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Europe's music industryfocuses on Far East atMidem Asia:page 8
IFPI's 'zero tolerance'stance over piracyby Emmanuel Legrand
LONDON - The record industry is takingits war against piracy to a new level byadopting a "zero tolerance" policy.
International record industry bodyInternational Federation of the Phono-graphic Industry (IFPI) is taking a "moreoffensive approach" in solving a problemwhich costs the industry $ 2 billion ayear, according to IFPI director generalNic Garnett.
Elements in the new anti -piracy plan,which will be implemented in Septem-
ber, include: Tackling piracy at aproduction level,rather than at distrib-ution level.
The (new)appointment of ananti -piracy director,with a law enforce-ment background.
Enforcement ofanti -piracy legislation
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Eurochart Hot 100 SinglesR. KELLY
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in the most affected territories. Ensuring that CD equipment suppli-ers only provide their technology to fac-tories producing legitimate CDs. Building all relevant information onpiracy into a data base. Greater coordination of anti -piracyaction at global, regional and local levels.
The new strategy, unveiled to Music Media by IFPI director general NicGarnett on the eve of Midem Asia (whichtakes place in Hong Kong May 21-23),was formally approved during an IFPIboard meeting in Rome in April. Itmarks a radical change from IFPI's pre-vious policy, which focused on the distri-bution side of piracy, and reflects IFPI's
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Mechanical royaltiesdispute dragging on
by Jeff Clark -Meads and Indeed, at present, the only commonEmmanuel Legrand ground between the representatives of
the labels and the authors/publishers isPARIS - Europe's record companies and that they both say the other must takemusic publishers are about to enter their a "realistic" view of any new deal.sixth month without a mechanical royal- The old IFPI/BIEM agreement setty rates deal-and there is no sign of any mechanical rates at 9.306 percent ofchange to that in the foreseeable future. each record's published price to dealers
The old agreement between the Inter- (PPD). The sticking points in negotiatingnational Federation of the Phonographic a new rate are said by informed sourcesIndustry and BIEM, which represents to centre on the levels of packaging andEurope's authors and publishers, free goods discounts. It is also under -expired at the end of 1996. Relations stood that the 9.306 percent rate itself isbetween the two sides are now described under challenge, with labels arguingas being at their lowest point for 25 that it is not a reasonable extrapolationyears. Since the expiry of the old deal, of the previous rates, based on retailboth sides have continued to operate price rather than PPD.under its terms, though no formal agree- BIEM president Jean -Loup Tournierment to do so exists between them. continued on page 20
The 1997 Sony Radio Awards took place in London on May 12. Amongthe winners was AC station Heart 106.2 FM/London, which collected theBest Music -Based Breakfast Show prize for its Morning Crew pro-gramme, presented by David Prever, Kara Noble and Jon Davies. Noble(centre) and Davies (left) are pictured receiving the award from Euro-vision winner Katrina Leskanich. Full story, page 3.
Capital readiesfor Virgin arrivalby Mike McGeever
LONDON - On the heels ofits proposed take-over ofthe U.K.'s Virgin Radionetwork (Music & Media,May 17), the CapitalRadio group has restruc-tured its senior man-agement andappointed an exec-utive to expand itsthemed restau-rant business.
With immedi-ate effective, Capi-tal Radio groupmanaging director Richard Eyrebecomes chief executive; David Mans-field, previously group commercial
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NEWS MTake-overat L'OndeLatine due
by Renu Bouton
PARIS - The ranks of French indepen-dent local stations continue to shrink.
Gold network RFM-a whollyowned subsidiary of broadcastinggroup Europe 1-is on the verge oftaking over the six frequencies cur-rently used by French-language/latinmusic station L'Onde Latine in theSouth of France.
A provisional agreement hasalready been signed between L'OndeLatine's founder/managing directorLaurent Perallat and RFM. The dealstill requires the approval of theFrench broadcasting authority, CSA.
RFM currently operates a networkcovering 30 million inhabitants over120 frequencies. When the take-over iscleared by the CSA, RFM will gain fre-quencies in cities such as Marseilles,Toulon, Cannes, Frejus, Nice andMonaco, with a combined total of over 3million inhabitants.
RFM MD Frederic Schlesinger saysthe deal is not simply about addingnew frequencies, as RFM is alreadypresent in some of the cities covered byL'Onde Latine, but gives him access toa skilled team of professionals who willbe able to produce five hours of locallyoriginated programmes each day.
"This deal-which has not beenfinalised yet-is tied to CSR's plan toreview France's radio frequencies' situ-ation and to support category B sta-tions [independent local commercialstations]," comments Schlesinger. "Theopt -outs will allow us to strengthen theperformances of RFM, which arealready quite good, in the South ofFrance," he adds.
"Our goal is to expand our reach andimprove our audience ratings with theaddition of local programming,"Sclesinger'explains. "We have alsoasked the CSA for the authorisation tomake local programmes in some othermajor cities, like Nantes, without evenasking for the access to the local adver-tising market. Proximity is an excellentaudience catcher."
L'Onde Latine's Perallat says thedeal offers him the opportunity to pullthe plug on the station he foundedwithout any financial losses, and withthe guarantee that most of his stafferswill get a job within the new structure.
Perallat explains that the reason hedecided to give up-six years after thelaunch of L'Onde Latine-is thatdespite several attempts, he had beenunable to expand the station's reach toinclude Paris.
"On two occasions, we have beendenied a frequency in Paris by theCSA," laments Perallat. "This has beena severe blow to our development andprevented us from building a nationalnetwork. We reviewed the situationand came up with the conclusion thatthere wasn't much we could do, hencewe decided to sell."
BBC, Virgin on top atSony Radio Awardsby Mike McGeever
LONDON - BBC Radio Ulster andVirgin Radio scored golden hat tricks atthe Sony Radio Awards 1997.
The regional public station and thenational AM and London FM com-mercial broadcaster collected threegold awards each at a ceremony heldin London's Grosvenor House Hote onMay 12.
Radio Ulster's awards were forInterview Of The Year, Response lb ANews Event and Phone-in/lbpicalDebate. Virgin's trophies were for On -Air Branding Of Station Image, On -AirCompetition and Themed MusicProgramme, the last-named sharedwith the BBC's London station, GLR.
The BBC continues to dominate theevent, as it has done since their incep-tion, collecting 25 out of 29 gold awardshanded out during the 15th annualawards ceremony. In addition to thegold, silver and bronze prizes awardedin 29 programming -related categories,the jury nominated winners in ninespecial categories, highlighting theachievements of single broadcasters orstations. In a statement, the jurynoted, "This year's awards saw moreregional stations and programmes tak-ing the top prizes than ever before."
Scottish broadcaster MorayFirth/Inverness-one of the smallest
commercial stations in the U.K-wasLocal Station Of The Year for the sec-ond year running. For the second timein four years, Classic FM took the goldaward for National Station Of TheYear, beating BBC Radio 1 FM.
The newly created award forProgramme Controller Of The Yearwent to Steve Martin of CHR stationThe Pulse FM/Bradford. The judgeddeemed Martin as one of the "unsungheroes" in commercial radio who duringhis four years at the Pulse has "trans-formed the station to make it a marketleader through a successfully targetedmusic policy, high profile events andactivities, effective marketing and hisown inspirational management style."
London AC station Heart 106.2 FMtook home the Best Music -BasedBreakfast Show award for its MorningCrew programme presented by DavidPrever, Kara Noble and Jon :Davies.The Sony judges said the trio had taken"a fresh approach, and re -discoveredthe magic of the relationship betweenthe presenters and their audience."
One of the highlights of the eveningwas when veteran presenter Alan"Fluff' Freeman tookthunderous applause, to accept theBest Themed Music Programme awardfor his Friday night rock show onVirgin Radio, which is produced by thestation's head of music Trevor White. A
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Steve Martin (The Pulse FM/Bradford)collects his Sony award from GillianReynolds, radio critic of the DailyTelegraph newspaper
joint gold award in the same categorywent to BBC GLR's Tom Robinson forthe gay music special, You've Got lbHide Your Love Away.
Two other long-standing presen-ters, BRMB FM/Birmigham's Les Rossand the BBC's Michael Green werehonoured with Special Sony Awardsfor outstanding contribution to radio,while BBC Radio 5 Live broadcasterJohn Invendale was namedBroadcaster Of The Year. Another vet-eran BBC broadcaster, Jimmy YoungOBE, was given the Sony Gold Award
his contribution to radio.Elsewhere, the Specialist Music
Programme award was collected byBBC Radio 3 and the Daytime Music
equence Programme award went towen Money, BBC Radio Wales.
Spanish label moves into CubaHAVANA - The Spaniards have ret-turned to Cuba.
Spanish independent label Manzanahas set up a sub -label calledEurotropical to record Cuban -residentartists on location and to promote themabroad. The official opening ofEurotropical's office in Cuba on May 23-24 marks the first time since the 1959revolution that an European companyhas gained a foothold on the island.
Eurotropical will be distributedworldwide-except for the U.SA-by
Canary Islands -based companyManzana, which ranks among Europe'smain importers of Caribbean salsa andmerengue music. U.S. distribution willbe shared between G.B. Records in NewYork and Reyes Records in Miami.
"Pm very excited about this historicmove and extremely happy with thearrangement," says Eurotropical MDRicardo Gonzalez. "It used to be difficultto operate in Cuba as a foreign label,working with Cuban -resident musi-cians, but now we have the backing ofthe culture ministry which appreciatesthat a non -Cuban label can help to pro -
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mote the island's music abroad."Gonzalez says there are several rea-
sons for moving into Cuba. "It is anemerging market in all kinds of ways;the amount of high quality musical tal-ent is astounding. Havana I think willonce again be a commercial platform fortrade with north and south America asit was during its heyday. It also repre-sents a kind of an umbilical cordbetween Europe and the Americas."
Eurotropical, which is registered inthe British Virgin Islands, aims tobecome the most active non -Cubanlabel on the island. "I want to lead andchampion the discovery and export ofthe new generation of Cuban music,"Gonzalez concludes.
Five albums by artists signed toEurotropical are already on the market.For the two-day launch party ofEurotropical, Gonzalez booked Havana's5,000 -capacity Carlos Marx Theatre,which will host showcases by the label'sartists plus guest appearances by yet -to -be confirmed Spanish performers.Among the acts confirmed to play theshowcases are salsa band Klimax, com-poser Cesar Portillo de la Luz, "son"artist Manolito y su Trabuco, singerLiuba Maria Hevia, jazz-rock bandSabrosura Viva, singer Mayelin Naranjoand Los Soneros de Camacho,
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news bitesGERMANYKick seals Prime allianceCologne -based music publishing andpromotion company Kick.Music-headed by brothers Alexander andGoetz Elbertzhagen-has signed a co-operation deal with Alain Midzic'sDutch management company PrimeArtists. The new company operatesunder the name Prime Artists, a Divi-sion of Kick.Music, and is based atKick's headquarters in Cologne. Midz-ic, the former manager of dance actFun Factory, has closed Prime Artist'sMaastricht office and brought hip -hopact Down Low and ex -Bed & Break-fast singer Daniel Amanti intoKick's stable.
NETHERLANDSMusic Factory claims top slotMarking its second anniversary onMay 1, Dutch music TV station TheMusic Factory (TMF) released resultsfrom a report by Dutch research insti-tute Inter/View which suggest thatTMF is leaving its competitors MTVand The Box behind. Based on a sam-ple of 753 persons aged between 13and 30, Inter/View claims that 54 per-cent think of TMF first when theythink of music television. This com-pares to 39 percent for MTV and 2percent for juke -box channel The Box.TMF seems to enjoy particular popu-larity among 13-19 year olds. Theweekly Top 40 show and the daily Top5 are two of the station's most popularprogrammes, according to the survey.TMF's best loved presenter is VJFabienne. Together with the station'sother three female presenters, Fabi-enne forms girl group Magnificent 4whose debut single, Close To You, willbe released on PolyGram Holland'sMercury label later this month.
SPAINCOPE authorises sell-offThe board of the Catholic church -owned network Cadena COPE hasended weeks of speculation by autho-rising the sale of the 16.8 percentstake held in it by three companieswhich operate under the nameCartera de Medios. The sell-off willbring the advertising rights backunder the control of the station itself.COPE managing director EugenioGaldon-who owns Cartera de Mediosmember company Multitel which hadcontrolled COPE's advertising rightsup to now-will leave his post at thenetwork. COPE has also acquired therights to the trademark "Cadena 100",which is COPE's music network. Anunspecified proportion of the 16.8 per-cent stake will be acquired by a groupof journalists who work for COPE,including sports reporter Jose MariaGarcia and morning show presenterAntonio Herrero. Two other share-holders-savings bank Caja Sur andthe regional newspaper Diario deNavarra-will both boost their stakesto around five percent, which willallow them each a director onthe board.
Commercial radio top in U.K.as ad revenue grows againby Mike McGeever
LONDON - The U.K. commercialradio sector has moved ahead of BBCradio in the race to recapture thelargest overall share of listeners inthe country, according to the RadioJoint Audience Research (RAJAR) rat-ings for the first quarter of 1997.
Over the past two years, commer-cial radio and the BBC's respectiveshares of the U.K. market have beenfluctuating around the 50 percentmark. During the three-month periodfrom January 6 -March 30, commercialradio pulled in 49.4 percent of the 40.2million U.K. listeners aged 15 andolder, compared to the BBC's 48.4 per-cent. During the previous quarter theBBC registered a 49.6 percent overallshare against commercial radio's 48.3percent, according to RAJAR.
Commercial radio's audienceincrease in January -March is alsomirrored in advertising revenuegrowth. The U.K. Radio AdvertisingBureau (RAB) reports that advertisersinvested more than £77 million ($125million) in the medium, the highestamount ever for a first quarter, repre-senting a 15 percent increase on thesame period last year.
Commercial radio's advertisingrevenue in the year to March 1997was over £319 million ($518 million),representing a 4.7 percent share of allU.K. display advertising, according tothe RAB.
The latest U.K. Advertising Associ-ation's quarterly report reveals thatcommercial radio's recent revenuegrowth was twice that of the total dis-play advertising marketplace'sgrowth, confirming the commercialradio industry's position as the fastestgrowing advertising medium for thefourth consecutive year.
Further analysis reveals encourag-ing news for commercial radio adver-tising interests. The latest RAJAR fig-ures show radio listening among15-54 year -olds rose from 57.1 percentin the last quarter of 1996 to 59 per-cent in the first three months of 1997.During the same period, there was asignificant growth in listening shareamong 15-24 year -old males, risingfrom 54.1 percent to 60.2 percent.
Meanwhile, the decline in overallradio listening figures in the U.K.seems to have been halted; theRAJAR figures reveal more people aretuning in-and for slightly longer. Inthe first quarter of this year, radio
reached around 270,000 more adultlisteners per week than during thelast three months of 1996. During thesame periods, the average listenertuned in for 17.5 hours a week, upslightly from the last quarter of 1996.
A look at the national commercialnetworks shows gains in audienceshares for AOR outlet Virgin AM (2.6percent) and for Classic FM (3.3 per-cent), while Atlantic 252/CHR andTalk Radio-which has seen audienceincreases for the last three surveys-suffered losses.
Amongst the national public broad-casters, BBC Radio 2/MOR continuedto hold its number one position as theoverall (BBC and commercial) leadingnational broadcaster for the secondquarter with a 12.6 percent share.
The first quarter of 1997, an unset-tled one for BBC Radio 1 FM/CHR,saw that network's share drop to 11percent from 12.4 percent theprevious quarter.
In London, the only individualmarket surveyed, market leader 95.8Capital FM (CHR) registered itsbiggest share for two years with 18percent. Dance outlet Kiss FM andMelody FM/MOR also registered sig-nificant audience increases.
Sweden's Megapol freshens formatby Keith Foster
STOCKHOLM - Megapol, one of Swe-den's four national commercial net-works, has switched its format fromAC to CHR/AC and changed its nameto Mix Megapol.
Megapol has been hit by fallingaudience figures, particularly in thecountry's biggest market, Stockholm,where the first quarter ratings pub-lished by research institute RUAB (seeMusic & Media, May 17) registered adrop in Megapol's daily reach from 5.3percent to 3.9 percent.
Ulf Tjerneld, who recently took overas the station's programme controller,denies that the format change is areaction to Megapol's shrinking audi-ence. "The station has been around formore than three successful years now,"he says. "We felt that it needed fresh-ening up a little."
The format change is based on theresults of an extensive audience surveyconducted by U.S. company ColemanResearch. A sample of 10,000 listenerswere asked about what they wantedfrom radio. The result was, accordingto Ulf Tjerneld, a desire for hits thatwere, "Modern, but not too modern".Megapol's new programming policytranslates this into a mix of currenthits and past favourites from the 1980sand 1990s.
Tjerneld says he does not fear thatMix Megapol may suffer from be trying
to please too many listeners across toowide a spectrum. "The change actuallymeans we're more focused thanbefore," he comments. "Now we have aclear timeframe for the songs we play."
The new format will be appliedthroughout Megapol's network. It
bucks a trend in Stockholm, whichhas seen narrow -formatted soft ACand hot AC stations performingstrongly in the first quarter ratings.Tjerneld says he believes a strongproduct brand is more important thanhaving a niche format.
Italian singer Eros Ramazzotti has collected a gold disc for sales of50,000 units of his latest album Dove C'e Musica (DDD/BMG Ariola) inPoland. The album has sold more than four million copies in Europe sofar, resulting in it qualifying for a quadruple Platinum Europe awardfrom IFPI. Ramazzotti (left) is pictured here at a press conference forthe Polish media together with BMG Ariola Poland marketing manag-er Jacek Pleban (right).
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IFPI, EU join forces to train piracy fightersby Jeff Clark -Meads
LONDON - European Union money isbeing invested in a major new schemeto fight piracy and build record indus-try structures in Europe's formercommunist nations.
The Europhono Phare II assistanceprogramme is helping to build aninfrastructure in keeping with inter-national standards in 13 nations, fromthe Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia,and Lithuania to the Black Sea coun-tries of Romania and Bulgaria.
According to Bianka Kortlan,Eastern European director for theInternational Federation of thePhonographic Industry (IFPI), the
scheme aims to enhance existing legis-lation, to create mechanisms protectingneighbouring rights and, most notably,to establish royalty collection bodies andfight piracy.
A first conference under thescheme-which came into effect at thebeginning of this year-was held earlierthis month, aimed at helping the cross -border fight against pirates operatingon an international basis. Organised bythe IFPI and the Polish Police Academyin Szczytno, Poland, it was attended bypolice and financial authority represen-tatives from the Baltic nations, theCzech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia,Bulgaria, and Romania.
Says Kortlan, "One of the semi-
nar's main goals was to initiate a sys-tem of direct communication, informa-tion, and evidence exchange betweenenforcement officials in the region.Once developed, this will be invalu-able in fighting piracy across borders."
The Europhono Phare II pro-gramme, which is being run in closeco-ordination with the IFPI, is intend-ed to help labels maximise the poten-tial of their copyrights. The originalEurophono Phare scheme, begun in1994 in conjunction with publishers'umbrella group GESAC, was aimedat protecting authors' rights.
Says Kortlan, "The project isscheduled for two years but we knowthat if the programme is properly
implemented and proves effective, itis possible that the EU will continueto fund it for more than two years."
A priority in the project's. list ofaims is the establishment of collect-ing societies to administer broadcastroyalties, Kortlan adds. "The mainobjective is to build effective machin-ery in the Europhono Phare territo-ries," she states. "We are now teach-ing the local industries how to func-tion on their own in this respect with-out having to rely on the IFPI's help.Our goal is to show them how to orga-nize collecting societies and how tonegotiate with broadcasters."Jeff Clark -Meads is internationalnews editor of Billboard
Kelly Family and the Smurfslift sales in Czech Republicby Michele Legge
PRAGUE - The Kelly Family, the nine -strong Irish pop clan resident inCologne, accounted for 2.2 percent oftotal music sales in theCzech Republic in 1996.
The intensity of theCzech Republic's adora-tion of the band is reflect-ed in the 1996 market fig-ures from the Czechbureau of IFPI. Thoseshow that the family hada considerable impact onthe growth of the Czechmusic market in 1996."Take away the profit generated by theKellys, and growth within the Czechmusic industry's international reper-toire last year would hardly have keptpace with inflation," says the head ofIFPI Czech Republic, Vlatisav Safar.
Total industry sales by value roseapproximately one-third above the levelof the previous year to Kc 2.7 billion($98.4 million). according to the IFPI.The dominating format in the Czechmarket is the MC with 5.5 million unitssold. CD album sales increased 24 per-
cent last year and have reached 4.6 mil-lion units, according to IFPI.
In terms of retail sales, the KellyFamily were only surpassed by theSmurfs last year. Released just in time
for Christmas, the car-toon characters' SuperDisco Show compilation-complete with trademarkspeeded -up vocals and abacking track played byunidentified local musi-cians-broke all previoussales records.
By the end of 1996, theSmurfs had sold almost250,000 album units.
Total sales of the Kelly Family cata-logue amounted to 219,150 units for thewhole of 1996, according to IFPI.
As distributor for both Smurf andKelly Family product, Monitor -EMIhad, "a good year," according to manag-ing director Vladimir Kocandrle. Headds that, "There was a mood of eco-nomic optimism connected to the out-come of the federal elections last year.[But] we don't expect any wonders in1997. The market is also becoming moreinfluenced by seasonal fluxes."
Dance act Scooter extended their contract with Hamburg -based inde-pendent label Edel on May 6. The German trio, whose internationalcareer was launched by Edel in 1994, have collected three platinumand 14 gold discs in their native country with their own distictivebrand of "happy hardcore" techno. In addition, their latest single Fire(Edel) is currently rising on the Eurochart Hot 100 Singles listing.Celebrating the new deal are (left to right): co -producer and bandmanager Jens Thele, Scooter's Ferris Bueller, lawyer Stefan Beutler,Scooter's Rick Jordan and H.P. Baxxter, Edel head of business affairsHans -Martin Gutsch, Edel MD Michael Haentjes and Edel marketingdirector Jens Geisemeyer.
Warner Germany rides singles boomby Christian Lorenz
HAMBURG - Warner Music Germanyalmost doubled its share of theGerman singles market last year.
Speaking at the company's annualmeeting on April 11 in Hamburg,Warner Music managing directorBernd Dopp claimed that the compa-ny had improved its market sharefrom 4.6 percent to 8.8 percent overthe past twelve months. According toIFPI, total German singles sales grewby nine percent in 1996 to a total of48.1 million units.
Dopp underlined the importance oflocal product, "which accounts for 60
percent of our singles repertoire." Henamed domestic acts Mr. President, X-Perience, Cultured Pearls and DieSchroders as the driving force behindWarner Music's success with the format.
The company now plans to increasethe contribution to its total sales rev-enues of domestic repertoire-thispassed the 30 percent mark last year,according to Dopp.
With the exception of U.K. R&Bsinger Mark Morrison, internationalrepertoire was prominent in thealbum market rather than in singlesales. Dopp named Alanis Morissette,Madonna, Phil Collins and R.E.M. asWarner's best selling international
album artists inGermany last year.Local singer MariusMiiller-Wester-nhagen rankedalongside the inter-national top sellerswith sales of 500,000copies of his live dou-ble -CD Keine Zeit.
Dopp assuredattendees at themeeting that, "TheCD will continue tobe the single mostimportant source of revenues in themusic market for the next five to ten
insecurity both
years." Dis-cussion on regu-latory issuesregarding onlinedistribution andmusic -on -demand prov-iders, "is takingplace too early,"in Dopp's eyes.He warned thatthe current fixa-tion on theseissues is generat-ing a feeling of
in industry circlesand among consumers:
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Nostalgie eyesAfrican growthby Remi Bouton
PARIS - French AC network RadioNostalgie is targeting new territories inAfrica, the Middle East and Asia.
Nostalgie is set to enter its fourthterritory in Africa next summer, withthe opening of a station in Libreville, thecapital of Gabon. Nostalgie will hold a40 percent stake in the station, whilelocal investors will own the remaining60 percent. Nostalgie opened its firststation in Africa in 1993 in Ivory Coast.Senegal followed in 1995 and a stationin Togo was launched last year.However, only one of Nostalgie's Africanoperations-the Ivory Coast station-isprofitable. According to NostalgieInternational general manager DidierGouzien, the station realised a profit ofFF 600,000 ($105,000) on revenues ofFF 4 million ($701,000) last year.
Next on Nostalgie's African agendais, "to secure a licence in South Africa,"adds Gouzien. "That would be a bigmove for us." With the new licence inGabon, Nostalgie will operate on 127frequencies in 20 different territories.The company-which has so far mainlyaimed at establishing stations inFrench-speaking territories with a for-mat close to its French AC station-isalso looking into non-francophoneregions. Gouzien reveals that Nostalgiewill apply for licences in Greece, Israeland Austria, where the governmentplans to award 10 regional licenses tocommercial broadcasters this year.
"We are in negotiations with radiostations in Greece and Israel to acquireshare in their capital," says Gouzien."Israel is a very interesting marketbecause there are only 15 radio stationson air in the country at the moment."
The newest addition in Nostalgie'sstable could be located in China.Gouzien hopes to finalise negotiationsregarding a co-operation agreementwith a Chinese station later this week.
Sales losses continue forSwedish record industryby Keith Foster
STOCKHOLM - After brief hopes ofrecovery, the contraction of Sweden'smusic industry is continuing.
Figures published by theInternational Federation of thePhonographic Industry (IFPI) for thefirst quarter of 1997 show a two percentdrop in total sales value to SKr 288 mil-lion ($ 33 million) despite a rise in unitsales of four percent, to 4.8 million.
The income generated by theSwedish recording industry in localcurrency has now fallen by 22.2 per-cent, since the SKr 370 million ($ 48million) reached during the first quar-ter of 1995.
Gert Holmfred, managing directorof Universal Music Sweden, says theindustry may have seen a realign-ment to a more realistic level of sales."Perhaps we shouldn't be comparingtoday with the boom years of 1994/95,when Swedish music did so well," he
says. "Now we are on thesame level as in 1992, whichmight be a more appropriateassessment of the market."
Holmfred is one of manyin the Swedish business whopoint to compilation albumsas a contributory factor inthe market's fluctuations."Compilations went througha boom in 1994/95," hepoints out. "Now the Swedesseem to have lost theirappetite for that type ofproduct a little bit. We have to con-centrate on artists producing albumswith quality all the way through, notjust one hit. Otherwise, we shoot our-selves in the foot."
Smaller independent companiesare also feeling the pinch, althoughTorbjorn Svensson, marketing man-ager of dance outfit Goldhead Musicbelieves the problem is not only adomestic one. "A significant share of
our sales is concen-trated in Asia andJapan," saysSvensson. "We hadto take a 30 percentdrop in sales theretoo, although thingsare getting betteragain."
Hopes in theSwedish industry ofbeing able to turnthe current situa-tion around in the
near future are not high, as recordcompanies see their situation result-ing from problems which are notwithin their sphere of influence. Inparticular, unemployment among theindustry's core market of olderteenagers and consumers in theirearly twenties is currently around 16percent, and is widely perceived asone of the main reasons behind slug-gish record sales.
Der MusikmarktUniversal Music has granted theexclusive right to sell the vinyl editionof the re -mastered Jimi Hendrixalbums (story, page 11)-for the first30 days after their release-to majormusic retail chain World Of Music
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(WOM), according to two letters pub-lished in German trade journal DerMusikmarkt. In an open letter to themagazine, independent retailerThomas Collins -Gluck expresses hisfear that the Universal/WOM agree-ment-apparently the first of its kindin Germany-could set a precedentfor similar deals between major labelsand chain -store or discount outlets.Universal managing director HeinzCanibol answers in a letter in thesame issue that his company "aims tointroduce Hendrix's works to ayounger audience [through] strong,nationwide point of sale presence."Canibol adds that, "The albums areavailable on CD to all retailers duringthis period [and that the] vinyl cam-paign updates Hendrix's image ingeneral and is likely to have a positiveimpact on the market as a whole."Der Musikmarkt (Germany),April 28
Le Monde"Act local" seems to be the new mottoof French national full -service broad-casters, according to the daily. LeMonde points out that Europe 1, RTLand RMC are increasingly addinglocal opt -outs to service audienceswith targeted news for their ownareas. Europe 1 has recently opened anew local studio-its fourth-in thenorthern city of Lille. It will provideseveral minutes of local programmingeach day. RTL has opt -outs in place inten different cities, delivering five -seven minutes of local news each day.However, such localisation strategycomes with a high price tag. LeMonde estimates that each local stu-dio costs the stations FF 500,000-700,000 ($87,000-$122,000) annually.Justifying the expense, Europe 1 pro-gramme director Jeriime Bellay says,
"Local information has a tremendousimpact on the audience."Le Monde (France), May 8
Music & CopyrightThe music industry has always con-sidered Latin America a region withgreat prospects. But it has also beena market "where it was virtuallyimpossible to achieve that potential,"according to the fortnightly FinancialTimes newsletter. What has changedrecently, says M&C, is that "themusic industries of Latin America arefinally about to fulfil their massivegrowth potential," with more stableeconomies, the decline of piracy andan improving retail base. Althoughthere are "massive disparities"between different countries in theregion, it saw an overall 30 percentgrowth in the retail value of sound -carrier sales in 1996, and this trend"looks set to continue further,"according to M&C.Music &Copyright (U.K.), May 7
Rolling StoneWhich are the definitive top 200albums of the rock'n'roll era? U.S.music/lifestyle magazine Rolling Stonehas come up with, "An attempt todefine a CD library that offers a com-plete portrait of what rock & roll hasbeen and what it has become." Toppingthe list are The Rolling Stones, withsix albums -1966 compilation Big Hits(High Tide & Green Grass), BeggarsBanquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers,Exile On Main Street and Some Girls),followed by the Beatles and Bob Dylan,with five each. Other albums listedinclude works from Black Sabbath,Carole King, Beastie Boys, Dr. Dre,Beck, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Pavementand Liz Phair.Rolling Stone (U.SA.), May 18
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Midem Asia: taming the tiger?by Christian Lorenz
With just five weeks to go before Hong Kong's official han-dover to China, the third Midem Asia music industrytrade fair takes place at a sensitive time in the highly -charged political history of the territory. Music & Mediapreviews this year's events and offers a sketch of a regiontowards which Europe's record companies are increas-ingly being drawn.
