Mute Announces New Structure Details: Label, Publishing, Management Now Combined

Following the recent announcement that Mute has reached an agreement with EMI Music which sees the company, led by Daniel Miller, return to being independent, Mute has announced details of the new structure. Under the new arrangement, the record label, publishing company and a new artist/producer management company have been brought together under the Mute name.

Mute has detailed its new structure.

Angie Somerside returns to the company as Group Managing Director, overseeing the already established record label and publishing company, as well as launching and running the new Mute artist management company. Somerside started her career at Mute as a publicist, then was at UK independent and major labels, followed by the post of General Manager at QPrime Management UK before returning to Mute.

With the launch of the new company come a number of new singings, including London five-piece S.C.U.M, and Texan singer-songwriter Josh T. Pearson and Junip, featuring José González, as the first artists to sign to the invigorated company.

Alongside the new signings, Mute’s New York office is currently working with Moby, Liars, José González, M83, The Knife, Fever Ray, Erasure, Paul van Dyk, Andy Bell, Polly Scattergood, Recoil, Maps, and A Place To Bury Strangers.

A small number of artists will remain signed to and marketed by EMI Music, with Miller continuing to work with them in an A&R consultancy role with EMI.

Andrew King continues to head up the publishing company, representing Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Grinderman and Liars, Underworld, Juno Reactor, and Max Richter, and Sir Bob Geldof’s catalogue. Andrew King’s background was originally in management – he has managed Pink Floyd, The Clash and Ian Dury among others. Andrew will work with Angie Somerside in developing the management company within Mute. He is also Deputy Chairman of PRS for Music.

Mute’s New York office, headed by long term General Manager, Mark Fotiadis, will work closely alongside the UK company on both publishing and management deals. In addition, Mute has opened a new office in Germany led by Anne Haffmans, a long-time marketing director at Mute.

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