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OSA Awards 2008
|_. The Annual Awards of OSA for the year 2008 have been awarded for the 4th time on June 9th 2009 in the La Fabrica Club in Prague-Holešovice. The awards belong to the most successful living composers, lyric writers and publishers..
This time also A-Tempo Verlag s.r.o. was awarded among the publishers as a representative (sub-publisher) of the song „Bubbly“ (Colbie Cailat, Jason Reeves), the most often played foreign song in the Czech media in the year 2008.
Pictures : Petr Bělohlávek and Iva Novotná with the awards (an original statue by the sculptor Šárka Radová) and the diploma.
Representation in Hungary
Based on the agreement with the Hungarian protecting and collecting society Artisjus became A-Tempo Verlag its direct member effectively from January 1st 2009. A-Tempo Verlag is now authorised to collect royalties for the use of its repertoire in Hungary.
UNITED FLAVOUR
– this very successful band from the A-Tempo Verlag publishing roster has been performing successfully for 4 years now. Their driving show – a modern mix of reggae, latin sound and hip hop performed by the charismatic singer Carmen and six experienced musicians has an incredible atmosphere. In spring 2008 United Flavour were successful in the international musical competition „International Live Award“ in Vienna and scored second in the tough competition of about thousand other bands. Several songs from the debut album „Unity“ were released on international compilations and the complete album is in the electronic distribution of the world principal musical servers.
In 2008 United Flavour were taking part in important reggae festivals in Europe together with such world stars as Max Romeo, Luciano, Sean Kuti, Alborosie and others. Under the name „Flavour Band“ UF has accompanied on tours the Jamaican dance hall quartet Ward 21, Big Famili Duet from Martinique and the Slovak singer Tina.
More at – “www.unitedflavour.com”
NAVIGATORS
Just after releasing their debut album „SKY TRAVELLIN´“ (SubPub Records/Sony Music) by the end of 2008 this rather unknown Prague band has been shot up to the top of the Czech music scene. The album has been mastered in the prestigeous New York Sterling Sound studio with the experienced engineer Tom Coyne.
The album of the Navigators is not beeng admired just for the sound quality but also for the creative invention of the musicians and the producers. Rather than using samples the band has invited for the recording sessions seventeen guests as Radek Kaspar of the J.A.R., Carmen Morejon of United Flavour, Czech Beatbox Allstars (J.Cossiga, O.Pivec), the bass player Jozef Fečo and others. The Navigators aren´t just perfect in the studio but their live shows are also unique and thrilling for the audience. Since the beginning of the year the band has been touring extensively and even supporting several famous world artists as Earth Wind and Fire, , The Sugarhill Gang, Martin Luther (The Gang), Heavy and Little Axe (Doug Wimbish).
Label: SubPub Records
More at www.navigators.cz
U-PRAG
At last the Prague band U-Prag released their debut album „44 thousand actors /in 16 flats“ (SubPub Records) and immediately have joined the cream of the Czech electronic music and indicated a possible way of development of the instrumental dance music.
The recent album presents apart of the incredible energy of the band plenty of sofisticated material that is skipping from the dance music to a quality electro pop however with a special incommutable flavour. Even if we find there some more simple and rather glossy melodies, they never leave a shallow impression.
After the release of their new album (it exists also in a purely instrumental version) the band U-PRAG seems to be in a very good position. They address many genres but are not superficial and this is what their fans and other listeners are appreciating.
label: SubPub Records
More at: www.u-prag.cz
HENRY D
Henry D was born in Zambia (South Africa) but came to the Czech Republic about twenty years ago to study at the university. He has been living here ever since and apart from his professional career has been engaged in music as well. After playing in several local bands (Forbidden Fruit, Grass Craft, Space Junkies etc.) he met in 1998 the musician, composer and producer „Djei“ Gogo and started to cooperate with him in various musical projects. Henry D has been performing as a guest artist with Djei´s band United Flavour and also took part in recording their debut album Unity.
In April 2009 Henry D released his own debut album „ Man of Honor“ (SubPub Records) with 14 original songs written by himself and couple of co-writers. We can find here a massive hip hop beat merging in with modern soul and R&B. In some songs is African roots can be also felt. The result is a smashing album with many hit songs.
Label: SubPub Records
More at www.henrydmusic.com
- ELVIS PRESLEY MUSIC / GLADYS MUSIC
After negotiations with the representatives of the original owners of the prestigeous catalogue of compositions from the reperetoire of Elvis Presley A-Tempo managed to extend the rights for Czech Republic and Slovakia for another period. Many famous compositions of the world rock´n roll classics like Love Me Tender, Can´t Help Falling in Love, Don´t Be Cruel, It´s Now or Never, Return to Sender, Viva Las Vegas, Jail House Rock and others are now available for synch licensing to the clients fom Czech Republic and Slovakia for commercials, films, TV, video etc.
