Fresh Ink: Tash Sultana Joins BMG, MNEK Jumps To Sony Music Publishing

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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BMG has signed Australian multi-instrumentalist Tash Sultana to their first global label partnership, covering future recordings and their back catalog - which reverts to the company in 2030. The self-produced, live-looping artist has amassed billions of streams with Gold-certified, ARIA Award-winning debut Flow State and ARIA #1 Terra Firma among their acclaimed releases.

After a long-term relationship with Warner Chappell, MNEK has now locked in a publishing deal with Sony Music UK. The British writer/producer/artist has his sophomore solo album coming soon and has recent credits including co-writing Zara Larsson's GRAMMY-nominated 'Midnight Sun' and producing 14 tracks on FLO's debut album Access All Areas.

The enigmatic music collective adore agreed to a record deal with Warner Records, in partnership with Big Beat. The group arrives with co-writing credits spanning Young Thug to Chappell Roan and a 2024 RIAA Gold single, 'did i tell you that I miss you.' Their first release under the deal, 'Feel It All Again,' will feature in the Tribeca Film Festival short Violet and Marlow Rob a Bank.

Newly formed Encore Entertainment, founded by industry veterans Quincy Krashna and Mark Lamica, has launched with pop artist Pia Mia among its eight inaugural management signees. The exec duo, known for their work on Michael Jackson's comeback tour - bring over 40 years of combined experience across 17 platinum and gold artists and seven GRAMMY winners, with a focus on cross-industry development across music, television, and film.

Producer, writer, and artist Eric "Aukoustics" Austikalnis has signed a publishing deal with Position Music, brought in by A&R Mike Torres. An architect of the modern country/dance crossover sound, his credits include the US Gold and internationally Platinum-certified 'Faith' with Galantis and Dolly Parton, lovelytheband's Alternative Radio hit 'sail away,' and Galantis and JVKE's 'Dandelion,' which named one of Billboard's top dance songs of 2021.

Japanese trio Number_i, aka Sho Hirano, Yuta Jinguji, and Yuta Kishi, have signed a record deal with Atlantic Records in the U.S., already recording new material in LA with a release expected later this year. Both of the group's albums debuted at #1 in Japan, and the signing follows their earlier WME representation deal as they look toward a full international push.

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