Angel Music Group

Angel Music Group (AMG) was set up in early 2005 as a management company for various dance music groups in the United Kingdom, including Godskitchen, Global Gathering, Polysexual, and others.

In addition to their music assets, the company also is responsible for several large scale music festivals around the world, including Global Gathering, Hi-Fi, and also the ownership and management of the nightclub Air, in Birmingham.

In June of 2006, AMG merged with the United States company Track Entertainment, after partnering with them on the successful US version of the Global Gathering festival in March of 2006. The merger gave them a solid footprint in all the major music markets in the United States. The joint venture was short-lived, and AMG now competes directly with Track through new joint ventures with the photo community web site Napkin NiGHTS, event producers Live Nation, and the interactive services company Trinity Street.

In late 2007, AMG partnered with US nightclub owner and operator Jon Bakhshi, the visionary behind New York hot-spots Home and GuestHouse. New projects include nightclubs in Ameristar properties, the first of which is slated to open in December 2007 in the Ameristar Resort and Casino in St. Charles. In addition, the group is beginning work on the first eco-friendly club in the US, to be called "Greenhouse." Greenhouse made its debut in October 2007 with a launch party during Paris Fashion Week, hosted by Carmen Kass and Jessica Stam.

Angel Music Group (Record Label) was set up in the summer of 2005 by EMI Music UK & Ireland as an umbrella company to look after its Innocent and EMI Classics labels. At the time, the Innocent label was looking after such acts as Blue, Atomic Kitten, and Billie Piper. Since then, the Innocent label has been left to the side as the Angel bosses resurrected the Charisma label, who at one time boasted acts like Genesis and Peter Gabriel.

Since then, the acts on the label have changed dramatically. Although Blue have since disbanded, Simon Webbe stayed with Charisma to pursue a solo career and has put out two albums under the Charisma label. The French soloist Camille also survived the Innocent/Charisma changeover

Since 2005, Angel has been on an A&R mission searching for new acts to fill its roster. Head of A&R Elias Christas has spearheaded the campaign which has brought over Phil Campbell, the Scottish born singer/songwriter; Alphabeat, the Danish pop act; Tom Baxter, the UK singer/songwriter; and Julian Velard the Brooklyn-born singer.

As well as looking after the homegrown acts on Charisma, the Angel Music Group also handles the accounts for a lot of EMI's overseas talent. There is a deal with Hollywood Records (the music arm of Disney) which has acts like the Plain White T's, Vanessa Hudgens, and Hilary Duff. Angel are also responsible for looking after the French dance DJ David Guetta.

See also

  • List of record labels