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BELGIAN CHEERM&M's Belgium Spotlight looks athow the local industry is counteringfalling music sales with a numberof innovative initiatives; reports onthe country's booming market inchildren's music; and showcases thehottest new talent. Pages 9-12

WOMEX'S GLOBAL MISSIONIn the present international cli-mate, world music's ability tobridge religious and cultural divides(as well as the geographic andmusical) is more welcome than ever.Terry Berne previews this month'sWOMEX festival. Pages 13-14

THE WORLD OF CHARLIE GILLETTAs part of our specialworld music issue, one ofthe genre's best-knownenthusiasts-Charlie Gil-lett-talks to EmmanuelLegrand about the upsand downs of his UKradio career. Page 15

Levy replaces Berry inEMI management coupA Music & Media/Billboard staff report

LONDON - Alain Levy will nowhave to put to the test the skillsthat helped him turn PolyGraminto the world's leadingrecord company.

After three years ofmaintaining a relativelylow profile, the Frenchmusic executive has beenappointed to replace KenBerry as chief executiveof EMI Recorded Music.Architect of the October14 change is EMI Groupchairman Eric Nicoli, towhom Levy reports.

Levy, 54, will bejoined by industry veteran DavidMunns in the newly -created posi-tion of vice chairman. Munns, whoreports to Levy, will have under hisdirect supervision marketing and

human resources."We have never had a formal

worldwide marketing approach,"explains Nicoli, "and for that mat-ter, we've never had a formal

approach for managinghuman resources. Davidcomes in with specialresponsibility for thosetwo areas."

Until the merger withUniversal, Munns wassenior VP of pop market-ing worldwide at Poly -Gram and, prior to that,held various positions atEMI and PolyGram. Morerecently, he was co -man-ager of Bon Jovi.

Levy, who started his career atCBS, joined PolyGram in 1984 ashead of its French operations beforerising within the management

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Universal aims sky high with Bocelli albumby Mark Worden

MILAN - "Our objective is to makethis one of the biggest albums inmusic history and Andrea's biggestrecord ever."

A bold statement of intent fromUniversal Music Internationalchairman and CEO Jorgen Larsenthat left no-one at the October 4launch in Venice of Andrea Bocelli'snew album Cieli di Toscana in anydoubt that the label was going forthe sales jugular.

The expectations for Cieli diToscana (Skies of Tuscany), whichreceived its worldwide release onOctober 15, are immense.

Max Hole, Universal Musiccontinued on page 29

Brussels brush-offfor music businessby Emmanuel Legrand

BRUSSELS - Representatives fromthe music industry hoping that thesector would finally be given specialconsideration by the European Unionhave been told by Europena Commis-sion bureaucrats that they may haveto wait for that to happen.

Over 200 representatives fromvarious organisations and companiesdiscussed the future of music in theEU at the Music In Europe confer-ence held in the Belgian capital onOctober 13. The conference wasorganised by the Bel-gian presidency ofthe European Unionas a fact-finding ex-ercise for the EU.

"What we areexpecting from youare leads, and thespecific needs you.have," said EuropeanCommissioner for ed-ucation, culture andbroadcasting Viviane Reding in heropening speech.

The Commission is currentlyreviewing its Culture 2000 pro-gramme, which, as Reding admitted,currently contributes little to themusic sector. Many organisations inthe industry are pressing the EU toadopt a specific, multi -facetted pro-gramme to help develop music inEurope, similar to the five-year, euro500 million Media Programme for thefilm and TV industries.

Patrick Zelnik, president andfounder of indie label Naïve and presi-dent of French indies' body UPFI, wasone of several speakers who pointedout the discrepancies between theEU's treatment of the two sectors.

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Upfrontby Emmanuel Legrand, Music & Media editor -in -chief

"Wow!" That was probably how many in the industryreacted last Monday morning on reading M&M'sdaily sister publication, Billboard Bulletin.

"Ken Berry out, Alain Levy in as EMI's Nicolitakes action," ran the front page headline. In retro-spect, it's obvious that, following a series of profitwarnings, Nicoli was under pressure and had to makea move. But that move? It was quite unexpected-andin the process, Nicoli has earnt his first gold star as aleader who can make tough decisions.

So, what of the new management team, at EMI?Levy and his sidekick David Munns are two seasonedexecutives who know a thing or two about runningrecord companies. After all, they turned PolyGraminto the world's leading company. Levy is a masterstrategist, and Munns has amazing marketing savvy.Both know the value of repertoire and have proventhat they can think global, but also act local.

Everyone who's worked with Levy reckons he hasa superior intelligence. And everyone who's worked

for him will also remember vividly his abrasive man-agement style, which has certainly bruised a few egosover the years. At the same time, however, he man-aged to command the loyalty and respect of thosearound him.

Has Levy changed? His friends say he has. Levyhimself admits that in the past three years, he's hadtime to be more reflective of his past actions-profes-sionally and personally-and has become more philo-sophical about life. But will he be able to retain sucha state of mind when faced with the pressures of day-to-day business?

Besides, Levy and Munns are certainly not in foran easy ride at EMI. The company has lots of valu-able assets-not least its talent, artists and manage-ment-but it also has a series ofissues to address, with the US mar-ket right at top of the list.

Meanwhile, Ken Berry will havesome additional time to go trekkingin Nepal. But he will surely not begone for long. After all, there aren'tthat many capable and experiencedexecutives on the market, and I'msure a couple of companies couldcertainly find a role for him.

Music & Media values its readers' opinions-you can e-mail the editor -in -chief at: elegrandOmusicandmedia.co.uk

Costella pans for Gold in northern Italyby Mark Worden

MILAN - The man with Italianradio's "golden" touch has highhopes for his latest oldies radioproject.

Gianluca Costella-a freelance radio con-sultant and Milaneseradio veteran who wasinvolved in the settingup of the Gold -format-ted Radio 105 Classicsnetwork-is now man-aging a brand newGold outfit, Radio DiscJockey Classics.

Owned and operatedby Luxembourg -basedEuropublicite, RadioDisc Jockey Classicshas an emphasis on rhythmicmaterial, and began broadcastingto Milan and the surroundingregion on October 3. Costella saysattracting a big audience is impor-tant, but with this format it's not

just about the numbers."Two hundred and fifty thou-

sand daily listeners in Milan wouldbe a great objective," he says. "Butlet's say we're aiming for quality

rather than quantity.I'd rather have a small-er number of listenersand know who theyare."

The station is play-ing 95% internationalrepertoire, mainlydrawn from the 1970sand '80s. "It's mainlyup -tempo, positivedance -oriented music,"says Costella. "It caninclude Earth, Wind &Fire, Barry White andStevie Wonder, but also

acts like Spandau Ballet."Radio Disc Jockey Classics'

main competition is Costella's oldstation Radio 105 Classics, whichis now branded simply as FM Clas-sics and broadcasts to Milan,

Turin, Genoa and Florence,attracting a daily listenership ofaround 185,000.

"This new station is, in my opin-ion, just copying us and they're notthe only ones," says FM Classicsdirector, Edoardo Hazan, adding:"But I suppose imitation is a formof flattery."

Costella responds: "This isn'timitation, but the use of a similarformat in a spirit of free competi-tion. As far as I'm concerned, themore Gold stations there are, thebetter."

Costella reveals he hopes toacquire frequencies in other citiesand believes Italy has plenty ofroom for the development of differ-ent Gold formats playing interna-tional repertoire.

"You could even have a stationplaying just songs from the '50sand '60s. Look at how well RadioItalia Solo Musica Italiana hasdone with a specialist station for'60s Italian music," he says.

Flemish government promotes local musicby Marc Maes

BRUSSELS - The Flemish govern-ment has launched a campaign tohelp producers, artists and man-agers identify ways to fund theirmusic projects.

The campaign, billed "We WantHits," was launched on October 5and aims, among other things, tohighlight the government's finan-cial support for local production,which increased from Bfr 115 mil-lion (euros 2.85 m) in 1999 to overBfr 250 million this year.

"The current package includessubsidiaries for music infrastruc-ture, financial backing for record-

ing and touring, promo-tion for Flemish artistsabroad and logisticalsupport by means of an`easy -access' adminis-tration," explains Flan-ders' minister of cultureBert Anciaux.

The campaign isbeing publicisedthrough ads on publicVRT stations StudioBrussel and Radiol.Some 15,000 brochureshave been produced,mainly targeting young artists.

Anciaux is also calling on radiostations in Flanders to play more

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domestic product, andsaid the idea of intro-ducing quotas hadbeen discussed.

"We included aparagraph in thenational broadcaster[VRT]'s licence delin-eating strict culturalguidelines," he says."But before reallygoing into a quota sys-tem for local product,I'd prefer to see if ournegotiations on a more

informal basis have any effect.We'll keep the quota issue in thewings."