Launched three years ago as aplatform for the eastern andwestern world's music indus-tries to meet and develop newbusinesses, Midem Asia (May
21-23) will attract over 2,500 dele-gates this year from 45 countries atthe Hong Kong Exhibition andConvention Centre.
Reed Midem Organisation chiefexecutive Xavier Roy says the numberof Asian delegates attending is increas-ing every year, and now represents 45percent of the total number of visitors
(up from 39 percent last year). Thiswould appear to confirm Roy's long -heldbelief that a specific event neededto reflect the importance-and thegrowth-of the Asian music industry.
"We are seeing a very healthyBritish participation in Hong Kongthis year," adds the Midem chief exec-utive. "We also have a strongEuropean presence, with nationalstands from Germany, Austria,Denmark, France, Belgium, Spain,Italy, Sweden, Norway, TheNetherlands and Finland."
Understanding acomplex marketby Emmanuel Legrand
The music industry has always lookedtowards the Asian market with particu-larly high expectations.
After all, a region which containshalf of the world's population(and which has a large propor-tion of young people under theage of 20) clearly has a strongattraction for the business.
"Everyone is fascinated byAsia's 'tiger economies,' andthe music industry is noexception," admitted RupertPerry, president and CEO ofEMI Europe during the pre-sentation of the musicindustry's world-wide fig-ures in London last April. -
But experience hasshown that Asia hasremained a tough marketto crack for westerners."There is no such thing asa pan -Asian market,"warns Nicholas Firth, pres-ident of BMG Music PublishingWorldwide in Midem Asia News. ForFirth, the reality is that Asia is "aregion of individual countries withdifferent languages, cultures and his-tories-and different futures."
Those who don't take these factorsinto account in planning their Asianstrategies risk disappointment,according to Marie -Agnes Beau fromthe Paris -based French Export Office,which once again this year has co-ordinated a collective stand forFrench labels. "It is a very complexmarket," observes Beau, who invites
western professionals to look at theAsian market from a local-not glob-al-perspective.
"It takes three to four years for acompany to see some tangible results,"she claims. "It is a question ofpatience. You have to take each coun-
I try individually, becauseeach has its own business,legal and artistic practices.You need both the time andthe will to understand howto relate to the people youwant to deal with."
Yet, the prospects ofdeveloping a sound, growing
business in Asia aregreater than ever. In1996, sales of pre-record-ed music in the region(excluding Japan)reached $2.3 billion (up 9percent on 1995),accounting for 6 percentof the world's total sales.The leading territories-in terms of sales-are
South Korea, Taiwan, India,Indonesia and Thailand.
The cassette, which accounts for 90percent of sales, is the dominant car-rier in Asia-although CD sales aregrowing quickly in several territories.However, the music industry has beenincreasingly concerned by the devel-opment of piracy in the region. Whilesome anti -piracy successes have beenscored, notably in Thailand, China isbelieved to be one of the main suppli-ers of pirated goods, with several CDplants working exclusively for non -legitimate producers.
This year, Roy says, emphasis hasbeen placed on the regional retailerswho play "a vital role" in the distribu-tion of music in the region. Over 100key retailers from the Pacific Rimhave been invited to participate forthe first time at this year's event.
Says Roy, "They will benefit fromfree access throughout the fair, andseveral meetings with exhibitors willbe organised to promote communica-tion and personal contact between thedifferent industry players."
Just as the conference programme(see below on this page) "involvesmore targeted issues," according toRoy, the concert programme has alsobeen re -focused both geographically-now within immediate proximity ofthe Convention Centre-and artisti-cally. "Discovering new talent will beamong the principle ingredients ofthis year's line-up," predicts theMidem chief executive.
Several theme evenings centred onindividual countries are planned(focusing on Japan, South Korea andAustralia), while several dance show-cases will take place, including theInternational DanceGroove Party (with BallySagoo from the U.K.,DeDe from Sweden,Aqua from Denmark, PaDo Do from Hungaryamong others) and theAvex Party (with Globe,No! Galers, NamieAmuro and TRF fromJapan). "Dance musicrepresents five percent ofthe sales in Asia and itspopularity is growing," notes Roy. Aswith its sister trade fair in Cannes,Midem Asia will end on the 23 Maywith a techno night, entitled "La NuitStrictly Underground."
Roy admits that there has beensome speculation surrounding Midem
Aqua (inset) and BallySagoo: set to appear at
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Asia's future in Hong Kong, but hepromises "the handover to the Chinesethis year will not alter the ReedMidem Organisation's projects in the
short term." He alsoreveals that Midem Asia1988 is already pencilledin for Hong Kong betweenMay 12-14 in 1998.
However, Roy acknowl-edge that Midem Asiacould take place elsewherein the region if the politi-cal situation in Hong Kongchanges significantly. Heelaborates: "From the out-set, we have always said
that the Midem Asia is for the entireAsian Music Industry and therefore itcould be held in other countries andcities throughout the region. Shouldwe find another city and venue as wellequipped as Hong Kong, the possibili-ty to move Midem Asia exists."
The conference line-upMidem Asia '97 offers a range of con-ferences, panels and keynote speech-es which aim to provide "a platformto exchange information and guide-lines on how productand business practicesmight be tailored to spe-cific territories in Asia."
So says Reed Midemconference managerMarianne Rollet, over-seer of this year's confer-ence programme Mostof the sessions will bededicated to recentmusic market developments in theAsia -Pacific region. The programmeactually starts on May 20 (one daybefore the official opening of MidemAsia), with a panel focusing on Chinaand Hong Kong. A first session willtackle the likely consequences for themusic business of the hand -over of
Hong Kong to China, while a follow-upsession will look at the opportunitiesfor the industry in mainland China.
Other panels will discuss thefuture of music publish-ing in Asia, with theimplementation of newcopyright laws in somekey territories; a debateon parallel imports, directimports and licencing; thelicencing and breaking ofinternational artists inAsia; the recent develop-ment of Asian repertoire,
including so-called "indigenousmusic"; and the "art" of music man-agement. In addition, Sam Duann,president of the highly successfulindependent Taiwanese companyRock Records & Tapes, will questionthe survival prospects for indepen-dent labels in Asia.
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Del Amitri on parade againDancegroovesby Gary Smith
DANISH TRACTOR PULLS THROUGHAlthough he might not be grateful for thedescription, Danish artist Dub Tractor makes"ambient pop." On his second album AnEvening With... (Flex) the tunes are as strongas ever, and the overall texture is lush and lis-tener-friendly-but the arrangements givehim away. Each track is tightly worked, the-matic, and adheres to the golden rule of allclassic music-timing. He has had the dis-tinct disadvantage of being based in a coun-
try where his record sales struggle to get into the thousands,but help is at hand. Additive, a sub -label of the U.K's Positivahas just put out an excellent Wagon Christ junglist remix of104 Dub in the U.KContact: Peter Skovsted, tel (+45) 3296 4222; fax (+45)3296 4223
BLACK THOUGHTS FROM ITALYOn Thinkin' About You by Black Machine feat. Ronny Money(New Music) hip -hop meets Italian melodic sensibility withimpressive results. Rapped verses over a minimal grooveheighten the effect of a superbly syrupy chorus. Very much aradio record with mainstream dance floor appeal.Contact: Pippo Landro, tel (+39) 255 400 314; fax (+39)255 400 360
KATS FROM MARSAn interesting combination of sounds is La Chambre(Chrysalis/EMI) by Kat Onoma-one of France's truly orig-inal rock groups-remixed by Overmars (ex-Sherpas). Theresult is a moody half -spoken vocals with a clattering triphop beat on the radio edit and a full -on dub attack on theBig Apple Mix. Could work well with programmers lookingfor something atmospheric.Contact: Wende Cook, tel (+33) 1 4629 2008; fax (+33) 14629 2170
ASIA REACTS TO STATON'S LOVEAfter a successful European comeback with You Got TheLove, Candi Staton looks set to take on Southeast Asia aswell. Following a U.K. top 5 placing and chart action inHolland, Germany, France, Scandinavia and Belgium, thetrack has been picked up by Avex for Southeast Asia.
Says Thomas Foley of Staton's U.K. label React:"Although there's no singles market in Asia, we expect thetrack to generate plenty of daytime radio plays, as it did inEurope." Played and produced by The Source, Y.G.T.L. hasbeen a genuine crossover success with both heavy daytimeradio rotation for the Now Voyager Radio Mix and dance -floor support largely thanks to excellent Rhythm Masters
and Farley & Heller remixes.Meanwhile, React are preparing the fol-
low-up release, which is... more Statonremixes. Says Foley: "We had four more ver-sions by Rhythm Masters and Roach Motel(a.k.a.Farley & Heller) that we weren't goingto release but demand was so strong we putout two 12 -inches and a six -track CD single."
While Y.G.T.L. refuses to die, another Reacttrack, The Age Of Love by The Age Of Love, ispicking up action on daytime radio and in two
prestigious club charts. Daytime playlisting on KISS 100 FMand the U.K's Radio 1 plus a No.1 position on both the RMCoolcuts and Buzz club charts would seem to indicate thatReact are becoming rather good at pleasing both feet and ears.Contact: Thomas Foley, tel (+44) 181 780 0305; fax(+44) 181 788 2889
All new releases, biographies and photographs for con-sideration for inclusion in the Dance Grooves colijmnshould be sent direct to: Gary Smith, c/. Roger de Lluria45 -3° -2, 08009 Barcelona, Spain.
by Paul Sexton
Many electric guitar bands feel that theircredibility can be damaged by a catchy tune.Not Del Amitri.
The Scottish group is ready to invade air-waves again with Not WhereIt's At, out in the U.K. onJune 9 as the instantly infec-tious lead single from theirupcoming A&M album, SomeOther Sucker's Parade.
Like many others on the14 -song album, which fol-lows, Europe -wide June 30,it's poppy and proud of it, aslead singer and co -writerJustin Currie doesn't mindadmitting. "We just wantedto make a pop record, really,"says Currie, who foundedDel Amitri with fellow -writerlain Harvie 14 years ago.
The band's last album,1995's Twisted, gave them nofewer than four top 40 hitsin Britain and an Americanbreakthrough with the top 10 entry and radiostaple Roll To Me.
"Twisted was the culmination of five yearsof listening to Neil Young," muses Currie,"which is fine, except you realise that a lot ofNeil Young is interminably dull. I love all thatstuff, but that album was our great, sprawlingthing. We knew that if there was a big hit onit, Roll To Me would be the one, [but] it wasburied among all these angst -ridden things.
"It was good for us, that song. Some bandsseem to tour for years, then they have onethrowaway hit and hate themselves for it.What's the point of that? If you can avoidbeing completely saccharine, there's nothingwrong with having hits."
Turning down the chance to record inAmerica, the band made Some Other Sucker'sParade in the U.K., at The Chapel studios inLincolnshire. Mark Freegard, producer of someof Del Amitri's 1990 album Waking Hours, andadmired by the band for his work on the
Breeders' Last Splash, wasat the controls.
"We had two rules forthis record," says Currie."We said none of the songsshould be over three min-utes long, and noneshould have [prominent]acoustic guitar. And wepretty much stuck to ourguns, there's only twosongs over four minutes."
Currie feels that theconcise pop song hasbecome a rarity. "EvenChampagne Supernova byOasis, it's a terrific song,but far too bloody long. I'drather have a middleeight that comes quickerthan a long song."
A British tour is set to start on July 9, followedby work in the U.S., which has always kept adoor open to their hardworking, honest attitudeto touring. "Over two years, we toured for eightmonths in America, and we made a bit of head-way. We didn't ask for tour support, so we reallyearned our crust. It felt good paying for hotelsand having the crew, gear, everything on one bus.It gives you that 'all -in -it -together' feeling."
Currie describes the band's 1990 Britishchart success, Nothing Ever Happens, as"acoustic terror," adding, "That tended to tar uswith the folk-rock brush, then we did a coupleof songs with pedal steel and they tarred uswith a country -rock brush. This one's more of apop album."
Tontxu for sale in Basque countryby Howell Llewellyn
The first problem withnew Spanish singer/songwriter Tontxu ishis name...
Tontxu is a Basque,from Bilbao in thenorth of Spain, and Ix'is pronounced like `ch'in English and,indeed, Spanish.
So it's "Tonchoo."Perhaps fortunately,his music presentsfewer difficulties.
Spain is currentlyfeting yet anotherwave of singer/song-writers-Rosana,Pedro Guerra, JavierAlvarez-while theirveteran inspirers such as Ana Belen, JoanManuel Serrat and Joaquin Sabina still regu-larly top the charts.
Basque Country youth music usuallyreflects its troubled political scene, so it'ssomething a surprise to learn that Tontxu'ssound is pretty non -controversial. Speakingof his debut album on EMI, Se Vende (ForSale), released March 17, Tontxu admits to
being "conventional.""I've always lis-
tened to music thatspoke to me," heexplains, "to the softMediterrareansinger/songwritersound or to Cuba'sPablo Milanes andSilvio Rodriguez, whilethe street outside hadits own noise.
"On stage I champi-on no cause, and mypolitical ideas are lefttotally to one side ofmy music when I com-
pose or play live,"Tontxu stresses.Maybe this res-traint was learntduring the five
years the 23 -year -old spent as a DJ on sev-eral Bilbao radio stations.
The singer also delivers love songs with asense of humour, and he has some distin-guished company on Se Vende. That includespercussionist Tino Di Geraldo, Basque accor-dion (trikitixa) player Kepa Junkera, andthe Equatorial Guinea singers Hijas del Sol(Daughters of the Sun).
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Hamburg's alternative is aGerman language schoolby Christian Arndt
German -language alternative pop is returningwith a vengeance, as the "Hamburger Schule"(Hamburg School) of "indie" bands sets anew trend.
After the quick and painless demise ofGerman new wave-"Neue Deutsche Welle"-inthe mid -Eighties, most German pop musicianswere self-conscious about using their mothertongue in a "modern" pop and rock context.
It took more than half a decade and a bandnamed after a character in a Franz Kafkanovel to get German alternative pop rollingagain. First came Blumfeld (formerly DerSchwarze Kanal), then Die Sterne, Tocotronic,together with the now -defunct Die Regierung,Huah!, and finally newcomers Samba.
The small, diverse, and very influentialHamburg -based movement came to be called"Hamburger Schule." Most of the acts play a mix-ture of straight, minimalistic rock, melancholicpunk, noisy poptunes, a goodgroove, and intel-ligent, often iron-ic and reflectivelyrics, mostly(but not exclu-sively) deliveredin German.
Each bandhas its own,individualapproach. Some,like Blumfeldand Samba, arenot even fromHamburg, butwhat the most promising acts have in commonis their producer, 29 -year -old Chris vonRautenkranz. Together with his brother Caroland their mutual friend Christian Mevs, theyoperate the Soundgarden Studios in Hamburg,where most of the influential albums wererecorded and mixed, including Ich-Maschine(I -machine) by Blumfeld (the aforementionedKafka connection) and Tocotronic's WirKommen Um Uns Zu Beschweren (We ComeTo Complain).
Chris von Rautenkranz somewhat reluc-tantly accepts the credit for having helped tocreate and focus the new Hamburg sound. "I'mnot married to the Hamburg School," he says."I've done other things, too, heavy andcrossover -bands. It's just that this one thinghas become so popular."
Nevertheless, his record and his recordsspeak for themselves. Some of the bestGerman alternativemusic of the ninetiescame out of L'Age D'Or,the small tour promoter -cum -record label, found-ed by Carol vonRautenkranz and PascalFuhlbrugge in 1986. Itspan off into a miniaturemusic empire, responsi-ble for the success ofTocotronic, among others.
While Carol von Rautenkranz andChristian Mevs have channelled the "plug inand play" approach of Tocotronic into dense,lively and powerful punk -pop records, Chrishas augmented the groovy alternative guitar -
Die Sterne and
pop of Die Sterne with startling studio effects(the "noise -organ" is one of his favourites). Hehas produced all of Blumfeld's and Samba'srecords, and has just put the finishing touchesto the new Sterne Album. To be called VonAllen Gedanken Schaetze Ich Doch Am MeistenDie Interessanten (Of All Thoughts, I ValueMost The Interesting Ones) it will be releasedon L'Age D'Or, through Epic, on June 23.
The approach was, as always in theSoundgarden studios, a mixture of straightlive recording and studio wizardry Says vonRautenkranz, "We often record 'funny' extratracks without even knowing what to do withthem, and often the actual arrangements areonly done in the mixing phase." The result,however, is always convincing, and-withoutcompromising to the mainstream taste-DieSterne are clearly on the brink of all-out main-stream success.
Die Sterne's last album, Posen (Poses) in1996, sold 40,000 copies according to their
label; sales of their con-temporaries are not gen-erally in the region ofthe more popularGerman dance or hip -hop acts, but are still inthe 40-100,000 mark.New alternative bandssuch as these are sup-ported by the domesticmusic press -publica-tions like Spex, Introand Musik Express.Playing at festivals hasalso increased DieSterne's popularity.
Getting this musiconto Germany's tightly -formatted and unad-venturous radio has not been easy. And yet, DieSterne's last single, Was Hat Dich Bloss SoRuiniert? (Just What Ruined You That Way?)did spark some airplay action.
Asked if radio's positive response will influ-ence the production process, von Rautenkranzanswers diplomatically: "When we think thatone song or another could be played on theradio, we might try to increase its potential..."
The same goes for newcomers Samba, whofollow a more "songwriterly" approach and,according to their producer, "do not entirely fit"into the Hamburg context-and not justbecause they come from the Westfalian city ofMinster. Samba's latest album, wittily titedt.b.a., was released on Epic March 21.
As with "indie" music in the U.K and U.S.,bands often face a choice of remaining under-ground or going mainstream-neither Die
Sterne nor Samba shy away from commercialsuccess. Samba have adeal with Epic, andTocotronic, thoughsigned to L'Age D'Or, gothrough PolyGramimprint Motor Music.
Blumfeld, however,the most radical andinfluential of the new
German alternative acts, deliberately remain"underground" and have declined all offers-and there have been many-to "go major". Ithas been three years since their seminalalbum L'Etat et Moi, and they are still on anindependent label, ZickZack, licensed to BigCat and distributed through Rough Trade.
I\ A ci r1.< Iciceby Thessa Mooij
BENZTHREE MEN NAMED BENHendricks Records (U.K.)Producer: Shademark Productions or.
The silky soul sound previously earned thistrio Top 40 singles with Urban City Girl andMiss Parker. This new album-scheduled Benz_for release this summer-further explores Benz'sBritish brand of R&B with streetwise raps and slick funk. Butwhatever Benz might add to their overall style, the traces of'80s Northern soul are never fully replaced. The first single, IfI Remember, even has a slightly camp disco sound, reminis-cent of early Wham!-but spruced up by impressive vocalsand a dramatic bass-line-while their harmonies bring tomind a mix of Blackstreet and the Backstreet Boys.Contact: Chantal Andrews at General Overseas Music,phone (+44) 171 498 0788; fax (+44) 171 498 3755
WALTER TROUT BANDPosmvELY BEALE STREETProvogue (Netherlands)Producer: Jim GainesU.S. guitarist Trout paid his dues as a sideman for suchnames as John Lee Hooker, John Mayall and Canned Heat.After moving to Denmark, he established himself as a talent-ed solo artist. This, his seventh album, clearly shows thedepth his own material has developed over the years. The rawpower of his earlier blues rock sound is still there, but pro-ducer Gaines (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Santana, Eric Clapton)added the warmth of Memphis' soul and gospel music. Nolonger drowning in blazing guitar solos, Trout's voice isnt thatof a gravel -throated blues rocker, but of a sensitive-perhapseven haunted-man. Which is what the blues are all about inthe first place. Trout will be touring Europe this summer.Licensing and distribution is available outside Europe.Contact: Jan van der Linden at Provogue, tel (+31) 10442 4022; fax (+31) 10 442 4080
DADDY'S LITTLE GIRLCATCHING THE STARSDureco (Netherlands)Producer: Drost & WitteveenThis is the latest project of the produc-er duo behind some of Holland's biggesthappy hardcore hits, Smurfenhouse,and Woodpeckers From Space. What makes this singlestand out is the variety of the vocals and the particularlyenergetic pace. One of Holland's first rappers-he had sev-eral hits in the '80s-Miker G. takes care of the 2Unlimited style raps on this single. The Stars & MeteorsMix is even more frantic. Licensing and distribution isavailable outside the Benelux countries.Contact: Daphne van Waard at Dureco, phone (+31) 294415321; fax (+31) 294 418725
MOONRAGEINDIAN RAGEMaxim (U.S.A.)Producers: MoonRage, David Anthony, Dave SpaldingMore and more Native Americans seem to be exploring theirroots by mixing traditional elements with more contemporarystyles. MoonRage are based in Boston-although singer TyeBattistella hails originally from the Colorado RockyMountains-and previously produced two self -released EPs,followed by a full-length album on Boston indie labelMeanstreak. Judging from the careful balance betweenNative American chanting and an Eddie Vedder type vocalintensity, they have found the perfect middle ground betweenshamanism and grunge... Metallic -hued guitars rage on, whilethe anguish in Battistella's vocals builds up. Licensing andpublishing is available for Europe.Contact: David Anthony at Maxim, phone (+1) 505474 7343; fax (+1) 505 474 7344Records featured in Market Place are by acts signed toindependent labels for which licensing and/or publishing rights areavailable, except where noted. Please send your samples to ThessaMooij, PO Box 59115, 1040 KC Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Fax(+31) 20 682 0614. When submitting material for this column, pleaseindicate for which territories licensing is still available.
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by Dominic Pride
JUNGLE BROTHERSRAW DELUXEGee Street/V2/VariousEuropean release: May 26The hip -hoppingJungle Brothersremain one of themore durable actsthat the genre hasthrown up. As oneof V2's firstEuropean releasesthrough its newnetwork ofEuropean compa-nies there seemsbound to berenewed interest inthe act. First single,the downtempo, vibey Brain, has gone to radio for a May 12release in all territories except France, and V2 is looking toairplay to introduce the act. Accordingly, the radio edit ofthe track has the words "funky shit" edited into "funkysounds" in the chorus.
Michel Locero, creator of the Fugees' Ready Or Notpromo clip, has made the video for the single, now beingserviced to MTV and national TV. Touring will also play apart in the campaign, with appearances at the U.K'sBrighton Essential Festival, and a full tour is planned inJuly. The 'Brothers will also be among the acts performingat the opening of V2's various Scandinavian offices betweenMay 28 and 31. Advertising will be booked at a nationallevel by local companies. V2 is distributed by majors andindependents in Europe, including; PIAS (Benelux); RoughTrade (Germany); Sony Music (France); Vital (U.K) andMW (Scandinavia).
KRS ONEI Gor NEXTJive/Zomba/VariousRelease dates: U.K. May 19/Europe May 12Rapper Kris Parker is heading for mainstream acceptanceas his British top 30 hit, Step Into A World, shows. This, hisninth album, vindicates his earlier intelligent, socially -aware approach to rap, and for the first time, KRS-One hasa single release to support an album release. Two mixes ofthe single are being serviced, the original and a remixedduet with Puff Daddy, and a new video has been made forthe remixed track. Both versions of the single, which fea-tures a sung lead line from Blondie's Rapper's Delight, havebeen serviced to GSA, the Benelux countries and the U.K.,
while other territories willhave the remix only.Access to the artist hasbeen limited by the factthat he does not fly, sotour plans for later in theyear are tentative. Parkerhas, however, done sometelephone interviews
i with selected press in theU.K. Zomba companiesand licensees will buytheir own ad space; adshave already run inDutch music magazineOor. Jive/Zomba productgoes through Virgin
exept in the U.K (Pinnacle), GSA and the Benelux coun-tries (Rough Trade).
Please send review copies, information and artistphotographs for consideration as Album Spotlightentries to: Dominic Pride, Music Editor, Music &
Media, 23 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AH, U.K.
EastWest taking pridein Chris Rea's passionby Dominic Pride
EastWest is organising a film tie-in with a differ-ence for Chris Rea's album La Passione.
While other labels scramble to get their songsin the latest blockbuster, EastWest is takingRea's film, for which he wrote the music on thealbum, directly to the public.
La Passione is a semi -autobiographical film about ayoung boy's obsession withFerarris and racing driverWolfgang von Trips. Themusic is scored for fullorchestra, in keeping with the'60s tone of the movie. Thefilm was premiered at theLondon Music Week confer-ence April 28, and is set fornational release May 16.However, in the U.K, EastWest has been gen-erating publicity in advance of that date, book-ing its own cinema screenings and using carand racing -related events to garner publicity.
The album was released last autumn, andaccording to the label, has already sold over330,000 copies across Europe. However, with thepublicity surrounding the film, the album isbeing repromoted, and in most territories it willbe re-released with a new sleeve. Austria, CzechRepublic, Denmark, Germany, Italy and Polandwill be going with the single Only To Fly (thefilm's closing track), whereas the first single inthe U.K was 'Disco' La Passions, in November,
followed by Girl In A Sportscar in December.The repackaged album was due to come out
on May 19 in the U.K., and Rea will be doingpress interviews for much of the month. Fivecar shows and racing events will have theFerraris specially -built for the film on show.
In Austria, the film will be shown at theFerrari Festival this monthin Velden, while it will haveits German premiere inBonn, at the EuropeanFestival on June 10. Reawill also attend the FerrariFestival in Modena, Italy,on June 7.
EastWest U.K interna-tional director Ian Grenfellsays: "Chris always had theambition to do a film, and he
was getting tired of doing album tours of majorterritories. He wanted to give us something dif-ferent to work with."
As a means of gaining media attention, itseems to be working, according to Grenfell. "Itgives us some awareness other than traditionalrecord company routes." As this is a projectunique to Rea, the company is not consideringdoing the same for other artists; as Grenfellpoints out, "We're quite new to the business ofputting on films."
Only To Fly is now being added at a numberof stations including FFN in Hanover andSDR1, WorldRadio in Geneva and Denmark'sULR and The Wave.
Omega man's positive vibesby Cosmas Develegas
Greek dance act Omegavibes' latest album,Renaissance, is getting a positive reception in astring of European countries-including, unex-pectedly, Turkey. For the act and Sony DancePool Greece, that's a pleasant surprise, given thestrained relations between the two nations.
Omegavibes is the brainchild of 34 -year -oldcomposer, producer, arranger and programmerDimitris Panopoulos. His idea was to makedance music incorporating ethnic elements,including traditional Greek and general Balkanmelodies, working with different artists for eachrecording, notably on Renaissance with Greekvocalist Eva Tselidou.
However, Panopoulos sayshe does not aim to work exclu-sively with Greek artists: "Forfuture recordings I am think-ing of also working with someHungarian violinists. And whynot Turkish vocalists? I knowsome Scottish people who playgood pipes and some greatAfrican precussionists."
Omegavibes' debut single,The Heart and The Soul(1995) sold 10,000 units, animpressive figure for theGreek market. Now theRenaissance album, recordedin Athens, has been released
Sony Music Turkey presidentMelih Ayacman (right) presentsDimitris Panopoulos and EvaTselidou with a certificate fortheir contribution to cultural tiesbetween Greece and Turkey
in 10 territories, and has achieved total world-wide sales of 25,000 units, according to SonyDance Pool Greece. The latest single,Renaissance, also features on the Sony trance
compilation Global Dream World, releasedacross Europe.
Dance Pool is excited about the album's widerrelease: "We believe Omegavibes deserve aninternational career; this is finally becoming areality," says label manager Nikos Retzios.
The album has received considerable radioand club play in Greece, and in Germany andTurkey. There are plans for airplay through themajor international music television networksand promotional visits to the countries where ithas been released.
In early April, Omegavibes visited Turkeywith Sony Music Greece general managerDimitris Yarmenitis and Retzios to promote the
album. Released in Turkey inFebruary, the album has soldclose to 5,000 units there, aconsiderable number for aninternational act. "The keyhere is not just having goodmusic, but also having stronglabel support," Panopoulossays. During their stay inTurkey, the group performedin Istanbul and did a numberof interviews.
"What surprised me washearing our music when I wassimply walking in thestreets," remarks Panopoulos,who has an optimistic viewabout the impact music can
have on politics. "I know there are politicalproblems between Greece and Turkey," hesays, "but I think music can bring peopletogether. We have to start from somewhere."
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New sun rises over Hendrix legacyby Chris White
Almost 27 years after his death in London-ironically,the same length of time that he was alive-a new five-year plan looks set to ensure that the music of JimiHendrix will reach yet another generation of rock fans,while rekindling new interest from those old enough toremember his music first time around.
imi Hendrix fans have hardlybeen starved of product over thelast three decades. There havebeen scores of legitimate posthu-mous albums-albeit most of
them compilations-and many of hisearliest recordings (most frequently,those backing Curtis Knight) have alsoemerged, and re-emerged, on a bewil-dering variety of labels.
However, what has sparked partic-ular interest-especially in the U.K.,Hendrix's adopted home for much ofthe '60s-in the latest record compa-ny re -assessment of his recorded lega-cy is the fact that they are actuallythe first Hendrix recordings to bereleased under the authority anddirection of his own family.
In January this year, MCA Recordssigned a worldwide licensing agreementwith the Hendrix family -owed company,Experience Hendrix, for the rock gui-tarist's back -catalogue. Last month, astring of simultaneous album releasesmarked the beginning of the latestattempt at bringing Hendrix's musicinto the digital age.
A family affairJimi Hendrix's father and half-sister, Aland Janie Hendrix, fought a long legalbattle to regain control of his recordedworks. In 1993, they filed a U.S. lawsuitalleging that attorney Leo Branton(whom Al Hendrix had hired in 1970 tomanage his deceased son's estate), andothers, had been guilty of "misrepresen-tation, mismanagement, unjust enrich-ments, and self -dealing."
In 1995, an out -of -court settlementtransferred ownership of Hendrix's cat-alogue to Al Hendrix and other familymembers. Their company ExperienceHendrix then hired Jimi's original engi-neer/co-producer Eddie Kramer and
Janie & Al Hendrix
Hendrix historian John McDermott totrack down the original master tapes forthe four albums which Hendrix hadcompleted in his lifetime, and the fifthalbum that he was working on at thetime of his death in September 1970.
The Universal Music Group/MCARecords deal with Experience Hendrixmarks the first time that Hendrix'smusic has appeared on a CD which hasbeen mastered from original mastertapes-previous re -issues had oftenused second, third and even fourth gen-eration copies of the original tapes.
