Newly Launched Indie Label Nvak Collective Marries Activism With A&R, Sets Sights on the Underrepresented
Michele Amabile Angermiller Two influential music figures — activist and artist Tamar Kaprelian and hit producer Alex Salibian (Harry Styles, the Head and the Heart, Young the Giant) — are pooling resources, talent and investments in launching Nvak Collective, a socially driven talent incubator and record label whose mission is to create safe ecosystems for women, non-binary and LGBTQ+ musicians and artists with an emphasis on underrepresented regions like the Middle East, West Asia, and North and East Africa.The label’s first releases come from the U.S. and Armenia; Chaz Cardigan will drop “We Look So Good” on Sept.