ECM Records Commences Streaming And Expands Partnership With Universal Music Group

New Deal With UMG

Independent label ECM RECORDS is expanding its partnership with long-standing distribution partner UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP (UMG), to bring the entire ECM catalogue to major streaming platforms on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17.

DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON Pres. CLEMENS TRAUTMANN said, “I would like to thank MANFRED EICHER for placing his trust in UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP and DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON. Myself, my team and my colleagues around the world are delighted to work on bringing the precious ECM catalogue to digital platforms. We want to place our distribution capabilities fully at the disposal of ECM and its great artists and in doing so, benefit from each other's experiences and generate synergies with the portfolio of DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.” 

UNIVERSAL MUSIC and DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON Pres./CEO CENTRAL EUROPE FRANK BRIEGMANN, “I am delighted by this strengthened co-operation, our collaboration shows how a world-renowned genre label and a global major can respect and complement each other perfectly. MANFRED EICHER’s decades long emphasis on outstanding artists and exemplary production has created a legendary catalogue in the truest sense of the word.  We are proud to provide them with access to our international structure and team of experts."

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