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Elton's Diana tribute moves Europeby Dominic PrideInternational music editor, Billboard

LONDON - Elton John's rendition ofthe re -written Candle In The Wind atthe funeral of Diana, Princess ofWales has become the catalyst for anumber of music business fund-rais-ing projects, including commemora-tive albums and a planned concert tobe syndicated worldwide.

The Princess's funeral on September6 achieved the U.K.'s highest everdomestic TV audience for any event,attracting a record 31 million viewers.The ceremony was broadcast to an esti-

mated audience of close to one billionviewers worldwide, exposing EltonJohn's song to a global audience.

Candle In The Wind '97 was re -writ-ten by John and Bernie Taupin in thesix days between the August 31 death ofDiana and her funeral. News coverage ofthe event had drawn parallels betweenthe deaths of Marilyn Monroe andDiana, as both were subject to intensemedia scrutiny.

In France the single was released onSeptember 11. The rest of Europereleased the disc on September 13.Retailers in the U.K. are already saying

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Industry urged to exploit Latin talentby Emmanuel Legrand

MIAMI BEACH - As Latin Americaemerges as one of the world's mainsources of repertoire, the internationalmusic industry has been invited to "milkthe products" coming from the region.

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Diaz admitted: "The image of thisregion is far from being excellent butthe music industry is alive and welland living there.

"Latin America has seen, in thelast years, the emergence and the con-solidation of an important number ofyoung producers, musicians andsound engineers who arecontributing to the infra-structure improvementof A&R production andits quality," said Diaz."This is helping thecrossover of artistswithin the region."

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LONDON - Radio stations across Europeignored possible copyright implicationswhen they lifted Elton John's new ver-sion of Candle In The Wind from the var-ious live TV and radio broadcasts ofPrincess Diana's funeral, and immedi-ately playlisted it on heavy rotation.

John Dash, programme director atManchester stations Key 103 and Pic-cadilly 1152 in the U.K. recalls: "Weweren't sure of the implications [ofrecording the broadcast for airing], butthere is no way we could not playlist itright away. It was an emotional issue."

In Germany, Radio Schleswig-Hol-stein Kiel's head of music, StephanHampe says: 'We simply recorded Can-dle In The Wind '97 from the televisionand immediately started playing it."Martin Schwebel, head of music at RadioRegenbogen/Mannheim adds: "We havebeen playing the live version since [the

funeral] on our hotrotation four times aday. It has receivednumerous requests."

Hampe andSchwebel predict thesingle, because of theemotional impact,will be "the most suc-cessful single of theyear" and 1997's"mega -single."

The Paris -basedNM network is giv-ing the song signifi-cant airplay eventhough it reallydoes not fit in the broadcaster's up -tempo CHR format. "We'll play itbecause of the emotion, even if it isdifferent from the [usual] NRJ colour,"says vice president Max Guazzini.

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The "changing of the guard" at London's Capital Radio took on a ratherunconventional form when Capital's outgoing chief executive RichardEyre and his replacement David Mansfield joined other Capital staffmembers for their own "in house" gig at a London salsa bar. Theleather -clad Mansfield (third from right) gave Lou Reed a run for hismoney with Walk On the Wild Side, while Eyre (far right) was at hisgospel -rocking best singing Filthy Rags.

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Benelux radio ratings emphasise stabilityHolland: Intomart ratings underline Radio l's sporting strength; Belgium: RadioScan confirms trends

by Robbert Tilli

AMSTERDAM - Following severalmonths in which the top spot inHolland's official Intomart radio rat-ings has alternated between commer-cial station Sky Radio 100.7 FM andpublic broadcaster Radio 3FM, themarket shares of both stationsdropped slightly during June/July.

Soft AC outlet Sky dropped from14.2 percent in May/June to 13.8 per-cent in June/July, while in the sameperiod public CHR station 3FM's audi-ence share fell from 13.5 percent to13.2 percent.

It appears that -after a period ofvolatility -the Dutch radio markethas stabilised, with the main two com-

Top Dutch stations

petitors constantly scoring around 13-14 in the bi-monthly Intomart figures.

