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Global Offices
The Orchard has a global marketing, sales and distribution network in the industry, with offices in: New York and London (Headquarters), Los Angeles, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Hong Kong, Seoul, Kolkata, Johannesburg, Moscow, Melbourne, Paris, Milan, Athens, Berlin, Barcelona, Bucharest, Sofia, Lausanne, Ramallah, Nairobi, São Paulo, Lagos, Ouagadougou, Prague and Warsaw.
New York UNITED STATES
The Orchard Headquarters
www.theorchard.com
Territories: United States, Canada
The Orchard's NYC headquarters is staffed with a full team of music industry professionals.
For more information, or to become a client, please see below to contact the appropriate team:
Distribution – If you are interested in The Orchard’s distribution services for your audio and/or video catalogue, click here.
Digital Retail - To license works from The Orchard’s catalogue for download, streaming or mobile services, click here.
Film/TV - If you are interested in licensing The Orchard’s catalogue for film, television, interactive, advertising or gaming, click here.
Brand Entertainment - If you are interested in The Orchard’s Brand Entertainment capabilities, click here.
For press and investor-related inquiries only, please email PR@theorchard.com or IR@theorchard.com, respectively.
London UK
The Orchard www.theorchard.com
Territories: Pan-European
The Orchard maintains a fully staffed office in central London which also oversees teams in Paris, France; Lausanne, Switzerland; Milan, Italy, Barcelona, Spain and Berlin, Germany. The European office, launched in 2003 and headed by Orchard co-founder Scott Cohen and Europe General Manager Miki Tunis, has licensed catalogues from Europe's top independent labels, from rock labels like Fierce Panda and Snapper, to jazz labels like Blue Flame and Leo, to deep catalogue labels like Avid, Acrobat, and Azzurra.
Contact: veronika@theorchard.com
Los Angeles UNITED STATES
The Orchard
www.theorchard.com
Territory: United States
The Los Angeles office expands The Orchard’s music licensing and synchronization capabilities. The office is managed by music supervisor and production executive Christopher Covert who also serves as Vice President, Film & Television. Prior to joining The Orchard, Covert worked as an independent music supervisor in New York and Los Angeles where his supervision credits include “Super Troopers” (Fox/Searchlight), “You Can Count On Me” (Paramount Classics), and “American Psycho” (Lionsgate). Prior to that he was a co-founder and partner with NY based SPOTmusic after serving time as VP of Music at The Shooting Gallery.
Contact: covert@theorchard.com
Mexico City MEXICO
Musart
Territory: Mexico
The Orchard is represented in Mexico by Discos Musart, the leading independent label in the Mexican and Latin American recording industries. The Musart family includes the renowned catalogs T.H. (Venezuela) and Panart (Cuba), as well as sister companies Balboa Records USA and Balboa Records Venezuela. Musart also owns the respected publishing group EDIMUSA/Vander Music and has represented the EMI, Capitol, Warner Bros., and Ariola catalogues.
Musart's sales account for 30% of the Regional Mexican market, 6% of the global Latin market and 6% of the U.S. Latin market. It's catalogue contains Grammy award-winners such as Joan Sebastian, Paquita la del Barrio, Antonio Aguilar, Olga Guillot, Banda Cuisillos and many others.
Contacts: ebaptistaf@musart.com.mx, emonroy@edimusa.com.mx
Buenos Aires ARGENTINA
Epsa www.epsa.com.ar
Territories: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Helena, Uruguay, Venezuela
The Orchard is represented in greater South America by Epsa, a leading Argentinean record label and one of South America's largest CD manufacturing companies. It is the dominant tango and folk label in Argentina, boasting a large, diverse catalogue that contains acclaimed and Grammy award-winning artists like Gerardo Gandini, Orquesta el Arranque and Color Tango.
Contact: info@epsamusic.com.ar
Sao Paulo BRAZIL
The Orchard
www.theorchard.com
Territory: Brazil
David McLoughlin is The Orchard's exclusive content aggregator in Brazil. He has been working in the Brazilian music industry for the past 15 years, actively promoting and selling the country's music worldwide, as well as locally. He currently runs RN-14 and has previously worked for Atração, Eldorado, MCD, Sum Records and Trama.
