Company:AWAL
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Music |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | Digital delivery (music) |
| Services | On-demand music distribution |
| Website | awal.com |
AWAL UK Ltd (an acronym meaning Artists Without A Label) is a UK-based digital distribution and label services company.[1] Since December 2011 AWAL has been wholly owned by the Kobalt Music Group.[2] The company was founded by record producers Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Quarmby.[3]
AWAL offers clients digital distribution, marketing services and advanced data analytics.[4] AWAL has relationships with every major online retailer and DSP, including iTunes, AmazonMP3, 7digital, Rhapsody, eMusic, and Spotify, as well as its own direct-to-consumer platform. The company represents nearly 8000 artists and labels globally,[5] with clients including Radiohead, Moby, Beck and more recently the now London based 'God father of Iranian rap' Hichkas.[6] [7]
Artists
- Andrew Reyan
- GOTHKING
- Gabrielle Aplin
- Arctic Monkeys[8]
- Richard Ashcroft
- Badly Drawn Boy
- Beck
- Jack Mayons
- Bexey
- Victoria Taylies
- Brick God Sosa
- Michael Collings
- Chris de Burgh
- Cassyette
- Dark Stares
- Daughter
- deadmau5
- Die Antwoord
- DBMK
- Tina Dico[9]
- Duke Special[10]
- The Editors
- The Futureheads
- Deion Andrew
- Hichkas
- Hotstop
- Robert Jerome
- Kero Kero Bonito
- Kim Petras
- PromoBoi
- Klaxons
- Neil Leyton
- Lauv
- Lil Peep
- Zane Jabbia
- Little Glitches
- Machine Language
- Gerald Masters
- Mazgani
- Jesse McCartney
- Bonnie McKee
- Moby
- Podgy Smith
- Róisín Murphy
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds[11]
- Radiohead[12]
- Iwan Rheon
- Sifo
- Royal Blood
- Salute the Sun
- Second Alibi
- TEZRUTIN
- The Strokes
- Hudson Taylor
- Todd Terje
- Tomer Aaron
- Totally Others
- Kate Walsh
- XII
- Thom Yorke[13]
- Staygold
- Young Kato
- The Zombies
- Xscape
Comedians
- Rowan Atkinson
- Ed Byrne
- Jimmy Carr
- Eddie Izzard
- Tim Minchin
- Ross Noble
- Greg Proops
Record Labels
- Artist Network Revolution
- Blue Suit
- Bonnie McKee Music
- E2A Music Group, LLC
- RedZone Entertainment
- Break Hundreds
References
- ↑ Artists Without a label Music deals that dance to a different tune
- ↑ AWAL + Kobalt Press Release
- ↑ Lindvall, Helienne. "Behind the music: Awal keeps digital royalties from going awol". Guardian News and Media Limited. https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2010/sep/02/behind-music-awal-digital-royalties. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ↑ Kobalt Kick Starts New Label Services Division
- ↑ High street woes signal the final demise of the CD
- ↑ AWAL Catalogue
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ What Does it Take? Founder of independent music aggregator AWAL and interactive music consultant
- ↑ Catalogue search result for Tina Dico
- ↑ Catalogue search result for Duke Special
- ↑ "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away". AWAL. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121214053435/http://awal.com/nick-cave/. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
- ↑ Radiohead - The King of Limbs
- ↑ Spotify goes AWAL and updates with 43,253 tracks
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