FUGA Beefs Up In Britain with One House, Critical Music & Berry’s Room Deals

Photo Credit: FUGA (Pretty Girl)

Downtown owned distributor FUGA has announced several new UK signings. FUGA announces partnerships with One House, Critical Music, and British-Nigerian Afrobeats star Maleek Berry’s imprint—Berry’s Room.One House—home to DJ and producer Eliza Rose, Pretty Girl, Yung Singh and Kevin Saunderson—will utilize FUGA’s global distribution and marketing services in a partnership that includes physical distribution, sync, YouTube channel management and access to the company’s trends and analytics platform.

One House has rapidly grown into an award-winning business encompassing a record label, creative agency, management company, and live agency. Using its artist-driven approach to empower independent creators with ownership and creative control over the work, One House boasts a talented global roster of electronic acts including management clients, Shanti Celeste, Dan Shake, Surusinghe and Inner City and label clients, Pretty Girl, Gan Gemi, Avalon Emerson and Not To Twos.FUGA’s partnership with One House kicked off with EP release Get Back To Me from Melbourne-to-London rising star producer, Pretty Girl. The release secured 30+ playlist additions across DSPs and a debut chart position on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) charts. “Everything we do at One House is designed to provide game-changing support to a new generation of exceptional artists, on their own terms,” adds Napper Tandy, Founder of One House.

FUGA is also announcing a new partnership with Critical Music, one of the world’s leading drum and bass labels. Founded over twenty years ago by renowned DJ and producer Kasra, Critical Music will use FUGA’s global distribution and marketing services to support the label’s current and future releases.With a global roster that includes some of the world’s most talented producers, including Switzerland’s QZB, Austria’s Mefjus, and The Netherlands’ Waeys, as well as UK talents Ivy Lab, Halogenix and Spectral, Critical Mass pride themselves on representing the best creators in the drum and bass scene.

FUGA has also partnered with Berry’s Room, the label of renowned British-Nigerian producer and recording artist, Maleek Berry. The wide-ranging deal will see the company provide distribution, marketing, and YouTube channel management for Berry’s prolific catalog.It also includes the release of his forthcoming debut album, with the first distributed by FUGA single, “Secrets” releasing on July 12. The partnership with Berry’s Room will also provide an outlet for Maleek to support and release the next generation of Afrobeats talent.

“As FUGA’s growth and expansion in the important UK and Irish markets continues, we are excited to welcome some of the industry’s most valuable and forward-thinking labels to our client base,” adds Lara Baker, FUGA’s General Manager, UK & IE. “We look forward to working alongside these game-changing labels to connect their artists to audiences around the world.”