- WINDSWEPT MUSIC, T/Q MUSIC, HITCO MUSIC
The well known US and UK catalogues Windswept, T/Q and Hitco became recently part of the Bug Music publishing group and are now represented by A-Tempo for Czech Republic and Slovakia. Among their numerus compositions we can find works of very famous song writers and artists as David Bowie, Russ Ballard, Albert Hammond, John Sebastian, Nick Kershaw, Beyonce and many others.
- NADA – NANADA MUSIC
Another newly represented catalogue by the A-Tempo company is formed by the songs from the legendary Dutch publisher Nada-Nanada Music. We can find here song s of the famous Dutch bands of the sixties and seventies –Shocking Blue, Golden Earings and Focus as well as the works of the writing Brothers Bolland and Bolland for Falco, Status Quo, Laibach and other performers. Even the famous hit songs as VENUS, IN THE ARMY NOW, JEANNY and ROCK ME AMADEUS are not missing here and are available for synch licensing for the Czech and Slovak clients for commercials, film, TV, video, internet etc.
- FAMOUS MUSIC
This really famous catalogue – not just by its name became a part of the Sony/ATV Music Publishing and is now represented by A-Tempo for Czech Republic and Slovakia. The corner –stone of this catalogue is music to various American cult TV series like C.S.I. New York, C.S.I. Miami , C.S.I. Las Vegas and Melrose Place also well known from TV broadcasting in our country.
- PARIS MUSIC
Paris Music is a new music library on the Czech and Slovak market coming from Poland that has enriched the large catalogue of production music of A-Tempo. The compositions are available for the Czech and Slovak clients almost for any use including the high quality recordings, both on CDs and online.
- NATIVE TONGUE MUSIC
The new catalogues of the Native Tongue Music publishing company come from Australia and New Zealand and are represented by A-Tempo for Czech Republic and Slovakia, Hungary and the countries of former Yugoslavia. They contain mainly film and TV music to the films and TV serious about nature and science, among others we name The Stingers and Wild Secrets.
- COLLECT MUSIC PUBLISHERS B.V.
The Dutch publishing company Collect! Music Publishers B.V. represents a large catalogue of their own original writers as well as many other foreign (US,UK,French) catalogues. Now all these catalogues and songs are represented by A-Tempo for Czech Republic, Hungary and the countries of former Yugoslavia including the synch licensing.
- AMBOSS FILM MUSIC
The German publishing company Amboss Musik now represented by A-Tempo for Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and the countries of the former Yugoslavia is oriented mainly to film and TV music. We can find their music in the locally broadcasted films and TV series – Fatal Shore, Rex and Sonnenallee.
- FILM UND MEDIA SCORE MUSIKVERLAG
The German publishing company Film und Mediascore Musikverlag now represented by A-Tempo for Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and the countries of the former Yugoslavia is oriented mainly to film and TV music. We can find their music in the locally broadcasted films and TV series Verliebt in Berlin (Lovers in Berlin), Wolff´s Revier, Special Task Force, Klinikum Berlin Mitte, SK Koelsch and others.
- DL MUSIC
DL Music (Derek Luff Music) is a music library and catalogue of production music from Hollywood, Los Angeles oriented to production of music for films, TV series, commercials etc. Now it became a part of the large catalogue of production music for Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. This modern library is offering music to the clients mainly on perfect hard drives with exact documentation and meta data and shouldn´t be missing in the archive of any TV or radio broadcaster.
- Yell Music UK
This publishing company from London owns a smaller but interesting catalogue covering songs from the contemporary British and American pop and rock music scene. A-Tempo Verlag signed the subpublishing agreement for Slovakia and Hungary.
- Bardis Music, Dublin
One of the most important Irish independent publishers owns a catalogue that contains both traditional Irish songs and latest pop and rock songs penned by the Irish, American or British composers. A-Tempo signed the sub-publishing agreement for Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and the countries of former Yugoslavia.
Romeo and Juliet in the Czech Republic
The musical of Zdenek Bartak Romeo and Juliet based on the famous play by William Shakespeare has been a great success story since 2002 in Seoul and other cities of South Korea and has been even performed in China – in Beijing and Shanghai. Now its Czech version was produced by the theater Hluboká for its young ensemble and the performances were taking place in the courtyard of the genuine castle Hluboka in the South of Bohemia in July and August.
The production was directed by David Cody, Jiří Josek translated the word-book and great new Czech song lyrics was written by Eduard Krečmar.
More : www.divadlohluboka.cz, www.zdenekbartak.cz
