends presencein Arab -speaking countriesLONDON - Universal MusicInternational is planning toincrease its presence inArab -speaking countries aspart of reassignments with-in the organisation.

Pascal Negre, chair-man/CEO of UniversalMusic France, is adding thetitle of senior VP (UMI)Middle East/North Africaregion to his current respon-sibilities. His new positionincludes overseeing Univer-sal's expanding licensingoperations in Saudi Arabia,the Gulf Region, Lebanon,Egypt and North Africa.

"Although we do not cur-rently have companies inthose countries, Universalintends to play an increas-ingly active role through ourlocal licensees," says UMIchairman Jorgen Larsen. Headds that he views Negre's

appointment as a way ofextending Arabic languagerepertoire from the regioninto Western markets.

Negre's interest inMediterranean artists canbe traced back to the late1980s when he signedAlgerian act Khaledto the then Poly -Gram -owned labelBarclay. Morerecently, Negresigned Turkish actTarkan for theworld, where theyenjoyed success in Europeand Latin America.

Negre's appointmentcomes as Universal MusicTurkey's CEO Sevket Goza-lan relinquishes his region-al responsibilities, whichincluded a reorganization ofthe Middle East region andthe development of major

Arabic and Turkish lan-guage artists. Gozalan is tofocus on his post as chair-man of the Turkish compa-ny, split between its fourlabels: Universal, Mars,Nese and S Miizik.

Thomas Hedstriim, VPEastern Europe,who adds responsi-bilities for EasternEurope and DirectExport, is relocatingfrom Hanover. Ehd-strom, who is basedin London, oversees

those Balkan countries thatwere handled by Gozalan.

In addition, Peter Bond,regional president of Uni-versal Music operatingcompanies in Australia,New Zealand, and SouthAfrica, will be responsiblefor sub-Saharan Africa.Bond is based in Sydney.

ON THE BEATNEW BREAKFAST JOCK AT RADIO DEEJAY

MILAN - Fabio Volo, presenter on the highly -popularItalia 1 TV show Le Iene (The Hyenas), is taking overthe breakfast slot at Radio Deejay. The appointmentfollows the departure of Marco Baldini,along with fellow presenter Tony H, todance -pop station Radio Italia Network.The show, due to launch on September18, will be co -hosted by journalist LauraPiazzi who, according to the station, willact as Volo's "muse and inspiration." Inthe meantime the slot is being coveredby various Radio Deejay presenters,including Platinette. There is no substi-tute yet for Tony H, who presented atechno-mix show on Saturday evenings.

Platinette

SWEDISH RADIO ADVERTISING INCREASES

STOCKHOLM - Radio advertising in Sweden hasgrown 18.4% for the first six months of 2000, and isnow worth SEK 292 million ( 34.7).

However, the survey found that Internet advertis-ing has tippled over the past year and is now twice asbig as radio advertising in a market that is up 13% intotal. Christer Jungeryd, managing director of com-mercial radio's trade organisation RU, says that one ofthe reasons for the continued growth is money fromdotcom companies. There has also been an influx ofnew advertisers that have increased the amount ofadvertising spots sold. Jungeryd predicts that theywill reach sales of SEK 620 million with a growth of12% for the full year:

ROBINSON EXITS NOORDZEE FM

HILVERSUM - Elliot Robinson has left Noordzee FM,the Dutch AC commercial station which can bereceived on cable networks as well as on FM. He was

programme director ofthe station andincreased its listeningfigures during histime there. Public

relations director at Noordzee FM, Jerney Kaagman,will also be leaving the station in November to becomedirector of Conamus, a foundation set up to promoteDutch productions on the radio and to bring Dutchartists to international attention. Kaagman is alsowell known as the lead singer of the Dutch band Earthand Fire, which was heavily promoted on Radio Caro-line as well as on RNI in the Seventies.

MOVING CHAIRSPARIS - Thomas de Fossez has been appointed headof marketing and communication of the Internet activ-ities of Paris rock station OW FM. He reports directlyto the station's MD Michael Gentile.STOCKHOLM - Per Ankersjo has beennamed new music director at BonnierRadio's gold -formatted Stockholm sta-tion Vinyl 107. Rolf Arsenius isappointed as managing editor. Thechanges come after the station's pro-gramming director Lars-Goran Nils-son was named managing director atVinyl 107, replacing Bonnier Radio MDMarcus Forsell.LONDON - Jonathan Goodwin has left his positionas 'group managing director of The Wireless Group.Goodwin is leaving to join a corporate finance house.The Wireless Group says Goodwin's duties will betaken over by new chief financial officer Keith Sadlerand by the group's chairman and chief executive, for-mer editor of the Sun newspaper Kelvin MacKenzie.

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Naive matures with investmentPARIS - French indie labelNaive has secured the finan-cial backing of Parecom, aninvestment companyspecialised in thecommunication sec-tor, in a deal worth"several tens of mil-lions of francs."

Part'com, part ofCaisse des Depots,will become a share-holder in Naive with 17% ofthe capital. Naive chiefexecutive and co-founderPatrick Zelnik declined toreveal the details of theinvestment, but says thatthe new partner will helpfinance the company'sdevelopments in music aswell as new media.

Naive has recently

acquired Opus 111, a presti-gious classical label withover 300 titles covering Ital-

ian baroque,medieval music andRussian repertoire.Details of the trans-action have not beendisclosed.

Zelnik gays thisacquisition will per-fectly complement

Naive's classical catalogue,already strong, commanding10% of France's classicalmarket. Zelnick says he isconfident about its futuregrowth, which now repre-sents some 40% of the com-pany's revenue. "Classicalmusic has long shelf -life, isinternational and has a bigpotential on the Internet,"

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he says.Revenue rose 117% to Ffr

55 million ( 8.4m) duringthe first half of 2000, com-pared to the same periodlast year. Zelnik forecasts aturnover of Ffr 110 millionfor 2000, up from Ffr 70m in1999.