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Banville re -formats Sport OFMby Emmanuel Legrand

PARIS - Guy Banville, theradio executive from Quebecwho engineered the successof the Lagardere Group's ACstation Europe 2 between1993 and '98, has returnedto France after athree-year sojournback in his home-land.

Banville (pic-tured) has left hisposition of VP incharge of develop-ment at Canada'sTelemedia Radiogroup to become pro-gramme director of Paris -based Sport OFM, with themission of turning thesports station into a mixedsport and music format.

"It's a modest station butit's a great challenge," says

Banville, who believes thatSport OFM has the potentialto become a national net-work, with a format uniquein France. The station hasrecently been authorised bybroadcasting authority theCSA to become a fully-

fledged commercialbroadcaster, havingpreviously been inthe "non-profit mak-ing" licence catego-r

Banville saysthe emphasis willstill be on live cov-erage of sports

events, and that the targetaudience is 25-44 year olds.

The music mix consists of60% Gold tracks from 1975to 1994, 25% recurrents and15% of new material fromthe likes of Manu Chao,Zazie, Elton John and Rue

de la Paix. Banville alsosays the station will pro-gramme a number of liverecordings of songs.

"In our music program-ming, we aim to be the sta-tion that plays the highestnumber of live track§," heexplains. "These live ver-sions in front of an audi-ence fit perfectly with thetype of experience that peo-ple enjoy in a [sports] stadi-um, and I must say itsounds pretty good."

Banville is working witha team of 50 staffers andfreelancers, with MainRemy appointed schedulingdirector and head of music.

"There is a very youngteam and we have managedin a short space of time totransform the style of thestation and its productionprocess," adds Banville.

Before and after: Kristian Bartos, head of music and presenter at Stockholm'sModern AC station Wow! 105.5 has broken the world record for broadcasting live onthe radio. Bartos was on -air for 100 hours, three minutes and 22 seconds over fourdays (October 8-12), beating the previous record set by Glen Jones of New Jersey'sWFMU in the US, and securing himself a place in the Guinness Book of Records.

UK programmers assess terror coverageby Jon Heasman

LONDON - Coverage of theUS terrorist attacks high-lighted the differentstrengths of radio and TV,according to UK program-mers gathered in London onOctober 11 to discuss howradio had handled theevents of a month earlier.

Organised by the UK'sRadio Academy as one of itsregular evening events, thepanel included Bob Shennon,controller of nationalnews/talk station BBC Radio5 Live; Francis Currie, pro-gramme director of Heart106.2/London (AC); DirkAnthony, group programmedirector of the GWR Group;and Howard Hughes, editor -in -chief of 95.8 CapitalFM/London (CHR).

"If ever you needed ademonstration of the differ-ences between radio and TV,

then this was it," claimedCurrie. While most peopleinitially turned to TV fornews coverage, the Heartprogramme director arguedthat radio provided listenerswith "real human contact"and a platform to articulatewhat they were feeling.Radio 5 Live's Shennon con-curred that "radio [had pro-vided a level of re-assurance."

GWR's Anthony(pictured) said thathis company set up a"command post" atits Oxford Circusheadquarters in Lon-don on September 11to "judge the tone of whatwas going on." The musicwas immediately reviewed,and all ads were dropped assoon as the second plane hitthe World Trade Centre.

GWR's network of CHRstations subsequently aired

audio footage of the eventsover a music bed featuringManic Street Preachers' IfYou Tolerate This Your Chil-dren Will Be Next. Anthonysaid this had been done to"bring through the emotion"of the events, but admittedthat this, and some otheraspects of GWR's coverage,"didn't go down well with a

section of our audi-ence." He said thatGWR had receivednine complaints"about the way pro-duction had beenused."

A couple of panel-lists criticised Terry

Wogan's breakfast show onpublic AC/MOR station BBCRadio 2 the following morn-ing for being too "business -as -usual," while Capital'sHughes observed that "somestations didn't know how todepart from the format."

ON THE BEATWAXEGARD LAUNCHES ADS -

STOCKHOLM - Haan Waxegard(pictured), one of Sweden's mostprominent A&R executives and fes-tival organisers, has embarked ona new business venture after part-ing ways with Virgin Records Swe-den, with whom he owned andmanaged the Grand Recordingslabel. His new Stockholm -based

company, provisionally named ADS (Artist Develop-ment Strategy) Entertainment, is signing artists andsongwriters for music which can be pitched to multi-national record companies. Initial signings includeSusie (of '80's pop duo Lili & Susie), rock groupDynamo Chapel pop band Bobby, and singer song-writers Haan Akesson and Robert Blom. Ulrika WAdair-who continues to run production company LaContessa-will handle promotion out of offices inStockholm and Malmo.

KEEP IT SOFT, SAYS RESEARCHNEW YORK - Kelly Music Research in the US hasobserved a trend in listener preferences toward a soft-er, more friendly style of music in songs being playedon the radio following the September 11 terroristattacks. Comparing listener appeal scores of songs inits weekly audience research pre- and post- Septem-ber 11, Kelly reports that there is a noticeable tenden-cy towards less aggressive, more emotional music. "AsAmericans are being super -served with continuingcoverage of the latest developments, it is evident thatlisteners are turning to music for relief and healing,"says the company.

NEW BRIT CATEGORY

LONDON - Another inter-national category is beingadded to the UK's BritAwards, set to take place onFebruary 20 next year. Thebest soundtrack album isreplaced by best internationalalbum, recognising the number ofEuropean and other international acts thatestablished themselves as major players during 2001.The Brit Awards voting academy this year contains2,000 representatives from all areas of the music indus-try. UK's label body, the BPI, is launching a campaignto encourage the academy's members to vote, since onlyaround half of the academy members did so last year.

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SOUNDWRAP WRAPS UP DEALSLONDON - Four UK independent labels have adoptedSoundwrap, an anti -piracy technology which preventsunauthorised copying of digital music. Cooking Vinyl(whose roster includes Echo and the Bunnymen),Assassination Music Promotions, Knova Records andGeneral Production Recordings have all signed up touse the digital rights management (DRM) system.Soundwrap allows consumers to hear a sample of eachtrack, which can then be "unwrapped" after the con-sumer has paid for it.

MOVING CHAIRSLONDON - Ben Cherrill has been appointed A&Rmanager at EMI label Positiva, with effect fromNovember 2. Cherrill joins Positiva from Mani-festo/Mercury Records, where he has worked as A&Rmanager since January 1998.BRUSSELS - Gust De Coster, former managingdirector and founder of Radio Roxy, has become headof music at Contact 2, Contact Flanders' AC network,which is set to launch by the end of the month. BothRoxy and Contact failed in their applications for anational Flemish licence (M&M, September 22).LONDON - James Bethell has exited as head ofmedia at UK dance specialists Ministry of Sound aftersix years with the company.


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SBS goes urban in Copenhagenby Charles Ferro

COPENHAGEN - Ten thou-sand tracks, played back-to-back without any speechor ads.

That's how SBS islaunching its new urbanstation in Copenhagen,Kiss FM.

The Danish new-comer-launchedOctober 8-is aimed atyoung listeners andsees SBS providing Copen-hagen with a third formatchoice, in addition to TheVoice (CHR) and Pop FM(AC).

"Our research indicatesthere is a gap in the radiomarket among the 12-22age group," says SBS groupprogramme director Hansvan Rijn. "Our ambitionwith the launch of Kiss FM

is to maintain our positionas the largest player in the12-40 age group. Young-sters in Copenhagen willfinally get what they want."

Broadcasting on 89.2FM, Kiss FM's strapline is:"100% Copenhagen, 100%

dance, rap and R&B.""It's an exciting idea and

the first of its kind in Den-mark," says Sony MusicDenmark radio promotionsmanager Bjorn Bengtsson."From a label's point ofview it's a great new link inthe food chain: I will beable to break music that

has too much edge for theother stations and, once itbecomes a hit, it can thengo to The Voice. Lots oftimes stations say musichas too much rap or is tooclub -oriented."

The Voice's music pro-grammer Phillip Lunds-

gaard has been nameddirector of music pro-gramming at the newstation, in addition to

his current duties.There is some controver-

sy over the name of the newstation, however. SteenSodergreen, MD of DetSonderjyske Medieselskab,which runs Radio Mojn inJutland, claims that hiscompany owns the rightsKiss FM moniker in Den-mark. "We've had the nameregistered for around twoyears," he says.