Contact: david@theorchard.com
Barcelona SPAIN
The Orchard
www.theorchard.com
Territories: Spain, Portugal and Andorra
The Orchard has been operating in Spain, Portugal and Andorra since 2005, servicing the region’s rich local music markets. Lead by Regional Manager Albert Torres, a veteran with 14 years of A&R experience working with labels such as Mute Records and BMG’s RCA International, The Orchard established a new Barcelona office in February 2008. Also at that time, Ismael Comas joined the team as Retail and Integrated Marketing Manager, a position that leverages Comas’ extensive music business experience working in promotions, marketing, management and sales for several independent and major labels.
Contacts: torres@theorchard.com, icomas@theorchard.com
Paris FRANCE
The Orchard
www.theorchard.fr
Territories: France, Belgium, Switzerland
The Orchard's Paris office, founded in 2004, also oversees Belgium and Switzerland. The French office has licensed catalogues from top independent labels such as George V, 7 Productions, Ze Records, O+ Music, Soul Makossa, Fonda-Mental, TCB The Montreux Jazz Label, and many more. This office is headed by Olivier de Simone, who previously worked as a consultant for labels and is developing successful Brazilian artist CéU. Ben Oldfield recently joined the company as Manager, Retail and Integrated Marketing; he previously worked as export manager for Mélodie, before running his own consultancy company for three years.
Contacts: olivier@theorchard.com, boldfield@theorchard.com
Milan ITALY
The Orchard
www.theorchard.com
Territory: Italy
Michele Forte is The Orchard's exclusive content aggregator in Italy. Forte has more than 15 years of music industry experience. In 2000, he pioneered and launched a web-based street team marketing model that has been widly adopted by the industry. Forte has coordinated local marketing and promotional campaigns for Sony, Universal Music and Edel, including artists like Aerosmith, Aqua, Jakob Dylan and Mary J. Blige. Forte is also a producer and arranger.
Contact: michele@theorchard.com
Athens GREECE
The Orchard
www.theorchard.com
Territory: Greece
The Orchard is represented in Greece by Lia Mansola. She was previously the head of BMG Greece and has worked with such established European brands as Buongiorno-Vitaminic, Fame Studio and Heaven Music. Mansola's extensive experience encompasses general management, marketing, special products, and advertising. She’s also a published author, and has written on subjects ranging from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones to modern art to children’s books.
Contact: lia@theorchard.com
Berlin GERMANY
The Orchard
www.theorchard.com
Territory: Germany, Austria and Scandinavia
Ian Hayllar represents The Orchard's Berlin office. He oversees relationships with the company’s retail partner network as well as drives local marketing and promotional opportunities for all artist and label partners in Germany, Austria and Scandinavia. With more than a decade of experience working in the music industry, Hayllar previously handled office and product management, marketing and licensing for EMI Music Germany’s Virgin and Mute Records; repertoire licensing at Sony Music Germany; and was Label Manager and Head of Music Content for Virtual Volume/Virtual Records, a digital music company and label based in London and Hamburg.
Contact: ihayllar@theorchard.com
Prague CZECH REPUBLIC
The Orchard
www.theorchard.com
Territory: Czech Republic
The Orchard is represented in the Czech Republic by record company executive and music scholar Jirí Štilec. Štilec is the head of the Music Management Department at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and the founder of ArcoDiva, the leading Czech record company, PR agency, music management and marketing company. He is also responsible for restoring Gustav Mahler’s birthplace in Kaliste and founded the Gustav Mahler Society and Gustav Mahler Festival in the Czech Republic.
Contact: jiri@theorchard.com
Warsaw POLAND
The Orchard
www.theorchard.com
Territory: Poland
The Orchard is represented in the Poland by Rad Klemczak. Klemczak is the founder of Eblok, a label management, marketing, distribution and PR company dedicated to maximizing global exposure for Polish labels and artists. With a focus on independent and original sounds, Eblok has been hailed as an innovator in the Polish music industry.
