PARALLEL MANAGEMENT JOINS FORCES WITH TWENTY FIRST ARTISTS

15 December 2011

London, December 15th 2011 - Twenty First Artists has announced an agreement with Parallel Management, which will see the London based urban/pop specialists joining the Twenty First Artists management group.
Parallel Management, which was launched 18 months ago by Sam Adebayo and Ish Olokunbola, will bring their existing roster of clients, who include hotly tipped artist Angel, and production team Parallel, which includes of Angel, Kassa Alexander and & Victoria Akintolato, to Twenty First Artists and will help spearhead the company’s activities in urban and pop moving forward.
Singer Songwriter Angel, who is signed to Island Records, was a recent MTV ‘Tip for 2012’ and is about to embark on a UK tour with Dappy before playing his own sold out London show later this month. His highly anticipated new single, ‘Go In, Go Hard’ (feat. Wretch 32) is due in the New Year.

Parrallel Productions have recently written and produced tracks for Wretch 32, Pixie Lott and Jason Derulo. They also worked with Roll Deep on the single ‘Green Light’, which charted at number 1.
Colin Lester, CEO of Twenty First Artists said, “Sam and Ish are two young artist managers who have already built a strong reputation in the urban and pop communities. They bring energy, expertise and enthusiasm to our company. We are looking forward to helping develop the careers of Angel and the Parrallel production team internationally and to helping build a successful roster of world class talent. ”
Sam Adebayo, co-founder of Parallel Management said, “Ish and I have huge respect for what Colin Lester and the team at Twenty First Artists have achieved and we are delighted to be joining their organisation. Having access to their experience, wisdom and international infrastructure will allow us to realise the ambitious vision we have for Parallel Management. “