On tour in Rotterdam, Universal Music's US rock group Live recently receiveda platinum award for sales in the Netherlands of their latest album V, as well asplatinum and gold discs for sales of their previous albums. Pictured (l -r) are:Chad Gracey (Live); Kees van Weijen (MD, Mercury Records Netherlands);Patrick Dahlheimer (Live); Dan Waite (product manager, Universal MusicInternational); Nina Hansdotter (VP, marketing MCA, UMI); Ed Kowalczyk(Live); Fred van Kruining (PM, Mercury Records Netherlands); Matt Voss (VPmarketing, UMI) and Chad Taylor (Live).

Return of the Mac as Ritz unveils new signingsby Gareth Thomas

LONDON - The UK'sexpanding Ritz Music Group(RMG) is creating two newlabel ventures following thesignings of Dionne Warwickand Mark Morrison.

Warwick has signed toRMG in a jointventure projectwith DRW, the pro-duction companyowned jointly byWarwick and RMGchairman RonWinter (pictured,left, with War-wick).

A new label,DRW Entertainment, willbe marketed and distrib-uted worldwide by RMG.The first single to bereleased on the label, War-wick's What The WorldNeeds Now Is Love, fea-

tures guest rappers Coolio,Bobby Brown and Kurupt.The track, out next month,is taken from the forthcom-ing album Dionne SingsDionne, which has beenrecorded in the US and fea-tures east and west coastrappers. The album is due

for release in early2002.

A second projectslated for the labelis an album ofduets with War-wick and otherfemale artists.

Meanwhile, thesecond of the sign-ings to RMG is a

five-year worldwide dealwith Mark Morrison, whohas signed to Death RowRecords UK, a joint venturebetween RMG and DeathRow founder Marion "Suge"Knight.

Morrisson, the first sign-ing to the imprint, will seehis first single Thank GodIt's Friday released to theclubs with various mixes inearly December. A full com-mercial release will followin January 2002, with anas -yet -untitled albumscheduled for a month later.This will follow a showcaseperformance of his newalbum at the MIDEM tradefair in Cannes.

Commenting on thesignings, Winter says: "Weare delighted to be workingin partnership with such alegendary and highly -respected artist as DionneWarwick."

He added: "We are alsodelighted to welcome MarkMorrison on board to theDeath Row label. Bothmyself and Suge believe hehas an immense talent."

ON THE BEATVIVA PREDICTS LOSSES

BERLIN - German music TV broadcaster Viva Media isforecasting a potential EBITDA loss of euro 10 millionfor 2001. The company blames the predicted loss on thedisappointing performances of Viva 2and Viva Digital, as well as low salesand poor market conditions. Vivaexpects a rise in revenues of 11.4% toaround euro 61.5 million for 2001 as a whole-the orig-inal forecast was euro 65 million. Viva CEO DieterGorily blames the figures on restructuring and the"weak market climate," adding: "The terrorist attacks ofSeptember 11 in the US have put additional pressure onthe TV advertising market and have triggered greateruncertainty as well as decreasing advertising bookings."

US BODIES AGREE ONLINE LICENSING DEALNEW YORK - In the US, the National Music Publish-ers' Association (NMPA), its Harry Fox Agency (HFA)licensing arm, and labels' body the RIAA have reachedan accord on the licensing of musical works for sub-scription services on the Internet. Pending the determi-nation of royalty rates to be paid by online music ser-vices to copyright holders, the RIAA will pay a $1 mil-lion (euro 1.1 m) advance to HFA for a two-year "bulk"licence of musical works. If no rate agreement isreached, the RIAA will pay HFA, which representsmore than 27,000 music publishers, an annual advanceof $750,000 until a rate is set, either through currentnegotiations or by the Copyright Arbitration RoyaltyPanel. The agreement clears a major hurdle faced byPressplay and MusicNet, the major -label online sub-scription services.

ROGER SANCHEZ SIGNS FOR KissLONDON - US dance DJ RogerSanchez (pictured) is getting hisown two-hour long show on Lon-don dance station Kiss 100, pro-duced by independent productioncompany Wise Buddah Broadcast.Release Yourself-With RogerSanchez will air Saturdays at19.00, featuring vocal and tribalhouse and weekly guest DJs.

ATLANTIC 252 Sow To SPORTS GROUPLONDON - The UK will have one less national musicoutlet following the RTL Group's £5 million (euros 8m)disposal of its 80% stake in Atlantic 252 to TeamtalkMedia. Atlantic 252 currently broadcasts a CHR/Danceformat to the majority of the UK on long -wave from itsbase in Trimm, Ireland. Teamtalk, which specialises inrunning sports websites, intends to create a brand newradio service which will "enable Teamtalk's sports con-tent to be broadcast over mainstream media," accord-ing to the company's chief executive Bill Wilson.

internet in -siteDecca Classics

www.deccaclassics.comwww.philipsclassics.com

Universal Music Group has combined its websites forDecca and Philips Classics into one destination. Theresult of this complete revamp, commissioned from dig-ital solutions company Razorfish, is that it is simpler tonavigate and more interesting to peruse, despite itslow-key appearance. Audio and video clips augment theinformation, and there is a selection of newslettersavailable. The site is organised primarily in lists-bysingers, conductors, film composers, instrumentalists,ensembles and crossover artists-but the search engineenables users to seek by many other criteria, includingby catalogue number.

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Industry fights back in Belgiumyear-to-date figures for 2001,published in August, mark adrop in Belgian music indus-try turnover of about 8.7%and the question being

asked is whether the trend can beturned around. But the figures mightnot tell the whole truth-even thoughthe industry has been hit by CDhomecopying in Belgium, sales arelikely to have also been affected by itsown evolution, where importantreleases are being scheduled duringthe second part of the year, leavingspringtime for young artists anddeveloping projects.

With music sales falling inBelgium, the industry isfighting back with a varietyof IFPI initiatives. Andthere's good reason foroptimism, as sales ofdance and kids' musiccontinue to buck the trend,as Marc Maes reports.anti -home copying campaign, with aten day music promotion week (DeBelgische Muziektiendaagse)

"I hope our positive efforts will steer the 'fallimpact'-where important releases arepacked together before the holiday season."

Erwin Goegebeur, president, IFPI Belgium

Erwin Goegebeur, managing direc-tor of EMI Music Belgium, wasrecently appointed president of IFPIBelgium, succeeding Universal MusicBelgium MD Dirk De Clippeleir. Hisassignment is to make the consumeraware of the music industry's assetsin a positive way, and he will continuealong the path started by last year's

designed to breathe new life into themarket.

"I hope that our positive efforts willsteer the Tall-impact'-where impor-tant releases and 'best of compila-tions are packed together before theholiday season," he says. "We want theconsumer in the shops before theDecember rush. But the industry con -

Booming kids' market boosts salesOne of the most remarkable aspects of the current Belgian market is thesuccess of repertoire aimed at a young audience. According to IFPI Belgium,the country has the highest sales of kid -music repertoire in Europe.

TV characters Gert & Samson ignited the children's market phenomenoninn Belgium 11 years ago, with combined sales crossing the one million unitbarrier as production company Studio 100 and Universal Music successful-ly developed a new music -buying audience. "Both Gert & Samson and`Kabouter Plop' are TV -related repertoire and account for the country's most

successful CD -releases in Belgium andHolland", explains Niels Dierckx, mar-keting manager at Universal MusicBelgium.

Studio 100 also handles the live per-formances of [BMG-signing] K3, a suc-cessful all -girl trio popular with young-sters and who have sold over 85,000 unitsof their latest album Teleromeo-addingto the combined sales of 300,000 units fortheir previous two albums. "The girls do

equally well in Holland where both albums went gold and where Teleromeois currently climbing the charts," says Philippe Coppens, product managerat BMG Ariola Belgium.

EMI Music also runs a long-term series of albums based on the Smurfscharacters, which Guus Fluit, A&R/Marketing manager says is "an ever-lasting concept, accounting for 150,000 units sold of each volume".

ARS has also delved into the market, releasing two double albums Hitsfor Kids, which contain well-known chil-dren's repertoire as well as popular dancehits. "They both went gold, selling over30,000 units each," enthuses PatrickBusschots, managing director of ARSProductions.

"This success paved the way for ournew imprint, Kid's Music, which carefullyavoids the 12-25 age group, [which is]most active when it comes to downloading[music from the Internet] and CD -copy-ing. With our new act, M' Kids [comprisedof three 12 -year -old girls], we had a platinum debut album, Cool, selling over42,000 units. We have now struck a deal with [Dutch] Kindernet and M -Kids' first single Swingen will be released in Holland in October."

tinues to face challenges like piracyand the increasing competition withinthe [home] entertainment range, likegames, PCs and mobile phones."

