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  SHOCKWAVE 2044 Musique de Maximilien MATHEVON With support of Centre National de la Musique Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd   Special Halloween   Shockwave 2044 is the meeting of an electronic music album and an original soundtrack. That of an imaginary film, a fantastic B movie from the 80s, a genre that I like. Shockwave 2044 is also the meeting of musical styles that are dear to me: the retro electronics of the 80s (the soundtracks of John Carpenter, those of Harold Faltermeyer, Brad Fiedel, Giorgio Moroder, the music of Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jarre), contemporary sound design and film music (Hans Zimmer...), and orchestral film music (Michael Giacchino, Elliot Goldenthal). These musical styles inspired the sound palette that I used: the vintage sonorities of analog synths from the 80s, those, modern and evolutionary, specific to contemporary sound design and orchestral samples (strings, brass and voices). This album was produced with th...

Merlin, the global digital rights agency for the world’s independent label sector, has appointed Jeremy Sirota as the organization’s new CEO. Sirota joins Merlin from Facebook’s Music Team. While at Facebook, Sirota led the company’s efforts to license and acquire recorded music rights from independent record labels and distributors around the world, thereby enabling social music features across Facebook, Instagram, Oculus and Messenger. Based in both New York and London, he succeeds Charles Caldas who served as Merlin’s CEO since the agency’s founding in 2007. Sirota, a widely respected and experienced executive in music and technology, ‘has a proven track record for negotiating complex and strategic commercial partnerships, and for driving digital innovation across the recorded music business,’ according to the release announcing his appointment. Sirota also previously held a number of senior positions at Warner Music Group, culminating in his appointment as SVP and Head ...