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RECENT SYNC DEALS
Recent local licensing deals by Deep Emotions from its catalogues include Nokia's Comes With Music, Nokia's 5230 handset advert (Devil Woman and Hey Sexy Lady), Lenovo Computers, Dharma Productions, Sanjay Leela Bhansali Films, Vodafone (Zoozoo campaign) and Monte Carlo.
Internationally, DEP has licensed Daler Mehndi's songs for the American TV series The Unusuals, Blizzard's (World of Warcraft) Annual Conference and a South Korean ad campaign.
DEP REPRESENTS MUSHROOM MUSIC PUBLISHING
The Mushroom Group of companies was founded in 1972 by Michael Gudinski, widely recognised as one of the most important figures in the history of the Australian music industry and listed as one of the 100 Most Influential Australians of all time. Mushroom Music Publishing is one of the world's largest independent music publishers with an impressive list of Top 10 hits too numerous to mention here. Have a look at their website for details.
www.mushroommusic.com.au
NEW CATALOGUE : NATIONAL LEAGUE MUSIC (NLM)
Legendary publisher Jay Warner has entrusted his famed catalogue to DEP. Sample just some of the great gems and songwriters represented by NLM: the soundtracks of award-winning actor/producer Wesley Snipes (Hard Luck, Seven Seconds, Game of Death,etc.); Gardner Cole (numerous #1 and Top 10 hits with Madonna, Tina Turner, Tom Jones, Chakha Khan, Britney Spears...); Ronnie King (Mariah Carey, TuPac); Michael Sahagian (Justin Timberlake); John Kaye (Steppenwolf); Nehemiah Hield (Baha Men); Chilly Chill (Snoop Dog, Ice Cube, Missy Elliott, Korn, Earth, Wind & Fire, Public Enemy...) or the catalogue of blues & folk singer/writer Mississippi John Hurt.
DEP rides Highway To Hell
Albert Music, the legendary home of one of the über-great rock bands of all times: AC/DC, of John Paul "Love Is in the Air" Young, and some of the best new young talent from Down Under, has entrusted its magnificent catalogue to Deep Emotions. AC/DC's Black Ice has been awarded both the Best Rock Album and Highest-Selling Album at the 2009 ARIA Awards. Their new album "Iron Man 2 is set for release in April. www.albertmusic.com
Something Relevant win Red Bull Soundclash
Last weekend's Red Bull Soundclash in Bangalore saw DEP-signed Something Relevant coming out top as the best band in the subcontinent.
Septet Something Relevant formed in Bombay in 2003 are one of the hottest live bands in India. They have just released their debut album Feels Good 2B Live, which showcases their skills as a top-notch live act and shows the band at the top of their game. http://www.somethingrelevant.org/
The lead single Aaha can propel them from a live act (albeit a hugely successful one) into a band of household-name status. Neeharika Palaka, Split Magazine
A talented bunch who write their songs and set them to music that forms an instant connect with the urban youth. SBP, The Hindu
(Something Relevant have) become a leading light of the emerging alternative scene in India. Paul Mathures, The Statesman
BEST MUSIC VIDEO AWARD FOR NAMGYAL'S PARADISE LOST
Paradise Lost by our songwriter/singer Namgyal Lhamo won the Best Music Video Award at the bi-annual Tibetan Music Awards 2009 which were held on 10 October at the Tibetan Institute of Performing Arts (TIPA) at Mcleod Ganj (India). The video, shot on RED camera in Thailand, was directed by Arvind Iyer and produced by Silk Road Communications. Paradise Lost is the first single from her forthcoming album Highland Supernova, a collaboration with several rock artists. She was voted Best Female Artist at the 2007 Tibetan Music Awards.
The video-clip is part of the Asian Hot Shots package from the Berlin Film Festival being screened across European cities.
Watch the video in HD: http://tinyurl.com/yglkv8f
Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z & Alicia Keys
In case you haven’t seen the Jay-Z and Alicia Keys superb MTV performance of Empire State of Mind, check it out here: http://tinyurl.com/ydox8gz
Deep Emotions controls this song in India.
DEP to market Kapagama/Kosinus music libraries
Universal Publishing Production Music (UPPM) - represented in India by DEP - has acquired the publishing assets of French production music company, Kapagama S.A., one of the key players in production music in France and Germany, and co-owner of the Kosinus catalogue.