Contact: rad@theorchard.com
Moscow RUSSIA
The Orchard
www.theorchard.com
Territories: Russia, Ukraine, other CIS states
The Orchard's Moscow office has been a tremendous success. The office covers Russia, Ukraine, and other CIS states, giving leading regional labels an opportunity to present their rich musical heritage to the worldwide audience. The Orchard Moscow has secured deals with such important labels as Familia Entertainment, Bomba-Piter, MK-Music, Meloman and Ukrainian Records, among others. The Orchard Moscow's representative is Ulukman Mamytov, an entertainment industry attorney with deep local market knowledge and expertise in the digital music space.
Contact: ulukman@theorchard.com
Bucharest ROMANIA
MBA Digital SRL
Territory: Romania / Moldavia
The Orchard is represented in Romania and Moldavia by Alina Mihaela Nemes and MBA Digital SRL. From 1996-1999, Alina served as a Project Manager at PCNET, one of Romania’s leading ISPs (1996-1999). From 1999-2001, Alina was PCNET’s Executive Director. Since that time, Alina has been Managing Partner of ROL.ro, a leading Romanian internet portal, and is also involved in music by running a successful local music label.
Contact: alina@theorchard.com
Sofia BULGARIA
Vitality Music
Territory: Bulgaria / Macedonia
The Orchard is represented in Bulgaria by Bobby Ivanchev and Vitality Music. Bobby was the BMG representative for Bulgaria and Romania from 1992-1997, before leaving to co-found AveNew productions, a label based in Bulgaria. He then co-founded Vitality Music Publishing, the sub-publisher of both BMG Music Publishing and Sony/ATV Publishing and Vitality Music, the company is currently the licensee of SonyBMG, among other labels. Currently, he runs Vitality Music, Vitality Music Pubishing and AveNew Productions. He is a member of the Board of PROPHON (Neighboring Rights Collecting Society in Bulgaria) and a member of the Board of BAMP (IFPI Bulgaria).
Contact: bobby@theorchard.com
Istanbul TURKEY
Uzelli A.S.
Territory: Turkey
The Orchard is represented in Turkey by Metin Uzelli and Uzelli A.S., an Istanbul-based company that serves the Turkish music industry across production, distribution, and retail. With over 900 album titles in its catalogue, Uzelli is a leading and well-established label in its own right. It has extended its strength in music to retail, and is currently operates one of the country’s largest music retail chains. Uzelli is a founder-member of IFPI national group MU-YAP (Turkish Phonographic Industry Society).
Contact: metin@theorchard.com
Tel Aviv ISRAEL
Carmel Music
Territories: Middle East, Eastern Europe
The Orchard is represented in the Middle East and Eastern Europe by Carmel Music, a leader in developing innovative marketing solutions for music in all media. The company is headed by long-time music executive Miki Tunis. Prior to Carmel, Mr. Tunis was the CEO at Hed-Arzi, Israel's largest entertainment company. He was also Chairman of the Board for IFPI Israel. In 2006, Tunis joined the The Orchard's management team as General Manager, Europe.
Margo Sachar runs the day-to-day operations of Carmel's head office and handles client relations. She was previously the head of public relations for Carmel, Warner Music licensee in Israel, for four years. Prior to that, she worked as a journalist and editor for several Israeli newspapers.
Contacts: margo@theorchard.com, nili@carmelmusic.co.il
Ramallah PALESTINE
New Sound For Art Production
www.newsoundarab.com
Territories: Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Morocco, North Africa
The Orchard is represented in Palestine by New Sound. New Sound was founded in 1982 by Muhammad Khalaf's son Yousef Khalaf. New Sound originally began as a record-pressing plant, tape duplication plant and studio. New Sound was the first company to use digital recordings in Palestine and the Arab World. Through its history, New Sound has developed relationships with Arab music companies Sonar, Rocky, EL-Shark, AIam EI-Fan, Rotana and others. New Sound also produced a monthly magazine called "AHL EL-MAGHNA" between 1995-98.
Contacts: yousef@theorchard.com, omran@theorchard.com
Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA
Next Music
Territory: Southern Africa
Next Music is a leading independent music company, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Next is The Orchard’s Africa Partner, in addition to being the exclusive licensee and distributor for several major international labels like Edel GmbH; Naxos; Eagle Rock Entertainment; Apace Music; Elap and Simply Red.
