Swiss house label acquires US-Prince under contract!
Sensation: U.S. superstar Prince with a worldwide three-album deal with independent label Purple Music Switzerland
It seems like a fairy tale, but it is reality: the indie label Purple Music, headquartered in Winterthur is a new partner bonding with Prince ("Kiss," "Purple Rain") known: one of the largest and most influential pop musicians of all time
Founder of the label Purple Music since 1997, Jamie Lewis, Cem aka Berter (42) and his wife Manuela De Pasquale (41).
400 titles includes the label's catalog, including material of disco legends Cerrone, Imagination, Tracks and Jocelyn Brown. Numerous awards such as the Ibiza Music Award for "Breakthrough DJ / Producer 2006" or at the Swiss Awards Top 3 (2011), and for years label residencies at clubs such as Nikki Beach, Miami, Barasti Beach Dubai, Supperclub Amsterdam, Pacha Moscow, Jubilee Italy , El Divino Ibiza, Atlantis Basel and Zurich merchants (since 1998) followed.While he is abroad, where he give for his DJ gigs autographs needs some better known than in his homeland.
Lewis, who began as a quarter of a century disco and funk DJ, opened in 1987 in Winterthur, the record store Dee Jay Service, which he led for 17 years. In 1997 he founded the Milanese Manuela de Pasquale, who had in 1990 launched her music business career in Italo-disco label Full Time (Kano, Creatures, Jovanotti & La Toya Jackson), the label Purple Music.
The name came about by chance: the two watched TV in the Prince film "Purple Rain" and outdated so the color purple for her label. What they could not guess: 14 years later, Prince was with his manager would report to them. The couple was on tour in Italy, when Manuela on 23 8th 2011 checked their mail. One of the messages had the subject of Prince, and they thought it was a spam, which they erased by a hair. But then she read the email yet: the management of Prince, the label was trying unsuccessfully to reach the office. They wanted to talk about a collaboration with Prince. Whether it is possible that they may have their mobile number. Manuela emailed them back the number, but hopes to do without, because it still believes that there must be a joke. When the couple spent the next day at the beach, and incredible but was Purple Rain was played on the radio! The phone rang. At the other end actually said the Prince management.
As Prince - he was in the 80s with Michael Jackson and Madonna, the music world on its toes - played the first leg of his this year's European tour in July in Zurich, he instructed his management to find a label for his next three albums. The management went on google, and google because the information obtained from the respective country indicates where the computer stands, they found the first three entries equal to Purple Music in the search field after a dance label.They studied the site and were extremely impressed not only by listening to there music, but also the look and feel of the label. No sooner were the two back in Zurich, was equivalent to a call even if you could meet tomorrow in Zurich. For four hours they discussed in the Purple Music office in Winterthur and found out quickly that it was on the same wavelength.Sun Prince sets such as the value that the record primarily on vinyl in all formats (7 ", 10", 12 "Picture Disc) appear, but knowing that even a digital release is essential nowadays.
Prince, whose high-class studio Paisley Park in Minneapolis set up similarly, provided the label is not just digital files like usual today, but also Reel2Reel tapes of old school. Prince, who is mastered 26 instruments and has 1000 unreleased songs in his drawer with his new material in the direction of club music. The first single is released in late November "Dance 4 Me". Besides the original mix three remixes by Jamie Lewis and two remixes by U.S. producer David Alexander will be included. The mix of funk, house and big room club sound will inspire not only all Prince fans, but also the younger generation of club-goers.
Next year is the follow up "2nite" (sung by the coming out of Minneapolis-Prince protégé, Usher's backup singer and model Bria Valente, 2009 with the "Elixer" an album released) and follow the first of three albums.
Prince, of which there are virtually no paparazzi photos floating, but always against the current. It would have been easy for him, a David Guetta - indicating in each interview that his greatest unfulfilled dream is a collaboration with Prince - get involved and are looking to the U.S. Billboard charts.Instead, he chose Jamie Lewis and Purple Music as independent label, with whom he wants to build in the next few years. Jamie Lewis of the Prince songs - contribute House & Club versions. A great honor for a Swiss manufacturer.
In the coming months he will be the master - the songs of countless artists such as Chaka Khan, Bangles, Sinead O `Connor have been covered - meet in person in Minneapolis.
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