302:) - defining a new era at the revamped legendary label while retaining ownership and separately running PMR as a partner label of the Universal subsidiary. Ben told Music Business Worldwide: âPMR has been an amazing ride so far, but weâre really excited by the prospect of scaling things up as part of a label with the global weight and influence of Virgin EMI. Their legacy and Britishness really sang to us and something feels very right about bringing our entrepreneurial spirit, energy and vision to a bigger, frontline operation.â Daniel added: âWe have always been super ambitious at PMR and the success of Disclosure gave us a taste of how to break an artist globally. Weâre looking forward to doing even more of that as part of Virgin EMI, bringing everything weâve learnt building PMR from the ground up to the absolute powerhouse of Universal.â
471:âs success, contemporary pop is more open to underground electronics than ever before, and was crying out for a label to become the de facto stable for artists straddling the boundary between both. But in terms of picking their artists, PMR has been flawless. The success of Jessie Wareâs Mercury-nominated Devotion remains the labelâs finest moment to date, but the smaller scale signings of Julio Bashmore, Disclosure and T. Williams may, in time, prove just as fruitful: a close to perfect example of doing underground music on a major scale.â
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136:. He persuaded his brother Daniel to join him in launching his own business venture and PMR was born. Its first âofficeâ was their family living room in Acton, West London, and the ethos was to create a music company truly committed to artist development with âreal cultureâ, not about sales or mainstream wants, just music Ben and Daniel loved. PMR's key launch objective was to âchange peopleâs perception of what pop music is and what it should sound likeâ.
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