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Steriogram Land Capitol Amercia Deal
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2002 7:38 pm
The Datsuns did it in the UK. Now Steriogram have done the same, this time in the US - jumping into the international fast lane and signing direct to a major label, Capitol Records America.
The Auckland five-piece head to the US next week to meet producers, planning to be in the studio by January for a debut album release in North America in mid-2003.
Capitol, part of the EMI Group, is one of the industry's best-known and most-respected names, responsible for a host of big names from The Vines to Coldplay, Robbie Williams to Radiohead. Now add Steriogram.
The initial contact arose when independent label manager Joe Berman saw the band's website, what they had been up to this year and the video for White Trash, says guitarist Brad Carter.
"He emailed us and we built up a consultant-type relationship with him. He remixed some of our songs and made up a sampler CD and a video with some live footage. Soon we had a few major labels wanting to fly us over to play for them, but Joe kept getting interest and calls from other labels who'd heard of Steriogram so he made us wait.
"Then out of the blue late in October our video found its way onto Andy Slater's desk. He watched it, called in his Head of A&R and said 'I want this band by the end of today!'"
They inked the deal on November 1. Since signing, the band has kept the news - momentous in New Zealand music terms - remarkably quiet. They plan to announce full details shortly
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