Queer Music Agency launches in Denmark
Denmark has gained a new agency that will exclusively represent queer artists.
Queer Music Agency will provide non-heterosexual talent with better opportunities to breakthrough in the music industry, according to founder Frederik Diness Ove.
“Unfortunately, there are far too many minorities who feel oppressed in the music industry. This industry is very much dominated by cis-gendered white straight men and therefore we try to rally so we can hopefully stand stronger,” says Diness Ove.
“I would not have [launched Queer Music Agency] if there was no problem with the lack of diversity and oppression of minorities. I hope that in five years’ time it will no longer be necessary, and then I am more than ready to change the profile of our company.”
The agency will offer a number of services to its artists – acting as a record label, management, booking agent and promoter.
“Unfortunately, there are far too many minorities who feel oppressed in the music industry”
Queer Music Agency has already announced its first event at Rust (cap. 670) in Copenhagen on 18 December.
The event, dubbed Queer Concerts, will showcase several of the artists on the roster including singer Sander Sanchez.
Sanchez has previously participated in the Danish Melodi Grand Prix (Denmark’s selection for the Eurovision Song Contest), performed during prestigious festival Aarhus Festuge and closed the ceremony for this year’s WorldPride event in Copenhagen.
Currently, the Queer Music Agency roster also includes 21-year-old queer activist and emerging DJ Nova, artist and producer Taralillah and 23-year-old Irish/danish rising star Ella Costello.
Diness Ove says there are plans to represent 20–25 queer artists by this time next year.
The ILGA-Europe ranks Denmark as the ninth-best country on the continent for LGBTI people, based on how the nation’s laws and policies impact the lives of queer folk.
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Loud and Proud: IQ pride playlist out now
The Pride takeover edition of the IQ New Music playlist, featuring a selection of tracks curated by major international booking agencies, is now live.
Launched last year, the playlist complements IQ Magazine’s popular New Signings page, which keeps the live industry updated about which new, emerging and re-emerging artists are being signed by agents. Click here to read the inaugural Pride edition of IQ now.
The Loud and Proud (July) playlist features contributions from CAA, ICM, ITB, Paradigm Talent Agency, UTA, ATC, WME, Mother Artists, Primary Talent International, FMLY and Hometown Talent, each of which have picked several tracks apiece, showcasing some of their best queer touring artists.
Listen to the latest selection using the Spotify playlist below, or click here to catch up on the June playlist first.
Separated by agency, the full track list for the Loud and Proud (July) playlist is:
Agency | Artist | Song |
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CAA | Todrick Hall | Queen |
CAA | Jodie Harsh | No Sleep |
CAA | MAY-A | Apricots |
CAA | MUNA | Number One Fan |
ICM | Tayla Parx | Dance Alone |
ICM | Amorphous, Kehlani | Back Together |
ICM | drumaq | Insecurities |
ICM | Tygapaw | Facety |
ICM | Marzz | Countless Times |
ITB | Annabel Allum | ordinary life |
ITB | Brandi Carlile | The Joke |
ITB | Cherym | Listening to My Head |
ITB | Dream Nails | Kiss My Fist |
ITB | Hot Milk | I Just Wanna Know What Happens When I'm Dead |
Paradigm | Pabllo Vittar | Modo Turbo |
Paradigm | Lynks | This Is the Hit |
Paradigm | Ezra Furman | I Can Change |
Paradigm | Perfume Genius | On the Floor |
Paradigm | girl in red | Serotonin |
UTA | Bitch Falcon | Gaslight |
UTA | Jake Wesley Rogers | Momentary |
UTA | Madeline The Person | As a Child |
UTA | Princess Nokia | It's Not My Fault |
UTA | Sam Lee | The Tan Yard Side |
ATC | Joe & The Shitboys | Drugs R'4 Kidz |
ATC | Beverly Glenn-Copeland | Ever New |
ATC | Alice Low | Ladydaddy |
ATC | ALMA | Chasing Highs |
ATC | Anjimile | Maker |
WME | Maya Jane Coles | Run to You |
WME | Jazmin Bean | Hello Kitty |
WME | Carla Prata | Certified Freak |
WME | serpentwithfeet | Fellowship |
WME | Kim Petras | Heart to Break |
Mother Artists | Joy Oladokun | sorry isn't good enough |
Primary | Rina Sawayama | Chosen Family |
Primary | Rufus Wainwright | Going To A Town |
Primary | Moore Kismet | Flourish |
Primary | Joesef | Loverboy |
Primary | Marika Hackman | Claude's Girl |
FMLY | Eliza Legzdina | Eat Your Greenz |
FMLY | Ralph TV | 4 U |
FMLY | Du Blonde | All The Way |
FMLY | Lazy Day | Real Feel |
FMLY | Rome Fortune | Lovezone |
Hometown Talent | Jerry Paper | Cholla |
Hometown Talent | Angel Haze | Battle Cry |
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