"We had a stronggrowth," confirms Zelnik.The biggest sellers forNaive during the past yearwere US group Pink Marti-ni and UK rock band Muse.Zelnik also says he hashigh worldwide expecta-tions for the album by Mir-wais, who co -producedMadonna's most recentalbum and co -penned hercurrent number one singleMusic.

Amsterdam Dance Event registrations upby Gareth Thomas

HILVERSUM - Nextmonth's Amsterdam DanceEvent is set to be thebiggest ever, with regis-trations up by 15%,according to organisers.

The fifth edition of thedance music business con-ference takes place betweenOctober 19-21 and is beingbroadcast by the EuropeanBroadcasting Union toa network of Euro-pean radio as wellas live on the web.

ADE is expectedto pull in around athousand musicindustry professionalsto discuss the state of thedance music scene. ADE alsoincludes a busy a nightimeprogramme, featuring actsand DJs from across Europe.

There will be a French

flavour to this year's eventwith the French BureauExport de la MusiqueFrancaise putting on ashowcase featuring Super -

funk (pictured) (Virgin), LesClones (Sony) and DJ Oliveat the Melkweg. "It's a gooddevelopment," says

spokesperson Pietervan Adrichem. "We

like to have acts pro-moted from all terri-tories in Europe."

The ADE day pro-gramme features

panels covering the roleof A&R, the legal issues fac-ing the sector, how to createa successful concept for aclub and the role of radio indance music chart success.Dutch authors' rights organ-

isation BUMA will also pre-sent panels on new mediaand authors' rights.

A party at The ArenaHotel hosted by the UK

Defected label will be oneof the most eagerly -awaited evening events.There will also be parties

hosted the Dutch Black.Hole label and London'sBar Rhumba. Ultra Natewill perform at the Desireparty at Escape.

Van Adrichem alsorevealed that ADE is in dis-cussions with the DutchRock and Pop foundation tohold a joint fair next year."We are sympathetic to theidea of merging. But it mustbe done properly and in away which retains theunique character of ADE.We represent a very differ-ent area from rock music,"says van Adrichem.

Chrysalis Publishing expands presenceby Emmanuel Legrand

LONDON - Chrysalis MusicPublishing, the publishingarm of the UK's ChrysalisGroup, has created a newinternational position withthe aim of increasing thecirculation of repertoirewithin its network of affili-ates and expand its inter-national presence.

Current general manag-er of Chrysalis MusicFrance Stephane Barrethas been given the addi-tional role of internationalA&R co-ordinator. CEO ofChrysalis Group's musicdivision, Steve Lewis, saysthat in his new position,Barret will "optimise theopportunities and benefitsfor all the companies we

currently operate." He addsthat this new role "is notintended to create anotherlevel of management andbureaucracy-Stephane'srole is to do with co-ordina-tion and requires every-body to buy into the idea ifit is to be successful."

Barret says he first sug-gested the idea of the cre-ation of a new position toJeremy Lascelles, MD ofChrysalis Music UK andEurope. Barret says: "Ournetwork of affiliates isgrowing and we are startingto operate as a quasi -globalcompany, but the affiliatesare being run autonomouslyand there was no attempt toco-ordinate our A&Refforts."

Barret says cross -border

collaborations are the wayforward. "My role is to lookinto the rosters of our affili-ates and see how we canmake our authors and com-posers circulate better," hesays. "We could have aSwedish composer workwith a US lyricist, a Frenchrapper work with a UKauthor to adapt a project forthe UK market, and so on."

Barret says he willorganise quarterly meet-ings with all the affiliatesto review the state of pro-jects and set targets.

Chrysalis Music cur-rently operates companiesin the UK, USA (Los Ange-les),.France, Germany andSweden.

A new affiliate is set toopen in Europe soon.

RIDE THE TIGER ANNOUNCES PRESENTER LINE-UP

LONDON - Chrysalis -backed Internet company Ridethe Tiger has appointed a raft of people with experiencein the broadcast industry to present on their music andlifestyle website, due to go live later this year. ClareMcCann is one joining from London dance music radiostation, Kiss 100. Chris Buckley joins from his positionas head of music at Chrysalis Radio's Galaxy 102.Justin Wilkes arrives from Birming-ham's Galaxy 102.2. Neil Sextonjoins from 102.4 Wish FMand Jo Thoenes hasmoved from Capital Radio in Nairobi. The start-up hasalso appointed a number of producer/journalists.

SPANISH RADIO LISTENING DOWN

MADRID - Fewer Spaniards are listening to theradio now than they were a year ago, according tothe results of a government study. The SociologicalResearch Centre (CIS) carrued out the survey, whichshows similar falls in TV viewing and newspaperreading. The study, covering July and released thismonth, reveals that just 41.2% of Spaniards agedover 14 listened to the radio every day at some point,compared to the previous report, covering April1999, when that figure stood at 48.6%. A rising num-ber, 34.2%, of Spaniards said they "never or almostnever" listened to the radio, compared to just 19.4%in April 1999. Radio news/magazine programmesproved to be more popular than music format shows,by 48.4% to 35%, with chat shows listened to by just19% of the audience.

POLES SET RADIO RECORD

WARSAW - Two Polish DJs have earned themselvesan entry in the Guinness Book of World Recordsafter broadcasting non-stop for 93 hours and 10 min-utes, according to reports in the Polish media.Marek Obszarny and Dariusz Litera of public stationWroclaw Polish Radio beat the previous world recordof 67 hours set by a British commercial radio stationin Blackpool. The two jocks apparently wanted tocontinue for 102 hours and 30 minutes to mark thefrequency of their station (102.3 Mhz), but wereordered to stop by doctors worried about the conse-quences on their health.