Goegebeur also welcomes thelaunch of two commercial radio sta-tions in Flanders alongside the state-owned VRT-channels. "The weaknessfor out part of the industry is that theBelgian mediamarket is still discover-ing format -radio. I hope that both Q -Music and 4FM will position them-selves inbetween the existing formatsso that artists get more airplay -oppor-tunities," he says, warning that frag-

mentation of the audiences (anddiminished airplay impact) is anotherpossible danger.

Local repertoireThe local talent side is what worriesGoegebeur the most-the absence of alocal repertoire quota plus the overalltrend to have less music on TV has notserved the industry well. "You cannotcompare Flanders to the South ofBelgium-the August figures reveal adrop of 22% share of local product inoverall sales," he explains. "The shareof local product in Flanders (Flemishand English language) has alwaysbeen much higher than local produc-tion in the French speaking part of thecountry. Since the launch of VTM'smusic programming, the Flemish mar-ket has escaped from the Dutch influ-ence and become self supporting. In theSouth, the market is relatively smalland invaded by French product-theonly exception being Starflam."

At the helm of the national indus-try association, Goegebeur is wellaware that IFPI Belgium has alreadytaken the important step of makingpoliticians and the media aware of itscredibility as a full scale industrygroup. In the future he sees IFPIBelgium playing a positive role,replacing its hard-hitting campaignsabout counterfeiting and piracy with afriendlier image offering more enter-tainment and campaigns like the cur-rent "Tiendaagse", in close collabora-tion with both artists and retailers."We all have our responsibility asemployers as well-we offer a valu-able product and we work with talent-ed people. As record industry execu-tives we hold the responsibility for theartist's careers," says Goegebeur.

"We must get people back in therecord stores, and I expect an impor-tant push from this first Belgian`Muziektiendaagse'. We want to giveevery consumer a bonus album withevery purchase above euros 25, and bygenerating instore traffic, we will beable to assess new buyer potential."

Dance marketstill struggles toreally take offWith specialist dance shops boom-ing-up from 25 a few year ago toabout 80 today-the vinyl marketin Belgium is gaining new life.Successful releases such asDelirium sold over 5,000 vinylcopies, an appeal which clearlygoes beyond the club DJs anddance die-hards.

With over 25% of the market,Ghent -based dance independentN.E.W.S. holds the top position inBelgium. By successfully assessingthe market'sbaseline, thecompany catersfor the unservedaudience.

"Contrary tothe marketingsupported pro-jects likeMadonna orMichael Jackson,the specialisedshops are notserved by themajors. Comp-anies like us arethe breedingpond for new tal-ent," says LievenVandenbroeck, founder -MD ofN.E.W.S.

Vandenbroeck says the inclu-sion of a specialised dance chart inthe Ultratop listings three yearsago was a good step forward. "Onthe other hand, 12" -sales areweighted differently in comparisonto CD -sales, and number onedance chart singles are not visiblein the overall Top 50 list, they[still] have to be discovered by bothradio and retail," he explains.

Like EMI's Goegebeur, Vanden-broeck is worried about theabsence of formats and clear pro-files for radio stations in Belgium."I have the impression that every-body-including the dance -format-ted Top Radio network-is evolv-ing towards the `Donna -segment',save for Studio Brussel. StuBru isreally concentrating on dance nov-elties but the big problem remainsthat dance music only gets airplayif it is a hit."

With N.E.W.S. established as afull scale record company,Vandenbroeck strongly believes indeveloping acts such as GreenVelvet or Sven Van Hees-artiststhat do very well on a Europeanlevel. "Those crossover artists havea vast and loyal following and thiswill make the difference-artiststhat combine innovative projectwith live sets will make the future.And we [also] hope that the overallmarket will improve."


New stars could shine brightestTop Secret might be the title, butthere's nothing furtive aboutthe release of the new album byMarc Moulin, who enjoysstrong credibility as a jazz

artist, producer, composer and radiostaffer (he was founder of Radio 21).

"Moulin is Belgium's first eversigning on the Blue Note label andthis lounge/dance album is anabsolute priority for us. The albumsold over 6,000 units in one week andis [retail chain] Fnac's best sellingalbum," comments Gilbert Lederman,label manager at EMI Belgium.

Zornik is a new EMI signing inwhich the company is investing in thecountry's young turks. "The bandhave a very strong live reputation andwe released two four -track EP's," saysGuus Fluit, A&R manager at EMIMusic Belgium. "It paid off as theband has four nominations for the[Oct 27] TMF Awards. Zornik wasapplauded at EMI International'sRome meeting last summer and theband is also crossing to Holland, play-ing the Access to Amsterdam event,"he adds. Spawning what Fluit calls"alternative rock/pop with a dramatictouch," the band's January scheduleddebut album is one of Belgium's mostanticipated releases.

Zita Swoon's unplugged sessions.for TMF Vlaanderen were originally

With new albums from traditional big selling artists suchas Helmut Lotti, K's Choice, Dana Winner, Jo Lemaire andClouseau coming to the fore, the winter season looks apromising one for the industry in Belgium. Not only that,but there are a number of hot new artists beginning tomake their impact. A round -up by Marc Maes.

planned as a one-off TV special. "Butthe high quality of the intimate ses-sions inspired us to release ZitaSwoon-Live At The Jet Studio,Brussels, seven unplugged versions[six of Life Is A Sexy Sanctuary, whichsold over 45,000 units Europe -wide],"explains D'hooge, adding that the

band embarks on a European toursupporting Muse in Holland, France,Spain and closing with two dates atthe Paris Zenith (Oct 28/29).

Dance independent N.E.W.S.'s fallpriority is definitely Green Velvet.Signed to the label as a 12" artistsome eight years ago, Green Velvet

(aka for Curtis Jones) has graduallydeveloped a good working relation-ship with N.E.W.S., who representGreen Velvet Europe -wide. "WithConstant Chaos we crossed the 25,000unit sales mark, which is good for amore alternative dance album," saysStefaan VandenBerghe, label manag-er at N.E.WS.

Green Velvet's new album,Whatever was ignited by the single LaLa Land and combines '80s new wavewith danceable funk licks. "GreenVelvet headlined the dance bill at thePukkelpop festival and StudioBrussel devoted a complete weekendto the release of Whatever," adds GitteTilburgs, promotion manager atN.E.W.S.

With Whatever currently chartingin the Ultratop album list, N.E.W.Sexpects an extra boost from GreenVelvet's live performance at I LoveTechno (Nov 10) in Ghent, which ispart of his European tour whichincludes dates in the UK, Holland,Switzerland and Ireland.

With four UK Top 40 hits (includ-ing Universal Nation) under thePUSH -flag, producer M.I.K.E. isputting high hopes in Please Save Meby Sunscreem Vs Push. "The song willbe used as title score for the Britishmovie 'South West Nine' and weexpect to go at least Top 10 in the UK

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Continued from page 12and Top 40 in the continentalEuropean charts," adds Van Hove. "Inaddition, M.I.K.E. is also the produc-er of yet another major Bonzai-artist,Yves Deruyter."

"Little Girl In Me is a perfect radio-single"-that's how Jos Vandervelden,music producer at VRT's Radio 1describes Danae's debut single fromthe album Rain (BMG Ariola). "Forour afternoon programme Dito, wehad her playing an unplugged setright after Neil Finn and she did verywell," he adds.

Rain was released in Belgium inJune and although BMG initiallyfocussed on the more alternative sta-tions like StuBru and Radio 21, it was[news -format] Radio 1 that jumped onthe bandwagon first. "I believe wedelivered a very accessible albumhere," says Philippe Coppens, localrepertoire product manager at BMGAriola in Belgium. "[But] with thealbum just being released it's too soonto anticipate on success abroad."

Belgium's take on the multination-al Popstars story is Vanda Vanda, afive -piece unit emerging from the(SBS) VT4-TV/Warner Music combi-nation. "Their debut single SunshineAfter The Rain went straight to num-ber one and sold over 30,000 units,"says Warner Music Belgium A&Rmanager Greet D'hooge.

"The album Let's Get Busy shipped15,000 units and is propelled byPerfect Girl, the band's third single."

Rino Ver Eecke, producer at VRT'sRadio 2 says Vanda Vanda producesradio -friendly pop music for a broadaudience. "They allow us to access thewhole of Radio 2's public and the bandis a regular guest on' our outdoorshows. Some 50 winners of our radiocontest will celebrate a whole week-end with Vanda Vanda in December."

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Belgium released Ozark Henry'sthird album, and the first under theEpic flag after its two previous setswere with the Double T Musicimprint (now a Sony imprint). "Whatstrikes is the absolute pop -approachof Ozark Henry with this album,"enthuses Sony Music A&R DirectorGino Moerman, "without going too faraway from his roots. Rescue, the firstsingle off Birthmarks, went right to

number one in the alternative charts,but I'm convinced the material on thealbum goes beyond StuBru and Radio21."

