YMU Music & Dan Caplen launch Leander Records

21 January 2021 - Press release

IVOR NOVELLO WINNING SONGWRITER ANNOUNCES 50/50 JOINT VENTURE LABEL WITH MANAGEMENT COMPANY

First Single ‘No Letting Go’ Released This Friday (22nd January)

International artist management company YMU Music and Dan Caplen have announced details of a new joint-venture record label, which aims to release music by the Ivor Novello winning songwriter.

YMU Music have managed Dan Caplen for two years and the newly launched Leander Records will provide a platform for  the singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist to release his own original material ,with a plan to reveal brand new tracks every 4-6 weeks . The first of these will be ‘No Letting Go,’  a cover of the Wayne Wonder classic, which is released this Friday (22nd January).

Dan is best known for writing and performing on the triple platinum, Ivor Novello winning and Brit nominated single ‘These Days’, with Rudimental and Macklemore, which to date has achieved over 745 million streams on Spotify. In addition to this he co-wrote ‘One Second’ on Stormzy’s most recent number one album and wrote the current Top 10 hit ‘Paradise’ by Meduza feat. Dermot Kennedy.

Chris Dempsey ,Director, YMU Music said, “Leander Records is a true joint venture between YMU Music and Dan , with both parties investing equally in the label and sharing in its success. Dan is an incredibly talented singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist with a burning desire to control his own destiny and we are excited that he has chosen to partner with us on this ambitious new project. We have the infrastructure , including our own in-house A&R, streaming and digital divisions, to provide Dan with everything he needs to reach a global audience.”

Dan Caplen said, “I have a body of work that I’ve being working on in recent times that I’m really excited about and I saw this idea of a joint venture with YMU Music as an amazing opportunity to get my music out there in a way I could have some measure of control over. I’ve been signed to a major label and I’ve investigated all the various label services available, but nothing felt like giving me the autonomy I wanted than putting out my own material on my own label.”