Internet in -siteRedband Broadcasting

www. redband com

Redband Broadcasting, a spin-off of LookSmart,launched in May with US$17 million (19 million) fromSony Music Entertainment and VantagePoint VenturePartners. It's more than just an online radio station; italso produces and syndicates music, news and talk pro-grammes as well. For example, Redband claims toreach 20 million listeners weekly through its partner-ship with Public Radio International's 660 affiliate sta-tions, plus it has third -party arrangements to provideco -branded radio for several major internet serviceproviders. Redband's music content is provided througha partnership with MongoMusic. Music streams can bechosen via a variety of search mechanisms. Playlistsand track information are posted, and there are e -tail-ing links. The site itself serves as a utilitarian gatewayto programming and therefore seems to be aimed moreat the business community than at consumers.

Chris Marlowe

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MD Lindborg brings aboutchanges at BMG Swedenby Kai R. Lofthus

STOCKHOLM - Six months into hisnew job as head of BMG's affiliate inSweden, Bjorn Lindborg has struck adistribution deal with Warner Musicthrough their warehouse in Kistaand has put his own distinctive fin-gerprint on the 33 -strong staff at itsoffices in Stockholm.

"Being as young as I am, whilestill having significant experiencefrom the traditional record industry,I feel comfortable about taking thebig leaps and exploringnew ways of conductingour business," says Lind-borg.

Lindborg (32), whojoined BMG as assistantsales manager in 1991,replaced Hasse Breitholtzas the head of BMGs affil-iate in Stockholm in April.

"Hasse has been amentor for me, and bygradually delegating several tasksto me," says Lindborg. "I've had plen-ty of time to think about what I wantto do. It has been a perfect succes-sion planning and very undramatic."

A key player in Lindborg's newstructure is Internet manager, CalleEkdahl, who arrived in August.Ekdahl has also joined the compa-ny's executive management group,which includes financial controllerPia Soderhorn, sales manager CalleIsaksson, head of A&R Per Lind-holm, and an as -yet -unnamed mar-keting manager.

Explains Lindborg: "We're cur-rently evaluating several businessmodels and we want to be wellahead in embracing new technolo-gies. We'll be initiating a lot of ourown projects."

Meanwhile, a new A&R structureis being put in place. Locally signedrap artist Petter is establishing anin-house rap label named Bananre-publiken. Initial releases from thelabel will come from Feven, Trippel-Ett, and Eye -N -Eye.

Affiliated imprint Starboy Record-ings will continue to be run external-ly by label head and artist managerHansi Fridholm. With currentreleases from Robot and Speed OfSound Enterprise, it remains a keyelement of the company's domestic

A&R strategy.Lindholm was promoted to head

of A&R when Peter Swartling leftthat position at the time of Brei-tholtz's departure. However,Swartling will handle productionduties on forthcoming albums byJennifer Brown and Robyn, twoartists who he continues to manage.

Joining Lindholm in the A&Rdepartment is A&R manager MikaelHagerman. He inherits a number ofSwartling's signings, includingKaah, Laila Adele, and Dunder-

honey.Benke Berg, previously

international exploitationmanager, has been namedstrategic marketing man-ager, reporting to Isaks-son. Berg's internationalresponsibilities are to behandled from London byPetter Nilsson, namedinternational exploitationmanager for Scandina-

vian repertoire, who will continue towork in BMG's European marketingservices division.

Cypress Hill member DJ Muggsrecently went to the Netherlandsto promote his new solo albumSoul Assassins Part II out on Ruf-flife. Here, Muggs (right) is pic-tured outside Dutch CHR stationRadio 538 with one of the sta-tion's leading DJ Niels Hoogland.

Italian artist Irene Gran -di pictured with EastWest staff, receiving adouble platinum awardfor sales of her last albumVerderossoblu (Greenred-blue) and a gold awardfor sales of her single LaTua Ragazza Sempre(Your Girl Forever). Pic-tured (left to right) are:Maurizio Miretti (promo-tions director, East West),Irene Grandi and Fab-rizio Giannini (managingdirector, East West).

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They shall be releasedBMG

"The quality of our combined reper-toire is staggering," enthuses BMGUK & Ireland chairman and presi-,.dent BMG Entertainment CentralEurope Richard Griffiths. Indeed,BMG has lined -up for the end of theyear a combination of superstarreleases with sparkles of new talent.

While his company will continue tocapitalise on previously releasedalbums by acts such as WhitneyHouston, Santana, and Toni Braxton,Griffiths is confident that new UK -signed acts such as boy band Westlife,singer songwriter TomMcRea, R&B band TheTruesteppers or SheaSeagar will also grabthe attention of con-sumers and media alike.

Griffiths saysChristmas is the perfecttime to push WhitneyHouston's best of pack-age to new heights, aswell as Santana'srevival album, whoenjoys a success thatGriffiths calls "literally supernatural"with five million copies in Europe sofar. As well as TV advertising,Santana's album will also be promotedwith a new single with Everlast, PutYour Lights On.

Griffiths lists as one of the season'spriorities US R&B act Pink, whosedebut album is on the way to becomedouble platinum in the UK. MostGirls, the new single from her debutalbum, was released in the UK onSeptember 8.

But high on the heels of the suc-cess of Five, Nathalie Imbruglia orWestlife, BMG is having very highexpectations for Westlife's sophomorealbum, Coast to Coast, due to bereleased on November 6.

RCA UK MD Ian Dickson has set agoal for the UK only of 2.5 million

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Everything You WantPeggy's Blue SkyMove MeA Rock In TheWeary LandShaft SRO

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total sales for the album, half of itbefore January. "It is obtainable," heclaims, based on the fact that theirone -year -old debut album sold 1.5million in the UK and 3.5 million inthe rest of the world, and that theyalready had five No.1 hits in theirhomeland. "We are ambitious butwith good reasons," adds Dickson.

A £1.5 million marketing plan isgoing to be roll out, and the label willrely heavily on the media attentionthe band can garner to promote therelease. Westlife's album will comeout the same day as the Spice Girl's

New release time is upon us and all the major labels aregearing up for the traditionally lucrative pre -Christmasmarket by preparing to launch major new releases-many of them long-awaited-into a highly chargedmarketplace.

