Playground Music Norway is an independent record company established in 1999, and a part of Playground Music Scandinavia.
The Scandinavian head quarter of Playground Music with management, administration and label managers is located in Malmö, Sweden, with branch offices in Stockholm for sales, A&R, promotion and International affairs and sales/promotion/marketing-offices in Oslo, Copenhagen and Tampere. We also serve Iceland and the Baltic States through local representatives.
Playground Music Norway works with a wide range of artists and bands. We have signed bands/artists like Bloodlights, Jørn Hoel, Silence the Foe, Al Deloner, TNT, Draumir to name a few, and through our partners we also have the pleasure of working with Norwegian bands and artists such as The School, Surferosa, Torch, Frank Hammersland, Ricochets, Popium, Frank Hammersland, Moving Oos, Mohammed, Israelvis, Midnight Choir, Side Brok, Paal Flaata, Halvdan Sivertsen, Ranheim, D'Sound, Cadillac, Tier'n & Lars and many more.
Playground Music Scandinavia also distribute and promote international labels for Scandinavia, such as Domino, Beggars Group (Beggars Banquet, Matador, 4AD, Too Pure), Nettwerk, Imperial, Diesel, New West, World Circuit, Eagle, !K7, Rounder, Catskills, Juju Records and many many others. This gives us the honor of working with bands such as Arctic Monkeys, Raconteurs, Radiohead, Franz Ferdinand, Timbuktu, The White Stripes, Pixies, The Rasmus (own signing), Josh Rouse, Basement Jaxx, New Pornographers, Bonde Do Role, Brightblack Morning Light, Prodigy, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Tv On The Radio, Thom Yorke, Devastations, Be Your Own Pet, Yo La Tengo, Alison Krauss, Herbert, Cocteau Twins, Pavement, Alice Cooper, Deep Purple, Mark Lanegan, Múm, Scott Walker, Psapp, Archie Bronson Outfit, Tindersticks, Stuart A. Staples, The National, 16 Horsepower, Woven Hand, Walkabouts, Four Tet, The Kills, Magnetic Fields, Elliott Smith, Bonde Do Role, Test Icicles, Hafdis Huld, Levon Helm, Ken Ring, Television Personalities, José González, Animal Collective, Drive-By Truckers, Vic Chesnutt, Kris Kristofferson, Howie Beck, Tanya Donelly, Breeders, Mountain Goats, Teitur, Snook, Ratatat, Peaches, Frank Black, Cat Power, Guided By Voices, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Matmos, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Benjy Ferree, Beirut, Junior Boys, Black Label Society, Mojave 3, Badly Drawn Boy, Devendra Banhart, M.I.A., Dizzee Rascal, Stereolab, The Organ, Nickel Creek, Tobias Fröberg, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tapes'n Tapes, Koop, M Ward, Pleasure, Lush, Rosie Thomas, Under Byen, Veto, Clinic, Nathalie Merchant, Dolly Parton, and many, many more.
For further information, please visit our website: Playground Music Norway (or Playground Music Scandinavia )
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