News From 2003

BEAUTIFUL SOUTH PRODUCER JON KELLY WORKS WITH UPCOMING ARTISTS

Jon Kelly is continuing to work with a diverse range of artists from top name bands to new acts. He is building on the relationship he's developed with Beautiful South over the years and has just finished producing their latest album, and has also been working with Irish artists Mickey Harte and Paddy Casey, signed to Sony.

Jon is now producing and mixing a major new album for promising Sony signing Tom Baxter. Signed in August 2003, Tom has been working on the album with Jon for about three months, and, although still relatively undiscovered by the public in general, has been highly acclaimed by those in the know.

KLAS B. WAHL AND ROGER OLSSON WRITE AND PRODUCE VICTORIA BECKHAM SINGLE

Since joining SBM recently, Swedish songwriters / producers Klas B. Wahl and Roger Olsson have already had Top 5 success. Their track "Let Your Head Go" was Victoria Beckham's first single from her latest album, which is likely to feature other tracks by the production / writing team. The track formed a double A-side along with "This Groove" and reached No.3 in the charts.

The duo, who are based jointly in Stockholm and London, have also been working with a variety of other artists recently including Mozez (Zero 7), Jem and Safri Duo, and have a fresh collection of new tracks available for artists.
Dec 2003

COLIN EMMANUEL WRITES AND PRODUCES FOR JAMELIA

Jamelia signed to Parlophone Records when she was just 15 years old and released her first single aged 18. She then went on to have four Top 40 hits, one of which was "Money", produced and co-written with SBM's very own Colin Emmanuel (aka C Swing). After taking a couple of years out to have a baby, she then burst back onto the music scene in 2003 with the huge hit single "Bout" featuring Rah Digga, again co-written and produced by Colin who then went onto work on the majority of the album.

Colin has since built a very strong relationship with Jamelia and often works with her as a top-line writer for other artists. Recent writing projects include up and coming artists such as Nina Jayne (Arista), Eliza Jay (Big Life), Monroe (Sony), Estelle (V2), Tubby T (Virgin).
Dec 2003

TEO MILLER ADDS FINISHING TOUCHES TO MARTINA TOPLEY-BIRD'S MERCURY NOMINATED ALBUM

Teo Miller recently completed work on Martina Topley-Bird's debut album "Quixotic". The album has been widely acclaimed and has been nominated as one of the 12 albums on the shortlist for the Panasonic Mercury Music Prize.

CARSTEN KROEYER TO JUDGE DANISH POP IDOL

Following success with Appleton's latest album, Carsten Kroeyer is continuing to build up his credit list. He has just been selected to judge Danish Pop Idol and has recently produced tracks for Victoria Beckham, Erasure and reworked the old classic "These Boots Are Made For Walking" for Denise Van Outen.

MICK GLOSSOP PRODUCES NEW BMG TALENT ADAM MASTERSON

Mick Glossop has just begun work on the first album project for Adam Masterson who was recently signed to BMG imprint Gravity by Nick Stewart.

Glossop has brought together a key group of amazing musicians who are helping create a unique and interesting album.

At 24, Masterson is showing song writing skills and maturity in attitude beyond his years which should provide interesting results.

AUDIO DRIVE PRODUCTION IS LICENSED IN MULTIPLE TERRITORIES

Audio Drive's production "Remember When" has now been licensed to Darren Emerson and Tim Deluxe's new compilation on Underwater Records plus DJ Dan's compilation on Kinetic in the States and Mark LuvDup's compilation to be released in Russia!

RICK NOWELS WORKS ON NEW MATERIAL WITH DIDO AND MEL C

Rick Nowels has teamed up with Dan Frampton to work on new material with Dido and with Rob Playford to work on new tracks with Kylie Minogue. He has also been writing in the past few weeks with Melanie C and Shaznay.

Nowels is one of the top writer/producers around and has recently worked with artists such as Geri Halliwell, Sonique, Texas, Ronan Keating, Savage Garden, BB Mak and Blue to name but a few.

SBM SIGNS UP RICK BARRACLOUGH

SBM have just taken on new client Rick Barraclough. He is currently co-writing and co-producing with Oskar Paul on several projects that include the production of two tracks for Luan Parle on Sony Ireland and four tracks with new artist Lenou who is signed to Mercury France.