Since 2002 Chrysalis Music Benelux is a joint venture company set up in partnership with Strengholt, a large independent Dutch media group. Chrysalis Music Benelux will administer and exploit all Chrysalis Music’s international repertoire, as well as signing local writers/artists and partnerships in Holland and Belgium (KRAAK & SMAAK / COPARCK / ALAMO RACE TRACK / MOKE / REYN OUWEHAND / EXCELSIOR RECORDINGS / BJORN B / YONDERBOI / V2 RECORDS BENELUX a.o.).......................................................
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..............................................The roots of Chrysalis stretch back to a tiny flat in West London in 1967, when former university social secretaries, Chris Wright, then 22, and Terry Ellis, 23, linked their flair for managing and booking bands to form the Ellis Wright Agency. The duo quickly established themselves as significant entertainment providers for British colleges and swiftly transferred to an office in London's West End. Among the duo's early management clients were blues rockers Ten Years After, whom Wright had snapped up in Manchester when they were known as the Jaybirds, and a Blackpool soul band that evolved into Jethro Tull. After a couple of experiences trying to release Ten Years After and Jethro Tull records via other companies, Wright and Ellis began thinking in terms of their own label. In 1968, they signed a licensing deal with Island Records with the proviso that, should Wright and Ellis' acts log an agreed number of hits, then the pair would be awarded a label in their own right. The appropriate tally was logged within a year, and a new independent record company - Chrysalis, an amalgam of Wright's first name and Ellis' last - was born. In the early seventies, with hit albums from Jethro Tull, Ten Years After, Procul Harum and others, Chrysalis established itself as a highly individual folksy/bluesy/rock label and as the seventies continued Chrysalis responded to the arrival of punk and new-wave by signing Generation X and, out of New York, Blondie, who had phenomenal success with hits such as "Atomic" and "Call Me" After buying out Terry Ellis in 1985, Chris Wright sold the Chrysalis Records label to EMI in 1991. He did, however, make the very wise decision of retaining the music publishing business Chrysalis Music Ltd. This has proved to be very successful as Chrysalis Music's Net Publisher Share has grown from 2.5m in 1992 to nearly 10m today. From successes with acts such as original and diverse as Aphex Twin, Portishead and David Gray over the last decade to cutting edge new signings like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Gnarls Barkley, Chrysalis is proving that to succeed you need to be able to move quickly. As well as recording artists we also have a large roster of writers who've had major hits with Kylie Minogue, The Sugababes and Robbie Williams to name a few.........................................................
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............................................For any questions, you can send an email to
[email protected]. Chrysalis Music Benelux, PO Box 338, 1400 AH Bussum, The Netherlands
Just For Tonight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGGi42dwrcE
This song was used during the EURO 2008 by NOS (Dutch) television as their TV Leader
Grande Punto 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5NbuvFkOJw
This is the European FIAT commercial using the song 'Grip' by zZz and the video concept from that song which was directed by Roel Wouters
ING Bank commercial (Flemish version) - Black Cat John Brown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0roMSiWIMPA
Chrysalis Music Benelux successfully placed 'Blackcatjohnbrown' by ALAMO RACE TRACK in a Belgian ING BANK commercial!
Kraak & Smaak - Squeeze Me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0AHyKdw-cE
LPG - We Don't Understand http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1htO-bhK2R4
Great song and video!
Moke - This Plan - Live op Pinkpop 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asNMDLwcitM
MOKE at Pinkpop in front of over 50.000 people!
