INVOLVED PUBLISHING SIGNS WORLDWIDE DEAL WITH KOBALT PUBLISHING

14 August 2014 - Press release

Involved Publishing has signed an exclusive worldwide deal with Kobalt for the administration of its broad dance music catalogue.

Co-owned by Above & Beyond, one of the UK’s biggest electronic music acts, Involved Publishing is the publishing arm of renowned dance labels Anjunabeats and Anjunadeep, and controls songs from an extensive catalogue of writers including Above & Beyond, Mat Zo, Dusky, Andrew Bayer, Arty, and Audien.

The partnership with Kobalt allows Involved to further strengthen its collection and administration resources, whilst retaining its core philosophy of signing cutting edge electronic music - ranging from experimental electronica to stadium dance.
 
As part of the deal, Kobalt’s global synch licensing and creative teams will seek out new creative opportunities forInvolved’s writers, as well as exploit the catalogue for use in film, TV advertising and other media.

James Grant, CEO of Involved Publishing, said: 
“The exciting thing about Kobalt is their global reach and the fact there are genuine fans of what we do in each of their major offices worldwide. There are unprecedented opportunities for dance music globally and our catalogue has never been more relevant, so it was the right time to bolster our publishing infrastructure and our offering to writers.”

Above & Beyond recently announced a sold out show at Madison Square Garden and are currently promoting ‘Blue Sky Action’, the lead single from their new artist album, due 2015 on Anjunabeats and published by Involved. Meanwhile the Anjunadeep imprint recently inked a deal with Ministry of Sound for the joint release of Lane 8 featuring Bipolar Shine’s ‘I Got What You Need (Every Night)’ and will release the sixth instalment of its annualAnjunadeep compilation series in September.