Bucks partners with award-winning producer Charlie Andrew for Francobollo admin deal

27 September 2016 - Press release

Bucks Music Group has signed a worldwide administration deal with Swedish-born band Francobollo, the first signing to producer Charlie Andrew's new publishing venture Big Tree Music.

BRIT Award and Mercury Prize winning producer Charlie Andrew (whose production credits include albums from alt-J, Benjamin Francis Leftwich and Money) launched Big Tree Music alongside sister label Square Leg Records in August this year.

The now London-based Francobollo are also the first signing to Square Leg, which released the quartet's first single Kinky Lola. The quartet's debut album is set for release in 2017.

Under the new admin agreement, Big Tree Music and Francobollo will be able to take advantage of Bucks Music Group's global reach, resource and infrastructure.

Bucks Music Group's Director Creative A&R Sarah Liversedge Platz said: “Charlie is one of the most successful and sought after producers in the music industry today. It's fantastic that he has chosen to partner with Bucks for Francobollo, who have helped him kick off his new publishing company and label in style. We're looking forward to helping the band achieve big things and working more closely with Charlie and Big Tree in the future.”

Charlie Andrew said: “I have big ambitions with Big Tree and Francobollo so it was very important to me when setting the company up that we were able to provide all of the writers we sign with a fantastic and pro-active service worldwide. Working with Bucks, with their fantastic sync record and international offices, has allowed us to do exactly that. I have a lot of time for Sarah, Flash [Taylor – Creative A&R Consultant] and the team and I am really excited about working with them on Francobollo and beyond.”

Bucks Music Group is one of the UK’s leading and longest running independent music publishers. It's catalogue includes works written by the likes of David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath, DJ Fresh, Run The Jewels, Brian Eno, James Blunt, Professor Green, Rudimental, Beyonce, Joe Strummer, CAN, Pete Doherty, Roni Size & Reprazent, Andreya Triana, David Arnold, Troy Miller, Honeyblood, One Bit, The Heavytrackerz and more. Label publishing partners include: Heavenly, Nude, Raggamuffin, Brownswood, Rekids, Arts & Crafts, VIVa and No Hats No Hoods.