Artist Management: Kabeaushé

It’s the “Coming of Gaze”, bitch!  

For as long as their family recalls, Kabochi was always attracted to extreme softness.  

As a tender human, they were often found by the river banks of Kagere, cuddling with birds, rubbing baby owl feathers against their skin, dressing up in exotic spider webs and feeling one with Nature.

Later in life, Kabochi's obsession for supreme softness took them to some of the most remote places on earth, researching materials, feelings and textures on a lone quest to develop the world's softest tissue. They found music as a key to share their feelings and findings, until their untimely demise...  

On a sunny afternoon, one of K’s experiments in softness suddenly possessed them with an overwhelming feeling of bliss, one that would send humanity into an abyss of ecstatic softness. A tissue softer than a desert breeze, softer than a lover’s breath, softer than a Maharaja’s finest muslin, Kabochi’s tissue for humanity…   

Little did the Guru of Softness know that someone  had plans to get to it first, and on that day, the artist known as KABOCHI was brutally executed, oh!  

Inspired by Prince, Grace Jones, Marylyn Monroe and Michael Jackson, KABOCHI left their baby owls with a treasure trove of songs that are said to hide the key to eternal softness.  

It’s the “Coming of Gaze”, bitch!  

In the shadows of this posthumous waxing, one figure emerged as the beholder of softness, the embodiment of cuteness known for oozing sass galore on sweaty dancefloors, the dangerously extravagant cookie: KABEAUSHÉ (whisper). 

With their energetic live shows and offbeat productions encom-passing multiple electronic styles, they gained popularity far beyond the techno scene and continue their trademark adventures into sound, bass and beats, carrying forward one of the most unique stories in modern electronic dance music.

Workshop: Release Campaign - Strategy & Execution

This annual workshop for the Recorded Music Summer School helps planning and executing a release campaign, including setting up a campaign strategy, budget planning & supervision, handling different external partners and reporting.

Workshop: Labelmanagement - the A-Z of running a record label successfully

This workshop deals with both general challenges and goals as well as daily trouble shooting and necessary administrative matters from the perspective of a small to medium independent label:

What do you need to know legally when running a label out of Germany?

Which distribution set-up works best for you?

Where does the money come from and how to get it?

Which services and tools can help you with the admin nightmare?

How do you succeed in establishing your label as a brand? 

What is your network and how to you build it further?

How to run a release campaign?

Artist Management: Catnapp

Photo by Goma 阿片

Catnapp is the guise of Argentinian artist Amparo Battaglia. She combines R&B, rap, breakbeat, pop, drum and bass and other genres resulting in an intense and nostalgic atmosphere with heavy beats. In her lyrics she speaks about love, anger and hate, but also about fear, darkness and nightmarish memories. Her music can go from the simplest 4/4 beat to broken experimental percussion with deep, huge pads and synths, resulting in a unique and original sound. Now based in Berlin, Catnapp is originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Having started in 2010, Catnapp continuously mutates and evolves.

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Product Management: Rone “Room with a View” (InFiné)

Photo by Boris Camaca

Project management / consulting for Rone’s fifth studio album (out on April 24, 2020 on InFiné Music), including:

• Set-up of the release schedule and releases announcements including consulting regarding release formats and exploitation

• Strategy for PR & Marketing as well as Social Media & Online Marketing for all release formats and live shows

• Communication with publicists & Social Media Managers

• Set-up of the distribution strategy (digital & physical) as well as communication with distributors

Label Management: NOTON

Label & Publishing management & administration for Alva Noto’s label NOTON, including:

Label Management

•  Negotiate deals & set-up contracts with artists, label partners, distribution, etc.

• Communication (liaising, consulting and securing deals) with artists, accountants, lawyers, booking agents, distributors, manufacturers, publicists and all relevant label partners

• Schedule releases and releases announcements

• Strategize PR & Marketing & Social Media & communication with publicists & Social Media Managers

• Handling of all manufacturing

Label Administration

•  Distribution (digital & physical) – communication, statements, sales reports, accounting

• Licensing (compilation requests & sync)

• Neighbouring Rights administration

• Royalty / Artist statements

• Exploitation of back catalogue

 Publishing Management

•  Negotiate deals, contracting and administration of sync requests

• Registration of new catalogue / music

• Communicate with / pitch catalogue to publishing administrators and / or sub publishers, music supervisors

Label Management: Monkeytown Music

Label & Publishing management & administration for Modeselektor’s labels Monkeytown Records, 50WEAPONS and Seilscheibenpfeiler Schallplatten Berlin (SSPB), including:

Label Management

•  Negotiate deals & set-up contracts with artists, label partners, distribution, etc.

• Communication (liaising, consulting and securing deals) with artists, accountants, lawyers, booking agents, distributors, manufacturers, publicists and all relevant label partners

• Schedule releases and releases announcements

• Strategize PR & Marketing & Social Media & communication with publicists & Social Media Managers

• Handling of all manufacturing

Label Administration

•  Distribution (digital & physical) – communication, statements, sales reports, accounting

• Licensing (compilation requests & sync)

• Neighbouring Rights administration

• Royalty / Artist statements

• Exploitation of back catalogue

 Publishing Management

•  Negotiate deals, contracting and administration of sync requests

• Registration of new catalogue / music

• Communicate with / pitch catalogue to publishing administrators and / or sub publishers, music supervisors

Artist Management: Modeselektor

Photo by Birgit Kaulfuss

Modeselektor have been shaping the electronic music scene since the early 2000s with their flamboyant DJ sets and genre-melding productions. The duo of Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary formed in the early 90s while they were involved in the rave scene on the outskirts of Berlin. After moving to the post-wall capital, a close-knit community of artists and friends emerged around them, including multimedia collective Pfadfinderei, who developed the visual concept of the famed Labstyle parties the crew held in various Berlin-Mitte clubs since the late 90s.

With their energetic live shows and offbeat productions encom-passing multiple electronic styles, they gained popularity far beyond the techno scene and continue their trademark adventures into sound, bass and beats, carrying forward one of the most unique stories in modern electronic dance music.

Product Management: Sony Music Germany

Product management for Sony Music Germany’s International Division, including

• Set-up of the release schedule and releases announcements

• Strategy for PR & Marketing as well as Social Media & Online Marketing for all release formats

• Communication with publicists & Social Media Managers

• Reporting