Ozark Henry will supportHooverphonic at their ForestNational concert (Nov 2) andMoerman will take the album's suc-cess as a basis to take the multi -tal-ented artist abroad. "As a songwriter

he also produced and arranged thealbum-he's opted for this morepoppy approach and the result is thatwe sold over 1,200 CDs in one week inBelgium, with Holland reporting pos-itive feedback as well. This is verygood in these difficult times," con-cludes Moerman.

Antler/Subway (distributed byEMI) have high expectations forLasgo-the name stems from

Scottish city (G)Lasgo(w) and standsfor a hyperkinetic dance duo: PeterLuts (who made his mark withAstroline) and musician/composerDavid Vervoort. "They teamed upwith singer Evi Coffin, (aka Medusaas singer with 2 Fabiola and Fiocco)and found a solid basis in the clubsbefore releasing Something, their golddebut single," says Sam Hellemans,A&R manager with Antler/Subway.

Something has just broken theDutch Top 20 at press time, and hasalso entered the German dance list.The Top Radio network played a keyrole in breaking the single accordingto head of music, Bjorn Verhoeven,since Top Radio's unconventionalmethods (which include collecting 12"singles at specialised shops) keepsthem in touch with the audience."Lasgo was the perfect combination ofa nice radio record and Peter Luts'image-right into our target audi-ence: they show their appreciationduring interactive programmes orrequest hours."

With credentials like AshburyFaith and (last year's superstars)Angelico, bass player Axl Pelemanhas now launched Camden, a tri-umvirate he calls completely his "ownthing". On Miscellaneous, his debutalbum for Universal Music, Pelemanreturns to his roots, giving priority toreal instruments instead of samples,with Blue Blot's Michael Schack ondrums and axeman Mario Pesic on


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continued from page 11guitars. "I strongly have the impres-sion that this album is really whatAxl wanted to do for a long time-andwe let him," says Nathalie Duyver,promotion manager at UniversalMusic Belgium. "The single BlackPaper -Black Ink is one of those rarepearls in pop music," adds Radio 21programme director Marc Ysaye, "andthe song is omnipresent in ourplaylist. On October 4 we madeMiscellaneous 'Album of the day' withsix tracks off the album in Radio 21'sprogrammes. They're good and if itworks, it works."

Emerging from Evil Superstarswhere he joined Mauro Pawlowksiand dEUS, with his guitar work dur-ing their Ideal Crash tour in 1999,guitarist Tim Vanhamel is no rookieon the Belgian rock scene. With hisnew band Millionaire, he paved theway for Outside The Simian Flock(PIAS) during Belgium's major out-door festivals last summer. Joined bya powerful quartet of skilled musi-cians, Vanhamel clearly expresses hisadmiration for both Funkadelic andQueens of the Stoneage.

"The album was 'Album of theweek' at Studio Brussel and spotlight-ed in several programmes," says HansVan Rompaey, product manager atPIAS. "Alongside a full-scale market-ing campaign with booklets, postersand stickers we will also release thesingle Me Crazy U Sane in October tofuel the album sales in Belgium-

PIAS affiliates will

follow in January.""Outside the Simian Flock could be

the perfect soundtrack for the nextdrug -traffic thriller movie," saysStudio Brussel programmer EppoJansen of 'Radar', the station's nightshow that picked the album as CD ofthe week. "The album is great,although it took some time to listento. Songs like Petty Thing and

Millionaire

Nothing Left have a definite sexualimage and I like it."

Among the most wanted club -tracks of the moment is a high-energydance version of Supertramp's TheLogical Song by Deadly Force, theduo of Joris Van Dijk and MichelClerx. The track was released as a 12"version by Lightning Records, and"this remake has already become ahigh rotation track at Top Radio, C -Dance networks and independentdance stations," says Hansbert VanHove, product manager atBonzanightning records. "The trackwas immediately signed for release inFrance, Italy and Spain, and in

Holland, Germany and Greece dis-tributors show great interest."

It's high tide at Byte records withSylver currently being the top -priori-ty in Europe. "In Germany the singleTurn The Tide peaked at number 2,having sold over 400,000 units," saysproduct manager Nii Van den Eynde,adding that sales of Sylver's debutalbum Chances crossed the 90,000

mark.Sylver's success in Germany also

benefited Turn The Tide's career inHolland, and Van den Eynde is cur-rently negotiating a strategy for the

UK, Italy and Scandinavia, whererelease is set for early 2002 throughJive/Pepper.

Propelled by the new singleForgiven-simultaneously released inBenelux, Germany, Spain, Poland andCanada-Byte is re-releasing a spe-cial edition of the Chances album as adouble CD -pack featuring unpluggedversions, videoclips on CD -Rom andremixes.

"The band was also nominated forthe TMF Awards and the albumlaunch is set for October 31st at theParis Disneyland resort where Sylverwill stage an exclusive live show,broadcasted directly by Radio Donna.European key media like TMF,Breakout [Holland] and Viva[Germany] will cover the show whichis already highly anticipated as Sylveris featured in Disney's Fright Nightcampaign," explains Van den Eynde.

Mostiko is Roadrunner Arcade'snew dance imprint-with the releaseof Orion Too (feat Katlene G)'s U &Me, the label is capitalising on itsfield work when it released the 12"vinyl version in Spain. "From theclubs, the track crossed over to radiowhere Spanish Flash FM playlistedit," explains David Lambrechts,promo manager at Roadrunner/Arcade. "Orion Too was formed bydance veteran Serge Ramaekers(Confetti's), Patrick Bruyndonx (DaRick) and singer Katlene G ofAstroline and we have alreadylicensed the track to the USA,Germany and the UK", he adds.

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WORLD MUSIC SPOTLIGHT

WOMEX promotes culture exchangeThe growing success of WOMEX, the annual world musictrade fair and showcase to be held in Rotterdam onOctober 25-28, is definitive evidence of the health of thegenre. But the current international climate is causingconcern amongst the world music community, as TerryBerne reports.

nitiatives such as WOMEX, aboutto celebrate its ninth edition, andStrictly Mundial, the second edi-tion of which takes place inSalvador de Bahia, Brazil

(December 4-9), are becoming indis-pensable forums for a genre finallyfulfilling the expectations kindled byits emergence nearly 20 years ago.

Following world music's explosionas a bonafide genre in the mid -'80s,musicians from around the globebegan to experiment with an expand-ing palette of sounds and rhythms.They explored ways of integratingtheir own musical traditions with ele-ments of western popular music,transforming traditional music intosomething rich and strange, a seam-less fusion of local styles with pop,rock, jazz or electronica. These twostrands, music with a traditionalimprimatur (principally acoustic), andthat which uses traditional music only

Indeed, several key conferences atthe expo will be dedicated to worldmusic's relationship to social reality."Music and Human Rights-TheFight Against Censorship" will pre-sent special reports on music amongthe gypsy communities of Romania,and on the tense situation inAfghanistan, where all instrumentaland secular music is strictly forbid-den, threatening the survival of musi-cians-many of whom have fled thecountry-and ancient musical tradi-tions integral to Afghani culture.Other panels will address the role of

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"If we want a better world, it's morenecessary than ever that artists are allowedto travel and share their culture and music."

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as a starting point, are now thegenre's two defining poles.

Street -smart, club -savvyIf throughout this time world musicseemed to be a niche market with anelite audience, it's now just as likelyto be street -smart and club -savvy,fuelled as much by young urbansophisticates as expanding immi-grant communities intent on assert-ing their own cultural heritage as oneresponse to the difficulties of assimi-lation. But behind it all, at its sourceand origin, are musicians steeped andtrained in the musical traditions oftheir local cultures. And in someplaces, those cultures-and the musi-cians themselves-are threatened byrepressive governments or zealousmembers of religious and civil society.Now, the events of September 11 mayfurther dampen their ability to per-form, earn livings, and share theirculture through international tour-ing.

"WOMEX sees itself as a network-ing point that surpasses all borders,not just geographic or musical, butreligious and cultural," declares BjornDoering, international spokesman forthe fair. "What will happen day-to-day due to the new situation is noteasy to predict, but it's more impor-tant than ever to communicate on aglobal level and meet on a local level."

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WOMEX 2001 expects substantial-ly more than the 1,200 delegates from70 countries who made last year's fairthe biggest yet (for the full line-up,visit www.womex.com). With a focuson the Benelux region and its vitalworld music scene, there will be some35 showcase concerts, chosen frommore than 500 proposals. Along withwell-known acts like OrchestraBaobab, Trilok Gurtu, Sara Tavaresand Abdullah Chadeh with NatachaAtlas, a series of cross-culturalencounters highlights the true globalexchange which world music increas-ingly undertakes. Kabul Workshopconsists of musicians from Italy,France, India and Afghanistan whomix traditional instrumentation withelectronica and jazz improvisation.