Jorgen Larsen, president ofUniversal Music International, says,"Jimi Hendrix has become a musicalicon, with a reputation and musicalprestige that grows with each passingyear. This agreement marks the firsttime in many years that the entire JimiHendrix catalogue has been exclusivelylicensed to one label on a worldwidebasis. This will allow the music to bepresented with an international consis-tency and artistic sensitivity of whichJimi Hendrix would have approved."
Al Hendrix concurs, "We are veryhappy that our family can finally directhow Jimi's music is presented and pre-served, and we're particularly pleasedthat Universal Music and MCA Recordshold the same care, respect and rever-ence for his music that we do."
New sheen to old mastersLast year, Kramer and McDermott-with engineer George Marino-remas-tered Hendrix's Are You Experienced?,Axis: Bold As Love, Electric Ladylandand Band Of Gypsys from the originalmaster tapes which had been uncov-ered in the U.K and U.S.A.
Probably even more exciting fordevotees was the news that Kramer,McDermot and Marino had also com-piled and mastered a historically accu-rate recreation of First Rays Of TheNew Rising Sun, the album Hendrixwas working on at the time of his death.
Although several of the recordingshave appeared previously on variousposthumous Hendrix albums/compila-tions (notably on 1971's Cry Of Love),First Rays Of The New Rising Sun is thefirst time that they have been heardtogether. The album title and runningorder of the songs were taken from pro-duction notes in Hendrix's own hand-writing. After a U.S. release, the albumwas issued across Europe on April 28,along with the newly-remastered firstfour albums. The releases are the firststeps in a five-year plan aimed at restor-ing the credibility of a catalogue whichhas, by all accounts, spawned some 300albums since its creator's demise.
The latest marketing of the Hendrixlegacy is intended to ensure that hismusic continues to attract new fanswhile appealing to the older ones.
Jay Boberg, president of MCARecords, suggests that, "Every kidthat picks up a guitar will findHendrix at some point and, because ofthis timelessness, Jimi's records sellmillions each year and actually sellmore now than when he was alive."
The ongoing campaign has been han-dled by Universal companies in individ-ual territories, and-in, for exampleSweden and the U.K-First Rays OfThe New Rising Sun has seen Hendrixreturned to the Top 50 album charts. Inits first week, the album also madeMusic & Media's European Top 100albums chart, on the basis of its successin those two territories and in Germany.
Cross -generation trafficAlan Hodgson, commercial marketingmanager at Universal Music in theU.K., says, "We are very much treat-ing this re -issue programme as anentity, and anticipate a new wave ofinterest in his music following thescreening of a [U.K.] BBC TV docu-mentary in June. Hendrix remainsvery much a unique artist."
In the U.K, the initial marketingcampaign for the Hendrix CDs waspress and retail -driven, says Hodgson."Our sales reps were going out and talk-ing to dealers about the Hendrix releas-es, asking them what they wanted us todo. We did a lot of co-operative pressadvertising, particularly with chains
like HMV and Virgin, and also booked alot of in-store advertising space."Hodgson anticipates continuing mediainterest in the Hendrix releases, afterpicking up "considerable coverage" inelements of the U.Kpress.
According to Hodgson, the "new"album has "performed very well acrossEurope" in its first weeks of release. Inmainland Europe, radio has played itsrole in the latest revival of the Hendrixcatalogue, notably in France andGermany, where Universal has conduct-ed what the company calls "really suc-cessful" promotional activity.
Hodgson concedes, however, that inthe U.K, airplay is likely to be restrict-ed to album -oriented programmes. "Wecertainly have no plans to release a sin-gle from First Rays Of The New RisingSun in the U.K, although it's possibleour European companies may go withDolly Dagger, one of the album tracks."
Hodgson adds that the next fiveyears will see a number of "new"Hendrix releases, although it appearsunlikely many previous posthumousalbums will reappear in their earlierincarnations. Throughout, he declares,the emphasis will be on quality.
"We're planning a 'Best Of' albumlater in the year; that will perpetuatethe Hendrix legend even further. It isvery important the Hendrix catalogue istreated with great care and, with theinvolvement of his father and sister,that's what we will be doing.
"We want," he concludes, "to ensurethat Jimi Hendrix's music remains pop-ular for many more decades to come."
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57 53 Dove G E Musica - DDD g Blackstreet DED.NL.UK
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24 54 2 HIStory - Past Present & Future Book 1- Epic 0
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91 78 11 Bye Bye Patty - Epic
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64 53 Older - Virgin 0 Der Wolf ARCH
92 77 8 Dans Album - Mercury
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25 12 4 In It For The Money - Parlophone 59 47 3 Republica - DeconstructionCarmen Consoli
93 52 2 Confusa E Felice - PolyGram I Cyclope
Patricia Kaas A.B.FIN.F.D.CH
26 21 8 Dans Ma Chair - ColumbiaErykah Badu IVLSUK
60 40 2 Baduizm - Kedar0 The Offspring A.B.D.NL.P.E.CZE
94 15 Ixnay On The Hombre - Epitaph ; Columbia
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29 28 4 Yellin' Stories -Beggars BanquetBlur B.DIC.D.GRE.IRE.N.E.S
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30 42 6 Aquarium - MCAPascal Obispo KB
71 16 Superflu - Epic3T B.F.NL
98 79 18 Brotherhood - MJJ I Epic
Jovanotti31 32 14 Lorenzo 1997 - L'Albero - Soleluna /Mercury
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10 72 2 it Zinge At litied Voor Jou Alleen - MercuryTotal Touch NL
MO Total Touch - RCA
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66 48 4 Coming Up - Nude/SonyN.S Captain Jack
100 88 5 Operation Dance - EMIFIN.D.NL.N.HUIV.CZE
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33 24 26 Tic Tac Toe - RCA 1:1Eric Gadd DKS
67 43 11 The Right Way - Metronome
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I. Italy, HUN . Hungary. NL . Netherlands, N . Norway, F = 9 . Sweden, CH= Switzerland, UK = atted Kingdom
0 .. SALES MOVER = NEW ENTRY = RE-ENTRY
****** SALES BREAKER ****** indicates the album registering the biggest increase in chart points.IFPI Platinum Europe certification for sales of 1 million units, with multi -platinum titles indicated by a number in the symbol.
The European Top 100 Albums is compiled by Music & Media. All rights reserved. Compiled from the national album sales charts of 18 European territories.
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M SALES
Top National SellersUNITED KINGDOM GERMANY FRANCE ITALYW LW SINGLES
1 RE Olive - You're Not Alone (RCA)2 44 Katrina & The Waves - Love Shine A light (Warner)3 2 The Cardigans - Lovefool (Polydor)4 1 George Michael - Star People '97 (Virgin)5 6 Gary Barlow - Love Won't Wait (RCA)6 7 DJ Quicksilver - I Have A Dream/Bellissima (EMI)7 8 Shola Ama - You Might Need Somebody (Warner)8 4 R.Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly (Jive)9 3 The Seahorses - Love Is The Law (MCA)10 5 911 - Bodyshakin' (Virgin)
TW LW Arnums
1 50 Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie (EMI)2 NE Various - What A Feeling! (Sony)3 NE Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape (EMI)4 NE Prefab Sprout- Andromeda Heights (Columbia)5 NE Supernaturals - It Doesn't Matter... (Parlophone)6 6 The Charlatans - Tellin' Stories (Beggars Banquet)7 2 Supergrass - In It For The Money (Parlophone)8 3 Various - In The Mix '97 Vol 2 (Virgin)9 7 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)10 1 Various - New Hits '97 (Global TV)
TW LW SINGLES
1 1 Nana - Lonely (Motor)2 2 Sabrina Setlur - Du Liebst Mich Nicht (Epic)3 3 Members Of Mayday - Sonic Empire (RCA)4 15 Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are/Mama (Virgin)5 8 Brightman/Bocelli - Time To Say Goodbye (East West)6 4 Rammstein - Engel (Motor)7 7 R.Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly (Rough Trade)8 13 The Cardigans - Lovefool (Sonet)9 99 `Isi Sync - Here We Go (Ariola)10 5 DJ Quicksilver - Free (Arcade)
TW LW
1 12 33 44 2
5 5
6 NE
7 NE
8 99 610 13
ALBUMS
Tic Tac Toe - Klappe Die 2teAndrea Bocelli-RomanzaAndrea Bocelli - BocelliDepeche Mode - UltraBee Gees - Still WatersPaul McCartney - Flaming PieBliimchen - VerliebtNo Mercy - My PromiseSpice Girls - SpiceSoraya - On Nights Like This
(RCA)(Polydor)(Polydor)
(Intercord)(Polydor)
(EMI)(Edel)
(Arista)(Virgin)
(Mercury)
TW LW SINGLES
1 1 Ricky Martin - (Un, Dos, Tres) Maria (Tristan)2 2 Andrea Bocelli - Con Te Partin) (Polydor)3 3 David Charvet - Should I Leave (RCA)4 4 Alliage - Lucy (Bax Dance)5 7 Top Boys - Le Feu Ca Brule (Sony)6 15 Era - Ameno (Mercury)7 5 White Town - Your Woman (EMI)8 12 2 Be 3 - Donne (EMI)9 20 Milk Incorporated - La Vache (Sony)10 11 Bee Gees - Alone (Polydor)
TW LW ALankm1 1 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (Polydor)2 3 Era - Ameno (Mercury)3 8 Michael Jackson - HIStory (Epic)4 6 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)5 4 1AM - L'Ecole Du Micro D'Argent (Virgin)6 9 2 Be 3 - Partir Un Jour (EMI)7 NE Soundtrack - Le Cinquieme Element (Virgin)8 20 David Charvet - David Charvet (RCA)9 5 Julien Clerc - Julien (Virgin)10 10 Supertramp - Some Things Never Change (EMI)
TW LW SINGLES
1 1 Blackwood - My Love For You (A&D)2 3 La Fuertezza - 2 The Night (New Music)3 6 White Town - Your Woman (EMI)4 5 Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor (Epic)5 14 Daft Punk - Around The World (EMI)6 9 Jamiroquai - Alright (Sony S2)7 4 Gala - Let A Boy Cry (Sell)8 2 Whirlpool Productions - From Disco To Disco (Motor)9 12 U2 - Staring At The Sun (Island)10 7 Depeche Mode - It's No Good (Mute)
TW LW ALBUMS
1 1 Pino Daniele - Dimmi Cosa Succede Sulla Terra (CGD)
2 3 Jovanotti - Lorenzo 1997 - L'Albero (Mercury)3 NE Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie (EMI)4 5 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (Polydor)5 4 U2 - Pop (Island)6 2 Roberto Vecchioni - El Bandolero Stance (EMI)7 11 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)8 7 Nek - Gli Amici E Tutto D Resto (WEA)9 12 Litfiba - Mondi Sommersi (EMI)10 9 Depeche Mode - Ultra (Mute)
SPAIN HOLLAND BELGIUM SWEDENTW LW SINGLES
1 1 Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor (Epic)2 2 Robbie Williams - Old Before I Die (EMI)3 NE Paul McCartney - Young Boy (EMI)4 3 Ana Belen - No Se Porque Te Quiero (Ariola)5 4 Depeche Mode - It's No Good (RCA)
TW LW &mums
1 NE Ana Belen - Nirame (Ariola)2 2 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (Virgin)3 1 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)4 6 Rosanna Arbelo - Lunas Rotas (MCA)5 3 Extremoduro - Iros Todos A Tamer Por Cole (DRO)6 4 Ella Baila Sola - Ella Baila Sola (Hispavox)7 7 Camela - Corazon Indomable (Producdones)8 5 Depeche Mode - Ultra (RCA)9 23 Julio Iglesias - Tango (CBS -Sony)10 9 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (MCA)11 NE Pimpinela - Pasiones (Polydor)12 10 Texas - White On Blonde (PolyGram)13 11 Soundtrack - Romeo + Juliet (Hispavox)14 37 Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits (Warner)15 8 U2 - Pop (PolyGram)
TW LW SINGLES
1 1 Jantje Smit - Ik Zing Dit Lied Voor Jou... (Mercury)2 30 Hans Kraay Jr. - Er Zal D'r Altijd Eentje... (Dino)3 2 Lutricia McNeal - Ain't That Just The Way (CNR)4 4 Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are/Mama (Virgin)
5 8 Hero - Teen Ik Je Zag (Polydor)6 3 Az Yet - Hard To Say I'm Sorry (BMG)7 5 Flamman & Abraxas - I'll Be Your Only Friend (Polydor)8 6 Skunk Anansie - Hedonism (Virgin)9 15 Bloodhound Gang - Fire, Water, Burn (Universal)10 9 Bauer/Weber - De Regenboog (That's Entertainment)
TW LW &Bums1 2 Jantje Smit - Ik Zing Dit Lied Voor Jou... (Mercury)2 3 Spice Girls - Spice (EMI)3 1 Bauer/Weber - Het Duetalbum (That's Entertainment)4 6 Total Touch - Total Touch (BMG)5 4 No Mercy - My Promise (BMG)6 9 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (Polydor)7 5 Ruth Jacott - Hartslag (Dino)8 7 Rowwen Heze - Water, Lucht & Liefde (CNR)9 8 Soundtrack - Miss Saigon (Endemol)10 12 The Kelly Family - Almost Heaven (EMI)
TW LW SINGLES
1 1 Funky Green Dogs - Fired Up! (MCA)2 2 Ricky Martin - (Un, Dos, Tres) Maria (Sony)3 3 Gala - Let A Boy Cry (Private Life)4 4 No Doubt - Don't Speak (MCA)5 6 Natural Born Deejays - A Good Day (Rhythm)6 5 En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love) (Warner)7 8 R.Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly (Jive)8 7 Toni Braxton - Un-Break My Heart (BMG)9 10 Get Ready! - Dromen (Virgin)10 9 Spice Girls- Who Do You Think You Ate/Mama (Virgin)
TW LW &Bums1 1 Spice Girls - Spice2 3 De Smurfen - Smurfenholiday3 2 Depeche Mode - Ultra4 4 K.I.A. - Krapoel In Axe5 5 Patricia Kees - Dans Ma Chair6 6 Toni Braxton - Secrets7 9 Lisa Stansfield - Lisa Stansfield8 7 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom9 8 Marco Borsato - De Waarheid10 16 Soundtrack - Romeo + Juliet
(Virgin)(EMI)
(Mute)(Sony)(Sony)(BMG)(BMG)(MCA)
(Polydor)(EMI)
TW LW SINGLES
1 1 Paradisio - Bailando (CNR)2 3 Gessle - Do You Wanna Be My Baby? (EMI)3 5 Apollo Four Forty - Ain't Talkin"Bout Dub (Sony)4 4 Together - Vanner (PolyGram)5 6 Dilba - I'm Sorry (Metronome)6 2 Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor (Epic)
7 7 Peter aback - Guldet Blev Till Sand (Mono Music)8 11 Blond - Bara Hon Alskar Mig (Rival)9 9 Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are/Mama (EMI)
10 12 E -Type - Back In The Loop (Stockholm)TW LW ALBUMS
1 1 Depeche Mode - Ultra (Mute)2 3 Laura Pausini - La Cose Che Vivi3 4 Smurfarna - Smurfhits 2 (CNR Music)4 NE Gessle - The World According To Gessle (EMI)5 2 Eric Gadd - The Right Way (Edelpitch)6 13 Bjorn Skifs - Bjorn Skifs - 50/507 9 Joey Tempest - Azalea Place (Polar)8 6 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)9 14 Jennifer Brown - In My Garden (Ricochet)10 11 Original Cast - Kristin Fran Duvemala (Mono Music)
DENMARK NORWAY FINLAND IRELANDTW LW SINGLES
1 1 Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor (Sony)2 2 Tiggy - Simsalabim (Flex)3 20 George Michael - Star People '97 (Virgin)4 6 Sash! - Encore Une Fois (Byte)5 3 En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love) (Warner)6 4 R.Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly (Jive)7 5 The Blue Boy - Remember Me (Mega)8 NE Gary Barlow - Love Won't Wait (RCA)9 9 Apollo Four Forty - Ain't Talkie Bout Dub (Sony)10 14 Kglig Ka.j - Stemmen I Hit Liv (EMI)
TW LW Ainums
1 1 Aqua - Aquarium (MCA)2 6 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (MCA)3 28 Lone Siel - Mine Favoritter (CMC)4 3 Suede - Coming Up (Sony)5 4 Soundtrack - Space Jam (Warner)6 2 Shu-Bi-Dua - Shu-Bi-Dua 16 (CMC)7 30 Soundtrack - Evita (Warner)8 7 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)9 5 Depeche Mode - Ultra (Mute)10 23 Mr. President - We See The Same Sun (Warner)
TW LW SINGLES
1 1 Sway - When Susannah Cries (MCA)2 2 R.Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly (Jive)3 NE Katrina & The Waves - Love Shine A Light (Warner)4 3 Bloodhound Gang - Fire, Water, Burn (MCA)5 6 Aqua - Roses Are Red (MCA)6 5 Monstars Of Space Jam - Hit 'Em High (Warner)7 4 Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor (Epic)8 7 Sash! - Encore Une Fois (Byte)9 10 Team Deep - Morninglight (MCA)10 9 DJ Quicksilver - I Have A Dream/Bellissima (Arcade)
TW LW ALBUMS
1 5 Aqua -Aquarium (MCA)2 1 Barbra Streisand - Collection - Greatest Hits (Sony)3 NE Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie (EMI)4 2 Soundtrack - Space Jam (Warner)5 18 Cornelis Vreeswijk - Guldkorn Fran Master (Warner)
6 6 Depeche Mode - Ultra (Mute)7 4 Smurfene - Smurfehits 2 (CNR)8 3 Toni Braxton - Secrets (BMG)9 9 Soundtrack - Romeo + Juliet (EMI)10 29 Trang Fodsel - Hybel (Norsk Platveprodukston)
TW LW SINGLES
1 2 Scooter - Fire (Club Tools)2 5 Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor (Epic)
3 1 Klamydia - Perseesoon (Kraklund)4 NE Alexia - Uh La La La (Sony)5 3 Tehosekoitin - C'mon Baby Yeah (Levy)6 7 Sash! - Encore Une Fois (Byte)7 6 The Blue Boy - Remember Me (Mega)8 4 U2 - Staring At The Sun (Island)9 (SMD)
(SMD)11 Prodigy - Breathe
10 9 Depeche Mode - It's No GoodTW LW ALBUMS
1 1 Kaija Koo - Unihiekkamyrsky (Warner)2 2 Apulanta - Kolme (Levy)3 4 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (Polydor)4 NE Stratovarius - Visions (TT)5 5 Jan Sillanpati - Auringonnousu (MTV)6 6 Sir Elwoodin Hiljaiset VIM - Puunukke (Henries)7 NE Nylon Beat - Satasen Laina (MTV)8 NE Samuli Edelman - Varheei (RCA)9 (MTV)
(EMI)3 Depeche Mode - Ultra
10 11 Captain Jack - Operation Dance
TW LW SINGLES
1 1 R.Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly (Jive)2 3 Marc Roberts - Mysterious Woman (Ritz)3 2 DJ Quicksilver - I Have A Dream/Bellissima (EMI)4 4 Sash! - Encore Une Fois (Multiply)5 5 U2 - Staring At The Sun (Island)6 6 Gary Barlow - Love Won't Wait (RCA)7 7 George Michael - Star People '97 (Virgin)8 9 Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor (Epic)9 13 Daft Punk - Around The World (Virgin)10 10 Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are/Mama (Virgin)
TW LW A.m.1 1 Soundtrack - Romeo + Juliet (EMI)2 2 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)3 3 U2 - Pop (PolyGram)4 6 Mary Black - Shine (Dana)5 4 Various - New Hits '97 (Global)6 8 Soundtrack - Space Jam (Warner)7 5 Various - Now! 36 (EMI/Virgin/PolyGram)8 7 The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole (Virgin)9 12 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (MCA)10 32 Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (Warner)
SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA PORTUGAL HUNGARYTW LW SINGLES
1 1 R.Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly (Jive)2 2 Bocelli/Weiss - Vivo Per Lei - Ich Lebe... (Polydor)3 4 Sabrina Setlur - Du Liebst Mich Nicht (Sony)4 3 Brightman/Bocelli - Time To Say Goodbye (Warner)5 8 Nana - Lonely (Motor)6 15 Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are/Mama (EMI)7 5 Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor (Sony)8 9 Tic Tac Toe - Warum? (BMG)9 NE Code 5 - Love Is Your Game (Phonag)10 6 En Vogue - Don't Let Go (Love) (Warner)
TW LW ALBUMS
1 1 Tic Tac Toe - Klappe Die 2te (BMG)2 2 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (PolyGram)3 3 Andrea Bocelli Bocelli (PolyGram)4 4 Bee Gees - Still Waters (PolyGram)5 5 No Mercy - My Promise (BMG)6 6 Depeche Mode - Ultra (Musikvertrieb)7 7 Soundtrack - Romeo + Juliet (EMI)8 14 Martin Schenkal - The Shell (EMI)9 9 Spice Girls - Spice (EMI)10 NE Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie (EMI)
TW LW SINGLES
1 12 Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are/Mama (EMI)
2 1 Reinhard Fendrich - Blond (BMG)3 2 R.Kelly - I Believe I Can Fly (Rough Trade)4 3 Brightman/Bocelli - Time To Say Goodbye (Warner)5 5 Sabrina Setlur - Du Liebst Mich Nicht (Sony)6 4 Tic Tac Toe - Warum? (BMG)7 6 Scooter - Fire (Edel)8 9 No Mercy - Please Don't Go (BMG)9 15 Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor (Sony)
10 8 No Mercy - When I Die (BMG)TW LW ALBUMS
1 1 Reinhard Fendrich - Blond (BMG)2 2 Tic Tac Toe - Klappe Die 2te (BMG)3 3 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (PolyGram)4 4 No Mercy - My Promise (BMG)5 5 Soundtrack - Romeo + Juliet (EMI)6 NE Paul McCartney - Flaming Pie (EMI)7 10 Andrea Bocelli - Bocelli (PolyGram)8 9 Bee Gees - Still Waters (PolyGram)9 NE Kurt Ostbahn - Reserviert Fia Zwa (PolyGram)10 8 Spice Girls - Spice (EMI)
TW LW ALBUMS
1 NE Antonio Variacoes - 0 Melhor De Antonio Variacoes (EMI)
2 2 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet Boys (EMI)3 1 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)4 10 Luz Casal - Pequeno y Grandes Exitos (EMI)5 3 Vaya Con Dios - The Best Of Vaya Con Dios (BMG)6 20 Zucchero - Greatest Hits (Polydor)7 4 Celine Dion - Falling Into You (Columbia)8 7 The Kelly Family - Almost Heaven (EMI)9 5 Delfins - Saber A Mar (BMG)10 9 Ton Jobin - Imedito (RCA)11 6 Rio Grande - Rio Grande (EMI)12 NE Prefab Sprout - Andromeda Heights (Sony)13 16 Bush - Razorblade Suitcase (MCA)14 13 Bee Gees - Still Waters (Polydor)15 27 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (MCA)16 18 Pedro Abrunhosa - Tempo (PolyGram)17 14 Apocalyptica - Plays Metallica (PolyGram)18 19 Simon & Garfunkel - The Definitive Collection (Sony)19 21 Toni Braxton - Secrets (BMG)20 26 The Offspring - Ixnay On The Hombre (Sony)
TW LW SINGLES
1 NE Brooklyn Bounce - Get Ready To Bounce (Record Express)
2 NE Robbie Williams - Old Before I Die (EMI -Quint)3 2 Scooter - Fire (Record Express)4 RE Pet Shop Boys - A Red Letter Day (EMI -Quint)5 4 Lisa Stansfield - The Real Thing (BMG)6 12 Brooklyn Bounce - The Theme (Record Express)7 5 White Town - Your Woman (EMI -Quint)8 10 Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are/Mama (EMI -Quint)
9 RE D.J. BoBo - Pray (Record Express)10 8 Aerosmith - Falling In Love (Sony)
TW LW ALBUMS
1 1 Hupikek Torpikek - lirparty (EMI -Quint)2 NE Hip Hop Boyz - V (EMI -Quint)3 2 Soundtrack - Csinibaba (Bouvard & Pecuchet)4 3 Akos - Beavatas (BMG)5 5 Emberek - Tabortiiz (BMG)6 4 Depeche Mode - Ultra (HMK)7 11 Hip Hop Boyz - The Best 4 (Record Express)8 9 Soundtrack - Evita (Warner)9 12 Soundtrack - Romeo + Juliet (EMI -Quint)10 6 Cseh Timis Bereme Giza - A Telihold... (MusiCDome)
Based on the national sales charts from 10 European markets. Information supplied by ChartTrack (UK); Full ehartserviee by Media Control GmbH 0049-7221466201 (Germany); SNEP (France); singles: Musiea E Disehi/Mario De Luigi, albums: Find -Nielsen (Italy); Stiebting Mega Top 100 (Holland); Stiehting Promuvi (Belgium); 1PSOS/Mahass-IFPI (Hungary); GLF/IFPI (Sweden); IFPI/Nielsen Marketing Research (Denmark); VG (Norway); ALEF ME/AFTVE (Spain);
YLE 2 Radiomafia/IFPI (Finland); OFPI (Ireland); AFP (Portugal); Austria Top 30 (Austria); Full chartservice by Media Control AG 0041-61-2718989 (Switzerland); 1FPI CR (Czech Republic). Labels listed are the national marketing companie's.
MUSIC MEDIAQ MAY 24, 1997AmericanRadioHistory.Com
(HAlifcBreakina & EnteringA weekly Eurochart analysis by Bob Macdonald
2 becomes 1 for the Spice Girls this week, as lastweek's runners-up on the European Top 100 Albumschart return to pole position.
The move coincides with the Girls' much publi-cised climb to No.1 on the Billboard 200 in the U.S.,and means that Spice (Virgin) has two-thirds of theworld sewn up in one fell swoop, a remarkable featfor an act which was unknown just a year ago. Whilethe album claims the top spot forthe first time in the States, it nowbegins its fourth run at No.1 inEurope-all in all, Spice hasspent 15 of its 28 chart weeks atthe summit.
Girl power is also back in evi-dence on the Eurochart Hot 100Singles list. The fourth Spice sin-gle, Who Do You Think YouArelMama, rebounds from number 11 to its originalpeak of 3, collecting the Sales Breaker award in theprocess. The jump is fuelled by strong upwardmovements in the GSA territories-it roars from 15to 4 in Germany, 15 to 6 in Switzerland and 12 to 1in Austria.
The famous fivesome's turnaround is part of aspring-clean in the top 10 of the Eurochart Hot100, which sees fellow GSA beneficiary SabrinaSetlur cruise six places to number 6 in her ninthweek on the chart-Du Liebst Mich Nicht (Epic) istop 5 in all three countries. Olive's re -issued singleYou're Not Alone (RCA), the current British No.1,returns at number 8 after peaking at 86 on its first
outing last September.Meanwhile, Katrina & the Waves clinch the high-
est new entry at number 9 with Love Shine A Light(Eternal/WEA)-that already gives them the highestcharting Eurovision Song Contest winner of the '90s,though it merely matches the peak position of lastyear's U.K. entry, Ooh Aah...Just A Little Bit by GinaG, which was placed eighth by the Eurovision juriesand climbed to number 9 on the Hot 100. The lasttwo Contest winners, 1996's The Voice by Eimear
Quinn from Ireland and 1995'sNocturne by Secret Garden fromNorway, both peaked at number54 on the Eurochart.
Victims of this week's top 10shake-up include such long -run-ning hits as Encore Une Fois bySash! (Byte Blue), which fallsfrom 8 to 19, and Gala's Let ABoy Cry (Do It Yourself/Scorpio),
which drops from 9 to 21. And No Doubt finally takea seven -place tumble to number 10 after 15 consecu-tive weeks in the top 3-the last time that Don'tSpeak (Trauma/Interscope) wasn't ranked amongstEurope's three best-selling singles was way back inthe February 1 issue; the band's reactivated follow-up, Just A Girl, is taking off in four countries andclimbs to number 62 this week.
A Bocelli bonan7a is underway on the Europeancharts, as Italian superstar Andrea climbs to numbers2 and 10 with the albums Romanza and Bocelli(Sugar/Polydor) respectively, and to numbers 5 and 30on the singles survey with two different duet partners,Sarah Brightman and Judy Weiss.
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C) 2 MMMBOPMERCURY HANSON
2 1HYPNOTIZEBAD BOY/ARISTA THE NOTORIOUS a I.G.
(D 3 RETURN OF THE MACKATLANTIC MARK MORRISON
4 5 FOR YOU I WILL (FROM "SPACE JAM")ROWDY/WARNER SUNSET/ATLANTIC MONICA
(j) SAY YOU'LL BE THEREVIRGIN SPICE GIRLS
6 4YOU WERE MEANT FOR MEATLANTIC JEWEL
7 6 I WANT YOUCOLUMBIA SAVAGE GARDEN
c-,) 8 WHERE HAVE ALL THE COWBOYS GONE?IMAGO/WARNER BROS. PAULA COLE
IC D 10I BELONG TO YOU (EVERY TIME I SEE YOUR FACE)RCA ROME
10 7 CAN'T NOBODY HOLD ME DOWNBAD BOY/ARISTA PUFF DADDY (FEATURING MASE)
11 9 HARD TO SAY I'M SORRYLAFACE/ARISTA AZ YET FEATURING PETER CETERA
C) 12 THE FRESHMENRCA THE VERVE PIPE
cp 16G.H.E.T.T.O.U.T.BIG BEAT/ATLANTIC CHANGING FACES
14 14 CUPIDBAD BOY/ARISTA 112.
15 11MY BABY DADDYTONY MERCEDES/LAFACE/ARISTA B -ROCK & THE BIZZ
16 15DA' DIPHARD HOOD/POWER/TRIAD FREAK NASTY
17 17 BARELY BREATHINGATLANTIC DUNCAN SHEIK
070 _ IT'S YOUR LOVECURB TIM MCGRAW (WITH FAITH HILL)
19 _ SECRET GARDENCOLUMBIA BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
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2 1CARRYING YOUR LOVE WITH MEMCA GEORGE STRAIT
3 2 SHARE MY WORLDMCA MARY J. BLIGE
4 4 LIFE AFTER DEATHBAD BOY/ARISTA THE.NOTORIOUS B.I.G.
