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]

## Contents

* 1 Artists
* 2 Comedians
* 3 Record Labels
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## 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

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

## External links

* Official site
* Facebook page
* Twitter profile

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