MoMo (Music of Moroccan Origin)

is another formation experimentingwith acoustic and electric sounds.Here the trio, taught in Berber tradi-tions, plays with the UK's ShrineSynchro System. French house DJFrederic Galliano, also present atWOMEX, has lately been exploringthe frontiers of electronic and WestAfrican music.

Multinational fusionsIf a trend can be defined among thenumerous incarnations gatheredunder the catch-all rubric of worldmusic, according to Doering, it's thesemultinational fusions, where musi-cians with entirely different harmon-ic and rhythmic idioms must developnew musical languages in order toplay with one another. "Electronicmusicians, who in the past were nar-rowly focused on their own styles, arebecoming aware that there are manysources of inspiration on other conti-nents and musical traditions," saysDoering. "The borders between allthese different musical boxes arebecoming more open."

Phil Stanton, director of UK -basedWorld Music Network, producers ofthe hugely popular Rough Guide com-pilations and a WOMEX veteran,agrees. "I'm personally very interest-ed in these sorts of meetings between

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cultures and what can come out ofthem," he says. But he makes a dis-tinction with the kind of trendy fusionmixes which start with a dance beatand add in samples of ethnic music tomake something exotic. World musicfans also make the distinction. "Youcan see this clearly at WOMAD [thefestival held each summer inReading, UK], where you've got peo-ple going to the clubs at night and thepeople who attend the daytime con-certs. Though some people crossbetween the two audiences, they arealso quite different," says Stanton.

"World music has changed mas-sively since WOMEX was launched,"he affirms. "The audience has grown,majors have entered the scene andlots of new labels have appeared. Butthe number of releases has actuallyoutpaced the audience," he claims.The result is that many labels arestruggling because they're up againstmore competition, as well as majorlabel marketing money.

"The market for world music is notbig," affirms Christian Mousset,founder of French indie Indigo andproducer of the Musiques Metissesfestival in Angouleme, "but as worldmarkets develop it's becoming moreinteresting." With roughly 60 titles inits catalogue, the 10 -year -old labelwas launched to record artists firstintroduced to international audiencesat the festival, which attractsupwards of 50,000 world music fansduring four days each spring. Now,the curtailment of travel and theuncertain political environment inthe wake of the terrorist attacks onNew York and Washington maydirectly affect festival rosters.

Troubled times?"There's a very difficult future aheadfor Arabic and Middle Easterncoutries," suggests Mousset. "Artistsare often the first victims of funda-mentalists. If we want a better world,its more necessary than ever thatartists are allowed to travel and sharetheir culture and music."

Musiques Metisses is a member ofthe Belgium -based European Forumof Worldwide Music Festivals(EFWMF), originator of WOMEX and


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Artists making world music wavesOrchestra Baobab (World CircuitlParadoxically, one of the most promis-ing new world music acts of 2001 firstcame to prominence almost 30 yearsago. Orchestra Baobab were Senegal'stop band in the 1970s and early 80s,combining a strong Cuban influencewith traditional African styles to cre-ate relaxed, rhythmic grooves thatwere both velvet smooth and sensa-tionally invigorating. By the mid -80sthe group had dispersed as Senegalesemusic embraced the faster, hard -edgedsound of mbalax, associated withYoussou N'Dour. The enterprisingWorld Circuit label, which brought usBuena Vista Social Club, has now re-released legendary sessions by thegroup that originally appearedin 1982. According to WorldCircuit director Nick Gold, thetracks, now released on thedouble CD Pirate's Choice,have since become "somethingof a Holy Grail for fans ofAfrican music". Inspired bythe reissue, Babobab havereformed, play tour datesacross Europe this autumnand are recording a newalbum for release in 2002.

Spirit Of Africa (Real World)Not a band, but an Africanmusic project organised byPeter Gabriel and his RealWorld label. As part of an oralculture, African song has forcenturies played a criticalrole in educating and inform-ing. In a continent whereAIDS has killed 15 millionpeople, many artists haveused song to address the sub-ject and Spirit Of Africabrings together 14 of them.Most have been personallytouched by the pandemic insome way. Uganda's Taso Choir areall AIDS/HIV sufferers, and there isalso a song by the late Ugandansinger/guitarist Bernard Kabanda,who died of AIDS two years ago.Other contributions come fromYoussou N'Dour, Papa Wemba andthe Drummers of Burundi, and allproceeds will go to AIDS charity theMercury Phoenix Trust.

telling and that's the tradition mymusic comes from," he says. "In mycountry we never play music withouta story behind it. As far as you go onthis journey, you never get away fromyour roots." Bona plays Europeandates in October/November.

Gigi (Palm Pictures)Over his 40 years in the music indus-try Chris Blackwell has discoveredsome stellar talent from StevieWinwood to Bob Marley. His latest pro-tégé is Gigi, a 27 -year -old Ethiopianfemale singer whose real name isEjigayehu Shibabaw. The fifth of tenchildren, she grew up in a traditionalcommunity and as a child learned the

positions, many co -written by herhusband Custodio Castelo, who alsoplays Portuguese guitar on all herCDs. This is contemporary folk at itsbest-moving, melodic, and highlysophisticated in its colouring.

L'Ham De Foc (Sonifolk)This group from Valencia, Spain, gath-ers musical influences from through-out the Mediterranean and beyondand forges a true pan -regional stylebased as much on early music modelsas modern folk idioms. Fronted bymulti -instrumentalist Efren Lopez(guitar, ud, buzuki, salter, zamphona,and saz, among others) and charismat-ic singer Mara Aranda, who writes the

lyrics, L'Ham De Foc, whoseexcellent U (Sonifolk) will befollowed by a new album in2002, mix elements of Arabic,Turkish, Balkan, flamenco,Greek and other traditionsinto a seamless and excitingexploration of musical roots.Entirely acoustic, the groupmay be Spain's next major con-tribution to world music afterRadio Tarifa.

Richard Bona (Sony Jazz)At a time when few world musicartists are being signed to majorlabels, it has taken Sony's jazz divi-sion to pick up on the talent of RichardBona. Reverence, the second albumfrom the Cameroonian singer andbass player, is a showcase for a seriesof beautiful songs in his native lan-guage of Douala. His bass playing isstrongly influenced by Jaco Pastoriusand there's often a jazzy sophistica-tion to his music, enhanced on thenew album by contributions from PatMetheney and Michael Brecker. Butessentially Bona, who had a spell asHarry Belafonte's musical director, isan African voice, whose singing is upthere with the likes of N'Dour andSalif Keita in terms of expressiveness."My family have a tradition of story-

ancient songs of the Ethiopian church.When her father forbade her to pursuea singing career, she disregarded himand emigrated to Nairobi. Three yearsago she relocated to San Francisco,where Blackwell got to hear her via atape circulating among the westcoast's Ethiopian community. On herdebut album Gigi (Palm Pictures), shesings exclusively in her nativeAmharic, but producer Bill Laswelllends a sympathetically cosmopolitaninfluence on a collection that rangesfrom rugged -Ethiopian funk to gentlergrooves and ranks as one of the mostaccomplished debuts of the year.

Cristina Branco (Universal) Deciding to become a singer afterhearing the music of fado greatAmalia Rodrigues, Cristina Brancohas quickly emerged as one of themost prominent voices of the musicalrenaissance that fado has undergoneover the last ten years. Her acclaimedalbums Murmurios and Post-Scriptum won the "Choc de Vann& duMonde de la Musique" for worldmusic two years running. Now signedto Universal Classics France, her lat-est release Corpo Iluminado featuresboth traditional fados and new com-

Kabul Workshop (Night&Day)World music was, in one sense,born of fusion, of flirtationwith western musical idiomsand studio technology.Tradition and modernity stilldefine the tension which lendsthe best global sounds theirability to mesmerise audienceswhile maintaining links withrooted local styles. KabulWorkshop is described byfounders Francesco Russo andKhaled Arman (classicallytrained musicians from Italyand Afghanistan respectively)as an "electro-world collec-

tive". The music on Trigana (Night &Day) is true fusion that refuses clichés,and is neither simply exotic nor mixedto fit occidental rhythmic expectations.Instead it is traditional Indo-Afghanmusic transformed into current Indo-Afghan via electronica, experimenta-tion and jazz improvisation.