In the first of a two-part report, Adam Howorth and SiriStavenes Dove preview the major label releases from theUK and USA.

new album and Dickson makes nosecret of the label's strategy to go"face to face" with the Spice Girls.

Also lined -up for the year-endsweeps is Girl Thing, afivesome pop femalegroup, whom Griffiths pre-dicts the same success asWestlife or Five. Theseacts are part of whatGriffiths describes as oneof BMG's forte-emphasison pop music, A&Red bySimon Cowell.

Says Griffiths, "Ibelieve the death of popmusic has been greatlyexaggerated. Great pop

music will always be successful-unfortunately what we have seen inthe last few years is a lot of very poorpop music being pushed onto the mar-ketplace in a desperate .attempt bysome companies to participate in amarket which quite frankly they knownothing about. Consequently, most ofour competitors have lost a lot ofmoney. Not surprisingly they are nowretreating and I believe they will leave

behind a market which we will be ableto continue to exploit successfully."

"My A&R strategy is to have abroad but focussed approach, not con-centrating on any one style to thedetriment of others, and signing anddeveloping those few artists who real-ly can make it. And most importantlythey must have international poten-tial," explains Griffiths, who citesWestlife, Five or Nathalie Imbruglia asexamples of this successful strategy.

EMI

For the final quarter EMI has kept itsheavy hitters spread out. Septembersaw Robbie Williams' Sing WhenYou're Winning debut at No.1 in theUK with the highest first week salesof the year (315,000), and KylieMinogue's Light Years is set to followthe success of her number one singleSpinning Around at the end of themonth. Blues Greatest Hits shouldmaintain heavy sales for the labelthrough October, but it is Radiohead'sfourth album Kid A that is arguablythe most eagerly -awaited record of2000, even if it is unlikely to garnermuch radio time.

"I think it's a very well producedalbum but we're going to struggle togive the songs major airplay," admitsVirgin Radio's deputy programmecontroller Nik Goodman. "It's a greatstudio album but not a great radioalbum. I think it will sell -1.5 to twomillion-but they are past caring;they're making a statement." Theexperimental nature of the albumextends to its promotion which pre-

cludes singles and videos."It throws down a chal-

lenge to the record companyand makes us think outsidethe box," says EMI vice pres-ident, international, MikeAllen. "It challenges us to begenuinely creative. It's goingto be a really interesting taskfor us all," he adds.

Allen reports that "inmany countries" the RobbieWilliams single Rock DJ "isalready the biggest hit he'shad." Virgin Radio's'Goodmanbelieves "the first three sin-gles will be number one. Idon't think he makes badrecords-they're well pro-duced and it will sell masses."

This view is shared byDave Ellis at Hallam FM,who says "anytime[Williams] releases some-thing it's guaranteed A -list."

Hallam is also a fan of the new poppresentation of Kylie. "I think On ANight Like This is absolutely fantas-tic-reinventing her as a popstar willwork because they have to reflect thefeel of the moment," he believes.

EMI's Mike Allen feels that theearly success of Kylie Minogue on thelabel has been down to careful plan-ning. "A lot of work was put in onKylie in Europe over the summer

which is paying off," he says. "[We]certainly had a very big radio recordwhich is a strong platform to take usinto the next single and album."

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Sony MusicThroughout the autumn and run-upto Christmas, Sony has a majorrelease campaign in place, with RickyMartin, Jennifer Lopez and VondaShepard in particular likely to scorebig returns.

Despite an absence of nearly adecade, Sade and her new albumLovers Rock could be a surprise hit inthe view of Jeroen van der Meer,international marketing manager atEpic's European Regional Office(ERO). "Sade is going to be a big pri-ority," he says. "It's eight years sincethe last Sadealbum and thetime is absolutelyright. JenniferLopez is anotherkey release, andWu Tang ofcourse [have] themost anticipatedhip hop album ofthe year."

At chart/ACradio stationHallam FM inSheffield in the north of England, pro-grammes manager Dave Ellisbelieves Jennifer Lopez's record willdo well. "We've played all her hits todate and our punters like the artist,"he says. One Sony act that haveproved surprisingly popular atHallam FM are Australians MadisonAvenue, Ellis reveals.

"[They] are getting a lot of hype ontheir new track Who The Hell AreYou," he reports. "We played theAustralian chart one day and playedone track from the top 10 in full,which was Madison Avenue, and sinceplaying it, on most of the request

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shows we do we've had tons ofrequests for it."

One of the more unusual items onthe Sony schedule is the simultane-ous release of 25 different Pearl Jamlive albums. "The albums are doubleCDs of each of the concerts on theirrecent European tour," says van derMeer. Pearl Jam are renowned fortheir commitment to keeping ticketprices low and van der Meer explainsthat the records are "so fans don'thave to buy bootlegs." Despite thissaturation approach from the Seattlegroup, Nik Goodman, deputy pro-gramme controller, at Virgin Radio(Rock), doesn't think it will result inany airplay. "The UK radio marketdoesn't cater for this kind of music,"he says. However, Virgin has "gone onthe first Finlay Quaye single,"Goodman continues, adding that theartist's "good fanbase" should ensure"quite a successful project."

Universal"We're looking at an astonishinglystrong fourth quarter at the end of anincredible year," says Universal Music

International's VP A&R and market-ing Max Hole. "98°, Erykah Badu,Manson, Limp Bizkit, Mark Knopfler,Elton John, U2 are all multi -millionsellers. We have an incredible array ofhugely important records. We current-ly have around 25% of the marketshare in Europe, but looking at therelease schedule and then thinking ofEminem-that's flying, Bon Jovi-that's flying and Ronan Keating-that's flying, I think we can see ourposition move up this quarter."