5 5 SPACE JAMWARNER SUNSET/ATLANTIC/AG SOUNDTRACK
1E) 11FALLING INTO YOU550 MUSIC/EPIC CELINE DION
7 6 BRINGING DOWN THE HORSEINTERSCOPE THE WALLFLOWERS
8 8PIECES OF YOUATLANTIC/AG JEWEL
(T) MIDDLE OF NOWHEREMERCURY HANSON
10 10BADUIZMKEDAR/UNIVERSAL ERYKAH BADU
C) - STILL WATERSPOLYDOR/A&M BEE GEES
12 9BLUECURB LEANN RIMES
13 7 SHAMING OF THE SUNEPIC INDIGO GIRLS
14 14 ANOTHER LEVELINTERSCOPE BLACKSTREET
15 12UNCHAINED MELODY/THE EARLY YEARSCURB LEANN RIMES
16 16 TRAGIC KINGDOMTRAUMA/INTERSCOPE NO DOUBT
(D - IN THE MIRRORPRIVATE MUSIC/WINDHAM HILL YANNI
18 15 POPISLAND U2
19 13WATERBED HEVUPTOWN/UNIVERSAL HEAVY D
20 17DID I SHAVE MY LEGS FOR THIS?CAPITOL NASHVILLE DEANA CARTER
Records with greatest sales and/or airplay gains. © 1997, Billboard/BPI Communications.
Eurochart A/Z IndexesI-lot 100 singles
2 Become 1 67
2 The Night 66
5 Miles To Empty 82
Abort, Retry, Fail?_ - Your Woman 12Aicha 88
Ain't Tolkin' 'Bout Dub 26
Ain't That Just The Way 79Alone 18
Alright 46
Ameno 31
Anywhere For You 56
Around The World 41
Bailando 37
Blond 44Blood On The Dance Floor 2
Bodyshakin' 47
Con Te Partiro 13
Da Funk 70
Do It For Love 76
Do You Wanna Be My Baby? 75
Don't Cry For Me Argentina 39Don't Leave Me 49Don't Let Go (Love) 11
Don't Speak 10
Donne 45Drop Dead Gorgeous 85
Du Liebst Mich Nicht 6
Encore Une Fois 19
Engel 43
Er Zal D'r Altijd Eentje Winnen 72
Fire 16
Fire, Water, BurnFired Up!Fireworks EPFreeGet Ready To Bounce
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Rere We Go 81
'Hit 'Em High (The Monstars Anthem) 78I Believe I Can Fly 1
I Have A Dream/Bellissima 22
I Love You...Stop! 64
I Want You 90lk Zing Dit Lied Voor Jou Aileen 51
It's My LifeIt's No GoodJust A GirlKowalskiLa Dance D'HeleneLa Poupee Qui Fait Non
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INXSJ.B.O.JamiroquaiJantje SmitJean Michel JerreJean-Louis AubertJoey TempestJovanottiJulien ClercJulio IglesiasLaura PausiniLene Siel
La Taille De Ton AmourLa VacheLe Feu ca BruleLet A Boy CryLonelyLove Is All We NeedLove Is The LawLove Shine A LightLove Won't WaitLovefoolLucieLucyMonkey WrenchMy Love For YouNur GetraumtOh Shit - Frau SchmidtOld Before I DiePartir Un JourPlease Don't GoPrenons Notre TempsQuand J'Ai Pew De ToutRemember MeRemind MeSay What You WantShineShould I LeaveSo Strung OutSonic EmpireStairway To HeavenStar People '97Staring At The SunTearing Up My HeartThe Gospel Oak EPThe ProphetThe Theme (Of Progressive Attack)Theme From The ProfessionalsTime To Say GoodbyeUn-Break My Heart(Un, Dos, Tres) MariaUnderwater LoveVannerVivo Per Lei - Ich Lebe Far SieWarum?When I DieWho Do You Think You Are/MamaWonderful TonightYou Might Need SomebodyYou're Not AloneYoung BoyYoung Hearts Run Free
39 Lighthouse Family98 Lisa Stansfield36 Litfiba95 Marillion43 Mary J. Blige54 Michael Jackson
2 Nek10 No Doubt30 No Mercy18 Pascal Obispo70 Patricia Kaas84 Patty Pravo
7 Paul McCartney48 Pins Daniele87 Prefab Sprout28 Rammstein90 Reef63 Reinhard Fendrich34 Republica
100 Riccardo Cocciante93 Roberto Vecchioni42 Rosanna Arbelo45 Sabrina Setlur57 Sacred Spirit 288 Skunk Anansie
4 Smurfarna92 Soraya20 Soundtrack - Evita96 Soundtrack - Le Cinquieme Element67 Soundtrack - Romeo + Juliet56 Soundtrack - Space Jam60 Spice Girls89 Stratovarius14 Suede80 Supergrass58 Supernaturals52 Supertramp38 Texas82 The Charlatans61 The Chemical Brothers35 The Kelly Family65 The Offspring41 Tic Tac Toe78 Tic Tac Toe97 Toni Braxton31 Total Touch53 U2
72 Wet Wet Wet40 Wolfgang Petry81 Zucchero Fornaciari
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©Billboard Music Group
Most addedJon Bon Jovi Midnight In Chelsea
(Mercury) 26
Toni Braxton I Don't Want To
(LaFace) 24
Hanson MMM Bop
(Mercury) 19
Katrina And The Waves Love Shine A Light
(Eternal/WEA) 18
Paul Young I Wish You Love
(East West) 17
Savage Garden I Want You
(Columbia) 15
Duran Duran Out Of My Mind
(Virgin) 13
George Michael Star People
(Virgin) 11
Wet Wet Wet Strange
(Precious/Mercury) 11
Gary Barlow Love Won't Wait
(RCA) 10
Robbie Williams Old Before I Die
(Chrysalis) 10
Most Added are those songs which receivedthe highest number of playlist additionsduring the week. In the case of a tie, songsare listed alphabetically by artist.
Station Reports include all new additions to the playlist. Some reports will alsoinclude 'Power Play" songs, which receive special emphasis during the week.All Power Play songs are printed, whether they are reported for the first time ornot. Some lists include featured new albums, as indicated by the abbreviation'AL." Within each country, stations are grouped by ranking and listed alpha-betically. Rankings include: platinum (P), Gold (G), Silver (S) and Bronze (B).All playlists must be received by Monday at 13.00 h. CET.
GERMANYRADIO FFE/Frankfurt PCHR
Ralf Blasberg - Head Of Music
Playlist Additions:AK -SWIFT- Light In Me
Ksvana- M.F.E.O.
Phil Collins- Wear My Hat
Toni Braxton- I Don't Want To
RADIO NRW/Oberhausen PAC
Jeff van Gelder Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:
Katrina And The Waves. Love Shine
Havana- M.F.E.O.
Nana- Lonely
DELTA RADIO/Kiel G
AC
Adam Hahne Prog Dir
Frank Wilkat Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:
N Sync- Here We Go
Blackstreet- Don't Leave
Boys- Round & Round
CBlock- Time
Der Wolf- Eigener Held
George Michael- Star People
Heath Hunter- Walking On Clouds
Lecker Fischbrat- SO %
M.R.- Listen
Space Frog- X -Ray (Follow Mel
BIT RADIO N I/Nuremberg GDance
Stefan Mehmer - Prog DirEranie Funderbunk - Music EditorPower Play:
George Michael- Star People
Playlist Additions:C -Block. Time
Casino- Sound Of Eden
Robin S. It Must Be
HUMBERT 6Berin GAC
Rainer Gridm Music DirPlaylist Additions:
MOONRAGE
"Shaman's song"
Indian Alternative
Top 50 Radiocheck it out!!
FAX +1 505-474-7344 MAXIM
Jon Bon Jovi- Midnight
Katrina And The Waves- Love
ORB/FRITZ/Potsdam
CHR
Bernd Albrecht, Frank Menzel,Jens Melte - ProducersPlaylist Additions:
AMT.- I'd Rather Be
Blackstreet- Don't LeaveBrooklyn Bounce- Get Ready To
Cake- I Will Survive
DJ Bobo- It's My Life
Gary Barlow- Love Won't Wait
General Base- On & On
George Michael- Star People
Hanson- MMM Bop
Jam & Spoon- Kaleidoscope Skies
Jon Bon Jovi- Midnight
No Solo- Handhetrieb
IL Kelly- I Can't Sleep Baby
ORB/FRITZ: FRITZ ROADSHOW/
Potsdam GCHR/h ock
Bern Albrecht, Frank Menzel,Jens Molle - ProducersPlaylist Additions:
N Sync- Here We Go
Rom- Round & Round
Brooklyn Bounce- Get Ready To
Cribb 199- Party On!
Malley- Zelten
Red 5- Lift Me Up
Republica- Drop Dead
Toni Braxton- !Don't Want To
RADIO ARABWA/Munich GNational Music
Matthias Friedrich - Prog DirPlaylist Additions:
Ana Gonzales- Heil Mir
Danny Davis- In Namen
Isabel Varell- Niemand
Klostertaler- Oh La La
Nmkalm Quintett- Das Wunder
RADIO GONG/Nuremberg GRock/CHR
Peter "Marc" Sting! - Prog DirPower Play:
Savage Garden- I Want You
Steve Winwood- Spy In The Name
Playlist Additions:Nana -lonelyToni Braxton- I Don't Want To
RADIO REGENBOGEN/Mennheim
CHR/Gold
Martin Schwebel - Mottle Dir
Power Play:Toni Braxton- I Don't Want To
Playlist Additions:AKSWIFT- Light In Me
Hanson- NADA Bop
Phil Collins- Wear My Hat
RADIO SALII/Saarbrueeken GAC/CHR
Brigitte Barthel Prog DirPlaylist Additions:
Boy George- Love Is Leaving
Cardigans- Lovefool
Robbie Williams- Old Before I Die
Sarah Maven -All Fall Down
Soraya- Suddenly
Rai/Kiel GCUR
Stephan Hampe - Head Of Music
Power Play:DJ Bobo- Its My Life
Playlist Additions:N Sync- Here We Go
Alisha's Attic- IndestructibleAnnika- The Reddest Rose
Bee Gees- I Could Not
Hanson- MMM Bop
Phil Collins- Wear My Hat
Savage Garden- I Want You
Soraya- Stay Awhile
SDR 1/Stuttgart GCHR
Flans Thomas - ProducerPlaylist Additions:
AWB- Back To Basics
AL Robert Cray
RADIO F/Nuremberg SAC
Ziggie Hoge - Prog DirPetra Steel Prog CoordPlaylist Addition.
Tia- Coolon' Up A Party
UNITED KINGDOM95.8 CAPITAL FM/London PCHR
Richard Park - Group programmedirectorPlaylist Additions:
Cast- Guiding Star
Jon Bon Jovi- Midnight
Lisa Stmsfield- Never Gonna Give
Monaco- Sweet. Lips
Richie Stephens- Come Give
Skunk Anomie- Brazen /Weep/
Suggs/Chelsea- Blue Day
Wet Wet Wet -Strange
96.4FMBRMB/Binningham PCHR
Russ Evans - Head Of Music
Playlist Additions:Jewel- Who Will Save
Lisa Stanfield- Never Gonna Give
Ultra Nate- Free
Y Tram- Mystery Land
ATLANTIC 252/Dublin P
CHR
Al Dunne Prog ContrPower Play:
Olive- You're Not Alone
Playlist Additions:Blue Ammon- And The Rain Falls
Foo Fighters- Monkey WrenchINXS- Everything
Jon Bon Jovi- Midnight
Red 5- I Live You...STOP!
Terry Hall- BalladWet Wet Wet -Strange
BBC RADIO 1/London P
CHR
Jeff Smith Head Of Music PolicyA List:
AD New Edition- Something About You
B List:
AD En Vogue- WhateverRed Hot Chili P. Love Rollercoaster
Skunk Anomie- Brazen (Weep)
Sneaker Pimps- 6 Underground
Ultra Nate- Free
C List Addition
Alabama 3- Woke Up
Ben Folds Five- KateBeth Orton- She Cries
Bush- Greedy My
Dionne Farris- Hopeless
Jeremy Healy & Amos- Argentina
HEY 105/Manchester PCHR
John Dash - Programme DirectorChristian Smith Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:
Beck- Sissyneek
Code Red- Can We Talk
Deni Hines- It's AlrightGrass Show- Freak Show
Maxwell -Ascension
Radiohead- Paranoid Android
Tina Cousins- Killin' Time
Bourke/Michael- Waltz Away
Wet Wet Wet- Strange
KISS 100 FM/London P
Dance
Loma Clarke Head Of ProgSimon Sadler Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:
Ariel- Deep
Erykah Badu- Next Lifetime
Herbaliser- The BlendMaxwell -Ascension
METRO FM/Newcastle PCHR
Sean Marley Programme ControllerLuis Clark - Head of Music
Playliat Additions:Colin -The Winner
Dionne Ferri. HopelessEternal/Winans- I Wanna Be
Howard New- Straight To You
My Life Story- Strumpet
No Mercy- Please Don't Go
OTT- Forever Girl
Tin Tin Out- Dance With Me
VIRGIN RADIO/London P
AC/Rock
Ian Grace Programme DirectorTrevor White - Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:
Cardigans- Lovefool
Counting Crows- Daylight Fading
Del Amitri- Not Where It's At
INXS- Everything
Jon Bon Jovi- MidnightMonaco- Sweet Lips
Radiohead- Paranoid Android
Steve Winwood- Spy In The Name
CLYDE 1 FM/Glasgow G
CHR
Ross Maefadgen - Head Of Manic
Playlist Additions:Babyface/Wonder- How Come,Mary Kiani- With Or
Seahomes- Love Is The Law
Ultra Nate. Free
DOWNTOWN RADIO/Belfast G
CHR/Gold
John Rosborough - Prog DirPlaylist Additions:
Chris Rea- GirlEternal/Winane- I Wanna BeToni Braxton- I Don't Want To
FORTH FM/Edinburgh GCHR
Tom Wilson Music Co-ordinatorPlaylist Additions:
Ben Folds Five- Kate
Finley Quaye- Sunday Shining
Hardbody- Hazels Hob
INXS- Everything
Jesus Jones- The Next Big Thing
OTT- Forever Girl
Sacred Spirit- Legends
Savage Garden- I Want Yon
GALAXY 101 FM/Bristol G
DanceiCHR
Simon Dennis - Program ControllerPlaylist Additions:
Coolio- The Winner
D -Influence- Shake
Deni Hines- It's Alright
Dudearella- Top Of The World
Eternal/Winans- I Wanna Be
Frankie Oliver- Give Her
Gary Barlow -Love Won't Wait
GoodfeRna- Sugar Homy
Red 5- I Love You...STOPI
HALLAM FM/Sbeffield G
CHR
Dave Shearer - Program ControllerChris Straw - Head Of MmicPlaylist Additions:
Az Yet- Hard To Say
Deni Hines. It's AlrightFreak House- Everybody Dance
Gram Shaw- Freak ShowHysteric Ego- Ministry Of Love
Kaleef- Trials Of Life
Mary Kiani- With OrSneaker Pimps- 6 Underground
Spellbound- Heaven
INVICTA FM/Whitstable G
CUR
Paul Jackson - Program ControllerTim Stewart Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:
Allure feat. NAS- Head Over Heels
Billy & Sara Gaines- I Found
Brownstone- 5 Miles To Empty
Cast- Guiding Star
Del Amitri- Not Where It's At
Edo- Deeper
Jewel -Who Will Save
Lisa Stanfield- Never Goma Give
Maradonna- Out Of My Head 17Mr. President- Coco Jamboo
No Mercy- Please Don't Go
Paula Cole- Cowboys
Sashl- EemdorSkunk Anomie- Brazen (Weep)
Suggs/Chelsea- Blue Day
Bourke/Michael- Waltz Away
Ultra Nate- FreeWet Wet Wet- Strange
Q 102.9 FM/Londonderry SCHR
Trevor Thomas Head Of Manic
Playlist Additions:Eternal/Winans- I Wanna Be
Frankie Oliver- Give Her
INXS- Everything
Jon Boo Jovi- MidnightLivia' Joy- Where Can ISinead O'Connor- This Is To
White Town- Undressed
SOUND WAVE 96.4/Swansea SCHR
Rob Pendry Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:
Brownstone- 5 Mil. To EmptyCode Red- Can We Talk
Delirious- Deeper
Deni Hines- It's Alright
Eternal/Winans- I Wanna BeFhst Choice. Amed &Extremely
Katrina And The Waves- Love
My Life Story- Strumpet
011, Forever Girl
Paul McCartney- Young Boy
Space Brothers- Shine
Stereophooiea- More Life In A
Strike- I Have Peace
Wet Wet Wet- Strange
World Party- Beautiful Dream
FRANCEEUROPE 2 NETWORK/Paris P
AC
Nicolas du Roy - Music DirPlaylist Additions:
Mania Morissette- You Oughts %now
Depeche Mode- It's No Good
George Michael- Star People
Jamiroquai- Alright
Jane Fortin- Je Prie Pam Toi
Michael Jackson -Blood
Nelson- Je NTerds
Skunk Anomie- Hedonism
U2- Staring At The Sun
FRANCE INTEWParis PAC
Marc Garcia Music DirPlaylist Additions:
Gloria Estefan- HigherLisa Stansfield- The Real ThingMaria Montell- So The Stories
Natacha Atlas- Amulet
Soraya- Suddenly
Zmie- Rose
NRJ NETWORK/Paris PCUR
Max Guazzini Dir
Playlist Additions:Blackstreet- Don't Leave
Pandora- Smile 'N Shine
RTL/Paris PAC
Main TihoRa Head Of FrogPlaylist Additions:
Aznavour/Piaf- Plus Bleu .Hanson- IVIMM Bop
Jon Bon Jovi- MidnightMC Solaar- Gangster Modern
SKYROCK NETWORK/Paris PCHR
Laurent Bouneau - Prog DirPlaylist Additions:
MC Solaar. Gangster Modems
Squeegee- By Your Side
Whycliffe- Stayin' Alive
ROC FM/Lille G
Dance/CHR
Philippe Schemberg Prog DirPlaylist Additions:
Eternal/Winans- I Wanna Be
Kobe- Je Ferrai
Native- Les Coulee's
Native- Dans Ce Monde
No Se- Funkhypnotik
Niryorican Soul -It's Alright I Feel It
Tribal Jam- Demarre Le Show
Zhane - Request Line
ITALY101 NETWORK/Milan P
AC
Stefano Cmboni - Music Dir
Dario Desi Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:
Blackwood- My Love
Hanson- MMM Bop
Spagna- Indivisibli
ITALIA NETWORK; LOS
CUARENTA/
Bologna PDance
Michele Menegon - Prog Dir
Playlist Additions:Ede- Right
Jam & Spoon- Kaleidoscope Ski.Michael Jackson -Blood
ITALIA NETWORK: MUSIC
FM/Bologna PCHR
Michele Menegon Prog DirPlaylist Additions:
Charles/Agencee- Here It Is
Estra Miele-
Irene La Medico- Si Moo Fare E
Kavana- M.F.E.O.
Luna Martelli- D Potere
Luci Forme- Reggio Di Luna
Niccolo' Fabi- B Giardiniere
Paul McCartney- Young Boy
Prefab Sprout- A Prisoner OfQuartiere Latino. Non E Giusto
Ricky Martin- MarieRobbie Williams- Old Before I Die
Sheryl Crow- Hard StandSource/Staton- Yee Got The Love
Soultans- Every Little Move
Taglia 42- Regolare
Texao- Halo
Toni Braxton- I Don't Want To
Tre In Polo- Al Primo Mare
RADIO 105/Milan P
CHR
Angelo De Robertis - Head Of Music
Playlist Additions:Carmen Consoli- Venere
Chino Royale- CRXLightning Seeds- You Showed Me
Wallflowers- One Headlight
RADIO DEEJAY NETWORK/Milan P
CHR/Dance
Dario Usuelli . Head Of Music
Playlist Additions:Cobra- Love Sweet Love
Coolio- The Winner
David Byrne- Miss America
Depeche Mode- It's No Good
Duran Duran- Out OfFaithless- Reverence
Gary Barlow -Love Won't Wait
Gessle- Do Yoy Wanna
Hanson- MMM Bop
bade Anoints- CruelJam & Spoon- Kaleidoscope Skies
Jon Bon Jovi- Midnight
Maria Montan- Di Da Di
Mary J. Blige- Love Is All
Michael Jackson -Blood
MoelLs & Phil Jay- Real World
Robbie Williams- Old Before I Die
Ronan- El Talisman
U2- Staring At The Sun
UB40- Tell Me Is It True?
RTL 102.5 HIT RADIO/Bergamo PCHR
Grant Benson Head Of MusicPaolo Ravasi Head Of MmicPlaylist Additions:
Alan Sorrenti- Kyoko Mon Amour
Nek- Laura Non ClE
RADIO BABBOLEO/Genoa GCHR
Lenny Rattone DJ/Prog DirFlavio Vichilich - Head Of Music
Power Play:Alexia- Uh La La
Playlist Additions:Jon Bon Jovi- Midnight
Regina- Day By Day
Yam- Never Can Say
RVI FWIbrin GCHR
Max Desiato - Read Of Manic
Playlist Additions:Cattivi Pensieri- Inconquistabile
Francesco De Gregeri- Bari DiLa Crus- Come Ogni Volta
Luce Drayton- To Be Loved
Paolo Belli- Uomini 0 Caporal'
Sinead O'Connor- This Is To
ANTENNA DELLO STRETTO/
Messina SCHR
Filippo Pedell DJPower Play:
Cmino Royale- CRX
Cyndi Limper- Sisters Of Avalon
Playlist Additions:Africa Unite- Muovi
Hanson MMM Bop
Hurricane #1- Step
Jon Bon Jovi- Midnight
Luce Drayton- To Be Loved
Paolo Belli- Uoinini O Caporal
Primal Scream- KowalskiQuartiero Latino- Non E Gimto
Robin S- It Must Be
Sacred Spirit- LegendsSteve Winwood- Spy In The Name
RADIO MESSINA I SPECIAL/Messina
CUR
Alfredo Reni Head Of MusicPlaylist Additions:
Bob Marley- Fallm'
Cattivi Pensieri- Inconquistabile
Depeche Mode- his No Good
George Michael- Star People
Paul McCartney- Young Boy
Riccardo Cocciante- Ti Arno
Robbie Williams- Old Before !Die
SPAINCADENA 100/Madrid P
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expressive and surprisinglymature vocals. In Norway, rock -leaning CHR Nittedal RadioExtra in Aneby, head of musicMorten Bakke is an earlybeliever. "This track is perfectfor radio for a start," he says,"and our audience has respond-ed quite favourably ever sincewe first aired a couple of weeksago." Bakke continues, "Whenyou bear in mind that this guyis still in his mid teens, it lookslike he's got a very bright futureahead of him."
Rock/CHR
Rafael Revert - GMCarlos Finely - Prog DirPower Play:
Lisa Stanfield -The Real ThingPlayliat Additions:
Franco Battiato- De PasoHamartigeia- Alma Pal Tango
Jo. Fogerty- WalkingRaimondo Amador- CandelaSteve Winwood- Spy In The Name
CADENA 40 PRINCIPALES/Madrid
CHR
Luis Merino - MD/Read Of MusicSandro d'Angeli Prog DirPower Play:
White Town -Your Woman
Playliat Additions:
Alexia- Uh La La
Flavio Cesar- Que Sera De Mi
111 -Clan- La Revolution
Monaco- What Do You Want
Reef- Come Back
Savage Garden- I Want You
Staring At The Sun
CADENA DIAL/Madrid PNational Music
Francisco Herrera Sanchez -Head Of MusicPower Play:
Miguel Dantart- DoloresPlayliat Additione:
David- Te Quire
Duo Dinamico- PAlante Voy
Piloto/Klimax- Cuba
Isabel Montero- Bienvenido
P.chos. DesamparadaRorie Durcal- Asi Son
Shakira- Un Poco De Amor
Victor- Si No Te Veo
M.80Madrid GAC/CHR
Javier Pons -Music/Prog MgrPlayliat Additions:
Belen/B.deras- No Se PerDinosaur Jr.- Take A Run AtFranco Bettie.- De PasoGus Gus- Why
Raimondo Amador- CandelaSteve Winwood- Spy In The Name
HOLLANDMPS KORT EN KLIJN/Hilverston P
CHR
Tom Blomberg -DJ/ProducerCome Klijn DJ/ProducerPlayliat Addition:
2 Brothers OT 4th F- One Day
Company B- Fascitated
DJ Supreme- The Wildstyle
Kula Shaker- Husk
No Mercy- Please Don't Go
Notorious BIG- Hypnotize
Tic Tae Toe- Wan=Toni Braxton- I Don't Want To
Whirlpool Prod- Diem To Disco
RADIO a/Hilversum PCHR
Paul van der Lugt CoordPower Play:
2 Brothers 0/T 4th F- One Day
RADIO 538/Bussum PCHR
Erik de Zwart - MD
Power Play:
No Mercy- Please Don't Go
Sank!- Ecuador
Playliat Additions:
2 Brothers Off 4th F- One Day
Blur. Song 2
Hero- Toen lk Je Zag
Jon Bon Jovi- Midnight
Ome lk Zing Mt Lied
R. Kelly- I Can't Sleep Baby
Rene Froger. Number One
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Robin S- It Must Be
Tee- Take Your
RADIO NOORDZEE
NATIONAAUNaarden PNational Music(AC
Ron Sterrenburg Head Of MariePlayliat Additions:
Barry V. Vliet- ItaliaJohnny Lemaire- Op een DagMieha Mercier- En Toch
Roland Veratappen- Dal Is Liefde
SHY RADIO 100.7FM/Bussum P
AC
Ton Lathouwers MDPlayliat Additions:
Boysone- Isn't It A Wonder
Katrina And The Waves- Love
No Mercy- Please Don't Go
TROS RADIO 3/MEGA TOP 100/
Hilversum PCHR
Klan Samplonius - Head Of MusicPlayliat Additions:
2 Brothers 0/T 4th F- One DayBrand New Heavies- Sometimes
Brartons- The BossClouseau. Bum Naar JouKatrina And The Waves- Love
Live -FreaksMary J. Bilge- Love Is All
Notorious BIG- Hypnotize
Rene Froger- Number OneSash!- Ecuador
Tre- Take Your
BELGIUMBROW RADIO DONNA/Brussels P
CHR
Marc Deschuyter - Head Of MusicPower Play:
Sound Lovers- Run -A -Way
Texas- Halo
Alexia- Uh La La
Playlist Additions:Beautiful South- Little Blue
En Vogue- Whatever
Lilian° St -Pierre- Rio
Pretenders- Goin' BackSinead O'Connor- This Is ToSmoke City- Underwater
MTN RADIO DONNA: DANSFOLIE/
Brussels PDance
Playliat Additions:Alexia- Uh La La
Claudia Chio- Reach Out For Love
D'Adjario- Like A Spider
En Vogue- Whatever
99- Dream On
Gala- Everyone Han Inside
Kaleef- Trials Of Life
Leon Klein- Give Yourself
St -Pierre- RioMaria Montell- So The Stories
Party Animals- Atomic
Real McCoy- One More Time
Space Frog- X -Ray (Follow Mel
Supertrip- Dolce Vita
Trey D- Higher
MTN STUDIO BRUSSELSrusselsP
CHR/Rock
Jan Hautekiet - Producer
Playliat Additions:
Bocrensonee-ZemanCast- Free Me
Counting Crows- Daylight Fading
Dave Angel- This Is Diem
Dream City Filmriub- Pissboy
Eden- Springtime
Feeder -CementGoreslut- A LittleJohn Fogerty- Walking
Johan- EverybodyMorphine- MonierNancy -Any
Nuyorie. Soul- It's Alright IPlacebo- Bruise Pristine
RADIO CONTACT F/Brusaels P
CHR
Jean Lou Berlin Prog DirPlayliat Additions:
Alessandro Errico- Rose E
Armand Van Held.- TheGina G- Fresh
Katrina And The Way.- LoveLutricia McNeal- Ain't That
Paradisio- Venom A La Discotece
Saab!- Ecuador
Toni Braxton- I Don't Want To
U2- Staring At The Sim
Vanit-6- Shake That Booty
BRTN RADIO 2 -WEST FLANDERS/
Kortrijk 0CHR
Peter de Groot - Head Of Mimic
Power PlayBeautiful South- Litde Blue
AL Paul McCartney
BRF/Eupen SAC
Guy Janssens - ProducerPower Play
No Mercy- Please Dont Go
R. Kelly- I Believe
Playliat Additions:
2B3- Partir Un Jour
Daft Punk -Around The World
David Bowie -Dead Man
Phil Collins- No Matter Who
Raminstein- Engel
Ricky Martha- Maya
HIT -FM 106.I/Hasselt BCHR
Andre Hemeryck - Prog DirPlayliat Additions:
Az Yet- Hard To Say
Gary Barlow- Love Won't Wait
George Michael- Star People
Red 5- I Love You...STOPI
Savage Garden- I Want You
RADIO MOL/Mol B
CHR
Sonja Celen - ProducerPlaylist Additions:
Cardigans- Lovefool
Eddy Wally- Maria V. De Pizza
Katrina And The Waves- Love
No Doubt- Just A Girl
Red 5- I Love You...STOP!