As the preeminent supplier of high level production music throughout the world, Universal Publishing Production Music was the natural choice to market the Kapagama and Kosinus music internationally. Their global marketing vision made us want to be part of the Universal Publishing Production Music family. said its president Jean-Michel Gallois-Montbrun.
Kosinus currently comprises a catalogue of over 200 CDs and was distributed earlier in India by Big Bang & Fuzz.
With over 400,000 titles amounting to 1.2 terabytes in MP3 (320kps), DEP is the largest publisher of production music and SFX in India. Owning both the Master and the Copyright for the composition, DEP enables film studios, TV channels, advertising and corporate clients to license music both in an easy and affordable one-stop shop.
VODAFONE'S ZOOZOOS PLAYING TO OUR TUNE
We are proud to have contributed the music to what is, arguably, the most talked about ad campaign in recent times in India. Check out the Zoozoos :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSGkxh-u_6c
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FhG4jvLbgA&feature=related
SONIC QUIVER JOINS DEP FAMILY
There are a lot of production music libraries out there but our clients know that we select to represent only the very best of these libraries; not for us home-studio produced libraries with rhythm boxes! We are glad to announce that we have signed a subpublishing deal with Sonic Quiver, the new, upcoming label from Florida. Though only 17-album young, Sonic Quiver has been making waves in the world of music supervisors for its fresh, adventurous productions. They have also a surprising SFX line. Check them out at : http://www.sonicquiver.com
Namgyal Lhamo to open for H. H. the Dalai Lama
DEP singer/songwriter Namgyal Lhamo will perform in presence of H. H. the Dalai Lama on the occasion of the Night Of Tibet on June 5 in the Melkweg Max in Amsterdam. http://tinyurl.com/osb7r3
DEP to administer the music of Warner Bros. catalogue
Effective 1st April 2009, DEP will administer the music of one of the world's largest producers of film and television entertainment. This includes music from many successful films such as Batman, Harry Potter (one of the highest grossing film series of all time) and Lord of the Rings and TV Series such as ER, Gossip Girl and Smallville. In 2008, Warner Brothers broke the all-time studio record, grossing $1.753 billion breaking the previous record of $1.711 billion set by Sony in 2006.
BLUE FROG ENTRUSTS ITS PUBLISHING TO DEP
DEP has signed a worldwide publishing deal with Blue Frog, India’s most exciting integrated music project in Mumbai consisting of the country's premiere live music performance club, four state-of-the-art music recording soundlabs and record label & artist management service. The catalogue comprises top-notch composers-musicians-producers Ashutosh Phatak, Sanjay Divecha and Dhruv Ghanekar.
Deal with Experience Hendrix
DEP has acquired the subpublishing for South Asia of all works written by Jimi Hendrix. The deal starts from January 1, 2009. The sub-publishing was earlier with Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
DEP represents Bob Marley songs
Deep Emotions is incredibly proud to represent the high profile Blue Mountain Music, established in 1962 by Chris Blackwell of Island Records. The Bob Marley songs catalogue is the cornerstone of Blue Mountain Music, which contains also the finest Jamaican songwriters such as Burning Spear - One of the most brilliant and respected roots artists in Jamaica's history -, Toots and the Maytals - another key figure and longest serving reggae band -, and Black Uhuru - the first reggae band to win a Grammy award, for their 1983 album Anthem - and many others. Blue Mountain publishes also the works of such great songwriters as Manu Chao, Salif Keita or Baaba Maal...
www.bluemountainmusic.tv
NAMGYAL NOMINATED FOR AWARD
Namgyal Lhamo has been nominated Best World Music Act of Holland/Belgium for the Mixed Awards to be held in Amsterdam on 14 February 2009. Vote online for Namgyal at : http://tinyurl.com/5rjont
Also, the video of her latest track Paradise Lost from the forthcoming album Highland Supernova has been selected as an entry in the Asian Hot Shots Berlin 2009 Festival to be held from January 13 to 19. Check out their website : www.asianhotshotsfestival.com/eng/
Check out the video at : http://in.youtube.com/user/namgyallhamo
Funny video using Tunak
Daler Mehndi's song "Tunak Tunak Tun" has been hugely popular on the Net and used hundreds of times on videos posted on YouTube and elsewhere. Here is a newly posted funny video "Europe Burnout vs Iraq burnout" where the second song is Tunak.