Interscope act Limp Bizkit havehad great success with Take A LookAround from the Mission Impossible

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The WallflowersLimp BizkitS Club 7Roni SizeTexasThe Beautiful SouthPJ HarveyU2

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Bebe WinansElton JohnMarlilyn MonsonK-Ci & JoJo

Sailing To PhiladelphiaRevelationBreechChocolate Starfish7

In The ModeGreatest HitsPainting It RedStories From The CityAll That You CanLeave Behind'Live' AlbumNathan, Michael,Shawn, WayneLove & FreedomOne Night OnlyHollywoodtbc

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II soundtrack and, according to Hole,expectations are high for their secondalbum which is out in October.

"Their first album did well, butthis one is going to be massive," saysHole. "They have done festivals acrossEurope this summer and have reallyworked with us."

Texas are to release their firstGreatest Hits album throughMercury on October 23. InDemand, one of the two newtracks on the long player, is cur-rently at radio and AndyJohnson, programme director at96.4 FM-BRMB, says "after rein-venting themselves [Texas] havecompletely found their niche inthe market and the latest singleis incredibly radio friendly." MaxHole explains that the GreatestHits album is expected to sellwell in Europe where Texas are abig name, and it will be used tobreak the act in areas they areless known, like Japan andAustralia.

Among the list of other heavy-weight acts releasing records onUniversal, U2's All That YouCan Leave Behind stands out interms of fan expectations as wellas being the album Juice 106.5'sJo Euston would run out andbuy. "The new single is back toold form-it's Joshua Tree stuffpeople can identify with," shebelieves. "If you're a U2 fan, you'lllove this record," adds Hole. "One ofthe things that have kept the band sofresh is they are not afraid of experi-menting."

Forthcoming Universal projectsinclude Vanessa Amorosi, DanishBarcode Brothers and New Zealandband Zed. "We're rich in repertoire,"says Hole. "It's exciting times for usand we don't have to worry about amerger so we can get on with things!"

VirginThe story of the autumn at Virgin isthe Spice Girls' first album since1997's Spiceworld. During the three-year break that followed, the girlshave lost one member, and theremaining four have all taken on solocareers.

"Here we are 36 million albumslater," says Virgin's director of inter-national Lorraine Barry. "People per-haps thought there would never be athird album, but here's Forever. Forthe first two albums, the girls werealways available for marketing, butthis time they all have solo projects,so getting them together will provedifficult."

The first single Holler went toradio on September 11. 'There's a def-inite maturity to it,"says Barry. "It's Rinfluenced and I per-sonally I feel that thisis a totally naturalway for them to go."

Programme direc-tor at 96.4 FM-BRMBAndy Johnson is look-ing forward to hearingthe album: "The SpiceGirls have all doneincredibly differentand grown-up solos, indifferent musical genres, so it will beinteresting to see what they are goingto do together now."

Other priorities for Virgin thisautumn are Billie Piper and Placebo.Both acts have had UK -driven debutalbums but now look set to break someborders. "This album is a global priori-ty for Virgin," says Barry about Billie's

Walk Of Life. "800,000 copies sold ofthe first album isn't bad, but this one'sours. We expect to have her interna-tionally by March/April next year."

There are also high expectations toPlacebo's third album: "This time

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around the press reaction has beenincredible. They have no free dates intheir diary between now andChristmas. This is a project we'veseen through-the news is spreadingfast and this is an album that willmake them worldwide."

Jo Euston, programme manager atJuice 107.6 FM says about Placebo:"They're dark and difficult to pro-gramme, but they have actually man-aged to come up with something youcan play on the radio."

UB40 have sold 40 million albumsfor Virgin to date and their Very BestOf is a major release before

Christmas. The albumwill include one newtrack which will comeout as a single. Alsohigh on Virgin's list ofpriorities is unusuallyenough a soprano-British Izzy sings con-temporary interpreta-tions of classic pieces."It's not the sort of actVirgin usually workswith," says Barry. "Butshe really captures peo-

ple's imagination. The reaction hasbeen incredible." Izzy's debut albumAscoulta, which means listen, will bereleased globally in October.

Warner Music"Collectively [it's] going to be one ofthe strongest repertoires in the

world," believes Hassan Choudhury,director of international marketing atWarner Music UK, of the Group'sassimilation of WEA, East West andLondon under one roof. In terms ofnew releases, Choudhury says "WEA'smajor player is the Enya album."Cleopatra are a key act whose successin the US the label are "trying to feedback to the UK and Europe," whileChris Rea's new album is "his best foryears-I've had a very positiveresponse at the European marketingmeeting. Morcheeba are a global pri-ority for the Group [and] David Grayis starting to roll into Europe. Itshould be a great year for Warners,"Choudhury concludes.

Paul McGhie, marketing managerfor the US labels in Europe, is work-ing on Madonna's album Music. "Lotsof people think it's better than Ray OfLight," he says. "She's worked withWilliam Orbit and Mirwais-it's aprogression and more dance -orient-ed," McGhie reports. "The second sin-gle is likely to be What It Feels LikeFor A Girl [then] mid to lateNovember she's going on a promotion-al trip around Europe."

Nik Goodman, deputy programmecontroller, at Virgin Radio, says thatMadonna avoids format restrictionsbecause of her "privileged position[that] supercedes any [programming]considerations. I've heard the albumand we'll definitely be looking at thesongs when they release them."

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WMI's director of TV marketingMatthais Bauss is running a majorpromotional campaign for The Doors."It's the start of an 18 month market-ing plan on The Doors," Bauss sayswhich will coincide with "next year[being] the 30th anniversary of JimMorrison's death in July." As well asthe Best Of 2CD compilation, thecampaign will feature club remixes ofRiders On The Storm as well as reis-sues of the group's original albums.

At London Records, "All Saints' isgoing to really be the big one", accord-ing to Mark Haddon from the label'sinternational department."[It] wentto radio on August 22 and the generalconsensus is people love it," he adds.