Lila Downs (Narada)Born in Oaxaca, Mexico and raised inthe Sierra Madre mountains, LilaDowns' songs are inspired by theharsh life, folklore and music of theregion's long-suffering but durablepopulace. Her supple, sometimes dra-matic singing style and literate lyricsgive the traditional song -forms shesings a contemporary edge and rele-vance. From stories of her Mixtecancestors to sad tales of life along theborder, she updates ranchera andother musical traditions of Mexicoand Central America with large dosesof R&B, blues and reggae, whilemaintaining the subtle balancebetween sadness, resignation and joywhich the area's songcraft so distinct-ly deploys. Her latest CD Border (LaLinea) may be the breakthrough to awider public she deserves.

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initiator of Strictly Mundial, thecomplimentary trade fair createdwhen the organisation sold thename WOMEX to current producersPiranha in 1998. The network of 42independent ethnic, roots and folkmusic festivals organise meetings,produce promotional CDs, newslet-ters and touring support for a limit-ed number of worthy artists.EFWMF chairman BernhardHanneken feels that member festi-vals could have a significant role ineducating the public about Islamicmusic and culture and demonstrat-ing that no single culture or religionis responsible for the actions of afew fanatics.

Hanneken also laments the con-fusion that the plethora of worldmusic styles causes at retail, wherethe term is interpreted differentlyfrom store to store, and where pop,electronic, acoustic, ethnic, esoteri-ca, new age, jazz and dance areoften jumbled together in a singlechaotic section.

Philippa Morgan, specialtiesbuyer for the UK's 100 -strong HMVretail chain, points to "dance -strokeAsian/Arabic-fusion, mostlyinspired by Ibiza -style ambient" asthe hot ticket in the world musicbins at the moment. "Anything withClaude Challe's name on the coveris gold dust right now," she says,referring to the lavishly packagedambient -trance Buddha Bar serieson the enigmatic Frenchman's ownChallo Music label. "Top end Africanand Cuban titles operate apart fromthe mass of releases and back cata-logue," she asserts, and one big actcan skewer the whole thing towarda new style. World music definitelymoves with trends."

Lack of airplayVirtually all involved with worldmusic complain about the lack ofsufficient airplay for the genre. It'sironic, therefore, that the WorldMusic Charts Europe, a top 10 air-play chart compiled by some 40 pro-grammers from 20 countries, isamong world music's most powerfulpromotional tools. Coordinated byJohannes Theurer and TobiasMaier of Radio MultiKulti/Berlinand an initiative by the WorldMusic Workshop of the EuropeanBroadcasting Union, the chart isuniversally appreciated within theworld music community.

"It's valuable for artists, forlabels and for radio producers them-selves," notes panel member ZjakkiWillems of Flemish public broad-caster VRT. "It's an easy way forlabels to target exactly those atradio they need to reach. It givesartists the potential for maximumexposure, and for programmers it'san easy way to keep up and to gethold of CDs that are often difficultto find otherwise."

"The novelty of world music haslong ago disappeared," Willemsconcludes. "It has its niche and itkeeps its niche; it has its audienceand it keeps its audience. Now it's agenre like any other."

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RADIO ACTIVE

Charlie Gillett's world of musicCharlie Gillett's weekly show A World Of Music on publicfull -service station BBC London is one of the most presti-gious windows for showcasing world music in the UK.Emmanuel Legrand profiles an unconventional broad-caster with a real passion for music.

Charlie Gillett is one of adying breed of broad-casters. He is man witha mission. The respect-ed British radio pre-

senter has what he calls "a compul-sive need to share what I like withother people." And that's exactlywhat he does every Saturday in histwo-hour show A World Of Music,which features an eclectic mix ofall genres on BBC London (untilrecently branded as BBC LondonLive).

Gillett has always had a relent-less appetite for both music andradio. In March 2002, he will cele-brate three decades as a radio pre-senter, during which time he hasbeen introducing generations of lis-teners to new sounds from aroundthe world.

The DJ, who wrote the highly -regarded history of rock'n roll, TheSound Of The City, believes he isnot alone in his passion. "Myinstinct tells me that it's not aunique situation and that I'm onlythe tip of the iceberg," he says. Heis one of the dwindling number ofradio people who still believe thatit should be up to individual DJs tochoose their music.

His shows usually centre arounda guest, and recent visitors includeFrench DJ Yves Thibord of Parisstation Radio Nova, Japan -basedjournalist Paul Fisher, and RussJones and Cliffie, organisers ofLondon's now famous FutureWorld Funk club nights.

Marie -Agnes Beau, who headsthe French Music Office in London,has been a Gillett fan ever sinceshe moved to the British capitaltwo years ago. "As a man, he isadorable, charming and sohuman," she says. "And as a radioperson, he has proved that he hasan amazingly open ear. In the UK,world music is often seen throughits traditional end, while he hasalways tried to be open. He hasunderstood that musicians can becontemporary and urban withoutlosing their roots."

Eclectic mixBeau likes the fact that Gilletshowcases so much new music. "It'ssuch a great mixture of styles," sheenthuses, "and he is never afraid oftaking risks by letting artists per-form live." Beau recalls that Gilletttook the gamble of lettingSenegalese rapper Djoloff andFranco -Cuban rap outfit Orishasplay live in his show.

On October 29, Virgin willrelease World 2001, a double

album comprising 30 tracks thathave aroused the most interestfrom Gillett's listeners over thepast year. He says this album is agood introduction to his shows.

"I am very responsive to feed-back from listeners but I try not tobe trapped by what listeners thinkare their expectations," saysGillett. He has forged this beliefsince hosting a Sunday lunchtimeshow on BBC London's forerunner,BBC Radio London, in the 1970s. "Iremember playing extensively SoulMakossa by Manu Dibango, but I

which he signed Ian Dury's firstband Kilburn and the High Road."Lene Lovitch was our protégé andshe had a hit with Lucky Number,"he recounts.

But Gillett soon resumed hisbroadcasting career, landing in1980, rather unexpectedly, a gig atCapital Radio, which back thenbore little resemblance to the tight-ly -formatted CHR station CapitalFM is today.

"I started at Capital with a one -hour programme that rapidlyexpanded to two," he says. "I couldplay whatever I liked. I rememberthese years as a fantastic time forBritish music. I had on one of myshows Adam Ant, who played HankWillams and Prince; Joe Jackson,who chose to play salsa and TheBeat, who introduced me to someNigerian bands. That's how I

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"There is something about playing recordson the radio which is in my DNA."

Charlie Gillett, presenter, BBC London

didn't know where it came from,"he recalls. "All I knew was that itwas great music."

That decade, he focused more onwhat he calls "American rootsmusic" such as Ry Cooder, Dr.John, Muddy Waters and cajunmusic. "Out of that, I started toreceive demos from artists likeElvis Costello, Dire Straits andGraham Parker, who often gottheir first airplay in my show," hesays.

By the end of 197,,, he found itwas the time to re-evaluate hisinvolvement in radio: "I was paid£75 a week and I was getting moreaggravation from the fact that themanagement of the station had nounderstanding of their responsi-bility as a launching pad for allthese acts."

He left Radio London andlaunched the Oval record label, to

realised that all these musicianshad references that went beyondBritish music."

But by the mid -'80s, UK com-mercial radio was starting tobecome the formatted hit machinewe know today, and specialistmusic aired by the likes of Gillett,Tim Westwood and Peter Young onCapital was no longer in vogue.

Says Gillett: "There were some15 guys like me who little by littlegot fired [from Capital]. When itcame to me, I was devastated.There is something about playingrecords on the radio which is in myDNA."

Unexpectedly, listeners rallied insupport of Gillett. "People started toprotest, so the management calledme and asked me to come back. Butfor me there was no point of doingthe same thing so they asked for anew concept. I suggested to do a pro-gramme about what was thenreferred to 'tropical music'. I starteda show called Foreign Affairs whereI played all this kind of music.Interestingly, the management wasnot choosy as long as they had goodaudience figures."

Playing good musicGillet's new programme quicklybecame a focal point for Africanmusicians in London. "They wereall listening to the show and I wasable to get on artists like KingSunny Ade, Fela Kuti and manyothers." Eventually, Capital's pro-gramme director Richard Parksacked Gillett. "One by one he gotrid of us," says Gillett. "We didn'tbelong to what he wanted to build.The last year at Capital was such astrain. The sad thing is that thereaction from the audience wasfantastic, but the disinterest fromthe station was huge."

After leaving Capital, Gilletttook a job at Warner Music UK,but succumbed very quickly oncemore to the radio bug, joiningGLR, the BBC's innovativeAOR/talk station which replacedRadio London in the late '80s.Although GLR was itself replacedlast year with the more newsyLondon Live, Gillett's weeklyshows continue to be as eclectic asever.

"One of my greatest satisfac-tions is to mix different styles ofmusic and see that there is anaudience," he says. "I play what Ithink is great music. And for me,good music comes from every-where."

