Fresh Ink: Polo & Pan team up with JET & DBNR, Neck Deep land with Future History Management

ROSTR & NIF track thousands of artist signings every year - Fresh Ink helps you keep track of some of the highlights over the past week. Let's dive into some of the signings you should know about in this week's edition.

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French electronic duo Polo & Pan have built out their management team, linking up with JET Management founders Tyler Goldberg & John Scholz and DBNR founder Alexander Vandriessche. Comprised of Alexandre Grynszpan and Paul Armand-Delille, Polo & Pan are known for their lush, globe-trotting sound blending house, tropical electronic, and pop. The pair are actively touring North America and Europe in support of their third studio LP 22:22, which was released early last year.

The Drums is the NY-based indie rock project of Johnny Pierce. Pierce recently launched his own label Abysmal Records – named after his 2017 album Abysmal Thoughts – with the goal of creating a home for collaboration, experimentation, and emerging artists he deeply believes in. The Drums' debut on the self-owned label is the single 'It Didn't Matter' featuring rising Iranian American alternative artist Mareux. The release marks Pierce's first new music in 2 years, following his 2024 project Jonny.

Future History Management have picked up Welsh pop-punk band Neck Deep for management. The firm's founder Ryan Richards and president of US operations Jameson Roper will manage the Wrexham-based outfit. Roper calls this a passion signing, explaining this move continues their "mission to work with the best in class at every turn." Neck Deep join a roster of iconic rock, alternative, and heavy metal acts like Sleep Token, Bilmuri, Wage War, Holding Absence & more.

American electronic musician Surf Mesa has landed with the art-first, fan-focused rare society for management. Founder Nick Groff (previously SVP of A&R at Interscope and Geffen Records General Manager) & manager Michele Ronzon are set to manage the Seattle-born artist. He gained international fame back in 2019 with his single 'ILY (I Love You Baby)' – which has amassed >1B streams on Spotify – and led to a major label deal with Astralwerks & Universal.

Indie-folk darling Adam Melchor has signed a publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music. The Good Boy Records / R&R client recently released his latest project The Diary of Living last year and has since continued with his popular series "Lullaby Hotline," where he sends a new song to any fan who texts his number on a weekly basis.

WME will now represent Dutch DJ & music producer Natte Visstick in Australia, Asia, North America & South America with Bailey Greenwood as the responsible agent. Visstick creates a unique lane of electronic music that blends hard techno, jumpstyle and industrial chaos with Internet culture. He came into the spotlight following his track 'CRUSH' being featured in the Nicole Kidman film Babygirl.

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