RADIO ROYAAL/Hamont.Achel BCHR
Tom Holland - Prog DirPower Play:
Katrina And The Way.- LovePlayliat Additions:
Clouseau- Rom Naar Jou
Monica- For You I Will
Rene Froger- Number One
SWITZERLANDCOULEUR 3/Lausanne GRack
Thierry Catherine - Head Of MusicPower Play:
Dionysos- Wet
Whirlpool Prod- Disco To Disco
Propellerheads- SpybreakPlaying Additions:
Anouk- Mauve. Song
Basement Jams- Fly LifeBugs- Let Go
Cubanismo- Mar Y Tierra
Dimitri/Paris- Sane FrancaiseDinosaur Jr.- Take A Run AtJay Jay Johanaon- So Tell The
Salad- Cardboy King
Snoop Doggy Dogg- Vapors
DES 3/Zurich GRock
Cluistoph Alispach - Music Co -OrdPlayliat Additions:
Hoz S.ggs- Down The Dram
Depeche Mode- Useless
Faithless -Reverence
G.Punkt- Chopf U Bunch
Jayhawks- It's Up To You
Jon Bon Jovi- Midnight
Paul Young- I Wish
Sacred Spirit- LegendsWet Wet Wet- If I Never See
RADIO 24/Zurich GCHR
Dani Richiger - Head Of MusicPower Play
Martin Schenkel- SometimesMichael Jackson -Blood
Paul McCartney- Young Boy
Playliat Addition.:
Jon Bon Jovi- Midnight
Monica. For You I Will
Nana- Lovely
Vacuum- I Breathe
RADIO BASILISK/Basel G
AC
Nick Schulz - Head Of Music
Playliat Additions:N Sync- Here We Go
Brigid Baden- Oh How I Cry
Jamie Walters -I'd Do Anything
Katrina And The Waves- Love
Nana- Lonely
Princessa- Try To Say I'm Sorry
Roch Voisin- Every Day Of
Sheryl Crow- Hard Stand
Shola At.- You Might Need
RADIO EXTRA BERN/Bern C
AC
Pierre Barbezat - Head Of Music
Playliat Additions:Blessid Union- I Warm Be
Fowalone- On Est Le Mal
Francesco De Gregori- Bari Di
Jon Bon Jovi- Midnight
Katrina And The Waves- Love
Lions- Illusions Of Love
Maria Montell- So The Stories
Papa Wtnnie- All Of My Heart
Prefab Sprout- A Prisoner Of
Robbie Williams- Old Before I Die
Shikiehe- Pate Pate
RADIO FRAIWBOISE/
Lausanne-Crissier GCHR
Jean Lae Zwickert - Prog Dir
Playliat Additions:Future Breeze- Keep The Fire
Robbie Williams- Old Before I Die
Worlds Apart -You Said
RADIO Z/Zurich G
AC
Michele Raue - Head Of Music
Playliat Additions:Code 5- Love Is Your Game
DJ Bobo- It's My Life
Ern Ramamotti- Dove C'E Musiw
Jon Bon Jovi- Midnight
Katrina And The Waves- Love
Keith Sweat- Nobody
Marina Rei- Primavera
Reinhard Fendrich- Blond
Soultans- Every Little Move
Toni Braxton- I Don't Want To
RADIO LAC/Geneva S
CHR
Jacky Sanders Prog DirPlayliat Additions:
Maria Moisten- So The Stories
Paula Cole- Cowboys
Savage Garden- I Want You
Toni Braxton- I Don't Want To
RADIO 3 RI/Mendrisio B
CHR
Boris Piffaretti - Prog DirRiccardo Pellegrini - Head Of MusicPlayliat Additions:
2 For Good- III Be Waiting
DJ Quicksilver FreeGala- Everyone Has Inside
Hal/Anderson- Estremis
M.R-- Listen
Naimee Coleman- Care About You
Paul Young- I Wish
PFM- B Cavallo
Steve Winwood- Spy to The Name
RADIO RHONE/Sion B
AC
Joel Perrier - Prog DirPlayliat Addttiona:
Jon Bon Jovi- Midnight
Maria Mental- So The Stones
Nribya- Pm Dreaming
Paul Young- I Wish
Princessa- Try To Say I'm Sorry
RADIO TICINO/Loeneno BCHR
Duilio Prog DirAndrea Di Franco - Head Of Music
Playliat Addition:Depeche Mode- It's No Good
Duran Duran- Out Of
Ligabue- II Giant°
Michael Jackson -Blood
Daniele/Giorgia. Scirocco D'Africa
Robbie Williams- Old Before I Die
Savage Gard.- I Want YouSmoke City- Underwater
II2- Staring At The Sun
Thane- Request Line
AUSTRIA03/Vienna PCHR
Alfred Rose.uer - Head Of MimicPlayliat Additions:
Jewel- You Were Meant For Me
Katrina And The Waves- Love
Texas- Halo
SWEDENSVERIGES RADIO P3: MOST
SPELADE/
Stockholm PCHR
Mete Grimberg - ProducerPlayliat Additions:
Braxtons- The Boss
David Byrne- Miss America
De De- My Lover
Paul McCartney- Young Boy
This Perfect Day- Could Have
RADIO STOCKHOLM/Stockholm G
CHR
Robert Sehlberg Music DirectorPlayliat Additions:
Ann-Loui.- I Can't Keep
Cecile- Elvis In Germany
Idde Schultz- Imes MittLisa Lindbergh- One Week
Robin S- It Must Be
Wallflowers- One Headlight
Wet Wet We4 Strange
RADIO FM 104.3/Linkoping S
CHR
Mettles Arwidson - Head Of MusicPlayliat Additions:
Bryan Adams- 18 Ti I DieParadisio- BadandoR. Kelly- I Believe
Savage Garden- I Wart YouToni Braxton- I Don't Want To
DENMARKDANMARKS RADIO PS/Copenhagen
CHR
Morten Rindholt Playliat Cord.Power Play
Hurricane 41 -Step
Playliat Addition.:Cake- I Will Survive
Chris Braide- If I Hadn't Got You
Embellish- Wake Me Up
Fiona Apple- Sleep To Dream
Juice- Best Days
Loveshop- Love Goes On
OPBlGermano- If I Think Of Love
Robyn- Show Me Love
Shikisha- Pretty
THE VOICE/Copenhagen PCUR
Eik Frederiksen Frog DirPlayliat Additions:
Brooklyn Bounce- Get Ready To
Course- Ready
Eels- Susan's House
Eternal/Winane- I Wanna Be
Gina G- Ti Amo
Jon Bon Jovi- Midnight
Katrina And The Waves- Lave
Melodic MC- Real Man
Olive- You're Not Alone
Robin S- It Must Be
Sneaker Pimps- 6 UndergroundSteve Winwood- Spy In The Name
Wet Wet Wet- Strange
ARaus NARMADIOMADIOCOLOMBO/
Arhus GCHR
Jasper Raab Music Director
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Power Play:
Saab! -Ecuador
Playliat Additions:
Chris Braide- If I Hadn't Got You
Foxy Brown -Ill Be
Gina 0 -Ti Amo
Jon Bon Joel- Midnight
Juice- Best Days
Robin S- It Must Be
Steve Winwood-Spy In The Name
Wet Wet Wet- Strange
RADIO ABC/Randers G
CHR
Kent Hardt Rider Prog DirPlayliat Additions:
Charlie King- Stand Up
Chris Braide- Ill Hadn't Got You
Katrina And The Waves- Lave
Robin S- It Must Be
Wet Wet Wet -Strange
RADIO VIBORG/Viborg 0
CHR
Pout Paged - Head Of Manic
Playliat Additions:
Gina G- Ti Amo
Jam & Spoon- Kaleidoscope Skies
Katrina And The Waves- LavePeter Cetera- Do You Love Me
Wet Wet Wet -Strange
UPTOWN FM/Copenhagen 0AC/CHR
HansGogge Bisgaard Prog DirFlemming Beck - Music Coord
Playliat Additions:
Eric Gadd- My Personality
Gary Barlow -Love Won't Wait
Hanson- MMTI Bop
Jon Bon Jovi. Midnight
Havana- M.F.E.O.
Shola Ama- You Might Need
RADIO MOJN/Aabenraa S
Hot AC
Steen Sodergreen - HOM/Prog Dir
Playliat Additions:
Brand New Heavies- Sometimes
RADIO ROSKILDE/Roskilde SCIIR
Anders Eichhorn - Prog DirDeeper Monefeldt - Head Of Music
Playliat Additions:Blur- Song 2
Disco Blu- Diam Blu
Juice- Best Days
Livin' Joy- Where Can I
Mary J. Bilge- Love Is All
SWV- Can We
Third Eye Blind- Semi -Charmed
RADIO SITEEBORGISilkeherg S
AC/CHR
Allan Henriksen - Head Of Music
Power Play:
Lars PLUG.- Plea. Love Me
Playliat Addition:Chris Braid. HI Hadn't Gat You
J.K.- Sweet Lady Night
Juice- Best Days
Kym Moselle- Young Hearts
Mary J. Bilge- Love Is Al
Melodic MC- Real Man
VLR/Vejle S
CHR
Peter Lane, Head Of MusicPlayliat Additions:
Chris Braid. If I Hadn't Got You
Gina G Ti Arno
Katrina And The Waves- Love
Lars Muhl- Cool Cool Cool
Loveshop- Love Goes On
Peter Belli- I Stjernes Stead
Robin S- It Must Be
Soundtrack- Blow My Cool
Steve Winwood. Spy In The Name
Wet Wet Wet -Strange
RADIO 2/Copenhagen BAC
Hans-Ogge Bisgaard Prog DirFlemming Beck Music CooedPlayliat Additions:
Eric Gadd- The Right Way
Paul Young- I Wish
IL Kelly- I Believe
Rossen/Sky- After The Rain
You Know Who- Love Takes Two
RADIO HOLIIKK/Holbaeck B
CHB
Motto Hatted Frog DirPower Play:
Sonic Dream- Dig Deeper
Playliat Additions:Cloak- It's Over
Lutricia McNeal- WashingtonPretty Maids- Hard Luck Woman
Sista Seta- We Like To Dance
Tic Tac Toe- Warum
NORWAYNRK PETRE/Oslo PCHR
Nils Heldal - Head Of Music
Playliat Additions:
Arkana- The Futures Overrated
Bentley Rhythm Ace- Midlander
Espiritu- Baby I Wanna Live
Notorious BIG- Hypnotize
Shire- The Galaxy
Sister S. PoeSmashing Pumpkins- The End
NITTEDAL RADIO EXTRA/Aneby G
CHR
Morten Bakke - Head Of MamiePlayliat Additions:
Bee Gem- I Could Not
Dro Hill- In My Bed
Fluke- Absurd
Gina G- Ti Amo
J.. Jones- The Next Big ThingJohn Fogerty- Blueboy
Prnicessa- Try To Say I'm Sorry
Seahorses- Love Is The Law
RADIO 102/Hauge.ndCHR
Egil Houeland - Head Of Music
Playliat Additions:Brand New Heavies- SometimesDuran Duran- Out Of
Hanson- NINIM Bop
Nick Cave- Are You The One
Prefab Sprout- A Prisoner OfT.as- Halo
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With this song, taken fromthe Booty Call soundtrack,this New York trio reaffirmtheir status as one of today'sleading R&B girl groups. Jes-per Monefeldt, head of musicat Danish CHR outlet RadioRoskilde, says that he feelsconfident of chart success forthe latest outing by Cheryl"Coko" Gamble, Tamara "Taj"Johnson and Leanne "Lelee"Lyons. "I think that the songis well -crafted, and it fits ourcurrent programming really
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well," he says. "Bearing inmind that recent efforts byBlackstreet [with whom SWVenjoyed a U.S. hit in 1995,Tonight's The Night] andEternal have done surprising-ly well, I felt that we shouldgive both this track and MaryJ. Blige's Love Is All We Needa shot" Monefeldt continues,"As usual, we try songs likethese in low rotation at first inorder to gauge audience reac-tion, and if they respondfavourably, we move them up."
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The first single to be takenfrom Young's label debutalbum for EastWest, PaulYoung, is a departure fromthe R&B-tinged pop whichfirst brought him success adecade ago. Instead, he'sopted for a folk/countryapproach, which worksremarkably well here. AtCopenhagen AC outlet Radio2, Music Coordinator Flem-ming Beck is enthusiastic."It's great to see Youngback-with the backing of a
major label. One can tell a lotof effort has gone into this pro-ject to ensure everything is asgood as it can be." Beck adds,'This is the kind of pure popsong that's going to be likedalmost universally and,although it may not be achart -topper, I expect it to bearound for a long time tocome." He concludes, "Youngis still perceived as a big artiston the continent, althoughthat's not really the case inthe U.K"
Mage Vainio Prog DirPlaylist Additions:
Aida- All Day
Duran Duran- Out OfSmoke City- Underwater
RUSSIARADIO EUROPA PLUS NET-
WORK/Moscow P
CHRValeri Ajaja - Prog DirPlayliet Additions:
Aerosmith- Falling In Love
Supertramp- You Win, I Lo.U2- Raring At The Sun
RADIO MAXIMUM/
Moscow/St Petersburg PCHR
Mikhail Kozarcil Prog DirPower Play:
Paul McCartney- Young Boy
Spice Girls- Who Do You Think
Playliet Additions:
Bryan Adam. 18 Til I Die
Eros Rarnamotti- Dove CTJames- Tomorrow
Orbital- The SaintR. Kelly- I Believe
Republica. Drop Dead
Scooter -Fire
M-RADIO/Moscow
CHR/Rock
Roman Vaviloy - General DirectorHermann Sadchenkov - Prog DirPlayliet Additions:
Wannadiee- You & Me
RADIO C/Ekaterinburg GAC
Oleg lihlebnikov -Prog DirPower Play:
Bryan Adams- 18 TB I Die
Michael Jackson- Blood
Aleksandr Immo, NocbjNana- Lonely
Robbie Williams- Old Before I Die
Worlds Apart- You Said
Playlist Additions:
A. Yet- Hard To Say
Blackstreet- Don't LeaveCaptain Jack- Together
Paul Young- I Wish
RADIO MAXIMUM/Perm G
CHR
Alexey Glazatov Prog DirPlaylist Additions:
ABC- Stranger Things
Aeroamith- Hole On My Soul
Aqua- Res. Are Red
Chris Wayne- Land Down Under
Crystal Watera- Say
Jon Secede- Too Late, Too Soon
Paul Young- I Wish
Robyn- Do You Know
Whitney Houston- My Heart Is
MUSIC RADIO/Perm SAC
Mikhail Eidelman - Prog ControllerPlayliet Additions:
Irina Klimova- Detsky Son
Paul Young- I Wish
Vladimir Presnyakovi. Etot MG
Wet Wet Wet- HI Never See
PORTUGAL
REM/Lisbon PCHR
Pedro Tojal - Head Of Music
Playliet Additions:
Brand New Heavies- Sometimes
Cast- Free Me
Jenny Lang- Lie To Me
Paula Cole- Cowboys
Richard Marx- Until I Find You
Robbie Williams. Old Before I Die
Wallflowers- One Headlight
POLANDPOLSKIE RADIO 3/Warsaw P
CHR
March Niedzwiecki - ProducerPower Play:
Duran Duran- Out Of
Mafia- Wolnosc W Nas
Playliet Additions:
Garry Christian- Still Come Back
Gary Barlow- Love Won't Wait
Hanson- MMM Bop
Jayhawks. Think AboutKayah- Supermanka
Krzystof Antkowiak- EnaOMC- Right On
P. Koeiarhtewiea- Jak Ja WierzeQueeneryche- Sign Of The Times
Secret Garden- Moving
Sparks- No. 1 In Heaven
Tina Turner- Something Beautiful
Toni Braxton- I Don't Want To
RADIO FLASH/Gliwice GCHR/Rock
Tomsk Boerne - Head Of Music
Power Play:
Wonders- Little Wild One
Playliet Addition,:Billy Bragg- The Boy
Michelle Gayle- Sensational
My Life Story- Strumpet
Paul Young- I Wish
Robert Gawlimaki- Nie Stale
RADIO GDANSK/Gdansk GCDR
March Cegielski - Head Of MusicPower Play:
P. Kosiarkiewic.- Jak Ja WierzePlayliet Additions:
Al Lancelotti- CelesteAnnalist- Gdsie
Dorota Maricayk- Zepomnienie
Hanson- MMM Bop
Jon Bon Joni- Midnight
Kula Shaker- HushM. Mighty Boastones- Impression
Toni Braxton- I Don't Want To
UB40- Tell Me Is It True?
RADIO KOSZALIN/Konalin GCHR/Rock
Przemyslaw Mroczek - DJ/ProducerPower Play:
P. Kosiarkiewics- Jak Ja WierzeToni Braxton- I Don't Want To
Playliet Additions:Ant & Dec- Falling
Budka Suflera- Takoe Tango
Erykah Badu- Next Lifetime
Katrina And The Waves- LoveSparks- No. 1 In Heaven
Tim Turner- Something Beautiful
RADIO LODZ/Loch GCHR
Adam Kolacinaki - Head Of MusicPower Play:
Hanson- MMM Bop
P Kosiarkiewi.- Jak Ja WaneTina Turner- Something Beautiful
Playliet Additions:
Bally Sagan- Tom Bin Jiy
Cake- Frank Sinatra
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Chris Wayne.. Land Down Under
Graze T. W Twoich
R-Blockx- Gimme More
Kazik- 12 Grog),
Qattara- Come With Me
Reel2Real/Proyectol- Mueve
Savage Garden- I Want You
IRELAND George Michael- Star People
Pavel Habera- Mom Ta Rad
Smite.- Every Little MoveTex. Halo
Mango- Credo
Monaco- What Do You Want
No Doubt -Joel A Girl
Wallflowers- One HeadlightHITS & MEMORIES 96 a 109/Cork SAC/CHR
Lightning Seed. You Shooed Me RADIO GRA/Torun B Martin Mullen - Group Music DirMagda Duk- Na Zawsze
Peter Cetera- Do You Love Me
CUR
Krzysztof Komenda - Head of MusicPlaylist Additions:
Blue Boy- Remember Me
MTV/Northern Region PMusic TelevisionLUXEMBOURG
ELDORADIO/Luxembourg S
CHR
Luc Meleen - Head Of MueicPlayliet Additions:
Blinnehen- Nur Getraumt
Rush- Driven
Sarah McLachlan- Possession
Secret Garden- MovingSmoke City -UnderwaterWhy Store- Surround
Power Play:Kayah- Supermanka
Playliet Additions:Donna Marczyk- Milosc To Nie
Duran Duran- Out Of
Eternal/Winans- I Wanna BeMichael Jackson -BloodNairn. Coleman- Care AboutIL Kelly- I Believe
Spice Girls- Who Do You Think
Hans Hagman - Head Of MusicA List:
AD Cake- I Will Survive
Olive- You're Not Alone
Placebo- Brute Pristine
RADIO LUBLIN/Lublin 0Gra. T. W TwoichP. Kosiarkiewie. Jak Ja Wier.
Bryan Adams- IS Til I Die VH-I/Inndon PRock
Wiktor Jacha. -DJ/ProducerPaul Young- I Wish
Sparks- Na. 1 In HeavenHUNGARY Course- Ain't Nobody
%ammo- M.F.E.O.Music Television
Mark Hagen - Head Of ProgrammingPower Play: Tina Turner- Something Beautiful RADIO DANUBIUS/Budapest P Puff Daddy- Can't Nobody Hold
& Acq
Mefils- Koched Tylko Mnie Toni Braxton- I Don't Want To CHR Retch Volga. Kissing RainHeavy Rotation
Secret Garden- Moving Lamb, Bertok - Music Dir Three Ti One- Sin CityBeautiful South- Blackbird
Playliet Additiona: RADIO LELIWAJTarnobrzeg B Playliet Addition,: George Michael- Star PeopleAline Pszczolkowska- Wiem Hot AC Animals Cannibals- 1 X 1 PROGRAMME Katrina And The Way.- LoveDuran Duran- Out Of
Graze T. W Twoich
Baird Freyer Head Of MusicIwona Kutyna Music Coordinator
C -Block- So Strung Out
Carpe Diem- Vege Van SUPPLIERSPaul McCartney -Young Boy
IL Kelly- I Believe
Keniekie- In Your Car Playliet Additions: Depeche Mode- It's No Good Seal- Fly LikeP. Kosiarkiewiez- Jak Ja Wierze Anna Maria Jopek- Ale Jesters Emergency House- Dubrog A 11F1 MUSIQUE/Paris P
Symbol- The Holy RiverRyszard Rynkowaki- Wznies Serce George Michael- Star People Fresh- yen Ma Egy Lany CHR
Wet Wet Wet- If I Never SeeSparks- No. 1 In Heaven Hanson- MMM Bop Kiepal Es Bore- Em.e Alain Rossi - Music Programmer
Active RotationTina Turner- Something Beautiful U2- Staring At The Sun T.N.T. Radom° Eric Franeatx - Music Programmer
Brian Kennedy- MessageToni Braxton- I Don't Want To A List:
Pretenders- Gain BackUnman- Rata Droga RADIO TORUN/Forun B RADIO BRIDGE/Budapest G AD Bella Donna- Rue Des Petits Pas
U2- Staring At The SunCHR AC Bevinda- Bar. Negro
Medium RotationRADIO MANHATTAN/Lodz Pawel Penako - Head Of Music Orsolya Megyeri - Head Of Music Blankass- Qui Se Souvient
Bryan Adams -18 Til I DieCHB/Reck Power Play: Playliet Addition. Djama- Black Beur White
Kim Richey- I KnowHerein Bisiorek - Head Of Music P. Hosiarkiewic. Jak Ja Wierze Hardline- I'll Be There Cabrel/Soea- Vengo A Ofrecer
Madonna- Another SuitcasePower Play: Tina Turner- Something Beautiful Wet Wet Wet- If I Never S. Gerardinn Trove.- Pimoli
Michael Jackson -BloodFury/Slaughterhouse- Bring Me Playliet Additions: Jean-Louis Murat- A Quoi Tu
Lavoine/Princ. Erika -Les Hammes Prefab Sprout- A Prisoner OfH-Blockx- Gimme More
Jimi Hendrix- Dolly DaggerAnnalist- Gdzie
Aqua- Roses Are Red LITHUANIA Michel Delpech- Le Roi De Been
Farmer/nailed- La Pewee Du
Sinead O'Connor- This Is To
Texas -HaloKayak- Supermanka De Su- Era Wodnika
RADIO M.1/Vilnius G Rashid Taha- Ya Rayah New RecurrentP. Kosiarkiewic. Jak Ja Wier. Dorota Marceyk- Zapomnienie
CHR Rosario- Qua Bonito Bee Gees -AlonePlayliet Additions: Duran Duran- Out Of
Donates Bucelie - Prog Dir Boodram/Gordon- Joe Le Trod Bruce Springsteen- Secret Garden2 Young- Crimson & Clover Fiona Apple- Sleep To Dream
Power Play: Steffie- le Jour Se Lave Bacharach/Costello- God GiveBarry Manilow- I'd Really Love Graze T. W Twoich
Gary Barlow- Love Won't Wait Teri Moise- Etait Mon Avenir Lbur Stanfield- The Real ThingDorota Marczyk- Zapomnienie Hanson- MMM Bop
Playliet Additions: Tote La Mompenine- Las Sabores Sheryl Crow- Hard StandHannon- MMM Bop Jimi Hendrix- Dolly Dagger
Orbital- The Saint New VideosInstant Karma- Silver Whale Kazik- 12 Crory
Republica- Drop Dead FM RADIO NETWORK/Germany C Ezio- DeeperJayhawks- Think About PRL- Tracilem Cass
Savage Garden- I Want You CHR Maxwell- AscensionKenicIde- In Your Car Robert Gawlinski- Nie Stale
Armin Weis - Prog DirMichelle Gayle- Sensational Sparks -No. 1 In HeavenRADIOCENTRASArdnius S Power Play: THE BOX/London 0
Queensryche. Sign OfThe Tim.Secret Garden- Moving
Toni Braxton- I Don't Want ToCHR Hustlers- Do The Hustle Music Television
Aherne Gekinis - Head Of Music Latin Quarter- Branded Liz Laskowski - Dir of ProgSparks- No. 1 In HeavenTina Turner- Something Beautiful
Toni Braxton- I Don't Want To
TURKEY Power Play:
Toni Braxton- I Don't Want ToPlayliet Additions:
A List:
Blackstreet- Don't LeaveCardigans- Lovefool
Box Tops
911- Bodyshakini
Az Yet- Hard To SayPOWER Rd/Istanbul P
RADIO PLUS/Gdanak GCHB Ant & Dec- Falling Depeche Mode- It's No Good Backstreet Boys- Quit Playing
ACAtilla Sen - Head Of Music Az Yet- Hard To Say Fresh N Funky- Fresh 'If Funky Blackatreet- Don't Leave
Piotr Felgentreu - Head Of MusicPlayliet Additions: IhReam- Things Can Ooly Funky Diamonds- You Want Me Cardigans- Lovefool
Power Play: Enigma- TNT For The Brain Dru Hill- In My Bed Gina G- Fresh Daft Punk- Around The World
P. Kosiarkiewies- Jak Ja WierzeErykah Bade- On & On Gary Moore- One Good Reason Grooveminister- Agee Wird Gut Damage- Wonderful Tonight
Playliet Additions:Madonna- Another Suitcase Gen. Where Are Lisa Stansfleld- The Real Thing DJ Supreme- Tha Wildatyle
AI Lancelotti- CelesteWorld, Apart- You Said Members Of Mayday- Sonic Eternal/Winans- I Wanna Be
Budka Suflera- Tahoe TangoRADIO NUMBER ONE FM/Istanbul Michael Jackson -Blood Frankie Oliver- Give Her
Duran Duran- Out Of
Harmon- MMM Hop
P
CHR ESTONIA Nana- Lonely
No Doubt- Just A Old
Hal/Anderson- Extremis
Hanson-MMM Hop
RAADIO &Tallinn 0Sparks- No. 1 In HeavenEmre Tinter Prog Dir Robbie Williams- Old Before I Die L Lou & M One Champagne &
Playliet Additions:CHR Sabrina Seth.- Du Liebst Mich Mr. President- Co. Jamboo
RADIO SZCZECIN/Szczecin C Aerosmith- Hole On My SaulImmo Mihkeltion Head Of Music Tic Toe Toe- Warum No Doubt- Don't Speak
CHRFatima Rainey- Love Is A
Playliet Additions: US- Staring At The Sun R Kelly- I Believe
Piotr Rokicki - Head Of Music Hanson- MMM BopAerosmith. Hole On My Soul White Town- Your Woman Spice Girl,- Who Do You Think
Power Play:Mary J. Bilge- Love Is All
Apache Indian- Lavin' A List: Spice Girls- 2 Berme 1
Wonders- Little Wild OneOlive- You're Not Alone
Brand New Heavies- Sometimes AD AK -SWIFT- Light In Me Spice Girl. Mama
Playliet Additions: Republica- Drop DeadKatrina And The Waves- Love Gary Barlow- lave Won't Wait Toni Braxton- Un-Break My
ALUM Maria Jopek- Ale JestemSavage Garden- I Want You Paula Cole- Cowboys Jon Bon Jovi- Midnight Breakin Out Of The Box
Budka Suflera- Tahoe Tango Third Eye Blind- Semi -CharmedCode Red- Can We Talk
Duran Duran- Out OfGREECE MUSIC TELEVISIONGathering- The May Song Vacuum- I Breathe
Gary Barlow- Love Won't WaitInstant Karma- Silver Whale
Kym Mazelle- Young HeartsJon Bon Jovi- Midnight KISS 909 FM/Athena G RADIO KUKU/Tallinn G MTV EUROPE/London P L Lou/M One- The HoneymoonMandoki- let The Music CHR/Danee Rock/AC Music Television Quad City DJ's- Space JamMichelle Gayle- Sensational Michael Tairoussopoulm - Prog Dir Jean Riikoja - Head Of Music Peter Good - Controller Music New VideosSavage Garden- 1 Want You Power Play: Playliet Additiona: Programming MTV Networks
Baby Bird- CornerahopSilvereludr- Abuse Me Lovebeads- Love Is The Only Way DC Talk- Colored People A List:
Babyface/Wonder- How Come,Texas- Halo Playliet Additions: Martin Okasili- Survival Technique Blackstreet- Don't Leave
Brownstone- 5 Miles To EmptyC -Block- So Strung Out Seahms.- Love Is The Law Brand New Heavies- Sometimes
Casino- Sound Of EdenRADIO ZACHOD/ZIelomi Gore G Seahorees- Love Is The Law Third Eye Blind- Semi -Charmed Chemical Brothers- Block
Chemist- Ruff CutzCHR Daft Punk- Around The World
Cheshire Cat- Bite The DustEugenius. Banachowies HOMPower Play:
GREEK RADIO CORFU/Corfu B
CHR LATVIAErykah Bade- On & On
Foo Fighters- Monkey WrenchCoolio- The Winner
Course -Ain't Nobody
RADIO RIGAI INA/Riga BP. Hosiarkiewic. Jak Ja Wier. Spyroa Hytirie Head Of Music Gary Barlow- Love Won't WaitDionne Farris- Hopeless
Playliet Additiona: Playliet Additions:CHR
Gus Gus- BelieveDm Hill- In My Bed
21742,9- Morena Tha Charlatans -North CountryErie Niedra - Prog Dir
Hal/Anderson- ExtremisJon Bon Joel- Midnight
Candy Duller- For The Love Of Hurricane al- StepPlayliet Additions:
Hanson-MMM BopKatrina And The Waves- Love
Dorota Marcayk- Zapomnienie OhM- Freedom pt.2ABC- Skyoraping
Live- FreaksOTT Forever Girl
Duran Duran- Out Of
Jewel- You Were Meant For Me
Omega Vibes- DNA
Seahorses- Love Is The LawBaby Bbiti- Comershop
Billy Bragg- The Boy
Mary J. Blige- Love Is All
Michael Jackson. BloodNotorious BIG- Hypnotize
Richie Stephena- Come Give
Rome- I Belong To YouJon Secede- Too Late, Too Soon Gary Moore- One Good Reason Republica- Drop Dead Suggs/Chelsea- Blue DayKayah- Supermanka CZECH REPUBLIC Menem- Mani PakJuset
Robbie Williams- Old Before I DieTerry Hall -Ballad
Krzystof Antkowiak- Eno Suggs/Chelsea- Blue Day Silverchair- Abuse Me Warren G- Smokin' Me OutMC Lyte- Cold Rock RADIO JOURNAL/Prague P Smoke City- UnderwaterMichelle Gayle- Sensational
Paul Young- I WishNews/AC
Rend Hnilicke - Head Of ManicSupergrass Richard IIIU2- Staring At The Sun
THE MUSIC FACTORY/
Bussum, Holland BUKRAINEPROST° RADLO/Kiev/Odessa S
Puff Johnson- Forever More Playliat Addition. Wannadi.- Hit Music Television
Queennryehe- Sign Of The Times Jewel- You Were Meant For MeCHR New Videos Erik Kross - Music Director
Texas -Halo Lucie. Kbobouk Ve KroviArtem Voznyuk - GM Duran Duran- Out Of Power Play:
Toni Braxton- I Don't Want To U2- Staring At The SunAndry Dmansky Prog Dir Jon Bon Jovi- Midnight Hanson- MMM Bop
Playliet Additions: No Doubt- Just A Girl A List:
RADIO 4 U: DANCE/Warsaw S RTL RADIO CITY 93.7/Prague GAeroarnith- Hole On My Soul Savage Garden- I Want You 2 Brothers 0/T 4th F- One Day
Dance CHRBryan Adanue 18 Til I Die Shot Am. You Might Need Az Yet- Hard To Say
Bogdan Fabianski - DJ/Prod Karol Oubrecht Prog MgrChristina Orbakaite- Fall Dinhd
Bloodhound Gang- Fire Water
Playliet Additions David Beck - Head Of MusicDaft Punk- Around The World MTV/Central Region P Lutricia McNeal- Ain't That Just
Armand Van Heiden- Cha ChaPlayliet Additions:
E -Type- A Part Of Me Music Televiaion Michael Jackson -Blood
Club 69- Let Me BeJamiroquai- Alright
Mummiy Troll- Rot Rota Andrea. Heineke - Head Of MANIC No Mercy- Please Don't Go
Daft Punk- Around The World
Depeche Mode- It's No Good
Jon Secede Too Late, Too Soon
Richard Marx- Until I Find YouSavage Garden- I Want You
Nautilus Pompilius- NezhniyRepublica- Drop Dead
A List:
AD Brooklyn Bounce- Get Ready To
DJ Quicksilver- Free
Republica- Ready To Go
Skunk Anomie- HedonismSoumdloven- Run -A -Way
Donna Summer- CarryTexas- Halo Serge- Doroga V Hoch
Thumb- Sell Myself Spice Girls- MamaGeorge Michael- Star People
Spice Girl. Who Do You ThinkJocelyn Enriquez- A Little Bit
Joi Cardwell- Soul To BareRADIO DRAGON/Karlovy Vary SCHR
SLOVAKIA MTV/Southern Region PMusic Television
New Videos
Foxy Broom- Ell Be
TOP RADIO/Kosice SJunior Vasquez- Ab Fab Zderiek Pachovsky Music Manager Clive Evan - Head Of Music Hakkuhbar- GabbersaurusLisa Torria- People Hold On Playliet Additions: AC A List Shimmer- Do You Wanna Funk?Makoma- Clapping Song Paul McCartney- Young Boy Oto Tache Prog Dir AD Ligebue- D Giomo Tina Cousins- Killin' TimeMichael Jackson -Blood IL Kelly- I Believe Playliet Additions: Litliba- Ritmo 2 Ventura -Birds
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director, takes over from Eyre as MD.Paul Davies, MD of Capital -owned
radio sales house Media Sales and Mar-keting (MSM), has been recruited to fillthe vacancy created by Mansfield's pro-motion. Davies will be responsible forall advertising revenue for the groupand Capital's in-house sales operation,Capital Sales & Marketing.