Charlie Gillett's A World of Musiccan be heard from 20.00 to 22.00every Saturday night on BBCLondon, 94.9 FM and worldwidevia www.bbc.co.uk I london.

Charlie Gillett's Current FavouritesArtist Album Country Label

1 The Gotan Project La Revancha del Tango France/Argentina Ya Basta/XL

2 Positive Black Soul Run Cool Senegal East West France3 Souad Massi Raoui Algeria Island France4 Radio Tarifa Cruzando el Rio Spain World Circuit5 Various Tea in Marrakech Various Earthworks6 Little George Sueref and the All Stars Little George Sueref and the All Stars UK Pussycat

7 Various Beyond Nashville US Manteca8 Baobab Pirates' Choice Senegal World Circuit9 Manu Chao Proxima Estation: Esperanza France/Spain Virgin10 Marvin Pontiac The Legendary Marvin Pontiac US Strange and Beautiful

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ARTISTS & MUSIC

Sondre Lercheby Kai R. Lofthus

Sondre Lerche is the latest in an expanding line ofacts signed to Virgin Records Norway to combinestrong radio appeal with credibility.

Hot on the heels of labelmates Madrugada, AnjaGarbarek, Lene Marlin and Morten Abel, 19 -year -old Lerche's (pictured) debut album Faces Downpeaked on the Norwegian sales chart at numbertwo following its September 10 release, thanks to amassive reception at local and national radio.

Yet on the face of it, such blanket acceptancefrom radio always seemed unlikely. Working out ofhis Bergen -based home studio (wittily namedSondre Cording), Lerche lists his influences as a -ha, Burt Bacharach, Elvis Costello, Cole Porter andTom Ze.

Atle Bredal, music director at national publicCHR/alternative station NRK Petre, has power -played all three Lerche singles to date; You KnowSo Well, No One's Gonna Come, and current hitSleep On Needles. "He combines the art of classicsongwriting with a youthful playfulness," observesBredal. "His conviction and true emotions are some-thing which sounds good on the radio,"

Music director at AC -formatted sister NRK sta-tion P4, Even Rognlien, has also playlisted thetracks. "[Lerche's] making honest and great musicwhich encompasses different genres, while remain -

the new face of Norwegian radioing shy of the most ultra -commercial trends," hesays.

MTV Nordic's Stockholm -based talent and artistrelations co-ordinator Anna Marselius is equallyenthusiastic, and in the last week of Septemberstarted programming the video of Sondre Lerche'ssecond single, No One's Gonna Come, 10 times aweek. Other stations supporting the artist, accord-ing to Virgin Records Norway radio promotionmanager Ida Walther, include RadioAtlantic/Stavanger, Radio 102/Nord Rogaland,Radio Tromso/Tromso, Kanal 1/Fredrikstad, RadioTonsberg/Tonsberg, Radio 3/Sarpsborg and RadioKongsvinger/Kongsvinger.

"I refuse to accept," Lerche tells M&M, "thatthere is a contradiction between commercial andcredible music. And you can't complain about thebad quality of mainstream music if you don't makeany contributions yourself."

What Lerche has contributed is special indeed,and is reminiscent of how record companies devel-oped artists in the '60s and '70s. Virgin RecordsNorway managing director Per Eirik JohansenA&R'ed the album in tandem with the artist, whohas opted to release EPs and one limited editionvinyl single because "they represent a broader focuson the artistic side."

Sondre Lerche recently completed a 15 -city tourof Norway.

Groove Armada's ship comes inby Gary Smith

A technologically -inventive market-ing campaign for Groove Armada's(pictured) sophomore album,Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub),seems to have paid off.

A collaboration between the PeterGabriel -owned online serviceprovider OD 2 and JiveElectro/Pepper to provide a previ-ously unreleased bonus track, inter-view footage and a full-lengthstream of the Superstylin' video, sawthe album enter M&M's EuropeanTop 100 Albums chart at 27 follow-ing its September 10 release.Perhaps sales were assisted byElton John, who famously bought200 copies of the longplayer to giveto friends.

"To date we have seen a phenom-enal take-up rate of the download,equating to approximately 14% ofthe physical sales," reports MarkKrendel, head of new media atZomba International Record Group."This figure dramatically surpasseshistoric response rates to more tra-ditional methods of direct market-ing and indicates that GrooveArmada fans are responding verypositively to this means of addingvalue."

The special limited -edition,enhanced version of GoodbyeCountry, which uses OD2'sBonustrax ticketing software, is

another part of the promotional cam-paign. "The enhanced CD is a limit-ed edition in all territories," Krendelsays. "Some have it available forship -out stock only, while othershave it as ship -out stock plus re-orders until a certain date. In anycase, we will cease manufacturing atthe end of October, so that the limit-ed edition stock sells through in goodtime before the access site closes onDecember 31."

Response to the album hasexceeded expectations, with leadsingle Superstylin' attracting moreairplay than was foreseen. "The pur-pose of Superstylin' was to establishthe new Groove Armada materialwith their core club/dance fanbase,"Krendel admits.

However, in addition to achievingclub level awareness for GrooveArmada-it is currently number 10on M&M's European Dance Traxxchart-Superstylin' has also enjoyedsignificant airplay on key CHRplaylists across Europe, includingthe UK's BBC Radio 1, Radio 3FM inHolland, Studio Brussels inBelgium, Los 40 Principales inSpain, Italy's Radio Deejay andNRK Petre in Norway.

Cologne public CHR station EinsLive aired the band's Munster gig onOctober 12 as part of its One NightIn Munster event.

"We regard My Friend [releasedOctober 29), as the album's keyradio crossover track," saysKrendel. "Thanks to chart entriesin Germany, Austria, Norway,Italy and Belgium-the first timeGroove Armada have enjoyedchart debuts in these markets-we are confident that byChristmas sales of GoodbyeCountry will be past 300,000 [unitsales] in Europe alone."

DANCE GROOVESby Gary Smith

GOOD MORNINGSProduced by '80s hitmakerPierLuigi Giombini, Mornings(FMA/Italy) by Web, is a tune thatseems destined to be a major hitthis winter. A soaring, mellifluousmelody backed by a eurotrancegroove provides the hook, while amarkedly orchestral use of synthe-sizers provides the musical inter-est. The rapid and widespreaduptake of the track by Italian net-works is some indication of the factthat this is a perfect radio song.With its rounded production and aheavy reliance on vocals, Morningdoesn't break new ground but is afresh, uplifting record.

GOT THEIR MODJO WORKIN"The epic, rising chords and splash-es of wah-wah guitar on Neja'sBack 4 The Morning (NewMusic/Italy) sounds a lot like lastyear's hit from Modjo but, in pro-duction terms, the similarity endsthere. As is often the case with NewMusic's releases, this song leansheavily on the chorus, which in thiscase is a definite advantage asB4TM has a particularly good one.Neja has a strident, punchy voicethat, especially on the chorus, dom-inates the overall sound. A defini-tively radio -friendly tune.

TAKE IT EASYThe release of Don't Panic by Logo fea-turing Dawn Joseph (Manifesto/UK)marks the first time a Coldplay trackhas been given the dance treatment.The results are highly commercial,which is no surprise really, given thequality of the original song. Joseph's

vocals are clean and elegant while themusic, which, despite the addition of ahouse groove still contains a good dealof guitar, is tasteful in the extreme. Itis clear that Logo (seasoned producersMark Jolley, Andy Wright and JamesWiltshire) have a healthy respect forthe original. Amongst the remixesfrom The Green Martian, PhunkInvestigation and Praha, the Prahaeffort gets the Dance Grooves vote ofapproval for its mixture of clatteringpercussion, spacey noises and sheer,unabashed melodrama.

SI BEGS TO DIFFERUnder his various artist names, SiBegg has been responsible for astyle of music that is often pleas-antly hard to define by virtue of itshugely eclectic nature. AlthoughBegg seemingly makes no attemptto create commercial music, he istalented enough that pretty muchwhatever he does is rich in ideas,melodic in a warped kind of wayand often highly entertaining. Hislatest album, The MissionStatement (Novamute/UK), underthe name S. I. Futures, is anotherminor classic that, in the form ofthe track Freestyle Disco, containsone of the best dancefloor records ofthe year. While some of the albumfeatures hard bleeps 'n' beats (ThisIs The Way and I Like That) othertracks-such as the Kraftwerkhomage Eurostar and the dreamy,dark Vending Machine-are bothfunny, highly entertaining andinnovative. Album closer We AreNot A Rock Band is, ironically, thetrack that contains the real missionstatement here-the line "we arenot a rock band, but we rock thehouse"-says it all.

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