The 28 music companies brought together by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), in partnership with BPI, the British Recorded Music Industry, include Gary Barlow’s new company Future Records; Robbie Williams’ management company iE Music; Illa State Records, co-owned by MOBO award-wining rapper and founder of the Hip Hop Shakespeare theatre company, Akala, and FAADA, Elroy ‘Spoonface’s’ record management company.

Phil Patterson, UKTI music specialist, who will also be chairing panel sessions during the mission, said: “This music mission is really a master class into how to successfully compete and gain real business insight in one of the world’s most lucrative markets. This is the sort of opportunity money can’t buy and we are one of the few countries that give music companies, and their talent, such a head-start.

Feargal Sharkey, Chief Executive of UK Music, the umbrella group representing the UK’s commercial music industry, said: “The UK is a world leader for music, and we are one of only three countries in the world who are net exporters of repertoire. Quite justifiably, BPI/UKTI trade missions have gained a reputation for playing a significant role in that remarkable accomplishment – taking UK music entrepreneurs to key international markets and laying the foundation for future and sustained success.”

The companies involved in the mission will take part in panel sessions and workshops, and will be given the opportunity to present their repertoire and meet senior music industry experts from major and independent companies including Universal Music Japan, EMI Japan, Imperial Records and Fujipacific Music Inc.

UK music facts * UK music is a major UK export, worth around US$2 billion annually. * The UK is the third biggest market for music in the world; only the USA and Japan are larger. * The money made by UK artists overseas increased by 19.4 per cent between 2008 and 2009, up from £139.8 million to £166.9 million. International royalties earned by UK acts have more doubled since 1999. * The biggest-selling artist album in the world has been provided by a British act for the last three years in a row (Susan Boyle, Coldplay, and Amy Winehouse). * 2009 saw UK acts achieve huge critical success and multi-platinum sales in domestic and worldwide markets. Susan Boyle’s debut album, I Dreamed a Dream, was the world’s biggest seller, as well as the fastest-selling debut ever, while artists such as Muse and Lily Allen enjoyed Number Ones in many territories. In the USA, several landmarks were achieved, with Coldplay becoming the first act to sell one million digital albums and Jay Sean the first British Urban artist to reach the top of the Billboard Top 100. Media contact For more information contact

Notes for editors

* UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is the government department that helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy. We also help overseas companies bring their high quality investment to the UK’s economy – acknowledged as Europe’s best place from which to succeed in global business. UKTI offers expertise and contacts through its extensive network of specialists in the UK, and in British embassies and other diplomatic offices around the world. We provide companies with the tools they require to be competitive on the world stage. For more information on UKTI, visit www.ukti.gov.uk

* The BPI is the representative voice of the UK recorded music business. We are a trade organisation funded by our members – which include hundreds of independent music companies and the UK’s four major record labels. BPI’s members account for approximately 90% of all recorded music sold in the UK, and globally the UK’s recorded music market is the third biggest. The BPI also organises the annual BRIT Awards show as well as the Classical BRIT Awards show. The organising company BRIT Awards Limited is a fully owned subsidiary of the BPI. Substantial proceeds from both shows go to the BRIT Trust, the charitable arm of the BPI that has donated almost £15m to charitable causes nationwide, since its foundation in 1989.

* The delegates taking part in this mission are: Ammunition Promotions Limited, Baroque Records Limited, Espionage TLC & Think, Exploding Chicken, FAADA, Future Records/ San Remo Live Limited, Generator / Epic Leisure, Gilmour Design/ Sounds of Caligula, Horus Music Limited, IE Music, Illa State Records/ Hip Hop Shakespeare Company, Inigo Recordings Limited, Jalapeno Records, Kully B Productions, Lightsong Music Limited, Monumental, Nice Things Music, Notting Hill Music, Phoenix Music, Pinball Productions, Supreme Music Limited, This Morning Call, Transmission Management and Vigilante Vocal Tech.

Adam is touring Europe over the next 200 days so this was a nice opportunity to promote his European Tour.

New Adam Bomb Material is now available on iTunes and other stores around the world.

For a limited time only, we are giving away a copy of Latonic’s debut single, ‘Turn On The Sky‘ to fans who purchase the new debut album ‘Desireable‘ all for the price of the album.
As an added bonus to all our loyal fans and customers, those who purchase ‘Desirable‘ from this site only, will get the download tracks free as well as the original hard copy of ‘Turn On The Sky‘ single release.

Headline band: Dumbfound
with support from Raptor Captor, Produkty and The Wry Dogs.
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We do need to have this disc completed by the 17th November 2009 as there is a lot of work in ensuring quality of audio tracks, designing the packaging to make it appeal to industry folk and getting the discs manufactured. 

What do we need?  We are asking for a small contribution to the manufacturing of the discs (in which you will receive some copies for your own use).  We will also need from you a signed mechanical waiver as this is a promotional product for your benefit, and a high quality master wav file.  These discs are not sold.

Any questions?  Please drop us a line via the contact form on this site.
Want to move forwards?  Please pay using the link below. We will then contact you using the email address you provided to PayPal.

Since the X-Factor, Niki has made a name for herself not only as a solo artist touring the entire length of the UK but also as a West End Performer.  The single is a release to a Donna Summer’s hit “I Feel Love” and is only available on iTunes.  With great support from all the papers including The Telegraph and The Mirror along with an appearance on the BBC Breakfast show this release is a great run up to Niki’s album in the near future.

Horus Music is the exclusive distributor for both Niki Evans and Gotham Records.  If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

In Court, Birch argued that his notice sent by the courts had been lost in the post and the judge accepted Her Majesty’s mail service does have its problems and accepted that defence, however he would not entertain the defence submitting an apparent licence agreement from 1989 that was only found yesterday (16^th September 2009).  Additionally the honourable judge noted that the original trial judged had considered carefully all the documentation and Horus Music was well within its rights and Birch would have no chance of success should an opportunity for retrial be allowed. 

The court commented that the matter had taken a large amount of time and tax payers’ money.  Birch’s application was rejected along with his application to lodge an appeal.  Birch was warned that legal costs will be at stake.

Closing date is Monday 14^th September and application is by covering letter and CV to jobs@horusmusic.co.uk.

Today, at the Leicester County Court, Revolver Music was forced to face justice for their behaviour.   The company offered weak excuses that had no basis of fact or law.    This is our first time of having to resort to legal action against pirates and we are very pleased with the outcome.  The court found that our paperwork and reasoning was sound and justified and therefore awarded in our favour, nearly doubling the initial claim against Revolver.  Piracy is a big issue for this industry, but having people who work within the industry act as pirates themselves who should be looking after artists’ rights is just not acceptable and Horus Music has a zero tolerance against these people and will enforce where needed.

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