Island Def Jam Partners With NYC-Based Photo Finish Records, Taps Matt Galle To A&R

Island Def Jam Music Group has entered into a worldwide joint-venture partnership with Matt Galle’s Photo Finish Records.

Matt Galle

Additionally, Galle – who’s also the co-founder of the Bamboozle Festival – will now be providing exclusive senior-level A&R services to Island Records, “helping the company to further expand its reach into the marketplace as well as the opportunities it offers up-and-coming artists.”

Barry Weiss, Chairman & CEO of Island Def Jam Motown and Universal Republic, said Galle “will cast a big net in our search for the next wave of talented young artists across the world.”

Galle launched Photo Finish Records in NYC in 2006, with a diverse roster that includes punk and indie bands, electronic acts, pop and hip-hop artists – among the label roster is dance-pop act 3OH!3, pop-rock group The Downtown Fiction, singer/songwriter Anthony Green (of Circa Survive), and rock band New Medicine.

Galle will also continue in his current position as an agent at Paradigm Talent Agency, where his clients include My Chemical Romance, fun., Mike Posner and Austin Mahone, and where he discovered Bruno Mars and KE$HA.

He’ll also continue to co-manage producer/writer/mixer Matt Squire (Panic! at the Disco, 3OH!3, One Direction, Boys Like Girls, Big Time Rush and Selena Gomez.

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