Motor Music is an

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based in

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providing a wide range of music services including music publication, artists management, producing music for films and business and music advertising. Motor Music was founded in 1994 by Tim Renner as a subsidiary of the music group PolyGram (later

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). Within that period, Motor Music has discovered well-known European pioneering artists for instance

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, Farmer Boys, Element of Crime and

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. These artists have become a decisive driving force behind the European music scene and the success reflects the interactive correlation between

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and national recognition in that particular period.

History

Refoundation

In 2005, 10 years after Motor Music was founded in 1994, the founder

Tim Renner Tim Renner (born 1 December 1964) is a German music producer, journalist and author. From 2001 to 2004, he was CEO and chairman of Universal Music Group, Universal Music GmbH in Germany. From 2014 till 2016 he was one of the secretaries of the c ...

and Motor Music left

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and re-founded Motor Entertainment. The Motor Music within the Motor Entertainment again operates as an

independent label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represente ...

. After leaving Universal Music, Motor Entertainment continues in discovering new artists. The company also started to add other businesses into the music label including publication (e.g. Alice Phoebe Lou, L'aupaire, Sophia, Super700, PeterLicht), artists management (e.g.

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, Christoph Israel, Malakoff Kowalski, Fargo), and film and advertisement selection (e.g. 102 Boyz, BHZ, Jan Blomqvist, Teenage Mutants, Moonlight Breakfast).

Motor FM

In February 2005, after leaving

, Motor Music founded the radio station Motor FM, which began regular broadcasting. The radio emphasized advertising and news-free program mainly regarding German-language music. Besides the broadcast, the radio can also be heard live via the Internet. The radio station is regarded as the new forms of music marketing. In September 2006, Motor TV started to broadcast, a television program was available on IPTV and DVB-T which also focused on German-language music . In 2011, Motor FM changed its name to Flux FM transmitter and currently, both Motor FM and Motor TV have now stopped the business.

Artists and recordings

Artist management

Source: *

* Christoph Israel * Malakoff Kowalski * Fargo

Film and advertisement music selection

* 102 Boyz * BHZ * Jan Blomqvist * Teenage Mutants * Moonlight Breakfast * Lex Lugner * Sparkling * Pauls Jets * Tara Nome Doyle

Sub labels

The sub labels of Motor Music includes Motor, Motor Music Promo, Motor Publishing. May also appear as Motor Song on some internet music platforms.

Rammstein

In early 1994,

began working with manager Emanuel Fialik who later introduced the band to Motor Music recording company in the same year. Motor Music signed the band on January 4, 1995, and it becomes the first label of

. Motor Music was responsible for the release of Rammstein’s first three albums:

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History

Refoundation

Motor FM

Artists and recordings

Artist management

Film and advertisement music selection

Sub labels

Rammstein

Other artists recorded or published

Rock music

Electronic

Hip Pop

Jazz

See also

References