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FREIBANK x The Royalty Network

FREIBANK extends collaboration with US publisher The Royalty Network. 

The Royalty Network is one of the country’s most esteemed independent music publishing companies representing over 300,000 compositions. The company has been increasing its client roster dramatically from year to year, boasting a perpetually growing catalog of some of the most prolific songwriters, producers and artists across a multitude of genres. This includes a hit parade on albums from the likes of Beyoncé, Lil Wayne, Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande, Burt Bacharach, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Eminem, and many others, and film, TV, and ad placements such as Target, BMW, Chevrolet, Gillette, "Black Panther", "Creed 2", “The Fate of The Furious", "American Idol", "Dancing With The Stars", and many more. 

Effective since 01 July 2022, Freibank represents the fantastic Royalty Network catalogue in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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Rhonda announces new Album 'Forever Yours'

Rhonda announced their 4th studio album 'Forever Yours', which will be released via popup-records on February 17th. The 1st single Modelo is out since October 7th and 'Light In Everything' came out November 18th.

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OUT: Album 'Soft Opening' by Atom™

'Soft Opening' by Atom™ is a non-stop sound journey of one hour and 15 minutes: psychedelic ambient-non-ambient of mantra loops, field recordings and sonic dèja-vu, it is strongly recommended to listen with headphones.

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New Signing: Derya Yıldırım

Derya Yıldırım is a Berlin-based German musician who was born in Hamburg in the mid-1990s. With her band Grup Şimşek, in which she sings and plays Bağlama, the artist fuses Anatolian folklore with Western psychedelia and has been releasing on Catapulte Records, Bongo Joe  and Buback since 2016.

Pic: Katja Ruge

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Contract extension: Abwärts

The influence of the legendary Hamburg punk band Abwärts, founded in 1979, has a formative effect on the development of an entire scene. Singer and bandleader Frank Z (Frank Ziegert) acts as the mastermind, composing and writing all the songs and even as a long time partner of Freibank. Our very own Mark Chung used to play bass for Abwärts back then. Stylistically, Abwärts do not fit into the typical German punk pigeonhole. Their repertoire covers a much wider spectrum. They like to use electronic elements, heavy metal, pop and purely acoustic arrangements.

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OUT: Album 'Silence I' by Silence

Originally released in 1992, this album is arguably another stone-cold classic of FAX +49-69/450464 records and one of the rarest and wanted ambient recordings out there.

The first two volumes of the Silence project are credited to Peter Kuhlmann aka Pete Namlook and Dr. Atmo while the following three are by Pete Namlook alone. The long overdue reissue is now finally available again in a limited one-time pressing of 500 copies for the world with original artwork and liner notes from Dr. Atmo.

This minimalist and intimate marvel was remastered by Stephan Mathieu and features a new design by Juliane Hohlbaum.

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OUT: Album 'Über das Grau' by Flo Mega

Flo Mega has the soul back. Freshly reunited with his band The Ruffcats, the man from Bremen on his new album "Über das Grau" all varieties of soul. The warm and and funky sound caresses the poems and stories from the heart of life. The singer with the special, variable voice sings wisely about love, friendship, dreams and gratitude and floats casually above the everyday gray, always with a few millimeters of air under his shoe. a few millimeters of air under his shoe.

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OUT: Single 'Glimpse' by Apollo Brown

Apollo Brown's track ‘Glimpse’ exhibits his signature laid back instrumental production style with smooth keys, old school drums and lush vocal melodies.

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