Capital Sales & Marketing will nowhandle all of the Capital stations" salesand marketing activities-including Vir-gin Radio, if the deal is approved by theU.K Radio Authority (RA) and the gov-ernment's Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
The enlargement of Capital's in-house sales and marketing divisionhas cast some uncertainty over MSM'sfuture. Prior to Capital and Virginjoining forces, MSM had looked afterthe sales activities of Capital's 11 sta-tions outside London. Sales and mar-keting for London -based 95.8 CapitalFM and Capital Gold AM were han-dled in-house.
Following the announcement of theCapital/Virgin deal, Capital declaredits intention to sell MSM, which itacquired in 1989. "Basically, we are notkeen on running it anymore. We arewaiting to see if a buyer comes forwardor the various stations which deal withMSM cancel their contracts and do it[sales] themselves. So far, nothing hashappened." says a Capital source,
Current clients of MSM includemajor broadcasters such as EmapRadio and the GWR Group. Both,according to sources, are looking atbringing all of their sales and market-ing activities in-house, or are seekingother sales representation.
Meanwhile, Capital has appointedRussell Scott as chief executive of itsrestaurant chain subsidiary, My KindaTown (MKT). He joins the group fromrestaurant chain Harry Ramsden's,where he was U.K. chief executive andgroup operations director. Russell willreport to Mansfield.
Commenting on Russell's appoint-ment, Eyre says, "His experience willbe of benefit as we continue to developour interests in the themed restaurantsector. The Capital Radio Cafe [in Lon-don's Leicester Square] will be expand-ed into other areas where the groupowns radio stations and other MKTbrands [such as the Chicago Rih Shack]will be developed to further cross -pro-motional opportunities which existbetween radio and restaurants."
Meanwhile, the RA has confirmedthat Capital's acquisition of VirginRadio would not elevate the groupabove the current commercial radioownership ceiling permitted by broad-casting legislation for a media company.
The RA could give its final verdicton the acquisition sooner than expect-ed-as early as June 5, the next timeit convenes. The authority is currentlyconducting a "public interest test" toexamine whether Capital's ownershipof three local commercial licences (Vir-gin FM, Capital Gold AM and 95.8FM) in London would be against thepublic interest of Londoners. The OFTis not expected to reach its decision forseveral weeks.
Belgian stations facing closureby Marc Maes
ArrrwERP - Commercial radio stationsin the Belgian region of Flanders face adrastic reduction in their numbers.
Media Service, the media authorityfor Flanders, has announced plans toreduce the number of commercial sta-tions in the country, from 320 to 172. Thefirst draft of the plan has met with mixedreactions from Flemish broadacsters.
The move follows a spate of licencesuspensions earlier this year (M&M,May 17), reflecting a tougher approachby the authority towards the private sec-tor. If the proposal is agreed by the Flem-ish parliament, the new frequency planwould become effective in 1999, whencurrent licences expire.
Andre Hemerijck, MD of Hasselt-
based CHR station Hit FM and vicepresident of the Flemish federation oflocal broadcasters VFLOR, commentingon the proposed frequency plan, says"Everybody agrees that there are toomany private stations. But which sta-tions will have to go? And what criteriawill decide who will get a frequency?"
Hemerijck is concerned that the pro-posed frequency plan favours statebroadcaster BRTN, as it excludes fre-quencies in the 87.5-102.4 MHz bandfrom distribution among private appli-cants. He says, "Personally, I would wel-come the opening of the FM band to saveas many private stations as possible."
Steven Vandenaudenaerde, mar-keting manager at sales house IPRadio, agrees with Hemerijck that,"BRTN's five stations are over -protect-
ed." He says that, "BRTN dominatesthe FM band by broadcasting on sever-al frequencies which are separated by600 KHz gaps." Narrowing those gaps,he suggests, would allow the authorityto fit more stations onto the FM range.Vandenaudenaerde adds that he, hasbeen informed "by a reliable sourcethat the European Commission willlook into the issue."
The new Flemish frequency planwill also have to deal with interferencefrom stations in Belgium's French-speaking state Wallonia and the fromneighbouring Netherlands. If the gov-ernment of Wallonia will not reviewits existing frequency plan, the pro-posed number of 172 commercial sta-tion could be reduced even further,due to a shortage in clear frequencies.
Mechanical royalties dispute drags onsays, "From the start, we had the feelingthat the IFPI wasn't interested in negoti-ation but wanted to knock us down byimposing a rate inferior to the currentU.K rate [of 8.5 percent of PPD].Authors don't want to be squeezed out byrecord companies."
A senior publishing source suggestsno new negotiations are scheduledbecause IFPI is currently "testing thechain of publishers and [rights] groups tosee if there are any weak links," which itcould exploit in order to undermine theircurrent solidarity.
An IFPI spokesperson declines tocomment on that suggestion, but con-firms that IFPI "has been negotiatinginformally," adding that no formal nego-tiations are scheduled or planned.
The spokesperson reiterates theargument of IFPI director general NicGarnett, stating that "the new agree-ment must reflect commercial reality."
Garnett has gone on record as sayingthat the 9.306 rate "does not reflect mar-ket realities." Garnett added at that
time (July 1996) that hethought negotiationswould be "difficult."
BIEM presidentTournier contends thatpart of the reason whyno talks are scheduled isthat "the IFPI represen-tatives are mainly froman Anglo-Americanbackground and don'tunderstand the basics ofhow the [European]authors' systems function."
He adds, "There are some extrem-ists within the IFPI who think thatthey will be able to make a deal withan individual society which will offerthem the best rate, but it doesn't workthat way. Only BIEM has the power tonegotiate a standard contract."
Tournier says relations betweenIFPI and BIEM are at their lowest ebbin the 25 years he has been involvedwith European publishing. "My fear," hesays, "is that if the situation goes on
continent's
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Loup this way, at some point one ofurnier the two sides will start a war
which will be damaging for allinvolved.
"I'm really trying to pick upthe pieces," claims Tournier,"but unless we see a clear signfrom the record companies,which requires some politicaleffort, we are heading for con-flict, and I'd like to avoid that."
Reinhold Kreile, presidentof German authors' body GEMA andTournier's deputy at BIEM, com-ments, "Because of the importance ofthe BIEM standard contract for bothsides, the record industry would bewell advised to take a realistic andreasonable approach to reaching anagreement. The record industry mustacknowledge that their products arebased on the creative works of com-posers and lyricists, who shouldreceive fair royalties."Jeff Clark -Meads is international newseditor of Billboard.
IFPI's 'zero tolerance' for piracydecision to "get to the heart of the manu-facturing process."
"Most of the time, raiding retailersselling illegal products only contributesto keep the manufacturers busy," Gar-nett comments. "We are going for a bigchange, and we'll be doing it with quali-fied people. It is a different ball game."
IFPI's new anti -piracy plan is a resultof global analysis of the evolution of CDpiracy by the organisation. "We talkabout China or Bulgaria, because thefactories there are doing nothing but pro-ducing pirated goods," comments Gar-nett, "but the problem is wider. It is aworld-wide problem linked to the excess[CD production] capacity we have wit-nessed recently. In most industrialisedcountries, CD manufacturers try to workat full -capacity with legitimate business,but in some countries, where there is lit-tle local demand, there is a temptation toget into piracy to keep the factory busy.
"We'll evaluate if there is action thatcan be taken to stop equipment supplierswhen there is an obvious piracy case...We've already taken legal advice on
what's possible in terms of regulation."Garnett says a new anti -piracy direc-
tor will join the IFPI's headquarters inLondon next July to implement this newpolicy. He says the candidate he has inmind has experience of tackling crime "atan international level.
"His brief," Garnett explains, "will beto find ways to execute any response topiracy threats," explains Garnett. "Hewill not be sitting behind a desk, but willbe very much operational. His job will bebasically to look at all the problems weare facing in terms of how the illegaltrade is organised, from a production anda distribution standpoint."
In Garnett's view, the anti -piracydirector will take a "multi -dimensional"approach to the issue-on an interna-tional level, on a regional basis and onlocal grounds-working at each levelwith IFPI branches. He will also liaisewith the enforcement agencies dealingwith piracy in the various countries.
"As a first step, we'll examine whatneeds to be done at each level," Garnettnotes. "We have to work in sync with the
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different organisations. We will be set-ting up priorities-it's obvious that localgroups have their local priorities, butthey also have a role in executing someinternational priorities."
Under the new initiative, IFPI in Lon-don will function as a co-ordinator and asan information provider, says Garnett.This is part of "a new approach in collect-ing and sharing intelligence on pirates."
Garnett reckons data is the key to thesuccess of the industry's $25 millionannual investment against piracy. Headds: "Keeping track of all the CD plantsaround the world is an essential part ofthe process, but it's not an easy task.
"One of the tasks assigned to the anti -piracy director will be to set up a database," notes Garnett. "By bringing insomebody with enforcement background,we will have the in-house expertise toput together this kind of data base,according to existing laws."
Concludes Garnett, "Both on a nation-al and an international level, we willhave zero tolerance for any illegal manu-facturing of sound recordings."
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AIRPLAY CHAIM
week"'"European Radio Top 50
©Billboard Music Group
TW LW WOC Artist/TitleOriginal
LabelTotal
StationsNewAdds
® 1 6 MICHAEL JACKSON/BLOOD ON THE DANCEFLOOR (EPIC) 129 8
® 2 8 U2/Staring At The Sun (Island) 99 8
3 5 6 Gary Barlow/Love Won't Wait (RCA) 99 10
4 3 12 Lisa Stansfield/The Real Thing (Arista) 92 1
5 4 7 Depeche Mode/It's No Good (Mute) 87 6
0 6 6 George Michael/Star People (Virgin) 85 11
® 7 5 Paul McCartney/Young Boy (Parlophone) 88 6
® 8 7 Robbie Williams/Old Before I Die (Chrysalis) 78 10
0 10 4 Toni Braxton/I Don't Want To (LaFace) 81 24
10 9 10 Spice Girls/Who Do You Think You Are (Virgin) 64 1
0 31 2 Jon Bon Jovi/Midnight In Chelsea (Mercury) 63 26
@ 19 6 Jamiroquai/Alright (Sony S2) 48 4
ED 29 2 Hanson/HMI Bop (Mercury) 52 19
14 12 15 R. Kelly/I Believe I Can Fly (Jive) 62 7
15 18 11 Spice Girls/Mama (Virgin) 53 1
16 20 12 Blue Boy/Remember Me (Guidance) 51 1
17 16 16 White Town/Your Woman (Brilliant/Chrysalis) 45 0
CD 25 2 Savage Garden/I Want You (Columbia) 63 15
19 13 4 Texas/Halo (Mercury) 64 8
20 14 8 Brand New Heavies/Sometimes (ffrr) 51 5
21 11 U INXS/Elegantly Wasted (Mercury) 52 0
22 15 12 Wet Wet Wet/If I Never See You Again (Precious/Mercury) 53 3
23 22 10 Supertramp/You Win, I Lose 11191,k, (EMI) 46 1
24 17 14 Bee Gees/Alone (Polydor) 47 0
g 28 4 Cardigans/Lovefool 1121.17A (Trampolene/Stockholm) 36 3
0 34 2 Duran Duran/Out Of My Mind (Virgin) 43 13
27 33 3 Blackstreet/Don't Leave Me (Interscope) 41 4
28 26 6 Jon Secada/Too Late, Too Soon (SBK) 50 5
29 21 4 Daft Punk/Around The World 112`51, (Virgin) 35 3
0 38 15 Skunk Anansie/Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good) (One Little Indian) 32 1
0 32 5 Bryan Adams/18 Til I Die (A&M) 48 4
# 44 3 No Mercy/Please Don't Go BVEtht (MCl/Arista) 46 4
33 23 12 Sash!/Encore Une Fois lite,t (Byte Blue) 36 0
34 24 11 Eternal/Don't You Love Me (EMI) 51 0
CD 39 2 Shola Ama/You Might Need Somebody (Freak Street/WEA) 34 3
36 30 9 Monaco/What Do You Want From Me (Polydor) 45 1
37 35 5 Blur/Song 2 (Food) 28 2
CI 42 4 Eros Ramazzotti/Dove C'E Musica ille (DDD) 36 2
39 27 18 No Doubt/Don't Speak (Trauma/Interscope) 32 0
40 36 18 En Vogue/Don't Let Go (East West) 29 0
@ NE Mary J. Blige/Love Is All We Need (MCA) 24 6
ED . NE Republica/Drop Dead Gorgeous (Deconstruction) 24 5
43 37 4 Prefab Sprout/A Prisoner Of The Past (Columbia) 29 3
# ),-- NE Jewel/You Were Meant For Me (Atlantic) 30 3
45 47 13 Aerosmith/Falling In Love (Is Hard On The Knees) (Columbia) 29 1
46 43 3 No Doubt/Just A Girl (Trauma/Interscope) 34 1
47 46 2 Monica/For You I Will (Rowdy/Atlantic) 28 2
ED ).-- NE Paul Young/I Wish You Love (East West) 46 17
0) NE Gessle/Do You Wanna Be My Baby? Btilftt (EMI) 37 1
50 49 11 Pet Shop Boys/A Red Letter Day (Parlophone) 35 0
The European Radio Top 50 chart is based on a weighted -scoring system.Songs scare paints by achieving airplay on all of M&M's reporting stations with contemporary music fulls me or during specific dayparts.
Stations are weighted by market size and by the number of hours per week.TW- This Week, LW = Last Week, NE =*New Entry TS= Total Stations
Indicates singles which previously featured in the Border Breakers chart Highest new entry - Greatest chart points gainer
Short TakesEdited by Dominic Pride
JUDD BECOMES A LOTTERY WINNERCountry songstress WynonnaJudd this week becomes the firstperformer from that genre toappear on the U.K.'s top -ratedNational Lottery show, widelyacknowledged as the country'ssingle most important TV slot forpromoting records. On Wednesday(21), she will sing Making MyWay, taken from the soundtrack tothe Whoopi Goldberg movie TheAssociate, currently out in theU.S., and due for a U.K. release next month. Thetrack also appears on a new "best of" compilationfrom The Hit Label, titled Collection, released inthe U.K. on May 19. Judd's TV appearance is partof a U.K. and Eire press/promotional trip to plugthe new album.
TF
BOWIE FALLS TO EARTH AGAINDavid Bowie enjoyed his European festivalappearances last year so much, he's doing itagain, and with the same band. "Because itworked so well through and beyond last year'stouring and beyond the recording of [last album]Earthling," explains Bowie, "I wanted to developit further. And I wanted to carry on having fun!"The tour starts June 7 at Lubeck and includes alarge open air date at Parc des Princes, ParisJune 14. It will cover most European territories,ending in Antibes on July 30.
CURE SWING ON TO THE 'NETThe Cure are turning to the Internet to sell acollectors item. Five Swing Live features five tracksfrom last year's Wild Mood Swings, with a coverdesigned by frontman Robert Smith. Only 5,000numbered copies of the mini -album are being madeavailable through Fiction Records at www.the-cure.com/
OUT OF MIND, IN THE CHARTBounding onto the European airplay chart lastweek at No. 34 and rising to 26 this week, '80sfavourites Duran Duran look set for a late '90scomeback with Out Of My Mind, from the film TheSaint, which has already made Orbital's title track ahit. Their label Virgin, which is also marketing thesoundtrack, says a new-as yet un-named-albumby the band is due out on August 18.
Contributors this week: TF-Tom Ferguson
jon bon jovi
#1 most addedEuropean RadioTop Strv.,,,
rN tioi/dieakout rotation
midnight in chelseathe new solo single
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MMAIRPIAY CHARTS -
week 21/ 97 Border Breakers ()Billboard Music Group
Mainland European records breaking out of their country of signing
TW LW WOC Artist/Title Original LabelCountryOf
Signing TS
0 1 6 CARDIGANS/LOVEFOOL (TRAMPOLENE/STOCKHOLM) SWEDEN 37
2 3 11 Supertramp/You Win, I Lose (EMI) France 42
3 2 7 Daft Punk/Around The World (Virgin) France 31
4 4 16 Sash!/Encore Une Fois (Byte Blue) Belgium 29
5 5 8 Eros Ramazzotti/Dove C'E Musica (DDD) Italy 33
6 6 9 DJ Quicksilver/Bellissima (Dos Or Die) Germany 22
0 9 8 No Mercy/Please Don't Go ,,t
(MCl/Arista) Germany 33
8 7 4 Gessle/Do You Wanna Be My Baby? (EMI) Sweden 32
9 8 14 Gala/Let A Boy Cry (Do It Yourself) Italy 20
10 10 8 Soultans/Every Little Move (Coconut/Ariola) Germany 26
0 16 8 Lutricia McNeal/Ain't That Just The Way(Metronome/WEA) Sweden 12
12 11 12 Kelly Family/Fell In Love With An Alien (Kel-Life) Germany 12
0 21 5 Red 5/I Love You...STOP! (House Nation/Dance Street) Germany 13
14 13 5 Total Touch/Somebody Else's Lover (RCA) Holland 15
0 - NE Maria Montell/So The Stories Goes (Sonet) Sweden 15
0 ),- NE Jam & Spoon/Kaleidoscope Skies (Dance Pool) Germany 8
17 14 22 No Mercy/When I Die (MCl/Arista) Germany 9
18 15 3 Nek/Laura Non C'E (WEA) Italy 15
19 17 25 Gala/Freed From Desire (Do It Yourself) Italy 10
0 - NE Rosana/EI Talisman (MCA) Spain 5
21 12 5 Course/Ready Or Not (Lowland) Holland 8
22 18 3 Zucchero/Menta E Rosmarino (Polydor) Italy 5
23 19 2 Paradisio/Bailando (Dance Development) France 7
24 23 2 Soultans/I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Coconut/Ariola) Germany 3
0 - RE Enigma/TNT For The Brain (Virgin) Germany 9
TW = This Week, LW = Last Week, WOC = Weeks On Chart, TS = Total Stations. NE = New Entry. RE = Re -Entry.
y: indicates the Road Runner award, assignedTitles registering a significant point gain are awarded a bullet.
to the single with the biggest increase in chart points.
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Off the recordEdited by Christian Lorenz
Contrary to some published reports, the Cannesaccord between European authors' rightssocieties and the major publishing companies(M&M, February 1) has not yet been signed. Themain players took part in a final round ofnegotiations at the end of April in Paris, with amarathon 10 -hour final session on April 29leading to a general agreement. But the finaldocument was only drafted in the first week ofMay and circulated to all parties on May 9. Asenior source close to the deal says the finaldocument "is the closest possible to the originalCannes accord, although there are still someminor details to finalise." The deal is expected tobe signed "soon," the source adds.
And on the same subject, OTR hears that thefinancial compensation PolyGram will receive inreturn for stopping its direct distribution deal withU.K. collecting society MCPS and giving itsbacking to the Cannes accord is not the large sumwhich might have been expected. Apparently,PolyGram is due to receive... $1. "No more thanthat," says a source, "because PolyGram isinterested in this deal which will result in asubstancial reduction of the collecting costs whichwill benefit to all rights holders."
Quarterly trade delivery figures from theBritish Phonographic Industry for January -March 1997 show the first year -on -year fall insales value in the U.K. since 1992. Total salesvalue dropped by 3.6 percent in the first quarter,to £215m. Some 41 million albums were shipped inthe period-a drop of around seven percent-butsingles shipments rose by almost seven percent, toaround 20 million units. However, a fall in averagetrade price meant that singles' value dropped byover 11 percent.
OTR hears that BritAwards producer LisaAnderson will produce thesecond IFPI PlatinumAwards ceremony, which willbe held in Brussels next year.Apparently, an IFPI dele-gation will soon be checkingout the city for suitable venues for the event.OTR has been informed that the 1998 PlatinumAwards show is likely to feature live appearancesby "three major artists." Don't expect a poundingSpice Girls beat (as at this years Brits), though.The performances will probably be of an"unplugged" nature.
Airplay monitoring company Media Controlhas found a new general manager for its Frenchoperations. Didier Aaron, who has held variouspositions in record companies in France,including WEA and Trema, will replaceStephan Barret, who has moved to publishingcompany Chrysalis Music.
The Orbit and Dance Street labels areleading the pack in the race for Germany's 1997summer hit. Both labels are placing their bets onthe same song-Samba De Janeiro-released atthe same time, but interpreted by different artists.While Bellini starts for Sascha Basler's Orbitlabel, distributed by Virgin Records, DanceStreet's contender is by Carrillo, and isdistributed by SPV. Both records were releasedlast week.
A senior management reshuffle is underway atsome of Emap's stations in the U.K. Managingdirector of City FM and Magic 1548/Merseyside,Lynne Wood, has been appointed regional MD forthe group's stations in Leeds, Sheffield and Hull.Tom Hunter, currently MD of Red Rose Radioin Cardiff will replace Wood at City and Magic.Michelle Surrell, sales director at HallamFM/Sheffield, steps in as MD at Red Rose.
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Major Market AirplayThe most aired songs in Europe's leading radio markets
TW=This Week, LW=Last Week, WOC=Weeks On Chart, TS=Total Stations
UNITED KINGDOMTW LW WOC ArtietTitle Original Label
1 1 6 LIGHTNING SEEDS/YOU SHOWED ME (EPIC)2 9 4 Cardigans/Lovefool (Trampolene/Stockholm)3 6 3 Gary Barlow/Love Won't Wait (RCA)4 10 5 Jamiroquai/Alright (Sony S2)5 4 4 Shola Ama/You Might Need Somebody (Freak Street/WEA)6 3 5 Texas/Halo (Mercury)78
25
75
U2/Staring At The SunMichael Jackson/Blood
(Island)
9 a- NE EternaUBeBe Winans/I Wanna Be (EMI)10 8 5 Robbie Williams/Old Before I Die (Chrysalis)11 17 2 Hanson/MMM Bop (Mercury)12 15 2 Olive/You're Not Alone (RCA)
13 n RE DJ Quicksilver/Bellissima (Dos Or Die)14 7 5 George Michael/Star People (Virgin)15 14 2 Blackstreet/Don't Leave Me (Interscope)16 n NE Brownstone/5 Miles To Empty (MJJ)17 n NE Damage/Wonderful Tonight (Big Life)18 16 2 Ant & Dec/Falling (Telatar)19 n NE Mary J. Blige/Love Is All We Need (MCA)20 12 2 911/Bodyshakin' (Virgin)
TS
OTW LW WOC Artiatrritle
GSA
13 1 1 6 MICHAEL JACKSON/BLOOD13 2 12 2 Toni Braxton/I Don't Want To14 3 5 4 Gary Barlow/Love Won't Wait12 4 13 2 Nana/Lonely13 5 2 9 Lisa Stansfield/The Real Thing12 6 3 5 Depeche Mode/It's No Good12 7 7 3 Cardigans/Lovefool (Trampolene/Stockholm)
13 8 a- NE Jon Bon Jovi/Midnight In Chelsea (Mercury)
13 9 4 9 Spice Girls/Mama (Virgin)11 (Metrovynil/EAMS)10 18 2 DJ Bobo/It's My Life11 (Parlophone)11 6 5 Paul McCartney/Young Boy10 12 9 6 Eros Ramazzotti/Dove C'E Musica (DDD)
11 13 14 3 Robbie Williams/Old Before I Die (Chrysalis)11 14 15 10 Tic The Toe/Warum (RCA)
10 15 10 4 U2/Staring At The Sun (Island)9 16 n NE George Michael/Star People (Virgin)
10 17 8 13 White 'Dawn/Your Woman (Brilliant/Chrysalis)10 18 11 13 R. Helly/I Believe I Can Fly (Jive)
(MCl/Arista)10 20 n NE Savage Garden/I Want You (Columbia)
9 19 17 6 No Mercy/Please Don't Go
Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlist reports, using a weighted -scoring system,based on audience size.
TW LW LW WOC Artistaitle
1 1 62 4 43 2 64 9 5
5 10 36 13 37 3 68 6 39 12 2
10 5 611 n NE12 14 313 7 1214 8 2
15 11 916 n NE17 n NE18 n RE19 n NE
20 20 2
L_r"MICHAEL JACKSON/BLOODGary Barlow/Love Won't WaitDepeche Mode/It's No GoodBrand New Heavies/SometimesPaul McCartney/Young BoyEric Gadd/My PersonalityU2/Staring At The SunGeorge Michael/Star PeopleHanson/MMM BopSpice Girls/Who Do You ThinkJon Bon Jovi/Midnight In ChelseaRobbie Williams/Old Before I DieLisa Stansfield/The Real ThingTexas/HaloBlue Boy/Remember MePrefab Sprout/A Prisoner OfChris Braider I Hadn't Got YouR. Kelly/I Believe I Can FlyShola Ama/You Might Need SomebodyThomas Helmig/No Life
Original Label TB
(EPIC)(RCA)
(Mute)(ffrr)
(Parlophone)(Metronome)
(Island)(Virgin)
(Mercury)(Virgin)
(Mercury)(Chrysalis)
(Arista)(Mercury)
(Guidance)(Columbia)
(WEA)(Jive)
(Freak Street/WEA)
(RCA)
Original Label TS
(EPIC) 24(LaFace) 19
(RCA) 20
(Urban/Motor) 16
(Arista) 20
(Mute) 19
15
16
1613
13
14
14
13
17
14
14
14
14
13
Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlist reports, using a weighted -scoring system,based on audience size.
TW LW WOC Artist/Title
IrrArITIPOriginal Label TS
19 1 1 5 MICHAEL JACKSON/I3LOOD (EPIC)17 2 7 10 Spice Girls/Mama (Virgin)15 3 5 4 Spice Girls/Who Do You Think (Virgin)
14 4 3 4 Funky Green Dogs/Fired Up (Twisted/MCA)15 5 4 15 R. Helly/I Believe I Can Fly (Jive)13 6 8 3 Gary Barlow/Love Won't Wait (RCA)
14 7 14 2 Toni Braxton/I Don't Want To (LaFace)14 8 2 9 Blue Boy/Remember Me (Guidance)12 9 9 17 No Mercy/When I Die (MCl/Arista)11 10 10 2 U2/Staring At The Sun (Island)10 11 11 9 Gala/Let A Boy Cry (Do It Yourself)12 12 12 2 No Doubt/Just A Girl (Trauma/Interscope)13 13 13 8 Lutricia McNeal/Ain't That Just (Metronome/WEA)12 14 6 13 En Vogue/Don't Let Go (East West)10 15 18 2 George Michael/Star People (Virgin)
8 16 17 6 Kelly Family/Fell In Love With (Kel-Life)
9 17 a- NE Blur/Song 2 (Food)
9 18 15 2 Daft Punk/Around The World (Virgin)10 19 a- RE Monaco/What Do You Want From Me (Polydor)11 20 > NE Republica/Ready To Go (Deconstruction)
Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlist reports, using a weighted -scoring system,based on audience size.
SPAINTW LW WOC Artistaltle
1 3 52 2 33 4 24 9 55 8 86 7 37 n NE8 6 39 5 9
10 n RE11 N.- NE12 16 313 15 314 14 315 13 316 12 317 11 318 n NE19 a- RE20 n- RE
MANOLO TENA/TE DESEOPedro Guerra/No Todo Lo ContarioInma Serrano/Cantos Di SirensMichael Jackson/BloodTeo Cardalda/Asi Mueren Las DiosasPaul McCartney/Young BoyU2/Staring At The SunSoultans/GrapevineINXS/Elegantly WastedLisa Stansfield/The Real ThingMiguel Dantart/Dolores I JoseToth Braxton/I Don't Want ToRevolver/Esta Noche TengoNo Doubt/Just A GirlEdu/Si Disparas TuSkank/Garota NacionalMercedes Ferrer/El Arbol De La MagiaShakira/Un Pecs De AmorJavier Alvarez/Ella Diciendo SiCiencias Naturales/Como Roma Pero
Original Label T5
(EPIC)(Ariola)
(G.A.S.A.)(Epic)(RCA)
(Parlophone)(Island)
(Coconut/Ariola)(Mercury)
(Arista)(Polydor)(LaFace)
(WEA)(Trauma/Interscope)
(EMI)(Columbia)
(DRO)(Columbia)(Chrysalis)
(Polydor)
33
3
33
3
3
3
3
2
3
222
2
2
2
22
2
Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlist reports, using a weighted -scoring system,based on audience size.
