Cherry Crimson Data has acquired UK-based label Dome Data from administrators Peter and Santosh Robinson.
Based in 1992 by trade veteran Robinson, the corporate’s catalog is primarily targeted on soul and R&B, and in keeping with at present’s (Might 20) announcment, “has loved appreciable worldwide success, notably within the US”.
Amongst artists who’ve been launched on Dome are Lulu, Beverley Knight, Incognito, Hil St Soul, the James Taylor Quartet, Shaun Escoffery and US artists together with Brenda Russell, George Duke, Anthony David, Jarrod Lawson, and Andrew Gold.
The Beverley Knight observe Mutual Feeling from her 1995 Dome album The B-Funk is sampled on Backdoor, that includes Kendrick Lamar and Jhene Aiko, from the US and UK No.1 album Music by Playboi Carti.
Robinson started his profession within the late ’60s as a music commerce journalist and BBC Radio 1 contributor.
He joined MCA Data as press officer in 1971 and from 1974 he headed the label’s UK workplace.
Employed to CBS in 1976 by Maurice Oberstein, as Worldwide A&R Director he labored with the corporate’s worldwide and UK artist rosters and in addition introduced the membership/disco label Prelude to the corporate.
Appointed UK A&R Director at RCA in 1983, artists he loved success signing and dealing with included Rick Astley, 5 Star, Fairground Attraction, Clannad, Wax and the Tim Rice/Bjorn Ulvaeus/Benny Andersson musical Chess.
After shifting to Chrysalis as A&R Director, he labored with, amongst others, Chesney Hawkes, Paul Carrack, The Proclaimers, Runrig, Dwelling In A Field, Sonia and Adeva.
“We’re very excited to be buying Dome from Peter and Santosh and can take care of their catalog diligently in addition to releasing some new albums by their artists.”
Iain McNay, Cherry Crimson
Cherry Crimson Chairman Iain McNay, who based the corporate in 1978, and has acquired quite a lot of label and artist catalogs over the previous 30 years, stated: “After I began Cherry Crimson in 1978 the music trade was being turned the wrong way up with the emergence of punk music and the hundreds of impartial labels which got here out of that.
“I all the time noticed Cherry Crimson as a label which might be as musically numerous as attainable, not specializing in any specific style, however championing the completely different, progressive and typically the retro. Lately we’ve got targeted much less on releasing new recordings (though we’ll nonetheless put out round 20 new albums this 12 months) and concentrating extra on catalog.
“We’re very excited to be buying Dome from Peter and Santosh and can take care of their catalog diligently in addition to releasing some new albums by their artists. Dome will stay on inside Cherry Crimson!”
“It’s nice to see two good impartial music males and their corporations now work collectively for the good thing about the artists and the music.’
Korda Marshall
Korda Marshall, who was a marketing consultant on the deal, alongside Ian Penman and Sam Burchett at New Media Regulation stated: “I’m proud to have identified Peter for over 40 years as he gave me my first job as a expertise scout at RCA in 1983. He was my first boss and my mentor and helped clarify the rocky world of main label A&R within the Eighties.
“I’m additionally proud to have helped him with the sale of his life’s work Dome Data to a different pricey pal Iain McNay at Cherry Crimson Data because it’s the proper dwelling for Peter and his great label.
“It’s nice to see two good impartial music males and their corporations now work collectively for the good thing about the artists and the music.”
“After 55 years within the trade and greater than three many years operating Dome along with Santosh, it’s time at hand over the reins to a brand new custodian.”
Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson, who will proceed working with the label as a marketing consultant added: “After 55 years within the trade and greater than three many years operating Dome along with Santosh, it’s time at hand over the reins to a brand new custodian.
“I’m very assured that Iain McNay, Adam Velasco, Matt Bristow and the staff which have helped to construct Cherry Crimson into one of many UK’s most revered impartial label teams will keep the Dome legacy within the years forward.”
Dome’s successes have been numerous, starting from UK hits with Lulu and Sinclair, Beverley Knight’s breakthrough hit Flavour of the Outdated Faculty, a Prime 5 hit in Australia with pop-dance artist Newton, a Billboard No 2 Jazz album Be The Change with Jarrod Lawson, a Billboard No.1 Gospel hit Heaven by Anthony David & Algebra Blessett, and Till You Come Again To Me by Hil St Soul, “the most-played observe of the 12 months on the US clean jazz radio format in 2000”.Music Enterprise Worldwide