The company has an active domestic artist roster embracing some of the finest in South African music, with platinum and gold selling acts Snotkop; Corsette; Philip Miller; Nataniel; Nganeziyamfisa No Khamba Lomvaleliso; Tait and Morgan Street. Next Music Strategic Marketing produces major TV advertised compilation albums, with brand development and rights management being a key part of the service offering to labels and media partners.
Next is well positioned in the mobile and digital space as The Orchard's Africa Partner, licensing music and video content for international distribution through The Orchard’s global retail partners. Next Music has its own successful national sales, marketing and distribution operation in place and the company is accredited as a preferred supplier to all key retail, DSP and mobile accounts.
Next Music Publishers has an important catalogue of owned and represented works.
Next Video is home to Hit Entertainment, National Geographic and other key filmed entertainment companies.
Next Music is well structured with strong investment partners in Videovision and The Next Step Advisors, and a highly experienced Executive Management team headed by former Gallo Africa CEO Charles Kühn and former RPM Records Managing Director Paul De Klerk.
Contact: charles@nextmusic.co.za
Lagos NIGERIA
51 Lex
Territory: Nigeria
The Orchard is represented in Nigeria by Digger Elias. Elias founded of 51 Lex, a London-based independent music label specializing in marketing African music worldwide. He is also a marketing consultant for EMI-Virgin Records and a marketing and creative music consultant for Scarlet Productions, a leading UK television production company. He has previously worked as an A&R manager for Sony Music / ATV Publishing and Warner Chappel Music Publishing.
Contact: digger@theorchard.com
Ouagadougou BURKINA FASO
The Orchard
Territory: Western Africa
The Orchard is represented in Western Africa by Moustapha Laabli Thiombiano, the founder of Radio Horizon FM, Africa's first privately owned radio station. Thiombiano is also the current President and Director General of Group Horizon FM, an 11-station radio network that broadcasts to eight million listeners daily. The radio network also funds educational and environmental initiatives in Burkina Faso. Thiombiano began his career as a radio journalist for the World Bank and later worked for KJLH, a Califonia-based FM station owned by Stevie Wonder at the time, before returning to Burkina Faso in 1982.
Contact: moustapha@theorchard.com
Melbourne AUSTRALIA
AmpHead Entertainment Group Pty Ltd
www.ampheadmusic.com
Territories: Australia, Cook Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Pitcairn Island, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, West Samoa
AmpHead Entertainment Group Pty Ltd is The Orchard's exclusive content aggregation and digital distribution partner in Australia. The company is headed by Gary Mackenzie [AC&T's co-founder and managing director], who has more than 25 years of music industry experience, including serving as managing director of the highly successful '90s label Def Records and now Blah Records.
Contact: info@ampheadmusic.com
Hong Kong CHINA
ECD Hong Kong Limited [ECD]
www.ecd.com.hk
Territories: Greater China / South Korea / Southeast Asia
The Orchard is represented in Asia by Jolland Chan, the founder and CEO of ECD, who uses the author's pseudonym, "Xiang Xue Huai" (meaning "Reminiscences In Snow"). Chan, a legendary songwriter, producer and A&R executive, has decades of experience in the music industry and is recognized as one of the most accomplished artists and business professionals in the Chinese music industry.
ECD Hong Kong Limited is a pioneering digital music company that revolutionized the digital distribution market in Hong Kong and China through its "Easy Downloads" multi purpose functions kiosks. The kiosks, which offer a secure and legal retail alternative to help combat China's rampant music piracy, provide real-time multimedia digital content downloading services so customers can "buy what they really want, the way they want it," offering a vast content selection of music, video and images downloadable to any device available in the market, or sent automatically to any cell phone handset. ECD aggregates content from the Asia Pacific Region using its proprietary Digital Asset Management Platform.
Contact: info@ecd.com.hk
Kolkata INDIA
Saregama
www.saregama.com
Territory: India
The Orchard is represented in India by the legendary Indian record company Saregama - the oldest and one of the largest music companies in India. The Orchard distributes and markets Saregama's catalogue worldwide and to western audiences through prominent placements on iTunes, eMusic and other digital music services. Saregama executives continue to support The Orchard in efforts to source the region's best music, expose it to new audiences for the first time, and build a span Western market for contemporary Indian music and music representing India's rich and diverse musical heritage.
Contact: co.sec@saregama.co.in
