Sony Music Germany has introduced a shake-up of its frontline label enterprise out there by means of what it calls “a style and group useful resource consolidation”.
As a part of the transfer, the group on the firm’s native hip-hop labelGold League will likely be merged with the group at RCA Data Germany, and can now report back to Brook Demissie, who’s being promoted to Vice President of RCA and Gold League.
In the meantime, dance label Nitron is transferring to Epic, with Fiete Klatt, Vice President Epic and Nitron, answerable for the groups and repertoire of each labels. Sony Music says that this consolidation “results in a strategic bundling of experience within the labels’ respective music genres”.
As a part of this announcement, the legendary Hansa Data is being relaunched as a frontline label out there to “additional strengthen the mainstream pop section” at Sony Music Germany.
Hansa Data was based within the Nineteen Sixties and primarily based in West Berlin. The corporate’s most profitable act commercially was the West German-based band Boney M.
Sony Music notes that Hansa “formed the pop and dance panorama worldwide within the Nineteen Seventies-Nineteen Nineties” with iconic artists corresponding to Fashionable Speaking and Boney M and was “thought of one of the crucial profitable labels of its time”.
Markus Hartmann, Vice President Ariola and Hansa Data, will proceed to steer the Ariola label however now even be in command of Hansa.
In accordance with Sony, Hartmann and his group are tasked with increasing the “legendary Hansa repertoire”, with new artists and new music from worldwide acts corresponding to Matt Simons and Irish band Image This, in addition to native stars corresponding to Revelle, Joel Brandenstein, Eisbrecher, Peter Maffay or Mathias Reim.
Moreover, Sony Music Germany has introduced a management change at its catalog division. Thorsten Sack, who’s handing over the administration of Nitron to Brook Demissie, will take over the administration of the Catalog Division with fast impact.
Clemens Fiedler, who has led the Sony Music Catalog in Germany for over eight years, in twin management with Julia Nolte for the final two years, will retire in 2024. Clemens Fiedler began his profession within the catalog sector in 2002.
Sony Music notes that underneath his management “the dear catalogs of stars corresponding to Udo Jürgens, Peter Maffay, Boney M, Andrea Berg, Roland Kaiser and Wolfgang Petry, Mariah Carey and Wham! [were] cared for”.
Thorsten Sack studies in his new position within the catalog division to André Mühlhausen, SVP Industrial Division GSA.
“Our frontline enterprise has grown very effectively in recent times. By consolidating our group sources and experience, we need to change into much more efficient and obtain larger affect.”
Patrick Mushatsi-Kareba, CEO Sony Music Leisure GSA: “Our frontline enterprise has grown very effectively in recent times. By consolidating our group sources and experience, we need to change into much more efficient and obtain larger affect.
“With Hansa Data, 16 labels now function underneath the umbrella of Sony Music, which can efficiently accompany artists on their path. My particular thanks go to Clemens Fiedler for the very profitable administration of the catalog enterprise, and I want him solely the perfect for his future.
“Congratulations to Brook Demissie, Markus Hartmann, Fiete Klatt and Thorsten Sack on their expanded areas of duty.”
“I wish to thank Clemens Fiedler for his dedication and his unbelievable ardour for the catalog space.”
André Mühlhausen, Sony Music GSA
André Mühlhausen, SVP Industrial Division GSA: “I wish to thank Clemens Fiedler for his dedication and his unbelievable ardour for the catalog space.
“Collectively along with his nice group, he has achieved numerous successes at each nationwide and worldwide ranges. His life motto “By no means hand over. By no means!” is noticeable to him on daily basis. Expensive Clemens, I want you all the perfect on your future.
“I’m very happy that we are able to fill this place from our personal ranks with Thorsten Sack. Congratulations and good luck.”Music Enterprise Worldwide