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The state of IndependentsWhether the jazz renaissance of the late '80s was a directresult of the CD revolution changes in the music, thecyclical nature of the public's interest in jazz or a combi-nation of factors remains debatable. But what's not indoubt is that a number of independent labels were therebefore the revival, during its resurgence, and now, whenthe market has once again fallen on hard times.

Terry Berne looks at how indie labels all over Europeform the true backbone of contemporary jazz.

n the wake of the CD bonanza ofthe mid to late '80s, the majorrecord companies, which hadreaped a rich harvest by transfer-ring their vast back catalogues of

jazz to the new format, resuscitatedinactive but historically importantimprints like Verve, Blue Note andImpulse!, creating new departmentsdedicated exclusively to recording andmarketing jazz. Meanwhile, numer-ous independent jazz labels werelaunched throughout Europe.

This frenetic activity had theappearance of a revival, and coincidedwith the spread of major retail chainsacross the Continent, which furtherfuelled the frenzy. A plethora of newartists appeared on the scene, many ofwhose hugely hyped profiles eclipsed ageneration of musicians that hadstruggled for recognition during jazz's

"We're always trying to work

with new generations ofmusicians without losing sight

of the historical view."Christine Jottard,

rnanaging

dark ages, when the music was all butignored in favour of pop and rock.Some veteran players, like JoeHenderson-whose 1991 album forVerve, Lush Life, became one of thebest selling jazz albums of the decadeand made the saxophonist one of themost popular jazz artists in theworld-benefited from the renewedinterest in jazz.

Many of the new labels also flour-ished, even as competition for retailspace and media attention increased.Gradually, though, the market becamesaturated, and the reality of diminish-ing returns came hometo roost.

No one denies thatthe current situationfor jazz is a difficultone, even for the majorlabels. What's surpris-ing, then, is that duringall the ups and downsof the last two decades,a number of indepen-

dent labels, launched during the midto late 70s-a time when the majorswere abandoning the jazz ship enmass-have quietly remained afloat,sustaining and propelling jazz towardits always uncertain future. Many ofthese labels have now surpassed theirfirst quarter century, apparentlyimmune to the turbulence of themarket.

Outlet for musicians"Igloo was created because there waslittle interest from major companiesin jazz," says Christine Jottard, MD ofthe Brussels -based label, which wasfounded in 1978. "There were lots ofgood musicians and they had no out-let, so the label was necessary. Andbecause there was not a lot of jazzrecordings at that time, we gained alot of attention from the media."

Igloo followed thepath of similar labelsin other countries.When both the publicand the industry re-discovered jazz at thebeginning of the CDera, the label founditself competing withthe re-entry of themajors into jazz, aswell as with newerstart-ups. The develop -director, Igloo ment of jazz educationin erstwhile tradition -

bound conservatories, also amplifiedthe music's overall profile. The resultwas an increase in the number ofreleases fighting for shelf space atretail, for media attention, and forairplay opportunities at radio.

"At the beginning radio formatswere not so rigid," Jottard notes,"that's changed in the last severalyears, and now there is a lack of pro-grammes for jazz."

The label's collaboration withNetBeat, a UK -based web site dedi-cated to independent labels, compen-sates somewhat, although Jottard

feels that the Internetas yet is not a solutionto the ills of the jazzmarketplace. "What'sneeded is more promo-tion," she says, "andretail is little interestedin jazz."

Initially focused onthe local market, Igloo'sproductions eventually

Red Records' MD Sergio /Veschi (left) with saxplayer Bobby Watson

evolved toward international distrib-ution, though the label-which is sub-sidised by public funds-still focusesalmost exclusively on Belgian artists.Igloo releases between five and 10CDs annually, and has recorded virtu-ally every important Belgian jazzmusician. "We're always trying towork with new generations of musi-cians, without losing sight of thehistorical view," says Jottard.

Jazz history is also important toDutch label Timeless, andits series of historicalrecordings from the firstgolden age of jazz areinformative and carefullyproduced sonic docu-ments coveted by collec-tors, though the mainfocus is on modern jazz,with forays into fusionand other styles. Foundedby Wim and Ria Wigt in1975, the label is actuallyan offshoot of one of

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Europe's principle jazz concert andtour promoters. Indeed, their experi-ence as promoters gives them a par-ticularly acute view of the Europeanjazz scene.

"There's lots of lost energy in thejazz market," observes Ria Wigt. "Thecost of recording, marketing, advertis-ing have all increased. Retail, alongwith everyone else, has begun cuttingcosts, in presentation, in sales staff.Buyers are having a harder time find-

ing the product, and salespeople are often not soknowledgeable. And allthe labels are strugglingfor the attention of buyers.Profit margins are lessthan before." Market con-siderations have forcedthe label to reduce itsrelease schedule from 50CDs to just half that now.

Internet hopesWith a 600 -strong cata-logue, and a stagnant

market, sales of CDs at concerts hasbecome an important secondarysource of income for Timeless. Mailorder is another major source of salesfor most of these labels, and looks setto be complemented by the Internetfor the time being, not replaced by it.

While Wigt is uncertain if the olderdemographic-a significant percent-age of the jazz audience-actuallyuses the Internet, Alan Bates, presi-dent of London's Candid Records,doesn't see online sales threateningtraditional methods of selling recordsany time soon. He does see the prolif-eration of formats-such as CD -R andMP3-as drastically changing theindustry landscape, however.

Candid was originally founded inNew York in 1960, but remained inac-tive for 25 years, until it was acquiredby Bates in 1988. Now, in addition toits formidable catalogue of legendaryrecordings by the likes of CharlesMingus, Eric Dolphy and ColemanHawkins, it records leading jazz actson both sides of the Atlantic to thetune of some 20 releases per year.

Candid recently changed artistic

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policy in response to changing times,and now signs artists exclusively, andconcentrates on their development.Says Bates: "As tastes, ideas of music,and lifestyles have changed, I sub-scribe more to the theory of giving thepeople what they want and not whatI think they should have. No onewants to hear a tenor and rhythmsection anymore, there are too manyother exciting things happening injazz. The market is very fragmented,and there are a myriad of styles."