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FRANCETW LW WOC Artist/Title
1 1 12 WHIM TOWN/YOUR WOMAN2 5 4 Michael Jackson/Blood On The Dancefloor3 10 7 U2/Staring At The Sun4 16 9 En Vogue/Don't Let Go5 3 12 Bee Gees/Alone6 8 10 Supertrathp/You Win, I Lose7 14 6 Daft Punk/Around The World8 17 4 Jamiroquai/Alright9 2 14 Tribal Jam/Remind Me10 4 16 Squeegee/Money B.11 19 5 Skunk Anansie/Hedonism12 12 4 Lisa Stansfield/The Real Thing13 11 9 Zucchero/Menta E Rosmarino14 21 4 Pascal Obispo/Lucie15 9 8 Ricky Martni/Maria16 13 7 NativeMans Ce Monde A Part17 20 15 Etienne Daho/Me Manquer18 28 4 Warren G/Smokin' Me Out19 16 5 Alanis Morisette/You Oughta Know20 7 15 Texas/Say What You Want21 24 10 Sheryl Crow/Everyday Is A Winding Road22 56 3 Blue Boy/Remember Me23 37 2 IAM/L'Empire Du Cote Obscur24 30 3 Depeche Mode/It's No Good25 18 8 Doc Gyneco/Vanessa
bacal Label
(Chysalis)(Epic)
(Island)(East West)
(Po(ydor)(ENH)
(Virgin)(Small)(EMI)
(Mercury)(Virgin)(BMG)
(Polydor)(Epic)
(Tristar)(BMG)
(Virgin)(Isl(WEand)
A)(Mercury)(Polydor)(Scorpio)(Delabel)(Virgin)(Virgin)
Data supplied by SNEP/IPSOS from an electronically monitored panel of national andregional stations. Songs are ranked by number of plays.
TW LW WOC Artist/Title
12 1 2 5 MICHAEL JACKSON/BLOOD10 2 1 4 Depeche Mode/It's No Good9 3 4 5 U2/Staring At The Sun
10 4 9 13 Lisa Stansfield/The Real Thing9 5 17 2 Robbie Williams/Old Before I Die9 8 20 2 Spice Girls/Who Do You Think
10 7 n RE Blue Boy/Remember Me11 8 12 2 Duran Duran/Out Of My Mind
7 9 19 2 Gary Barlow/Love Won't Wait9 10 15 2 Gessle/Do You Wanna Be My Baby?
10 11 5 13 Aerosmith/Falling In Love9 12 8 4 Bob Marley/Fallin'9 13 a- RE Skunk Anansie/Hedonism8 14 6 3 Sottotono/Dimmi Di Sbagliato Che
8 15 11 2 Paul McCartney/Young Boy8 16 7 13 White Town/Your Woman6 17 3 3 Blackwood/My Love For You6 18 13 6 Supertramp/You Win, I Lose
8 19 n NE Rosana/EI Talisman6 20 n NE Smoke City/Underwater love
Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlist reports, using a weighted -scoring system,based on audience size.
Original Label TS
(EPIC) 10(Mute) 10
(Island) 10
(Arista) 8
(Chrysalis) 10
(Virgin) 7(Guidance) 6
(Virgin) 8
(RCA) 5
(EMI) 6
(Columbia) 7
(Dance Factory) 7
(One Little Indian) 5
(WEA) 8(Parlophone) 8
(Brilliant/Chrysalis) 5
(A&D Music) 7
(EMI) 7
(MCA) 5
(Jive) 6
Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlist reports, using a weighted -scoring system,based on audience size.
Original Label TS TW LW WOCTW LW WOC
POLAND'''.Artist/Title
I 2 3 MICHAEL JACKSON/BLOOD (EPIC) 21 1 1 10
2 7 2 Anna Maria Jopek/Ale Jeatem (Polydor) 20 2 2 7
3 1 4 Paul McCartney/Young Boy (Parlophone) 19 3 3 14
4 8 2 Wonders/Little Wild One (Epic) 16 4 4 11
5 3 4 Gessle/Do You Wanna Be My Baby? (EMI) 16 5 5 7
6 13 2 Jon Bon Jovi/Midnight In Chelsea (Mercury) 19 6 6 10
7 14 2 Savage Garden/I Want You (Columbia) 17 7 7 6
8 n NE P. Koaiarkiewicz/Jak Ja Wierze (Izabelin Studio) 15 8 8 11
9 11 2 George Michael/Star People (Virgin) 18 9 9 9
10 5 3 Sinead O'Connor/This Is To Mother (Chrysalis) 14 10 10 6
11 9 2 Texas/Halo (Mercury) 16 11 11 6
12 6 2 Budka Suflerafrakoe Tango (New Abra) 15 12 12 10
13 4 4 Edyta Bartosiewicz/Jenny (Izabelin) 14 13 13 7
14 a- NE - Gary Barlow/Love Won't Wait (RCA) 16 14 14 7
15 10 3 Magma/Aicha (Polydor) 16 15 15 7
16 12 3 Golden Life/Zabojcza (Zic Zac) 15 16 16 7
17 16 2 7777/Jak Ja Cie Kocham (Pomaton) 13 17 17 6
18 15 2 Varius Manx/Dom Gdzies Blisko Mnie (Zic Zac) 13 18 18 619 a- NE Duran Duran/Out Of My Mind (Virgin) 12 19 19 6
20 18 2 Robert Gawlinski/Nie Stahl, (Starling) 13 20 20 6
Compiled by M&M on the basis of playlist reports, using a weighted -scoring system,based on audience size.
Artistfritle
BEE GEES/ALONEWhite Town/Your WomanNo Doubt/Don't SpeakCaesar Elod/Nem Kell MasikAerosmith/Falling In LoveStreisand/Adams/I FinallySomlo Tamas/Gondlsz-E RamKavanafl Can Make You Feel GoodGabor/AttilaffaskaradioMichelle Gayle/Do You KnowAkos/Ilyenek VoltunkCarpe Diem/AlomhajoReal McCoy/One More TimeNew Dreamers/Love TriangleErasure/In My ArmsLisa Stansfield/The Real ThingEternal/Don't You Love MeV.I.PJHoI VanSymbol/The Holy RiverINXS/Elegantly Wasted
Original Label
(POLYDOR)(Brilliant/Chrysalis)(Trauma/Interscope)
(Rozsa Records/WEA)(Columbia)
(A&M)(Ariola)(Virgin)
(Bouvard & Picuchet)(RCA)
(Ariola)(WEA)
(Hansa)(Columbia)
(Mute)(Arista)
(EMI)(Ariola)
(NPG/EMI)hercury)
Compiled by the Hungarian Commercial Radio Association on the basis of playlistreports, using a weighted -scoring system, based on audience size.
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Issue 10
FROM FRANCE I
CONTENTS
2 & 3MIDEM ASIAIN French representation & showcases
Interview with G. Ibos (Spalax/ Sepi)
MI French labels at Midem
French May in Hong Kong
4SPRING COLLECTIONIN Nelson
ADM Anggun Marie France WES
FRENCH BOYS BANDS
ON THE ROAD
ARTIST NEWSIM Daft Punk
Khaled, the Rai star Djam & Fam
NEW RELEASES
EXPORTER Multiwaves
LABEL PROFILE BMG
ACTUALITIES Elsa News from FMO GorgoneMI Chorus
EDITORIAL
Midem Asia offers us one of the best oppor-tunities to globalize our market. It is anotherexciting puzzle to solve, proving professionalsolidarity to raise funds for the stand, travel-ling costs and showcases. The success of theprevious Midems Asia in Hong Kong is givinggreat encouragement to the professionalsand institutions to collaborate better everyyear: this time we present at least 20 variouslabels and four showcases corresponding toa real local demand. Although our marke-ting targets in Asia can only be specializedalternative sectors, the variety and sophisti-cation of French repertoires have goodpotentials in the whole region. Gabriel Ibos,one of the most experienced French recordlabel director in Asia, explains this to us: witha typical "niche.' catalogue, he betrays someof his tricks of the trade.From techno-house to chanson, pop to worldmusic, rap to rai, this issue is presenting manydifferent artists who are proving their interna-tional appeal including some Asian regions.The French mixtures of tradition and hyper -modernism and its melting pot of rich andromantic musical cultures are bringingbrilliant creativity to the various musicalstyles.
Let's make business!
May 1997
FRENCH ARTISTS PRESENT
AT MIDEM ASIAHONK KONG
21" MAY - JAZZ CLUB - 22.00
Jean -Francois PAUVROS& Setsuko CHIBA
21" MAY - FRINGE - 23.00
MARIE FRANCE
22.5° MAY - THEATRE 2CONVENTION CENTRE - 19.00
Anna LACAZIO
23R° MAY - MANHATTAN - 22.00
*La NuitSTRICTLY UNDERGROUND FRENCH HOUSE PARTY
featuring Yellow ProductionsDJs and Charles SCHILLINGSsubject to late modification
TWEE MINT
113,287The number of copies Deep Forest hassold abroad on their latest albumiiBoherneii since its release. (Sony)
egae,-414e
OUT OF THEUNDERGROUND,
FRENCH HOUSEGOES AROUND
THE WORLD.
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COME AND MEET
THE FRENCH
PROFESSIONNALS
ON STAND G4H3 (LEVEL 5)
How do the French get togetherwith Midem Asia ?
French record producers are gatheringunder the umbrella of their collectingsocieties, SPPF (Societe civile desProducteurs de Phonogrammes enFrance) for pure independents and SCPP(Societe Civile des ProducteursPhonographiques) which notablyincludes the majors, to book their 90 m2stand at Midem Asia. Their funds comefrom the neighbouring rights due to theproducers. The Ministry of Culture'sInternational Department is also largelyinvolved. The Bureau Export adds its ownparticipation - coming from the majorrecord companies themselves that it is
representing - and gets complementaryfunds from the Mechanical Right SocietyS.D.R.M. and the Fund for MusicalCreation, F.C.M. (which gathers collec-ting rights societies and public bodiesand manages some of the undistributedmoney coming from neighbouringrights). Ministry of Foreign Affairs andmusic channel MCM are also requestedto contribute to the stand.To help them finance their travellingcosts, French producers can get somehelp from public financial body COFA-CE, which lends public money to encou-rage Frerictt export.
FRENCH SHOWCASES
Financing the showcases is a morecomplicated and risky story, as itconcerns small independent labels.ictually local major companies wouldbe more interested to use this opportuni-ty to promote their own Asian acts thanVery specialised French stuff. There are afew commissions who help to financelive performances with different criteria,according to the source of their funds:F.C.M. (see above), ADAMI with perfor-mers' undistributed royalties and BureauExport with a major companies' fund.The label, who wants to showcase hisband has to fulfill all their specificrequests, invest at least half of the costsand be in time for the commissions' spe-cific dates. But first of all, it has to makesure this show makes sense towards itsAsian target.
FRENCH ARTISTS PRESENT AT MIDEM ASIA - HONK KONG
21" MAY - JAZZ CLUB - 22.00Jean -Francois PAUVROS
& Setsuko CHIBAOften compared to Fred Frith and Jimi Hendrix,Jean -Francois Pauvros is very well known for hiscontributions to avant-garde music. An innova-tive and provocative Japanese poetess,Setsuko Chiba, is joining him for this brilliantcreation available on CD with Japanese lyricstranslated both in English and French. (Spalaxsee p.3 and interview below).
21" MAY - FRINGE - 23.00
MARIE FRANCEA multi -talented young artist who has expe-rience in theatre, film and music performs rockstandards combining the musical style ofrock'n'roll with a sweet touch of the 60s.(seearticle p.4).
22"n MAY - THEATRE 2CONVENTION CENTRE -19.00
Anna LACAZIOWelcome to a Chinese-American singer on aFrench label (see article p.8).
23'° MAY - MANHATTAN - 22.00
*La NuitSTRICTLY UNDERGROUND FRENCH HOUSE PARTY
featuring Yellow ProductionsDJs and Charles SCHILLINGS
You have already been introduced to Yellow Productionsthrough the international DJ press and during the lastPopKomm and Midem Cannes. They are the first DJs to launcha French trip -hop in bringing sensuality,humour and voices. Their main artist is
Dimitri From Paris but don't miss the mastersof the label, Mighty Bop and DJ Yellow(Yellow see p.3).Charles Schillings is not only one of themost exciting DJ of the parisian scene, resi-dent at the most prestigious Paris club, theQueen, he is also an excellent composerand producer. He travels non stop aroundEurope and plays with the most famous DJsof the world with a powerful, happy andmelodic house mixing electro-funk to groo-ve. (Pschent see p.3).
CharlesSchillings
INTERVIEW WITH GABRIEL IBOS :
A FRENCH RECORD
EXPORTER TO ASIA WHO
DOES ONLY WHAT HE LOVES
WITH PEOPLE HE LOVESby Minette Wong (from Hong Kong) and Marie -Agnes Beau
Gabriel Ibos is the founder and director of therecord company Spalax, president of SEPI (Unionfor independant Record Companies) and co -presi-dent of ICOP (International Council of ProducersOrganisations). SPALAX is a beautiful "niche"catalogue of 300 references comprising ofvarious re-releases mainly from the 1970's,but also pure ethnic music and avant-garde stuff. Although Gabriel refuses tocalculate any statistics (otherwise hewould stop taking risks and cut a lot ofhis repertoire), he can declare that 80to 90% of his income originates outsideof France, with an important percentagecoming from Asian countries. He is one ofthe only French producers to haveimproved such professional relation-ships in Asia, to where he travels at least4 times a year. We are curious to get hisreactions and tips for the Asian markets.
"How would you describe yourjob?""I license and export records. In addi-tion, I give permission to other compa-nies allover the world to sell my pro-ducts as well as exporting finishedgoods myself. I have contacts in suchcountries as Japan, Korea, Singapore,Thailand, Hong Kong and China,without forgetting long-standing ones in many ofthe European countries too. My catalogue is quiteniche -marketed but people call it beautiful! I amquite proud to be considered as an historian ofcontemporary music."
"Does the language barrier presentadded difficulties when working with theAsians?"."Yes it does pose problems sometimes, it is neces-sary to listen carefully and to repeat eveythingseveral times, each time re -phrasing so that it is notmisheard since, you see, every nationality pro-nounces things differently; For example the word"three" could be pronounced "tree" with the typicalFrench "r", "truee" or "thee" leaving out the "r" alto-gether! But despite of this, we communicate verywell. They are very polite and kind people in gene-ral and sometimes I wish the Europeans and theAmericans were as nice!
"How do you get the Asians to apprecia-te French music? And which styles dothey seem to prefer?""It is mostly the Press who help me; the journalistsover there are extremely competent. Each countryhas its own appreciation of my catalogue but ingeneral, they are very interested in a specific musi-cal movement and some catalogue referencesare pulling each other in a virtuous circle. TheJapanese like originality and avant-garde. The Thaiare more interested in the 1960s and the moreromantic, country folk tunes. The Koreans like pro-gressive and the Chinese, Heavy Metal. Singaporealso likes rock. Hong Kong is more instrumental andJapanese orientated. Virtually anything can besold in Japan and Korea."
"Which artists have you already success-fully sold to Asia?"
"For example, I have had great success withthe instrumental group 'Ash Ra Tempel' inJapan and with 'Wallenstein', a German1970's progressive rock band, in Korea."
"Can you tell us a few of your'tricks of the trade' ?"
"I have 3 considerations before coopera-ting with other companies. "1) They have to
like the music; 2) We have to like eachother ; 3) They love the music and wereally get along with each other". He alsoinsists on the typical marketing approach- to satisfy the consumers' needs - whichis particularly efficient in consummerizedAsian countries.It is also obvious that exchanges arenecessary. Spalax has signed successfulKorean band. Black Syndrome forEurope and is also producing SetsukoChiba, a Japanese poet who performson very contemporary music by Frenchmusician/composer Jean -FrancoisPauvros. At time of going to press, we
were still hoping that their showcase at Midem willbe confirmed. Check them out at the Jazz Club.Gabriel has also tested vinyl LP sales for one yearwith great success.He explains that money is much 'smoother' in Asiathan in America. "The Asians pay well, you know, theAmericans seem to have trouble in this respect,they pay much less." He also notes their great pro-fessionalism and precision. But he highlights thefact that we must adapt.
"And what is your main goal now?"" My main goal is to find ways of improving rela-tions with the Asian countries. And you know, I amnot a dreamer!".
Contact: SpalaxTel: (33) 1 48 15 55 44Fax: (33) 1 45 92 35 14
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FRENCH LABELS PRESENT AT MIDEM ASIAUntil date of print, 20 labels confirmed their participation at Midem.
Most of them were already present in the previous issues of Midem Asia.
BOUCHERIE PRODUCTIONSCreated 10 years ago, Boucherie Productions is veryactive on the international scene. Last year alone, itsigned 6 licensing and 5 distribution deals in genreas diverse as Rock, Metal, Reggae, Chanson, Worldand Folk. Midem Asia will be the opportunity for thelabel to further the development of its Metal acts"Hoax" and "Near Death Experience" and Avant -Garde World Music artist "Gabriel Yacoub" as well asintroducing the Pop Raggamuffin "La Raya Magoo"and last opus of "Francois Hadji-Lazaro".Contact: Stan HintzyTel: (33) 1 44 52 94 15 - Fax: (33) 1 44 52 94 16
CREAM AND SUGARCream and Sugar is a Dance label with a productionteam; based in Paris since 8 years ago. It is alreadyinvolved in a lot of dance hits worldwide.Contact: Jean -Francois BoutillierTel: (33) 1 45 58 41 71 - Fax: (33) 1 45 58 41 96
DATCNADatcha has existed for 3 years, working with foreignartists of rock, folk, country etc... with a majority ofAmericans as well as French artists. They are present-ly introducing a new album of a French group"Norma Loy", which has existed for 15 years and hasbeen influenced by the oriental culture. This newalbum includes the complete career of the groupwith a bonus CDROM, presenting its main videos, itsconcert dates, photos and clips from the press.Contact: Thierry KerhomouTel: (33) 1 39 68 77 26 - Fax: (33) 1 39 68 77 66
DE PLEIN VENTSince 1976, De Plein Sud has worked on a diverserepertoire of traditional, French regional music, songsfor children (Marcel Zaragoza) and classical music(Alain Daboncourt, Duo Levy Ben Attar, The Jehan deChanney Ensemble) with two essential styles:Contemporary music and young interpretations.Contact: Jean Glbaud
'Tel: (33) 4 75 94 63 55 - Fax: (33) 4 75 37 63 66
EDITIONS PLURIELJean Foucher or Serge Langeois will representEditions Pluriel in Hong Kong: Gipsy Music/ Songs forchildren/ Karaoke/ Music & songs from Brittany/ newmusic, nature music, etc...Contact: Jean FoucherTel: (33) 2 33 38 77 23 - Fax: (33) 2 33 38 81 66
FORLANE DISCSThis record company, created 16 years ago, hasdevelopped three main catalogues: Forlane Classics(symphonic, chamber music, Gregorian chant, reci-tals with highly renowned French and internationalartists and orchestras); Forlane Fioretti (anthology ofclassical masterpieces); Forlane Pop (Instrumental,Jazz, New age, Folk, French nostalgia, Oldies, etc.).Catalogues are available for export or license andsynchronization.Contact: Yves RoyTel: (33) 1 48 25 02 17 - Fax: (33) 1 48 25 37 61
GAFAITI PRODUCTIONGafaiti Production is the number one company of Raimusic in the world. It has more than 15 Rai artistsincluding Cheikha Remitfi, Fadela/ Sahraoui,Zahouania, Hasni, Nasro, Anouar, Marsaoui, Taharetc ...Their repertoire, structure and artists are all inter-national.Contact: Nourredine GafaitiTel: (33) 1 43 52 28 29 - Fax: (33) 1 43 52 26 61
GORGONE PRODUCTIONSGorgone Productions is committed to promote artistswith strong personalities and top quality composi-
tions, whatever their musical style. For example,Sapho, Philippe Leotard, Out, Jungle Beanz. Newreleases include Franco -English dub -trip hop duoHanuman Care Kit and chinese-American ex -CockRobin singer Anna Lacazio (see p.8).Contact: Sandra SimmonsTel: (33) 3 20 31 32 31 - Fax: (33) 3 20 51 93 23
LAST CALLThis leading French independent label, which willhave a total sales of more than 400,000 records in1997 with a catalogue over 120 titles, aiming to pro-mote popular artists such as Marie -France, CalvinRussell and Jairo who are experts in French, R&B andworld music. They are already extremely well recei-ved in Europe and have excellent potential over inAsia and Australia.Contact: Patrick Mathe - Tel: (33) 1 47 35 52 79/52 58 - Fax: (33) I 47 35 52 93
MARY-JOSEE PRODUCTIONSMary-Josee Productions have specialised in chil-dren's songs for twenty years and at Midem Asia, theyare pleased to introduce you to our "Music for Baby"collection and all its novelty.Contact: Eric JirouxTel: (33) 1 43 38 14 81 - Fax: (33) 1 47 00 12 01
MUSICA LATINA EUROPEMusica Latina Europe is the bridge between the latin-american and european culture. It represents themost important independent labels specialised inlatin-american music. It is divided into three differentsections: Salsa Productions (products made inFrance since 1992 under the licence of DiscoFuentes), El Dorado (imported products), andEdilatina (Editing).Contact: Hector HerreraTel: (33) 1 48 59 91 26 - Fax: (33) 1 48 59 91 21
OMNISONUSFor the first time in France, a major company is crea-ting a House and Techno pool with BMG's labelsReload, Concrete (Death in Vegas, Metro LA, etc ...),Logic, Music Man, Deconstruction, Low Spirit, News etBonzai. It is also including the former labels such asOmnisonus and Apricot Records as well as the newsignatures of these two labels.Contact: Thierry RuedaTel: (33) 1 44 88 68 79 - Fax: (33) 1 44 88 69 14
PRIMEVERE MUXICPrimevere Music is the French branch of an interna-tional group representing worldwide the PrimroseMusic Library. an ever-expanding collection of proaudio instrumental production music for film, radio,television and advertising.Presently consisting of about 100 CDs, the Library isissued in several categories and consists entirely ofhigh quality recordings.Contact: Colette MoughliTel: (33) 1 46 05 43 21 - Fax: (33) 1 46 04 37 40
PSCHENTPschent is dedicated to the production of House,Trance, Techno and Ambient music. Its goal is toopen a brand new large door In France for theHouse Nation between underground and showbusi-ness. Charles Schillings, the more and more success-ful Parisian House DJ is the leading roster of domesticproduction.Contact: Eric HauvilleTel: (33) 1 43 72 01 15 - Fax: (33) 1 43 72 01 16
SIR-CUS TRIBE/TBMSir-cus Tribe produces many of the largest technoevents in France and Canada. It has two labels: CusRecords with BMG and Sir-cus Tribe Records which
produces vinyl (E.P) and CDs. Next releases includeTechno Travel vol. IV and House Travel, 3 Maxi withNew York and French artists and first album of Sir-cusmix recorded in Paris.Contact: Thierry BenoistTel: (33) 1 53 69 04 97 - Fax: (33) 1 53 69 04 98
SPALAX MUSICSpalax Music is a record company specialised in there-release of Krautrock, Progressive Rock, Sixties,Electronic and Ethnic Music in CD and sometimes LPformat. It is one of the few European companies torelease Asian artists and to deal with many Asiancountries (see interview p.2).Contact: Gabriel lbosTel: (33) 1 48 15 55 44 - Fax: (33) 1 45 92 35 14
STUDIO SMStudio SM is a French independent producer, publi-sher and distributor, devoted for 50 years to Classical(Gregorian chant, sacred music, classical music),Traditional and music for children.Contact: Carole DouilletTel: (33) 1 46 51 03 05 - Fax: (33) 1 47 43 91 99
TUNE UPTune Up, based in Paris, is involved in records pro-duction, film music, and publishing. The companyfocuses on different types of music: traditional withIriknain (armenian melodies) and Armenia (variousartists), classic with Le Quatuor Komitas, music fromChile with Karumanta and French songs with IsabelleJamet, Martin Valmont and Serguel, released nowa-days.Contact: Christian ChoquartTel: (33) 1 44 67 96 97 - Fax: (33) 1 44 67 94 50
XIII BIS RECORDSBorn in 1991, XIII Bis Records is now one of the biggestindependent record companies in France with seve-ral dedicated labels such as 13 (Noisy -Thrash -Extreme Rock), Les Belles Promesses (Indie pop),Note off (New age, Trip hop...) and many more (Kidsmusic, CD-rom, ...). International pop act Bald, Frenchrock love Bizarre and French star Guesh Patti are justreleased in Japan. Guesh Patti's "Blonde" is the mainsong in the soundtrack of Peter Greenaways's "PillowBook". The album is also available in Hong Kong.Contact: Mehdi El JaiTel: (33) 1 42 12 52 82 - Fax: (33) 1 42 12 52 83
YELLOW PRODUCTIONSIt is the French label known for creating a new typeof House music mixing hip -hop, latin jazz, funk, acidjazz and all kinds of other music, rhythms and voices.Their success outside of France gives them now athome the recognition they deserve, notably withDimitri From Paris (LP iiSacrebleu.).Contact: Christophe or AlaMTel: (33) 1 42 77 42 11 - Fax: (33) 1 42 77 42 16
FRENCH MAYIN HONG KONGThe .French May. festival, organised by theFrench consulate in Hong Kong is getting moresuccess every year. It is another great opportu-nity to re -introduce the French Culture. Theevent includes all aspects of the arts, includingVisual Arts, Architecture, Cinema, Design,Dance, Photography and Classical Musicwhich is represented by Ysaye Quartet featu-ring the pianist J. F Heisser, and Jazz Music bythe Michel Sardaby Trio.Contact: Mathieu BejotTel: (852) 2804 2556 - Fax: (852) 25275822
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ADM "GROOVY POP"
ADM is the first all -female R&B group to hit theFrench music scene. Their music is a combi-nation of R&B and Hip Hop, influenced by themusical style of such artists like Zhane, Salt &Pepper and TLC. Their first single "When youwanna move", included in their debut albumwhich will be released in Sept '97, is obviouslyan international hit. Qualified as "GroovyPop", it has already received very positivereactions from Germany, Holland, Sweden,Japan as well as France itself.Contact: EMI - Sophie Cayre - Tel: (33) 1 4629 20 74 - Fax: (33) 1 46 29 21 70
EASTMEETSWESTWITHASIANSTARANGGUN
Anggun, a star of Indonesia has had greatsuccess in Asia, selling 4 million albums. Shejust signed with Sony France and will be relea-sing her new album in May in 2 versions(French - "Anggun" and English - "By theMoon"), produced by Eric Benzi who also co -produced Celine Dion's latest album.Contact: SONY - Annick Geisler - Tel: (33) 144 40 67 28 - Fax: (33) 1 44 40 64 25
ENJOY YOURSELF,LISTEN TO NELSON
Nelson was influenced by George Benson,Barbara Streisand and Stevie Wonder inmaking her first album "Je Suis D'Ailleurs"which has already sold 7000 copies in Japanand includes her singles "Je n'perds pasmon temps"(I don't lose my time) and"L'amour en face" (In the face of love), aduet with Gino Vanneli.Contact: EMI - Sophie Cayre - Tel: (33) 1 4629 2074 - Fax: (33) 1 46 29 21 70
FRANCEANDAFRICAREUNITED
Music has the ability to join many things toge-ther. Wes Madiko, an African Griot and MichelSanchez, a French pianist is one example.They fuse together to make an exotic butmodern kind of music with Sanchezconveying the essence of ancestral tradi-tions, like he did with Deep Forest and Wes sin-ging his part from the land of his forefathers,accompanied by a Sanza, a delicate Africantraditional instrument.In the first traditional album iiWelengaii , Weswrites and sings the songs. Each songbecomes an unchanging ritual as Wes impro-vise long musical laments a capella inBafoun, one of the last languages spoken bythe Bantou tribe in the Cameroon. The beau-ty of Wes' voice lends itself to accompani-ment in virtually any style, with an electric gui-tar, an accordion, a funky feel or an envelo-ping wave of synthesizers. The important thingis to preserve the natural pristine quality of thesimple words and their innocent serenity, anintoxicating blend of melancholy and hope.What results from this can be appreciated asa hymn. However, it is a music for dancing.The combination of the irrational Wes and thevirtuoso Michel equals the fusion of fire andwater.Contact: SONY - Annick Geisler - Tel: (33) 144 40 67 28 - Fax: (33) 1 44 40 64 25
ARE FRENCH BOYS
AS SEXY ASFRENCH GIRLS?
The phenomenon is
suddenly sweepingover France! There is nocultural exception tomake young teenagegirls scream. We allknow the criteria: goodlooks, talent in singingand dancing and nice-ly toned -up abdomi-nals. The French girlswere not as excited astheir European counter-parts with bands likeEast 17 or Take That butthe British group "Worlds Apart" singingFrench suddenly boosted the phenomenonin France selling almost 1 million albums"Everybody" and 2 million singles, followedby very French boys bands like 2 Be 3 (EMI)who achieved a double gold album in lessthan half a year. Other boys bands like GSquad (BMG) have sold more than 100,000albums already and 300,000 singles forAlliage (Bax Dance/ Polygram).Such bands have helped in boosting thesales rate of teenage press. In just a year, thenumber rose from 170,000 to 250,000 for thefornightly magazine "Salut!". They havebeen discussed in big French papers suchas "Le Monde" and "Liberation". The "LeNouvel Observateur" and "Elle" magazinesalong with the the TV show of "La GrandeFamille" on pay channel Canal+ have alsotaken4nterests in the boys.But the most important element for this phe-noMenon is the chemistry between the boysand that they work hard for their success.
