A new independent label has arrived in Germany, led by three music executives with some experience in the independent label world.
Former BMG senior executive Dominik Casimir, Maximilian Kolb and Justus Harder A new entertainment company is founded in Berlin Umm (pronounced ˈhjuːmən).
Casimir and Kolb free up bone cement under new leadership Thomas KosfeldLast summer, he was named chief executive of the music company.
Coesfeld subsequently cut BMG’s headcount by about 10%, a key factor in the company’s recent surge in profitability.
Justus Harder quit bone cement At the end of 2021, after 12 years with the company, he most recently led mergers and acquisitions.
Dominic Casimirat the same time, it is the former chief content officer Director of BMG and former board member of Bertelsmann Content Alliance.
The executive first joined BMG when it was reborn independent In 2008, it was rated as China Association for Science and Technology The company was established in May 2022 and exited BMG in March this year.
Maximilian Kolb Most recently, he was executive vice president of programming and marketing for BMG Continental Europe. He resigned from the position in July after more than a decade with the company.
Kolb joined BMG in 2012 as A&R Manager and was eventually appointed managing Director 2019 GSA Region.
singer-songwriter Max Giesinger Designated as debut signing Umm. his new single people Released tomorrow (September 13th).
Giesinger was described in a press statement as “one of the most successful German artists of the past decade, having released four albums and played more than 800 Concerts since 2014″. Giesinger has accumulated more than 600 million Stream so far.
his album running boy (Published via BMG) Costs over 93 It has been on the German Top 100 Album Chart for several weeks.
Giesinger’s hit singles include platinum albums when she dances And more gold 80 million.
In a statement released on Thursday (September 12), founder of umn Said: “As umn Entertainment expands into the world of music, we could not be more proud to join forces with Max Giesinger and his team around Lars and Flo to begin our journey.”
“As umn Entertainment enters the world of music, we are incredibly proud to begin our journey by joining forces with Max Giesinger and his team around Lars and Flo.”
Dominik Casimir, Maximilian Kolb and Justus Harder
They added: “This is a partnership rooted in empathy, creativity and a shared vision for the next generation of our industry.” Further signings will be announced soon.
“umn is a breath of fresh air and I’m excited to work with them.”
Max Giesinger
Giesinger said: “people This was the beginning of a new cycle in my career and I needed a label that would do it justice. umn is a breath of fresh air and I’m excited to work with them.
“Given the success of Max, we wanted to make a careful and thoughtful decision on our next partner. Umn is clearly something different. Less than a month since we signed the agreement, we can see the progress they have made.”
Florian Gahm and Lars Brand, Management of Max Giesinger
His managers Florian Gahm and Lars Brand said: “Given Max’s success, we want to make a careful and thoughtful decision on our next partner. umn Obviously It’s something different.
“In less than a month since we signed the agreement, we can see the progress they have made.”global music business