http://tinyurl.com/5fv6an
Mechanical right agreement for India
Universal Music Publishing Group and Sony BMG Music Entertainment have entered into an unprecedented deal regarding mechanical royalties in India and digital royalties in Southeast Asia and India. This arrangement creates a new precedent in India where, for the first time, a record company has agreed to pay mechanical royalties to songwriters and publishers on the sale of records. This deal will greatly benefit the songwriters of Deep Emotions Publishing and all the catalogues that we subpublish in India.
Another Award for Namgyal Lhamo !
Singer/songwriter Namgyal Lhamo has been awarded Best Female Solo Artist from India/Tibet at the 2007 International Music Awards held by Musicaid along with American partners BroadJam Inc. Her power-house track Changkha from the newly released The Enchanted Land (Silk Road) ushered in votes from International audiences through a complex and detailed voting system that lasted over 50 days.
On the award Lhamo said : I wish to thank the numerous people who have loved my music and voted for me and above all my publishers Deep Emotions (India) for giving me the platform and space to perform from the heart.
A rare occasion when Tibet has found a mention in a major international music award category.
Earlier this year, she won the Best Female Artist Award at the 2007 Tibetan Music Awards. www.musictibet.com
www.musicaidawards.com
http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/namgyal_lhamo_wins_internationa
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http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=18814&article=Tibetan+Namgyal+Lha
mo+Wins+International+Music+Award
In German : http://www.welt-musik.net/?p=1247
Namgyal Lhamo headlined at The Philip Glass Festival
DEP songwriter and Tibetan singer extraordinaire Namgyal Lhamo will perform in a 'double bill' on 26 and 27 October at the Philip Glass Festival in Groningen (Holland), co-produced by The Orchestra of the Northern Netherland (www.nno.nu). The concert of the 27th with the Orchestra will be broadcast by NPS radio 4 (semi-live).
26 October : Nieuwe Kerk Nieuwe kekhof 1
27 October : De Oosterpoort Trompsingel
See her profile on Phayul :
http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=17857&t=1&c=1
A recent in interview of Namgyal :
http://worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/interview_tibetan_singer_namgyal_lhamo
Some recent articles on Namgyal :
http://www.himalmag.com/2007/october_november/namgyal_lhamos_nightingale_mission.html
http://raveindia.com/0708_RW.aspx
http://www.worldmusiccentral.org/article.php/namgyal_lhamo_pure_2007
http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=19&id=188337&usrsess=1
http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Jun282007/panorama200706279762.asp
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2007/07/03/stories/2007070350350300.htm
http://therecordmag.com/jun2007/revnam.htm
In German :
http://www.welt-musik.net/?p=867
http://www.welt-musik.net/?p=869
In Japanese :
http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/2636753
In Hungarian :
http://www.papiruszportal.hu/site/?lang=1&f=&p=23&n=1715
Daler Mehndi in studio for brand new album
Daler Mehndi has been in London's Raezor Studios cutting new tracks for his forthcoming album Thieves And Liars. Produced by The Wolfmen - www.thewolfmen.net - and mixed by Steve Musters (Amy Winehouse, PJ Harvey, Paul McCartney, The Sugababes, etc.), it is promises to be real 'epoch making', a tectonic shift in Indian pop. His first track Two Eyes [Do Naina] has been charting the BBC Asian Network chart for 8 weeks, including 4 weeks at no. 1. It was released today on iTunes in the category 'alternative'. Check out Bobby Friction's blog, complete with the video and the photos of the recording session.
Blog: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/asiannetworkmusic/2007/08/theives_and_liars_when_i_gatec.shtml
Photos: http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork/friction/galleries/1086/
Namgyal Lhamo's albums released in Europe
Namgyal Lhamo's two albums - Pure and The Enchanted Land - have been released today in Europe and the USA by the prestigious label Harmonia Mundi. Namgyal will perform in Paris on September 21 for the launch of the albums. Her works are published by Deep Emotions and her sound recordings are licensed to Silk Road. A new album Anthology is under production as well as a new lounge music album.
