One Liners: Beabadoobee, Jason Mraz, Pussy Riot, more

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APPOINTMENTSArmada Music has appointed two new General Managers, Dan Smith in New York and Ben Malone in London.

Says Maykel Piron, CEO of the Amsterdam-headquartered dance music label: “We have been actively working the US and UK territories with our own teams and offices for a while now, and those teams have always been managed by the Dutch management team.

In order to take the next step and follow up on the major strides we’ve been making in both territories, we felt we needed to hire skilled local captains”.Music services company Kartel Music Group has appointed Abi White as Head Of Dance And Electronic Promotions within its Kartel Marketing Agency. “We are incredibly excited to welcome Abi to the Kartel team”, says CEO Charles Kirby-Welch. “Abi’s depth of industry experience and PR expertise are well matched with her passion for music.

We look forward to expanding the Kartel Marketing Agency to reach deeper into the eclectic dance music world that so many of us have grown up with and been inspired by”.————————————————–LABELS & PUBLISHERSIndependent music publisher Phrased Differently has joined IMPEL, the digital licensing grouping for indie publishers. “We are delighted to be a part of this great collective on both a commercial and also ideological level, helping to make the voices of independent music publishers louder and a part of the major conversations”, says Hiten Bharadia, Phrased Differently’s Founder and MD.————————————————–RELEASESBeabadoobee has released new single ‘Glue Song’. “I wrote a lot of this song while on tour across Australia and Asia in the back of cars and travelling”, she says.