Awal

AWAL
Type	Private
Industry	Music
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Digital delivery (music)
Services	On-demand music distribution
Website	awal.com

AWAL UK Ltd (an acronym meaning Artists Without A Label) is a UK-based digital distribution and label services company.^[1] Since December 2011 AWAL has been wholly owned by the Kobalt Music Group.^[2] The company was founded by record producers Kevin Bacon and Jonathan Quarmby.^[3]

AWAL offers clients digital distribution, marketing services and advanced data analytics.^[4] AWAL has relationships with every major online retailer and DSP, including iTunes, AmazonMP3, 7digital, Rhapsody, eMusic, and Spotify, as well as its own direct-to-consumer platform. The company represents nearly 8000 artists and labels globally,^[5] with clients including Radiohead, Moby, Beck and more recently the now London based 'God father of Iranian rap' Hichkas.^[6] ^[7]

Artists

Andrew Reyan
GOTHKING
Gabrielle Aplin
Arctic Monkeys^[8]
Richard Ashcroft
Badly Drawn Boy
Beck
Jack Mayons
Bexey
Victoria Taylies
Brick God Sosa
Michael Collings
Chris de Burgh
Cassyette
Dark Stares
Daughter
deadmau5
Die Antwoord
DBMK
Tina Dico^[9]
Duke Special^[10]
The Editors
The Futureheads
Deion Andrew
Hichkas
Hotstop
Robert Jerome
Kero Kero Bonito
Kim Petras
PromoBoi
Klaxons
Neil Leyton
Lauv
Lil Peep
Zane Jabbia
Little Glitches
Machine Language
Gerald Masters
Mazgani
Jesse McCartney
Bonnie McKee
Moby
Podgy Smith
Róisín Murphy
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds^[11]
Radiohead^[12]
Iwan Rheon
Sifo
Royal Blood
Salute the Sun
Second Alibi
TEZRUTIN
The Strokes
Hudson Taylor
Todd Terje
Tomer Aaron
Totally Others
Kate Walsh
XII
Thom Yorke^[13]
Staygold
Young Kato
The Zombies
Xscape

Comedians

Rowan Atkinson
Ed Byrne
Jimmy Carr
Eddie Izzard
Tim Minchin
Ross Noble
Greg Proops

Record Labels

Artist Network Revolution
Blue Suit
Bonnie McKee Music
E2A Music Group, LLC
RedZone Entertainment
Break Hundreds

References

↑ Artists Without a label Music deals that dance to a different tune
↑ AWAL + Kobalt Press Release
↑ Lindvall, Helienne. "Behind the music: Awal keeps digital royalties from going awol". Guardian News and Media Limited. https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2010/sep/02/behind-music-awal-digital-royalties. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
↑ Kobalt Kick Starts New Label Services Division
↑ High street woes signal the final demise of the CD
↑ AWAL Catalogue
↑ [1]
↑ What Does it Take? Founder of independent music aggregator AWAL and interactive music consultant
↑ Catalogue search result for Tina Dico
↑ Catalogue search result for Duke Special
↑ "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away". AWAL. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121214053435/http://awal.com/nick-cave/. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
↑ Radiohead - The King of Limbs
↑ Spotify goes AWAL and updates with 43,253 tracks

External links

Official site
Facebook page
Twitter profile

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[1] Artists Without a label Music deals that dance to a different tune

[2] AWAL + Kobalt Press Release

[3] Lindvall, Helienne. "Behind the music: Awal keeps digital royalties from going awol". Guardian News and Media Limited. https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2010/sep/02/behind-music-awal-digital-royalties. Retrieved 2018-03-31.

[4] Kobalt Kick Starts New Label Services Division

[5] High street woes signal the final demise of the CD

[6] AWAL Catalogue

[7] [1]

[8] What Does it Take? Founder of independent music aggregator AWAL and interactive music consultant

[9] Catalogue search result for Tina Dico

[10] Catalogue search result for Duke Special

[11] "Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Push The Sky Away". AWAL. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121214053435/http://awal.com/nick-cave/. Retrieved 28 November 2012.

[12] Radiohead - The King of Limbs

[13] Spotify goes AWAL and updates with 43,253 tracks