Most stations only show smallchanges in audience share in the latestfigures. The exceptions are thelocal/regional broadcasters which haveincreased their market -leading sharefrom 15.6 percent to 16.2 percent, andpublic news/talk station Radio 1,which is up 1.0 percent to 8.3 percent.

Historically, Radio 1 puts on audienceevery summer thanks to live coverage ofthe hugely popular Tour de France cyclerace, a factor acknowledged by Radio 1station co-ordinator Karel van Hoof: "It'sindeed a yearly recurrent trend. Lastyear, in fact, we benefited not only fromthe Tour but also from the OlympicGames in Atlanta."

Station (format) May/Jun '97 Jun/Jul '97Local/regional radio (various) 15.5 16.2Sky Radio 100.7 FM (soft AC) 14.2 13.8Radio 3FM (CHR) 13.5 13.2Radio Noordzee Nat'l (dom. music) 9.2 9.0Radio 2 (AC/MOR) 8.8 8.9Radio 10 Gold (gold) 9.1 8.8Radio 1 (news/talk) 7.3 8.3Radio 538 (CHR) 6.8 6.2Hitradio Veronica (CHR) 2.9 3.1Classic FM (classical) 1.5 1.6Radio 4 (classical) 1.4 1,5Radio 5 (ne vs/talk) 0.9 0.9Love Radio (soft AC) 1.1 0.8Kink FM (alt.rock) 0.7 0.6JazzRadio (jazz) 0.3 0.3(All figures refer to percentage share of audience) Source: Intomart

Lisa Stansfield performed a showcase at the annual meeting of BMGGSA companies in Berlin. She is pictured with BMG Entertainment GSApresident Thomas Stein (left) and managing director Christoph Schmidt.

GSA region the key, says BMG's Gassnerby Christian Lorenz

BERLIN - Rudi Gassner, BMGEntertainment International presidentand CEO, stressed the GSA region'simportance as a source of repertoire atthe BMG Entertainment GSA compa-nies' annual meeting in Berlin.

"[It] is the source of our most impor-tant English language repertoire out-side the U.S.," he told 600 employees atthe August 27-29 event. "It ranks evenbefore the U.K. in this respect."

BMG Entertainment GSA presidentThomas Stein said total revenues in theregion grew by 11 percent to DM 863million ($477 million) in the financialyear ending June 30-20 percent of

BMG Entertainment International'stotal revenues of $2.4 billion (Music &Media, August 9).

'N Sync, No Mercy and La Bouchewere the company's most successfulEnglish -language signings during thepast year. Key German language artistswere Tic Tac Toe and Wolfgang Petry.

Barbara Saring-vice-president,special projects and licensing of BMGInternational's recently launched Spec-ial Marketing Europe division inMunich -announced that the first co-operative ventures had been agreedwith German fashion label Boss,Grundig DVD and McLaren-Mercedes.Details of these projects, however, werenot available at press time.

by Marc Maes

BRUSSELS - Latest ratings producedby Belgian radio's new RadioScan sys-tem confirm that the French-speakingsouth is led by two commercial net-works, while the Flemish-speakingnorth is dominated by public broad-caster BRTN.

Started in April last year, Radio -Scan's survey -compiled by DimarsoGallup Belgium and Sobemap Mark-eting -has been adopted by both VAR(Vlaamse Audiovisuele Regie) and RMB(Regie Media Belge) sales houses.

The system is based on data gath-ered from telephone research conduct-ed on a random sample of the public(10,994 individuals), plus a listening

Top Belgian stations

panel with a 23 -day radio log, com-pleted by 6, 212 individuals.

So far, the results of the RadioScansurvey are quite close to the diary -only surveys conducted by IP'sRadiornetrie system. Both surveysshow the same ranking of stations,although the figures differ because ofthe different methodologies employed.

Both the RadioScan and Radio-metrie figures clearly show that com-mercial radio is continuing to gainground in the north of Belgium.RadioScan shows the commercial sec-tor now has a market share of 17.2percent, a figure which insidersexpect to be boosted when the restric-tions on networking in Flanders areofficially ended shortly.

