Reliant Music has entered a partnership with ADA Benelux, the unbiased distribution and label companies arm of Warner Music Group.
The tie-up, introduced on Tuesday (September 8), pairs the Vancouver-headquartered firm’s A&R and artist improvement work with ADA‘s worldwide distribution and label infrastructure.
Reliant stated the partnership will help information from early inventive improvement via to worldwide launch and development.
The corporate describes itself as a “song-first” A&R, music administration, and unbiased dance music enterprise, which it says connects North American pop hit-making with European dance A&R.
Reliant stated it really works selectively with artists, producers, and songwriters, growing songs and constructing collaborations across the wants of every file.
Reliant Music is led by John Dexter and Adrian Lock in North America, alongside Mischa Daniëls, its VP of A&R for Europe.
In keeping with the corporate, the workforce’s monitor file ranges from Carly Rae Jepsen‘s Name Me Possibly and Loud Luxurious‘s Physique to tasks involving Armin van Buuren, Timmy Trumpet, KSHMR, R3HAB, Nicky Romero, W&W, Fedde Le Grand, and NERVO.
“We constructed Reliant round a easy perception: nice information nonetheless begin with nice songs,” stated John Dexter, President of Reliant Music. “We need to give artists, songwriters and producers actual inventive consideration and supply versatile methods of working collectively primarily based on what every file wants.
“Our partnership with ADA permits us to keep up that centered, unbiased method whereas creating alternatives to scale profitable information internationally.”
“We need to give artists, songwriters and producers actual inventive consideration and supply versatile methods of working collectively primarily based on what every file wants.”
John Dexter, Reliant Music
Reliant described the partnership as its subsequent part of worldwide development.
Reliant Music was based in 2012 and expanded into Europe in 2021 with the opening of an Amsterdam workplace.
Reliant has beforehand stated Dexter, who as soon as co-managed Carly Rae Jepsen, has written, produced, or A&R’d 13 High 10 singles and 17 High 40 hits.
It later named Mischa Daniëls its VP of A&R in Europe.
Earlier than becoming a member of Reliant, Daniëls was Artistic Music Director at Armada Music, the place he signed Loud Luxurious and launched the duo’s breakthrough single Physique.
At Armada, he additionally dealt with A&R for acts together with Afrojack.
Reliant is headquartered in Vancouver, with operations in Toronto, Amsterdam, and Berlin.
The corporate stated it not too long ago opened a inventive hub inside Vancouver’s Armoury Studios.
“At ADA Benelux, we’re pleased with our collaboration with Reliant Music,” stated Pim Lauwerier, Head of ADA Benelux. “They’re a implausible workforce of expert professionals with a real ardour for music, who excel at growing a demo into successful file, all whereas preserving a pointy eye for element.
“We’re assured this partnership has even greater achievements forward of us, and we will’t wait to have fun new successes collectively.”
“We’re assured this partnership has even greater achievements forward of us, and we will’t wait to have fun new successes collectively.”
Pim Lauwerier, ADA Benelux
ADA Benelux is Warner Music‘s unbiased distribution division for the Benelux area, and has signed a sequence of unbiased labels and artists since launching in 2020.
These signings included unbiased labels comparable to Large High Amsterdam, which labored on Gamper & Dadoni‘s Bittersweet Symphony.
ADA was based in 1993 as a three way partnership involving Warner Music Group and Stressed Data.
ADA now serves as Warner‘s unbiased distribution and artist companies division throughout a variety of worldwide markets.Music Enterprise Worldwide