And while not cutting back onreleases, he is being more selective.To ensure greater control, Bates sayshe will focus more on artists residentin the English capital, "probably themost creative city in the world."

The label has also moved, likemany others, into Latin repertoire, atrend he sees as here to stay. "Latin

influencesare now partand parcelof the cul-ture," hesays.

A majorproblem forBates is thelack of agencymanagementstructures forjazz artists."Labels have

to do everything these days," heasserts. "Artists depend totally ontheir record company."

Importance of sponsorsHowever, some record companiesdepend on their sponsors to helpdefray costs of important but commer-cially risky recordings. The role ofsponsors in supporting jazz, both onrecord and in performance, is underappreciated. An example is Swiss labelHat Hut Records, whose 15 year rela-tionship with the Swiss BankCorporation ends this year following amerger. A statement posted by MDWerner X. Uehlinger on the label's website affirms: "Because of their visionand trust in us it has been possible forHat Hut to produce many recordingsof previously unknown performers andcomposers without regard for the pro-ject's commercial potential... It alsogave us the opportunity to reach manynew listeners with music that theymight otherwise never experience, andin so doing expand the audience fornew music and the arts."

Free jazz was Hat Hut's prime tar-get when it began in the mid -70s, butquickly moved into contemporaryclassical music, championing com-

posers like John Cage and MiltonFeldman. Now the label manages torelease between 20 and 30 albums ayear, just over half representing con-temporary jazz. Until a new sponsoris found the direction Hat Hut willfollow is uncertain.

ProfitabilityProfits from jazz, even at the inde-pendent level, are of course possible,if not the norm. Otherwise jazz wouldjust be a rumour from across theAtlantic. Italy's Red Records, inti-mately tied to the Milan jazz scene, isgenerally profitable, according topresident Sergio Veschi. The five toseven titles a year normally sellbetween 1,000 and 10,000 units(though a Chet Baker disc did threetimes that). In its nearly 25 years on

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the scene the label has managed tobuild an international reputationequalled by few other labels. LikeFrancis Dreyfus in France, Veschiencourages the musicians he recordsto create projects in common; thusmany of his favoured artists appearon numerous releases, whether asleaders or sidemen.

Though Veschi claims that it'smore difficult than ever to sell productoutside his home territory, RedRecords' profile, with acclaimedrecordings by the likes of BobbyWatson, Jerry Bergonzi, KennyBarron, Steve Grossman, RayMantilla and Cedar Walton, as well asthe crème of Italy's players, is as highas any European indie. Recent yearshave seen the launch of the label'sweb site, as well as its promotionalmagazine JazzNotice, distributed tocustomers via mail order, and at retailsites and festivals throughout Italy.

If the majority of independentlabel managers complain about theunfair advantages enjoyed by themajors-stronger promotional clout,more marketing muscle, better place-ment at retail, dedicated evenings atmajor festivals-it's also evident thatwith imagination, persistence, andabove all, outstanding recordings,survival in today's rapidly changingmusic market is not only possible, butnecessary, and both the musiciansand their public seem to know it.

Jazz in Europe 2000Surely the summer's most surprising one-two punch was the simul-taneous release of two wildly different new Warner albums bymulti-reedman James Carter thatconfirm him as one of the two orthree most consistently satisfyingmainstream players of his gener-ation. Mainstream is not to implyeither conventional or unadven-turous, just that he shows anexplicit respect for tradition.Carter is in fact as radical in hisapproach to the past as he isbrazen in the liberties he takeswith it.

Chasin' The Gypsy is a richlytextured take on the the music ofDjango Reinhardt, full of offbeatarrangements and intriguinginstrumentation. The leader's unusual bass and mezzo saxes, thesingular percussive touches, the pairing of guitar and accordion,and Regina Carter's fluid violin, offer an entirely new, entirelymodern rendering of the Hot Club's famous sound. Layin' In TheCut, meanwhile, is a slice of progressive avant -funk that allowsCarter free rein to cut loose energetically amid a layered electricgroove featuring guitarist Marc Ribot and drummer G. CalvinWeston. Knockout.

Martial SolalSpeaking of tradition, pianist

Martial Solal reinvents it with hissophisticated arrangements of ahandful of Ellington classics for12 piece orchestra onDodecaband Plays Ellington(Dreyfus). If Ellington was averitable Mozart in his ability totackle a nearly inconceivablerange of styles, he was-also likeMozart-particularly concernedwith orchestral colour. Solal'scharts are full of shifts in dynam-

ics, changes in meter, bursts of energy followed by sudden calm,dueling solo breaks and constant musical drama. The pianist andhis cohorts navigate these rapids like a taxi speeding through aNew York night. Ellington here is pure inspiration, and far fromplumbing the depths of these tunes, the Dodecaband take them toone of many possible, beautiful extremes.

Three notable recent releases: In TheMoment (Blue Note) is the title of DianneReeves' latest set, recorded live in LosAngeles. As we've come to expect from thisversatile vocalist, the programme is var-ied, with a mix of jazz, R&B, folk andgospel songs. Even at her most pop inflect-ed, her voice is imbued with both lyricemotion and clear -toned jazz musicality,with just enough blues edge to leave heraudience-and listeners of this breathtak-ing CD-breathless.

Both Reeves and James Carter appear on Christian McBride'sSci-Fi (Verve) which sees the acclaimed bassist essaying a varietyof pop and jazz tunes, including Steely Dan's Aja and legendarybassist Jaco Pastorious' Havana, as well as several originals.McBride deftly manages to bridge all preconceived categories withthoughtfully developed and played arrangements.

Steve Turre's Spur Of The Moment (Telarc) finds the trombonistventuring into three distinct musical realms: the blues, modal jazz,and Latin jazz. What's unusual is that each style features a differ-ent all-star rhythm section. No less than Ray Charles plays the

blues with Turre,while pianistStephen Scott,bassist BusterWilliams and drum-mer JackDeJohnette jam tomodes. Cuban super-star Chucho Valdesof Irekere fame takesthe Latin honours onthis fine album.

