Taylor Brode [NYC], MANAGING DIRECTOR AND OWNER. TAYLOR acted as label director for Sacred Bones Records from 2009- 2017. while there, she a&r’ED some of our most acclaimed avant garde directors: David Lynch, John Carpenter and Jim Jarmusch. she was A&R for LUST FOR YOUTH, PSYCHIC TV, Jenny Hval, PATTI SMITH (w/ soundwalk collective), and ANIKA, amongst many others. She has been general management for Orville Peck, Shamir, AND INGA COPELAND, and IS GM FOR ZOLA JESUS, vlure, chino amobi, MACHINE GIRL, METH MATh, AYA GLOOMY, MAHNE FRAME and DANA DENTATA. She has curated stages for THE GUGGENHEIM, Red Bull Music Academy, Liverpool Psych Fest, NYC’s OUTLINE and Northside FestivalS, and HAS appeared on CNN RE: FEMME EQUALITY IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
steph hornstra [NYC], day manager, ONLINE STRATEGY and marketing. At Universal Music, sTEPH managed artist research and development across the full UMG roster including Interscope, Island, Republic and Def Jam Records FOR DOZENS OF ARTISTS INCLUDING: glaive, mdwxst, James Blake, Billie Eilish, Tierra Whack, The Weeknd, SHM, 070 Shake, Kanye West, AND Rihanna. At SoundCloud, she built out Brand Partnerships, pitching digital + experiential activations for SoundCloud artists and DJs such as Mochakk and Lay Bankz.
Serena Hodgson [NYC], MGMT COORDINATOR. SERENA CURRENTLY WORKS FOR AEG Via AND previous HELD rolEs at Ground Control Touring. sERENA has worked with artists and their teams on destination music festival iii Points in Miami, and on international tours, including Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road, Paul McCartney, Justin Bieber, and Kraftwerk. she is the day-to-day manager for Meth Math and assists across the roster with touring promotion and logistics.
BEN COOK [LISBON | LONDON], TOURING AND PRODUCTION. BEN HAS BEEN A TOURING AND RECORDING MUSICIAN FOR OVER 20 YEAR. HE FRONTS LEGENDARY H/C ACT NO WARNING AND WAS A MEMBER OF TORONTO’S FUCKED UP FOR 15 YEARS, WINNING THE POLARIS PRIZE IN 2009. HE WAS A&R FOR U.S. GIRLS AND LAST GANG, AND IS A GLOBALLY RENOWNED PRODUCER AND SESSION MUSICIAN. Ben’s current project is young guv, a solo project signed to run for cover.
semaphore is based in nyc. our current mgmt ROSTER includes artists from mexico, AUSTRALIA, SCOTLAND, JAPAN and the united states.
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