FUGA’s top-tier marketing bolstered by new UK hires, attracts new signings
New hires Liz Northeast and Alison Lamb strengthen company’s marketing & client services
FUGA announces partnership with Peter Doherty's new label, Strap Originals
Success of Will Joseph Cook album “Something To Feel Good About” through The Vertex
Industry-leading digital distributor FUGA has further strengthened its marketing and promotion offering by appointing Alison Lamb and Liz Northeast to its London office. The pair join hot on the heels of recent success with Will Joseph Cook’s album ‘Something To Feel Good About’ (The Vertex) and ahead of a new partnership with Peter Doherty’s new label venture, Strap Originals.
Liz Northeast joins in the newly created position of Client Relations Director EMEA. This follows an eight-year tenure as VP International at The Orchard and more recently leading the UK Artist and Label Development team at AWAL. Liz is charged with client engagement, development and market intelligence.
Alison Lamb will also join the London office, as Digital Accounts/Marketing Strategy Manager. Previously General Manager at Prolifica Management, where she was instrumental in developing marketing strategies for You Me at Six and Two Door Cinema Club, Alison will be working with FUGA’s UK clients and DSP partners on creative, dynamic marketing campaigns.
Signed to FUGA by Senior Director Business Development UK Charlie Dilks, Peter Doherty’s new label Strap Originals is intended to serve as a home for his own music and artists that are not currently being heard, but that he wants to support.
Said label Director Jai Stanley, expanding further on the philosophy behind the new label "Peter and I want to help artists who are not getting chances, deals and more importantly exposure in the current climate. To offer hope in what feel like pretty dark days right now. Artists we work with must fit the profile in terms of spirit, words, melody."
Strap Originals’ first release will be the single “Oh Lover” by Trampolene, out 12 March. The label joins a FUGA roster of UK clients, including Domino, Ninja Tune and ie:music.
Discussing marketing and promotion, Global Head of Marketing Services Craig May points out that FUGA — now part of Downtown Holdings – provides valuable marketing and promotional support as a matter of course, pitching releases to local and international DSPs, soliciting targeted playlist opportunities and executing advertising campaigns. The Vertex artist Will Joseph Cook’s album “Something To Feel Good About” – for which FUGA commissioned an advertising campaign on TikTok – registered over 1.2 million videos on the video-sharing platform and has clocked up in total more than 60 million streams across all DSPs.
Pat Carr, co-founder of The Vertex and owner of music marketing consultancy Remote Control Agency, cited FUGA’s impressive attention to detail throughout the album’s campaign: "FUGA’s fresh approach, digital reach and expertise as well as some well placed on-platform advertising, has made them a great partner for our experience and enthusiasm and Will's own creative ideas”.
Welcoming the new team members, Dorothée Imhoff, Managing Director FUGA UK/SVP EMEA said: “The addition of Alison and Liz to our UK office staff adds further value to the FUGA service With these excellent additions to our team, I am really excited about our ability to deliver the very best-in-class engagement, marketing and promotion services across our growing client base”.
Looking ahead to FUGA building on their existing successes, CEO Pieter van Rijn commented, “In expanding our team in the UK, the increasing impact and profile of the London office offers our wide roster of global and UK clients a powerful and compelling partner to engage with in marketing and distributing their releases in what is traditionally one of the world’s strongest music markets.”
About FUGA
FUGA is the industry-leading music distribution company, providing an end-to-end suite of services and music distribution tools for international rights holders.
Owned by Downtown Music Holdings, FUGA offers marketing, distribution, analytics, neighbouring rights, royalty accounting, rights management and white label services.
FUGA is the number one choice for more than 650 labels, artist management companies, distributors, and other rights holders globally, including Armada, Better Noise, Curb, Domino, Epitaph, Mom + Pop, mtheory, Ninja Tune, Planet Records, Riot Games, Tommy Boy and Ultra.
Managing 15 million titles with 8 million track deliveries each month, FUGA partners with over 260 major DSPs and sits on the highest distributor tier for both Spotify and Apple.
Headquartered in Amsterdam, FUGA also operates out of New York, LA, London, Milan, Rome, Paris, Berlin, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Seoul.