Achille Forler named MD of Universal Music Publishing India
Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) today named Achille Forler as managing director of its new Indian operations. He will report directly to Andrew Jenkins, the Executive Vice President of International in London. Deep Emotions Publishing will be renamed Universal Music Publishing India, with Mr. Forler remaining a shareholder.
Achille Forler and the Deep Emotions team have administered some of the greatest music catalogues for many years already and we have a great respect for the work they have done, said Mr. Jenkins. I fully expect our joint venture company to sign up the most exciting and innovative songwriters working in India today. He represents the very best in executive talent and I am sure that the services he’ll provide our songwriters and composers will be second to none. We are focused on creating not only the largest music publisher in the world, but the best, and that means having the most innovative and creative executives on our front lines, stated Mr. Jenkins.
DEP songwriter wins Award
Namgyal Lhamo won the Best Female Singer Award at the Tibetan Music Awards 2007. Namgyal Lhamo is newly signed to Deep Emotions Publishing. Her two new albums - Pure and The Enchanted Land - have been released last month in India and are set to be released on August 30 in Europe by Harmonia Mundi and a few weeks later in the USA by World Village. A third album, Anthology, will be ready for release in the first quarter 2008.
www.namgyallhamo.com
www.myspace.com/namgyallhamo
Deubas and Azul sign with DEP
Brazil's largest publisher of South American music, Deubas, has assigned its entire catalogue of musical works to DEP for the territories of South Asia. Together with the earlier acquisition of Colombia's Discos Fuentes, France's Vampisoul and International Melodies Geneva, DEP now administers all of South America's greatest songs, covering all genres, from salsa to merengue to reggae.
DEP on IPRS Governing Council
DEP Managing Director, Achille Forler, has been elected to the Governing Council of the Indian Performing Rights Society, defeating other candidates by a wide marging.
DEP signs India's third largest catalogue
DEP has signed a worldwide publishing agreement for all the works of India's oldest record companies : Hindusthan Musical Products Ltd. and Indian Record Manufacturing Company. Hindusthan set up in 1932 the first professional recording studio in India with German equipment and a German sound engineer. The studio was inaugurated by Nobel Prize laureate Rabindranath Tagore who recorded there many of his own songs. Over the decades, the place became one of the most favoured destinations of songwriters. It is here that the legendary K.L. Saigal and S.D. Burman wrote their songs.
The combined catalogues contain 9000 Bengali songs, 7000 Tamil songs, 1200 Punjabi songs, 1000 Hindi songs, 500 Marathi songs and over 2000 songs in other regional languages, making them the third largest source of Indian repertoire.
DEP M.D. to address UNCTAD meeting in São Paulo
DEP’s managing director has been invited to address the Workshop on Cultural Entrepreneurship in Creative Industries on June 9 in São Paulo on the theme The view from ground zero: cultural entrepreneurship in a developing country (India).
The conclusions of the Workshop will then be put up for deliberation at UNCTAD XI on 13 June. The objective is to create a Global Observatory of Creative Industries in order to promote awareness of ‘best practices’, to improve the policy environment and promote investment in creative industries.
DEP signs Biswajit Roy Choudhury
Reputed sarod player and composer, Biswajit Roy Choudhury, signed a publishing agreement with DEP. His latest two compositions Fraction and Sunset at Sohna will be included on popular French jazz band Mukta's new album to be released by Warner Jazz France.
DEP increases sub-publishing deals
Today, DEP has subpublishing agreements in the following territories :
- USA
- Canada
- Japan
- Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
- France, S.A.C.E.M. territories, including Radio Europe N°1, RTL French Service, Monaco and Andorra.
- Spain, Portugal
- United Kingdom, Eire, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Russia.
- Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
- South-East Asia, including Hong Kong.
- South Africa – Zimbabwe – Namibia - Mozambique - including all territories administered by SAMRO.
XIIIbis Music agreement
XIIIbis Music, one of the finest independent music publisher in the world, owner of catalogues like Rive Droite Music UK and Right Bank Music USA, which include songs performed by Cher (Believe, Dove l'amore, Strong enough, This is a song for the lonely...), Enrique Iglesias (Rhythm Divine, Bailamos, Hero, She Be The One...) etc... has assigned its catalogues to DEP for the Indian subcontinent.
