Booking agency and management firm EBB Music has officially expanded to the UK with the addition of agents Polly Miles and Jule Konrad.

The dual appointment will provide the Amsterdam-based company with an experienced team of bookers on the ground in the UK as it continues to build its reputation in the European market.

“For several years now I have worked with the EBB team, as a promoter and a UK booking agent,” says Miles. “I’ve always admired their unique and diverse roster along with their professional and approachable way of working.”

Miles and Konrad will bolster EBB’s eclectic European roster with acts such as Lady Wray, WITCH, Pachyman, Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band, Thumpasaurus and YARD.

“For me EBB excels in embodying two of my core values: carving out a space for artists who break boundaries, defy labels, and redefine the norm as well as nurturing talent from the very start to full-fledged success,” adds Konrad. “Having collaborated extensively on artists in the past, I’m proud to represent the UK office alongside my long-term colleague, Polly.”

“Our expansion into the UK is a major milestone for EBB Music”

Amsterdam-based EBB currently represents artists such as Altın Gün, YĪN YĪN, Too Many Zooz, Ali, Ile, Otoboke Beaver and Jambinai.

As part of the UK launch celebrations, EBB Music will be hosting a special welcome drinks reception at The Great Escape Festival in Daltons, Brighton on 16 May.

“Our expansion into the UK is a major milestone for EBB Music,” says CEO/co-founder Ronald Keizer. “With our established European and worldwide connections, we are positioned to bring a fresh, diverse roster of artists to the market.

“Our aim is to provide unparalleled booking services to our partners, while also offering artists exciting new opportunities to perform on global stages, along with offering extra service. We are happy to be working with Polly and Jule on expanding business in Europe.”

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Amsterdam-based booking and artist management agencies Earth Beat and Blip Agency are merging under one umbrella.

Under the name EBB Music, the agencies will bring together their rosters of afro jazz, psychedelic pop and electronic music acts.

The company’s consolidated roster includes Altın Gün, Jambinai, Otoboke Beaver, Ambassade, Gaye Su Akyol, DMX Krew, Daughters of Reykjavik, WaqWaq Kingdom, YĪN YĪN, Romperayo and M I M I.

According to EBB Music, the amalgamation will better serve its artists across Europe, Benelux and the rest of the world.

“EBB Music’s goal is to give non-European artists a chance to build a career in Europe”

Earth Beat was co-founded in 2002 by Jerome Williams who previously worked for ten years as a sound engineer and tour manager.

Having started out as an agency for ‘world music’ in the Benelux countries, Earth Beat gradually expanded into a company with a theatre division (operating in Holland and Belgium until 2013), an international agency and a local promoter in Benelux.

Blip, meanwhile, was founded in 2016 by Jeroen van den Bogert and Ronald Keizer and became a successful agency for ‘cutting-edge and leftfield artists’. Williams, Bogert and Keizer will lead the newly formed EBB Music.

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