Bamboo Artists Appoints Rehan Manickam Director of A&R, US

Rehan Manickam has been appointed Director of A&R, US, at Bamboo Artists. He will be based in LA and oversee artist signings, development pipelines, and cross-territory.

Backstory:

• Prior to Bamboo, Manickam held A&R positions at LEGION Management and Anomaly Publishing, working with artists such as Nija Charles, Jack Rochon, and LU Kala.

• Previously he was an engineer and A&R coordinator at Love Renaissance (LVRN), contributing to major R&B projects such as Summer Walker’s “Still Over It” and “No Love (Extended)” featuring SZA and Cardi B.

The company:

• Bamboo Artists was founded (and continues to be led) by CEO Leander Kirschner when he was 17-years-old.

• The German company represents 32 artists and 47 songwriters, including Ski Aggu, 01099 and Zartmann.

• It claims its catalog generates more than three billion streams annually and more than 80 million streams a week.

• Bamboo recently made a series of US hires to grow its presence in North America, with Nils Gums appointed General Manager, Christina Chung Publishing A&R, and Kareem Yafi A&R Manager.

What they said:

• Rehan Manickam: “The industry’s obsessed with velocity and volume, not vision. At Bamboo, my focus is returning to real A&R: instinct, curation, and systemic artist development that outlasts the algorithm.”