Cover version of Sting's A thousand years
Saregama (ex-HMV) released a cover version in hindi language of Sting's A thousand years (co-administered by DEP) by Australia-based Raghav in his debut album For the first time.
New signings
DEP has acquired new titles performed, among others, by the following artists :
50 Cent, All 4 One, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Atomic Kitten, Bob Marley, Boyz II Men, Craig David, Cypress Hill, Destiny's Child, Earth, Wind & Fire, Eminem, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Sinatra, Geri Halliwell, Groove Armada, Ice Cube, Jay Z, Jennifer Lopez, Kool And The Gang, Lionel Richie, Luther Vandross, Madonna, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, Mel C, Michael Bolton, Michael Jackson, Mike & The Mechanics, N Sync, Nat King Cole, Natalie Imbruglia, Nelly, Pavarotti, Phil Collins, Puff Daddy, Randy Crawford, Robbie Williams, Santana, Sarah Vaughan, Simply Red, Spice Girls, T L C, The Hollies, The Who, Tim Buckley, Tina Turner, Toni Braxton, Toto, Westlife, Whitney Houston, Will Smith, Willie Nelson
Virgin releases DEP songwriters' album
Virgin India released Escape the roar, the first album of SKINNY ALLEY, the band of Calcutta-based DEP songwriters Gyan Singh - Jaya Singh - Amit Dutta. The occasion was marked by a live interview of Jaya, the lead singer of the band, on prime-time 9 PM news by "24x7", the nationwide news channel.
DEP signs new composer
DEP has signed composer Bhargav Mistry. The recording of his first work, a musical rendering of the mystical poems of India’s leading philosopher, Shankara, who lived in the 7th century has just been completed and is scheduled for release early 2004. Licensing rights are available worldwide. The compositions are based on very rare râgas, sung by Aparna Panshikar with offbeat arrangements by Bhargav Mistry using sarod, tanpura and keyboards. Bhargav is a disciple of India’s sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan.
DEP composer & performer, Pedram, signed to touring agent
Pedram, whose album « Teheran Nights » is still awaiting a licensing deal, has been signed for the European market by touring agent Alias Production (The Cure, Oasis, Youssou n’Dour, Peter Gabriel, Annie Lennox, St Germain, Coldplay, etc.) www.alias-production.fr
Completion of two recording projects for Tibet House
DEP and Silk Road Communications have completed two recording projects in collaboration with H. H. the Dalaï Lama and Tibet House:
• 2-CD box set called "Sacred Music of India", featuring diverse musical traditions of the Indian sub-continent, and
• "Tibetan Monastic Chants", a unique ‘live’ recording, in the presence of His Holiness, of 108 monks and nuns from the four Tibetan Buddhist traditions and the pre-Buddhit Bön tradition.
The two projects will be presented at the MIDEM 2004 (25-29 January, 2004).
DEP Produces Songwriter's Record
DEP has co-funded the production of Pedram's first record to be released in the international market. "Teheran nights" was recorded and mixed in Paris by the legendary sound engineer Dominique Blanc-Francard.
Breaking the impasse on the collection of mechanical royalties
By collecting mechanicals for the first time in the history of Indian music and repatriating their share to foreign right-owners (Delphine catalogue, i.e. Richard Clayderman) within the rules laid down by the Copyright Board of India, DEP has opened up the way for publishers - both local and foreign - to do business in India. This is truly a landmark.
DEP collects first mechanicals on behalf foreign publisher
For the first time in India, DEP has been able to recover two years of mechanical rights from a record company, Virgin (India), on behalf a foreign publisher, Delphine Productions. Till date, no mechanical rights had ever been disbursed by any record company in India, local or foreign-owned.
DEP songwriter wins Best Film Sountrack Award
The OST of the film Dance of the wind, composed by Shubha Mudgal, was awarded the Best Film Music at the Chicago Film Festival. The film, directed by Rajan Khosa and produced by Pandora Film (D) and Elephant Eye (GB), also won the Audience Award (London Film Festival), the Best Asian Film (Rotterdam Film Festival) and received the Audience Award and Best Actress Award at the Nantes Film Festival.
Extremely beautiful both in terms of its visuals ans its classical Indian music... Simple, elegant and resonant Geoff Andrew, Time Out
The most soothing and beautiful of films Chris Darke, The Independent