THE COMPANY: G-POP GmbH is an International Music Licensing and Marketing Company with their head office in Hamburg, Germany as well as a regional Asian rep. office based in Singapore. Whilst we provide international marketing services to household acts such as Simply Red, Chris De Burgh, Boyz to Men and many more; G-POP Asia functions fully as a record company & booking agency in the Asia Pacific region.


Company Structure (click to enlarge):


ASIAN BUSINESS MODEL:

LICENSING - We provide a gateway to Asian licensing and DJ/ Artist booking opportunities for Intl. artists/ labels. Representing original copyright holders (master recording rights) to secure third party licensing placement deals through our strong network of licensees (both majors and independents) across Asia Pacific.

We have a wealth of extensive knowledge and understanding of the Asian markets and since our inception 5 years ago, we have been in constant demand to offer content to our licensees for album releases. We deal in all genre (pop, pop dance/ jazz – female vocal, standard, cover jazz, pop jazz/ dance – house, euro dance, euro trance, techno/ bossa nova/ world/ rock – pop rock, rock classic/ heritage acts/ oldies/ lounge, chill out/ guitar – flamenco/ piano – standard, covers/ audiophile) so if you have such other materials, please do send us.

G-POP Asia offers licensing services covering territories:
North Asia (Japan, Korea)
Greater China (Taiwan, Hong Kong, China)
South East Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand)
Australasia (Australia, New Zealand)
South Asia (India, Indian sub-continents, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal)
Middle East (Afghanistan, Bahrain, Darussalam, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Arab Republic, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi-Arabia, Tadschikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, United Arab Emirates).

ARTIST BOOKINGS - To create further exposure and marketing of some local releases, we offer DJ/artist booking services to our international label partners through the strong network of local clubs and promoters in the Asian markets. Through these international label connections; we are also able to have direct contacts to some DJs/acts to offer to local clubs on occasions.

EUROPEAN BUSINESS MODEL:

We provide specialized marketing consultancy to international artists for Europe; representing them to negotiate and secure a licensing deal with either the majors or independents for both Western and Eastern Europe continents.

Some of our successful licensing portfolio includes the following:

Album deals:
2007 (April) - Simply Red ‘Stay’ (license - Japan)
2007 (Aug) - Arrested Development ‘Since the last time’ (license and booking – Asia)
2007 (June) - Cosmic Gate ‘Earth Movers’ (license and booking - Asia)
2007 (July) - Blank & Jones ‘Relax’ (license)
2006 (March) - DJ Bobo ‘Chihuahua’ and ‘Pirates of Dance’ (license – Asia)
2006 (June) - Chris De Burgh ‘Storyman’ (license – Asia)
2006 (Oct) - Katelyn Tarver (license and promo tour – Asia)
2006 (June) - Bombay Rockers (license)
2006 (Aug) - Hanna Hais ‘Rosanova’ (license)
2006 (March) - Mousse T ‘Is it coz I’m cool’ (Top 10 UK chart) (license – Asia)
2005 (Jan) - Global DJ ‘Sound of San Francisco’ (license – Asia)
2005 – Chris De Burgh ‘Road to Freedom’ (license – Asia)
2004 - Mel C (license and promo tour - Asia)
2003 – Snap ‘Power to the Bhangra’ (license – Asia)

Label deals we represent for Asia:
2008 – current: Defected (UK #1 dance music label)
2008 – current: Kontor (Germany’s #1 leading dance music label)
2007 – current: SMC recordings (San Francisco hip hop label)
2006 – current: Unlimited Sounds (Germany’s dance label)
2006 – current: Central Station records (Australia’s leading dance music label)
2006 – current: Tragma/ Trak music (Austria dance music label)
2006 – 2007: Cantos (African world music)
2006 - current: Ministry of Sound Germany (rep for Asia)
2005 – 2008: A45 Music (Germany’s dance label)