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Labels that keep the flame aliveCandid RecordsLondon based Candid was originallyfounded in New York City in 1960. Injust under a year of frenetic work,artistic director and renowned jazzcritic Nat Hentoff built up a catalogueof now classic recordings by the likesof Charles Mingus, Max Roach, AbbeyLincoln and Cecil Taylor. Inactive

for 25 years,Alan Batesrelaunched thelabel in 1988.Currentartists includechanteuseStacey Kent(whose upcom-ing Dreams -Wile will beout in Octo-ber), pianistDavid Newton,trumpeterTerell Stafford,

alto player Donald Harrison andLatin pianist Alex Wilson, whose lat-est CD, Anglo-Cubano, was recordedin Havana.Contact: (+44) 20 8741 3609; fax:8563 0013.

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IIl.9iG ,C tctFounded in 1994 by Anne De Jongand Chris Ellis, and located inArnhem, The Netherlands, Challengeis one of the most ambitious of thenewer European jazz labels, and hasquickly accrued aneclectic roster ofmostly Dutch andAmerican artists.Along with refer-ences by Clark Terry,Gary Bartz and BobBrookmeyer, excel-lent recent CDs bykeyboardist JasperVan 'T Hof, altoistBenjamin Herman,trumpeter EricVloeimans, and TheNew Cool Collective,

More than 200 labels regularly release jazz or jazz -relat-ed albums in Europe. Of those, about a quarter focusprimarily on jazz. France's recently formed independentlabel organisation Les Allumes du Jazz alone countssome 40 members. So-called artist's labels-launchedby musicians to release their own work-have proliferat-ed in recent years, and the potential of the Internet andother new technologies promises a veritable explosionof such boutique labels. Still, as long as traditional retailand distribution models survive, conventional labels willcontinue to define the marketplace.

To highlight the diversity of the sector, Terry Berneprofiles some of the prominent European labels.

attest to the high qual-ity of the Dutch jazzscene.

Sub -label A Recordsfeatures younger, usu-ally local players.Contact: (+31) 26.3397020; fax: 339 7029.

Dreyfus JazzCreated in 1991 byFrancis Dreyfus, thisquickly became one of Europe's mostsuccessful jazz labels, propelled by asuperb roster of artists including sax-ist Steve Grossman, accordionistRichard Galliano, guitarist BireliLagrene, The Mingus Big Band,organist Eddy Louiss, violinist DidierLockwood, and especially MichelPetrucciani, the recently deceased

pianist who becamesomething of a jazzsuperstar. Elegantpackaging, imagina-tive programmes,provocative collabora-tions and excellentsound are the hall-marks of this Frenchimprint.Contact: (+33)1.53 814000; fax: 5381 4030.

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generation. Pristinesound, evocativecover art, and adecidedly Europeanaesthetic-evenwhile harnessing themusical energy ofsome of the mostimportant Americanjazz musicians-haveelevated ManfredEicher's hugely influ-

ential label to iconic status. KeithJarrett, Pat Metheny, Dave Holland,Jan Garbarek, John Surman, JackDeJohnette, Paul Motian, EgbertoGismonti, Ralph Towner, and dozensof other artists came to prominenceon the Munich -based imprint, whichhelped put European players on a parwith their New World colleagues.Contact: (+49)89.851 048; fax: 8545652.

enja RecordsEnjaNearly 30 years of recording thegamut of American, European andAsian jazz makes this Munich labelamong the oldest independent jazzhouses on the Continent. Founded byHorst Weber and MatthaisWinckelmann, the two formally splitthe company in 1986 in order to bet-ter satisfy their differing businessand production philosophies. WhileA&R matters are now strictly sepa-rate, the partners share the Enja logo,and jointly run one of the largest jazzpublishing concerns in the world.

With few concessions to a notori-ously fickle market, the label hasremained true to its ideal of thebroadest range of styles.Contact: (+49) 89.161 777 or 165172.

LabelBleuCreated in1986 byMichelOrier,Label Bleuis an off-

shoot of the Maison de la Cultured'Amiens. Dedicated to documentingthe best European jazz and itsencounters with its American coun-terpart, the imprint forms part of alarger cultural project, which includesthe city's annual jazz festival, record-ing studios, performance spaces andconcert activities. Its more than 100releases include titles by such key fig-ures as Henri Texier, Michel Portal,Louis Sclavis, Marc Ducret, DanielHumair, and the Orchestre Nationalde Jazz.Contact: (+33)3.22 97 7983; fax: 2292 5217.

Red RecordsBorn amid the political and culturalferment of 1970s Milan, SergioVeschi's Red Records boasts some ofthe most acclaimed jazz albums of thelast two decades. Focusing on a num-ber of chosen artists, the label boastsextensive catalogues of several,including Jerry Bergonzi, SteveGrossman, Cedar Walton, MassimoUrbani, the legendary group Sphere,Giovanni Tommaso, and BobbyWatson. Musicians are given maxi-mum freedom in the studio, andencouraged to collaborate. It shows.Red CDs enjoy the intensity andinspiration of the best jazz.Contact: Tel & Fax: (+39) 02.3086491.

Winter & WinterMunich is a hotbed of progressive jazzlabels. Stefan Winter, one-timefounder of the JMT imprint, nowreleasessome of themost adven-turous andprovocativemusic of anykind, any-where.Breakingdown musi-cal borders isthe order ofthe day, andUri Caine's

.daring explo-rations ofclassicalmasters likeMahler and Wagner, in the companyof top players like Don Byron, DaveDouglas, and Mark Feldman, definethe current cutting edge. The labelhas also practically invented the con-cept of the CD as art object, eachrelease a world unto itself.Contact: (+49)89.36 10 1050; fax: 36101055.

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