Contacts:2 Re_.3: EMI - Sophie Coyle - Tel: (33) 1 4629 20 74 - Fax: (33) 1 46 29 21 70G_Sigmad: BMG - Paule Micallet-ThononTel: (33) 1 44 88 67 08 - Fax: (33) 1 44 8869 15Alliage: Polygram - Cathy Bitton - Tel: (33)1 44 41 95 51 - Fax: (33) 1 44 41 95 74
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CUTY FRENCHHEARTBREAKERMARIE (from) FRANCE
Since her performance of "Parlez-moid'amour" at the Alcazar in Paris, Marie Francehas had a continuing stream of success regar-ding theatre, film and music business. She didso well at impersonating Marilyn Monroe onstageithat it led her to another door in playingthe samedcharacter in Arthur Miller's "Awes lachute" at the Olympic. She then appeared inMarc O's "La Barre" followed by MargueriteDurds' "Navire Night", playing the role ofDuras, co-starring with Bulle Ogler andMichael Lonsdate.In the film business in Paris, she became the'pet' of various avant-garde directors. They
appreciated her, not only for her acting but forher singing too. Her first movie was "Barocco"where she sang "On Se Voit Se Voir" whichwas nominated for the French Awards (LesCesars) in the "best music" category. Her othermovies include "Billy the Kick" directed byGerard Mordillat and "Les Innocents" directedby Andre Techine.Marie France has also released 4 other singles:"Daisy"/ "Dereglee", "Marie Francoise sesuicide"! "Los Angeles", "Je ne me quitteraijamais"/ "Corps Diplomatique" and "Esteeque vows avez du feu?"/"Champs Elysees"produced by a young songwriter fromBelgium. And the French band Bijou producedher first album "39 de fievre" (RCA).Her ability to perform rock standards combi-ning the musical style of rock'n'rall with a sweettouch of the 60s makes her very popular.
Contact: Last Call - Patrick Mathe - Tel: (33)1 47 35 52 79 - Fax: (33) 1 47 35 52 93
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ON THE ROADFRENCH CONCERTS ABROAD 1,'
ALAN SMELL (Draders)July - Canada (8 to 13) - August - Montreal (8) - USA: Washingtonor Boston (10 / 11 tba), New York (12 tba).Contact Backline -Tel: 33 1 47 23 55 80 - Fax: 33 1 47 20 15 86
ANGEUGUE KIDJO (Polygram)July - Germany. Oldenburg (10), Freiburg (I I) - Belgium: Spa (21).Stinks (26) - Switzerland: Montreux (18) - Germany: Konstanz (20) -U.K.: Womad festival (27) - August - Germany: Zofingen (2 or 3) -Switzerland: NunnIngen (8), Winterthur festival (14 or 15) -_,Spain:Navarra (9).Contact. La Varlet& - Tel: 33 1 49 20 80 80 - Fax: 33 1 48 58 85 15
ASTON VILLA (BMG)June -Argentina: Buenos Aires (19) - Belo Horizonte (27), Rio
de Janeiro (28).Contact. Sebastian ZamoraTN: 33 1 43 07 48 35- Fax: 33 1 43 07 93 07
BRATSCH (Polygram)July - Germany (11).Contact. Adalid - 33 1 43 43 38 60 - Fax: 33 1 43 44 92 58
CASTAFIORE BAZOOKA (Ledo Prod.)May - Germany: Freiburg (22). Saarbrucken (30).Contact Life Live in the BarTel: 33 1 43 72 27 28 - Fax: 33 1 43 72 49 59
CESARIA EVORA (BM)May - Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (8), Sao Paulo (9), Brain° (10),Salvador (11) - Japan (14 to 18 tba) - Belgium: Brussels (26) - U.K.:London (27) - Switzerland: Zurich (29), Bern (30), Lausanne (31) -June - Australia: Brisbane (4), Sydney (5), Melbourne (6) -Slovenia:Lubjana (14) - Italy: Assisi (20) - Greece: Kalamata (25), Athens(26). Thessalonique (28) - July - Italy: Rome (7), Florence (8),Ferrara (9), Turin (19) - Switzerland: Lugano (11) - Turkey: istambui(13) - Germany (27 to 31).Contacts: Azimuth - Tet 33 1 44 79 00 36 - Fax: 33 1 44 79 00 34/ bac:Idea - Tel: 33 1 43 58 20 27 - Fax: 33 143 58 20 29
CHEB NLAMI (Mae / Vain)June - Spain: Madrid (14) - July - Italy (2 to 6 ma) - USA & Canada(9 to 15 tba).Contact: Mad Minute MusicTel: 33 1 40 10 25 55 - Fax: 33 1 40 10 17 37
DOUBLE NELSON (tclusidisc)May - Switzerland: Basel (16) - Holland: Rotterdam (20 & 22),Amsterdam (21),Vento (23), Utrecht (24). ' Contact Marc Schlres75!: 33 3 83 27 35 21 - Fax: 33 3 82 41 34 57
DRAMA (Musa)June -Japan: Tokyo (15).Contact: Jean-Frangols Petit - Tel & Fax 3 2 33 60 33 09
ENZO ENZO (BMG)May -Vietman (28 to 30) - June -Japan: Tokyo (1 to 3).
Contact: Azimuth - Tel: 33 1 44 79 00 36- Fax: 33 1 44 79 00 34
FO DEUK REVUEJuly - Switzerland: Montreux (8)- Austria: Vienne (9) - Holland: DenHaag (13) - Italy: Umbria (14).
Contact 3D Family. Tel: 33 I 42 21 42 71 - Fax: 33 1 42 21 44 06
GABRIEL YACOUB (Boucherie Prod.)May - Germany Freiburg (23) - June - Wolfenbuftel (13) - July -Wuppertal (13)
Contact. Boucherie Tel: 33 1 44 52 94 15 Fcvc 331 445 2 9416
GRAND ORCHESTRE DE PIGALLE-MONTMIUMIJune - Italy Rome (21) -July - Hungary: Budapest (13).Contact La Lune RousseTel: 33 1 48 24 25 97 - Fax: 33 1 40 22 00 92
INDOCHINE (BMG)June - Sweden (tba).Contact: Viva ProductionsTel: 33 1 41 79 82 23 - Fax: 33 1 45 38 59 48
ISMAEL LO (Polygram)June - Germany Hannover (27 or 28 tba) - July - Switzerland: LeLoche (5), Zurich (19 Am), Gurten (20) - USA & Canada (9 to 14tba).Contact Mad Minute MusicTel: 331 40 10 25 58 - Fax: 33 1 40 10 17 37
JANE BIRKIN (Polygram)June - Japan: Tokyo (4 & 11 tba), Nagoya (6 tba), Osaka (9 tba) -July - Switzerland: Nyon (25) - Belgium: Spa (20).Contact. BacklIne -Tel: 33 1 47 23 55 80 - Fax: 33 1 47 20 15 86
JEAN-MICHEL JAW (Dayas)May - Germany' Leipzig (13), Berlin (14), Hamburg (16), Stuttgart(18), Munich (23), Oberhausen (24), Frankfurt (25) - Switzerland:Zurich (20) - Austria: Vienne (22).Contact Comes & CamusTet 331 42 67 11 64 Fax: 33 1 46 22 67 24
JOACHIM KOHN (Label Bleu)May - Germany: Cologne (3 to 28).Contact Label Bleu -TN 33 3 22 97 79 79 Fax: 33 3 22 92 52 17
JUAN JOSE MOSAUNI (Leal Bleu)Japan: June (29) - July (4 & 9).Contact: Label Bleu - Tel: 33 3 22 97 79 79 - Fax: 33 3 22 92 52 17
JUUEN LOURAU GROOVE GANG (Label Bleu)May - Senegal (7 to 12)Contact Label Bleu - Tel: 33 3 22 97 79 79 - Fox: 33 3 22 92 52 /7
JUUETTEMay - Germany: Mainz (27), Berlin (30), Saarbrucken (31)
JULMTE GRECO (Polygram)May - Switzerland: Zurich (1) - Germany: Duisburg (2), Bremen (4),Slogan (16). Freiburg (17), Wuppertal (18) -June - Mainz (27).Contact. Maurice MarouaniTel: 33 1 42 25 88 68 - Fax: 33 1 42 25 93 21
KADDA CNERIF HADRIA (Al Sw)June - Canada: Toronto (26), Calgary (27). Vancouver (28),Victoria (29), Edmonton (30) - July - Saskatoon (1), Montreal (2).Contact 3D Family -Tel: 33 1 53 40 76 76- Fax: 33 1 42 21 44 06
KATERINE (Rosebud).May - Germany: Munich (1), Mainz (2) - U.K. (May & June Ma) -June - Luxembourg (21).Contact: Charles Besmaine - Tel: 33 2 40 44 36 10
KENT (Polygram)May - Switzerland: Delemont (3) - June - Germany Berlin (21).Contact Azimuth -Tel: 33 1 44 79 00 36 - Fax: 33 1 44 79 00 34
MUSD (Polygram)May - Reunion Isle (2 to 6 tba) - June - Holland: Groninguen (14) -Jordania (23 to 26) - Belgium: Anvers (28) - July - Spa (21) - Austria:
Vienne (23 tba) - Switzerland: Nyon (24).Contact: MMP -Tel: 33 1 44 92 09 70 - Fax: 33 1 44 92 09 71
LA GRAND* SOPHIE (Maeda)May - Germany: Freiburg (22), Saarbrucken (29).
Contact Life Live In the BarTN: 33 1 43 72 27 28 - Fax: 33 1 43 72 49 59
LA TOIRDUI (Meby Dick)May - Germany: Freiburg (23).Contact Jeff Le Pout - Tel & Fax: 33 1 43 67 46 36
LES TAMBOURS DU BRONXMay - Germany: Braunschweig (31) - July - Giessen (5)Contact. TDB Prod - Tel: 33 3 86 36 17 70 - Fax: 33 3 86 36 70 67
LOFOFORAMay - Germany: Koln (6), Hamburg (7), Frankfurt or Mainz (8), Ulm(9), Berlin (10), Dresden (11).Contact Stiracha Sauce -TN & Fax: 33 1 44 85 00 67
LOMA KANZA (BMG)July - USA: New York (14).Contact LBDH ReductionsTel: 33 1 43 53 91 00 Fax: 33 1 43 53 42 82
LUDWIG VON 88 (Pia)June - Germany (12 to 22).Contact 3C Reductions -TN 33241 76 81 22 -Roc 33 241 766992
MAROUSSE (EMI)June - Austria: Unz (20), Graz (21), Vienne (22).Contact SIG Warhead -kik 33 1 53 79 00 11 -Fair 33 145 83 43 10
MAXIM LE FORISTIE) (Pos gram)July - Quebec (In planning) - August - Canada: Montreal (7 & 8).Contact Rocklin. Tet 33 1 47 23 55 80 - Fax: 33 1 47 20 15 86
NOIR DESIR (Pelyranc)May - Germany: Koln (9), Mainz (11), Munich (14), Berlin (17) -
s Holland: Amsterdam (10) - June - Argentina: Buenos Aires (20) -Uruguay: Montevideo (24) - Brazil: Belo Horizonte (26), Rio deJaneiro (27).Contact Alfas - Tel: 33 1 45 96 06 64 - Fax: 33 1 45 96 00 92
ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE BARRIS rillrideitJune - Germany: Hannover (27).Contact: Blue Line - Tel: 33 1 48 03 33 99 - Fax: 33 1 48 03 24 50
PAPA WERRA (Virgin)May- Spain (16 & 30 tba) -June - Madrid (14) - Denmark: Roskilde(28 - Finland: Turku (29 tba) - July - Switzerland: Montreux (18tba).Contact Mad Minute MusicTel: 33 1 40 10 25 55 - Fax: 33 1 40 10 17 37
RENAUD (VbilalMay - Irland: Dublin (2), Belfast (3), Cork (5), Galway (6). Limerick
(7).Contact. Backline - Tel: 33 1 47 23 55 80 - Fax: 33 1 47 20 15 86
ROMANO / CLAVIS / TEXIER (Lobel Bleu)May - Roumania (15 to 19).Contact. Label Bleu -Tel: 33 3 22 97 79 79 - Fax: 33 3 22 92 52 17
SAUF KEITA (Polygram)May - Spain: Barcelona (16) - Germany: Wurzburg (30) - July -Switzerland: Zurich (3 tba) - Germany: Stuttgart (5 tba) - Austria:Vienne (7 tba) - Spain (10 to 12 tba) -August -Japan (27 to 10 sept.Ma).Contact. Mad Minute MusicTel: 33 1 40 10 25 55 - Fax: 33 1 40 10 17 37
SALLY NYOLO (Lamaism)May - Germany: Ulm (2), Kiel (3), Dusseldorf (4), Fulda (6), Bremen(7), Hannover (8 & 9) - Holland: Haarlem (5) - U.K.: Glasgow (24),North Shelids (25), Bath (26), Chester (27), Guisborough (28 tba).Manchester (29 tba) - June - Holland: Rotterdam (7) - Germany:Hannover (29), Dietzenbach (30) -July - Hamburg (1), Karlsruhe (2).- Canada: Montreal (4 tba & 7), Toronto (5 & 6), Quebec (9) -Sweden: Falun (10 to 12) - Holland: Den Haag (13) - Switzerland:Nyon (22) - Belgium: Anvers (24 & 27) - Germany: Oldenburg (25),Paderbom (26) - August - Canada: Montreal (11 tba) - USA: NewYork (12 tea) - Germany: Koln (16 tba), Dortmund (17).Contact. Talent SemlerTel: 33 1 45 23 27 24 - Fax: 33 1 48 00 01 08
SAM° (Gargano)May - Germany Saarbrucken (25).Contact. Fl ProductionsTel: 33 1 44 64 82 00 - Fax: 33 1 43 56 36 37
SWAT EL ATLAS (CNR Music)May - Holland: Utrecht (3), Haarlem (5). Ulissingen (5)- Germany:Wurzburg (31).Contact Azimuth -Tel: 331 44 79 00 36 - Fax: 33 1 44 79 00 34
TAKFAIMAS (Label Missile)May - Germany: Mainz (17 Ma), Moors (19 tba) - June - Spain:Barcelona (21 tba) - Belgium: Brussels (27 tba) - July: Turnhout (5tba) - Germany: Stuttgart (27 tba).
Contact. LBDH Productions
Tel: 33 1 43 53 91 00 - Fax: 33 1 43 53 42 82
TRO PARIS (Lusaka))June - Macao (7 to 14) - July - Italy: Pontevedra (4 & 5) - Greece.Scarthios (26).
Contact: 3D Family- Tel: 33 1 53 40 76 76 - Fax: 33 1 42 21 44 06
TRI YANN IMAMJuly - Germany: Rudolstadt (4 to 6).
Contact Annick Peeler - Tel: 33 1 49 23 78 91
WASIS MOP (Polygram)May - Senegal: Saint Louis (6 to 11)- Reunion Isle (27 to 1 June) -June - Cameroun : Yaounde & Douala (15 to 22) - July - USA &Canada (3 to 31).Contact: La Varlet. -Tel: 33 1 49 20 80 80- Fax: 33 1 48 58 85 15
YUBAMay - Germany: Wurzburg (31).
ZEBDA (Polygram)June - Argentina: Buenos Aires (21) - Brazil: Rio de Janeiro (26),Belo Horizonte (28).Contact: Willing ProductionsTel: 33 5 61 53 85 06 - Fax: 33 5 61 53 92 52
These dates are based upon the informationwe have available at this time.
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Out of the underground, French Housegoes around the world.
They are not daft, they are not punks andthey are not the French Chemical Brothers.But they are one of the best things that hashappened to France for a long time. DaftPunk is a group consisting of two Frenchboys from Paris named Thomas Bangalter of22 and Guy -Manuel de Homem Christo of23. They have known each other for 10 yearsand they have made music together for 6years. Influenced by artists such as BobMarley, Barry Manilow, Brian Wilson, MichaelJackson, Serge Gainsbourg, The BlackCrowes, James Brown, David Bowie andmany many others, they have succeeded increating Electro-Techno/ House music thathas grabbed the hearts of French andEuropean people in the span of 3 years.
In 1992, Thomas and Guy were involved in aband called "Darlin. who released onetrack on Duophonic with the labelStereolab. The following year, they signedup with a Scottish label called SomaRecords who were in charge of the 3 singles:"The New Wave/ Alive., "Da Funk/ Rollin' &Scatchin'. and "Indo Silver Club.. Theseextraordinciry mixes are also included intheir first proper album "Homework., whichwas issued in January 1997 by Virgin
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Records and has achieved ashocking figure of 49,000 copies sold in only 3 days. And up todate, they have sold more than a300,000 copies of their album Iin the world of which 75,000 11are sold in France. The album isselling in 43 countries inclu-ding Belgium, Italy, Israel, ;Portugal, Greece, Austria andeven in Hong Kong. The $album and the single "DaFunk was charted in 10
European countries includingU.K. and Germany. The pro- motion is still continuing inJapan, USA and Canada.
0 And the other popular single 1"Revolution 909 was desci-bed by Sky Magazine"Tunes like Revolutions 909would make a dead man 4.dance..
The name "Homework. was cho- Isen by the youngsters themselves and they 1explained n an intentiew with The Face $magazine in U.K that it was a play on words,"Homework meaning house music, the concept that when one is doing their home-work, one likes to listen to different styles ofmusic and the most obvious idea of working $at home because that is exactly what theydo. They say that they hate big studios and $they prefer to work at home, in the bedroom 2where they installed their small 8 -track recor-ding deck. "I had to move my bed out in .1
order to fit it in!. The way they manage theirbusiness and marketing is against all the $rules of the showbusiness and, besides suc-cess, it stays definitely underground: theydon't show their faces, they run everything sthemselves. And it works!
Their work is so powerful that one may thinkthat they have "the beat" stuck in their DNA $since day one. And maybe there is a rea-son as Thomas' father was a co -writer of"Cuba. and "Disco for the Gibson Brothers.Daft Punk are definitely 'on the right track'having had a great U.K club tour at thebeginning of this year and are presentlydoing a full European tour with their mostlyinstrumental, innovative but with a retro-feelmusic that is perfect for the 90s.
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IT'S NOTHING LIKEYOU'VE HEARD
BEFOREA group consisting of five artists, originating fromSweden, Algeria, Britain and Morocco, have cometogether to France to create a music, combiningtraditional Indian, Turkish, Arabic and Andalusianmusic with a subtle hint of Jazz, Rap and Rai.
Djamel Ben Yelles is the founder, songwriter and co -producer. He has worked with Cheb Mami andalso with Khaled: he plays the violin on his latest album "Sahra". Moumen is a singer from Algeriawho brings in the Andalusian and Rai sensation. The only female singer in the group is Asa Fang,who is also strong in dance and acting. The percussionist Riahi Zakaria has played for Cheb Kaderalong with the youngest but experienced British rapper of the group Font La Roy. The first hit single"Rai Derli" has got a beautiful video and is included in the self -titled album which is being relea-sed in many countries from Japan to Brazil and from Sweden to Arabia. Joined together as one,they give us a totally new musical experience, mixing great tradition with the most modern soundsand rhythms in a wonderful harmony.
THE RA1 STARInfluenced by legends like Elvis Presleyand Johnny Hallyday who succeeded inmaking underage girls scream, the King ofRat found his way into the music businessalso achieving the same result.
Born in a little town in a suburb of Oran inAlgeria, Khaled developped a new kind of"Euro-oriental style of music that has sur-prised millions. The first single Didiii produ-ced by Don Was, sung in Arabic, stayed inthe top 50 charts for 20 weeks running inFrance. It was what the French would call'un tube', selling a total of 500,000 copiesin the world of which 100,000 was sold inFrance. Two years later in 1993, he releasedN'ssi N'ssi" which enabled him to bring
the Algerian touch to his music further withthe breathtaking Eastern violins chantingaway.
Recently, his newest single "Aicha., sung inFrench composed by Jean JacqueGoldman, topped the charts at number 1for 25 weeks in Belgium and both Dutchcharts. In France, he made an amazingstatistic of selling 850,000 copies. ,Alchaiiis the first extract of the album "Sahra"which is being released in more than 35countries around the world. Depending onhow the word is pronounced, "Sabra. canmean the desert, a great party or thename of his daughter whom he dedicatedthe album to. Khaled has also stepped intothe Asian region, with his album "Sahra"promoted in countries like Hong Kong,Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan. He isparticularly welcomed in India where238,000 albums were sold on "N'ssi N'ssi.and 16,500 albums were sold on "Sahra.already. This latter album was recorded inParis, Kingston and even Jamaica. "Sahra"is the most exotic album yet, succeedingin linking the East and West together. It is
simply universal.
Contact: Polygram - Cathy BittonTel: (33) 1 44 41 95 51Fax: (33) 1 44 41 95 74
Contact: WEA- Beatrice De Soultrait - Tel: (33) 1 44 30 40 17 - Fax: (33) 1 44 30 40 50
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NEWRELEASES
RECORD COMPANY
Anggun May "By the moon. Sony
Anouk 18 AprIl .Automatik Kalamity. Virgin
Carole Fredericks Available now Springfield= Arlola / BMG
CharlElie Couture
Charles Aznavour
Available now .Casque nu. Chrysalis / EMI
May . t.b.a EMI
Daniel Belanger Available now «4 saisons dans le desordre. EMI
David Charvet April t.b.a. RCA / BMG
Elsa 14 April .L'essentlel 1986-1993 EMI
France Gall 25 April live WEA
Jean-Louis Aubert 29 April Stockholm Virgin
Julien Clem Available now tidulien» Virgin
L'Atfaire Louis Trio Available now no title Chrysalis / EMI
La Tordue April .T'es fou Moby Dick / Media 7Llano Foly 25 April «Came!eon. Virgin
Sony
M 25 April "Le bapteme. Virgin
Native 5 May "Couleurs de ('Amour Ariola / BMG
Nelson 18 April ..le suls d'ailleurs. EMI
Patricia Kaas August American LP Columbia /Thierry Sfichan Available now
18 April
no title Moby Dick / Media 7
Thomas Fersen Le jour du poisson. WEA
Ufe Lemper Available now "Nulls etranges Polydor / Polygram
Yves Duteil 14 April Touches BMG
B.O.F. Eric Serra May "Fifth element" Virgin
ROCKAutour de Lucie Available now «Immobile Columbia / Sony
Blg Soul 22 April "Crazy Love Sony
Garry Christian 11 april "Your cool mystery. East West
Mass Hysteria Available now .Le bien etre et la KIN. Sony
Novacaine Available now no title Mercury / PolygramTreponem Pal Available now Higher Mercury / Polygram
RAP / FUNK / REGGAEIAM Available now .1:ecole du micro d'argent Delabel / Virgin
Morrons Available now «Rue Case Negro. Small / Sony
Sinclair 2 May "La bonne attitude. Virgin
DANCE2 Be 3 Available now "Partir un jour. EMI
Alliage Available now Mercury / PolygramG Squad Available now no title
t.b.a
no title
Ariola / BMG
WORLDDeep Forest August Saint George / Sony
Era Available now Mercury / Polygram
Editions Celia
Columbia /
Erick Monona Available now «Vakoka.
SonyI Muvrinl June Best of
TECHNO, HOUSE, ABSTRACT HIP -HOPAliem Available now "Sound season. Pro -Zak Trax / BMG
Carole Laure May "Sentiment nature!. Columbia / SonyCompilation Available now "La Yellow Collection. Yellow Prod. / East West
Mark Clement May Urban Trade Mark Saint George / Sony
JAZZCelea/Liebman/Relsinger Available now «World view. Label Bleu
Christophe Marguet Trio Available now "Resistance poefique Label Bleu
Erik Truffaz 15 May "Nit of a dream. Blue Note / EMI
Philippe Sellam Available now «Serenade. Pee Wee / Media 7
THE EFFICIENTINTERNATIONAL
EXPORT COMPANYMultiwaves is a young export company,born just over one year ago. Created byMichel Largeau within the society IDCD,Multiwaves is in relation with mostly Frenchsocieties of distribution, production andpublishing. Therefore it proposes a directaccess and centralised supply for all thecatalogues of major companies but alsofor the French independent labels to anumber of contacts in the world.Multiwaves wants to represent all musicalstyles, back catalogue and all kinds ofnew trends.A data-processing system was develop-ped to let all their clients obtain reliableinformation on the available products andnovelties.The orders are managed immediately sothat the importers can be informed ontheir follow up.Multiwaves wants to be attentive, reactive,informative and to be able to reply to thewaitings of record shop owners, importersand distributors by quality service.In one year only, Multiwaves is already pre-sent in North -American, European andAsian continents. The perspectives of evo-lution are real because the recordingdemands for the available productionsand catalogues in France is constant.Multiwaves wishes to commercialise amore extensive range of products andalso to follow the evolutions of new formatsand techniques.
Contact:Michel Largeau/Magali Rochery-CossecTel: (33) 5 49 73 36 00Fax: (33) 5 49 73 42 75Email: multiwaves@marcireau.
1212.com,OVER 500,000HITS IN A YEAR
The web site .1212. (http://www.1212.com)is the place for music professionals on theInternet. It is federated by partners of themusic industry. Its objective is to check off, toconsolidate and to promote the artists andsocieties of the music industry in the world:artists musicians, arrangers, producers, stu-dios etc ... So don't miss this great opportuni-ty and get connected!
It is difficult to categorize each recording with the large variety and mixing of styles in France today. We
apologize to any of the above artists it they are not placed under a style exactly representing their music.
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LABEL PROFILE
BMG
HISTORY:
BMG France's international exploitationdepartment has been able to develop diffe-rent kinds of artists all over the world within afew years. It is possible for BMG to licensetheir products to other companies thanexclusively to BMG sister companies if thelatter pass on the product. The departmentconsists of 3 people, Catherine Cuny andValerie Thiery (product managers) andPaule Micallef-Thonon, the Head of Service.
CURRENT MAIN ARTISTS:
Cesaria Evora:This highly popular Capverdean singer hassold 250,000 copies of her Cesaria» album,of which 150,000 are sold in America. Shehas just released her new album "CaboVerde. throughout 26 countries.
FR ANCE
Elsa:This young pop star isone of the best knownFrench artists in Asia.In France she hasreleased severalalbums and soldmore than 2 millioncopies. Her latestalbum Chaque JourEst Un Long Cheminsis getting lots of reco-gnition in Asia andselling particularlywell in Korea and
Hong Kong, her concert in Seoul this yearwas very successful.
Khadja Nin:An African singer with a powerful voice whowrites her own lyrics, sings in French andSwahili. Her most recent album "Sambolerahas sold 350,000 copies in France and
110,000 albums abroad of which 55,000copies in Germany. She also has releases inBelgium, Switzerland, Hungary, Poland andTurkey.
Enzo Enzo:Enzo Enzo writes,composes and singsher own "chansons.(with different colla-borators) whichseem to please allgenerations and cul-tures. She is verymuch welcomed inFrance, Belgium,Switzerland,Germany, Poland aswell as Japan andKorea.
David Charvet:Charvet is a new pop artist with high poten-tial. He has already made the charts with hisfirst hit "Should I Leave which will be inclu-ded in his up coming album in Spring 97.
Carrapicho:More' than 1.2 million albums sold in theworld for this Brazilian group. They are inextreme demand.
Other main artists on the BMG roster :Patrick Bruel, Native, Lokua Kanza, RochVoisine, Gilbert Becaud, Marc Lavoine, ShaiNo Shai, Marla Glen, G Squad, Yves Duteil,Indochlne, Laurent Voulzy, CaroleFredericks.
Management:Paule Micallef-ThononCatherine CunyValerie ThieryTel: (33) 1 44 88 67 08/ 68 80 /67 07Fax: (33) 1 44 88 69 15
ELSA, BEST OF EVERElsa will be releasing her first best of ever album internationally this Spring which includes her first hit 'Tenva pas" which is not available on any of her albums and was available only on single and on thesoundtrack of the movie "La femme de ma vie". There are 4 bonus tracks on the album of foreign ver-sions of the hits 'Ten va pas", "Jamais nous", and "Jour de neige" (Les Productions Georges Mary).Contact: EMI - Sophie Cayce - Tel: (33) 1 46 29 20 74 - Fax: (33) 1 46 29 21 70
CHINESE -AMERICAN SINGER ON A FRENCH INDIE LABELGorgone Productions and Warner Chappell Music France have just finished the first solo album of AnnaLaCazio, ex -singer of Cock Robin. "Eat Life, is a brilliant international rock album, produced by SteveJbmes (Paul Young, Screaming Jets, the Rutles ...) at Gorgone Studios in Lille, France, with Malcolm Foster.(bass player of Simple Minds...), Peter Warren, Dougie Boyle (Robert Plant), Simon Russell...Discussionswith several majors are already underway for an international release of this Chinese-American girl'ssolo debut.Contact: Eric Gleizer - Tel: (33) 3 20 31 32 31 - Fax: (33) 3 20 51 93 23
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MUSIC OFFICE IN NEW YORK
What the Americans call the Frenchdecadence. is very trendy in New York rightnow. At many of these independent dealers,one can find a special department featuring3 compilations of Gainsbourg by Mercury,some records of Brigitte Bardot, FrancoiseHardy, Jaques Dutronc and even the importsof Mylene Farmer at US$30. France is "cooland the sixties even more so.Many French artists are being promoted inAmerica this Spring; such as Arno and ShaTNo Shai at South by Southwest in Austin, DaftPunk and Claude Monnet at The WinterMusic Conference (an international conven-tion gathering 2000 dance, house , trance,and jungle specialists) in Miami from the22nd to the 26th of March. The Percussions ofStrasbourg triumphed at the Lincoln Centerof New York. Tri Yann, Marousse and FredBlondin played at the festival of Louisianafrom April 22 to 26.The FMO will also represent French producersin search of a distribution contract at the timeof Naird (a convention which gathers inde-pendent distributors and producers) fromMay 22 to 25 in New Orleans, This Summer, theFMO is presenting 2 concerts: one for the 13thof July in Central Park as part of the CentralPark Summer Stage, featuring Alabina, ChebMami and Lokua Kanza (same program inL.A. on the 14th); a workshop on the export ofFrench World Music will be happening on thesame day. A second concert will occur at theesplanade of the Lincoln Center Out of DoorsFestival (expected attendance of 10,000people). Scheduled to appear is Alan Stivelland the rest of the program is to be confir-med.At last, as an American serial networker ofPrintemps de Bourges, the FMO sent as a newartist, an american singer Madeleine Peyrouxwho played at Bourges on the 17th of April.We are currently listing classical ensemblesand choirs together who want to tour in theU.S.Contact: FMO - Nathalie Tournier - Tel: (1)212 397 4018 - Fax: (1) 212 397 4019
CHORUSChorus is areference reviewbook thatcontains 200pages of infor-mation onFrench musicpublished fourtimes a year. Itconsists ofessays, profiles,chronicles ofrecords andbooks, reportsof shows,articles andinterviews. It givesthe current news of French artists andtheir songs. It is an essential guide to themedia and all kinds of publics. One issueis 90 F in Europe and 100 F in Canada. Ayear subscription is 310 F in Europe and340 F in Canada. The book is written inFrench.Contact: Chorus - Tel: (33) 2 37 43 6660 - Fax: (33) 2 37 43 62 71
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