Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM) has opened a new office in Hackney, London, and launched its International division. This expansion enhances RPM’s operations in Los Angeles and Hamburg, Germany, focusing on international marketing for artists like Kerry King, Opeth, and Amorphis, Helloween, and Meshuggah.
Veteran executive Paolo d’Alessandro will lead the London team as Head of International, reuniting with RPM co-founder Gerardo Martinez. Founded in 2023, RPM aims to support heavy and extreme music by partnering with both established and new artists.
RPM co-founder and CEO Sven Bogner, comments:
“I believe that one cannot be a truly global player without having boots-on-the-ground at the very least in the three major music markets. The opening of our UK office will allow us to better serve our artists who will now have a London team working both their domestic and international campaigns. Perhaps more importantly, it will also put RPM in front of the British artist and managers community as we are eager to sign much of the great talent that hails from the UK.”
Martinez adds:
“International has never been so important. Every conversation with artist managers inevitably starts with “what is your international setup?”, a question that requires a fully-fledged team to answer with confidence that the label can deliver the level of marketing and promotion territory-by-territory that is expected of a global player. I am very happy that Paolo has joined us in this delicate role and I am looking forward to having him as a member of this label’s leadership team.”
RPM Germany Managing Director Jochen Richert states:
“I could not be happier that we now have a UK/International team to support our European efforts. We may be a young label but the combined expertise of our management team and our local staff is absolutely second to none. I advise artists and managers to give us a try, you most certainly won’t be disappointed.”