Station (format) % share South (French)North (Flemish) Radio Contact (CHR) 17.8BRTN Radio 2 (AC) 37.1 Bel RTL (full -service) 15.7BRTN Radio Donna (CHR) 23.3 RTBF Freq. WallonieBRTN Studio Brussel (iock) 10.1 (full -service) 10.4BRTN Radio 1 (AOR/talk) 7.8 RTBF Radio 21 (rock) 8.4Radio Contact (CHR) 5.2 Radio Nostalgie (gold) 7.2

Source: RadloScan

Oslo's Radio 1 threatens legalaction in frequency disputeby Kai Roger Ottesen

OSLO - Radio Pluss, the Norwegiancommercial CHR station, has won gov-ernment support in its plea to remainon 102.0 FM, the Oslo frequency whichit currently shares with rival commer-cial CHR broadcaster Radio 1 Oslo.

Norway's ministry of culturehas backed the station's appeal tothe local radio authority,prompting legal moves fromRadio 1 Oslo.

Radio l's legal repre-sentatives are currentlyinvestigating the govern-ment's apparent decisionto overrule its own localradio authority on the matter.'e have hired some legal advis-ers to go through the ministry'sprocedures in this case, to see ifwe can find administrativeerrors," says Radio 1 pro-gramme director Lars Eikanger."Then we have to see if we need to file alawsuit against the ministry."

Berit Griebenow, a press spokes-person at the ministry of culture, has nofurther comment to make about the con-flict. "We have listened to the view-points of both stations, and have decid-ed that Radio Pluss should stay on 102FM," she says.

Last year, a coalition of 31 stations inOslo worked together to draw up a planwhereby each frequency, althoughshared by different broadcasting organ-isations, would broadcast a consistent

FM102

programming format. This plan wasthen officially approved by the country'slocal radio authority, which is nowattempting to put it into practice.

Under the terms of the plan, Radio 1is to be the only station in Oslo with a

frequency all to itself (otherbroadcasters are being askedto share frequencies). Radio 1

currently shares 102FM with RadioPluss, Radio NiteRocket and Radio

OK, although it dom-inates the frequency

with its 05:00-20:00 weekdaytime -slot as well as some

weekend shows. Under theterms of the plan, it isproposed that RadioPluss should move to101.1 FM to help clear102 FM for the sole useof Radio 1.Radio Pluss was the

only station to file a complaint to thelocal radio authority against theagreed frequency plan, claiming thatthe switch would cause it "a substan-tial loss in advertising revenueand listenership."

Radio 1 programme director LarsEikanger notes: "[Radio Pluss] seesthe benefit of going on air after us andgetting more listeners than theywould get on 101.1 [FM]. As a result ofthis, the entire fragile house of cardsof moving the other stations will prob-ably fall apart."

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Radio Eins returns to`roots of good radio'

by Ed Meza

BERLIN-Radio Eins, Berlin's newestpublic FM station, has launched withsome familiar radio personalities andan eclectic format offering a playlistof more than 20,000 titles.

The station-which debuted onAugust 27-is the latest joint venturebetween public broadcasters Ostdeut-scher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB)and Sender Freies Berlin (SFB),whose partnership has already bornefruit in the shape of CHR station ORBFritz and the all -news Info Radio.

Radio Eins is to be followed inOctober by the launch of another jointproject, Radio Kultur (which will offera mix of classical, jazz and worldmusic) and an all -classical music sta-tion, Radio 3, which is being set up inconjunction with a third public broad-caster, Norddeutscher Rundfunk(NDR). Although the increasing num-ber of joint projects between ORB andSFB since German unification has ledto rumours of a merger of the twobroadcasters, officials at SFB say thereare "no current plans" in this respect.

With weekly programmes from thelikes of legendary alternative musicDJ John Peel-who is producing ashow in England exclusively for RadioEins-and Alan Bangs-who is host-ing the Rolling Stone Radio Show-Radio Eins is hoping to attract amature audience aged 25 -plus whichhas varied interests. In addition to itsunusually wide music policy of "40years of rock and pop," there also is anight-time talk show, and comprehen-sive news and sports coverage.

Although Radio Eins is playingmusic from the last four decades,Peter Radzuhn, the station's musicdirector, says its playlists are like"inverted pyramids," with more '90smusic at the top and a small mix of

'50s tracks at the bottom. "Our formatdefinitely reflects the current musicscene, but still offers great stuff fromthe past," he says. "We're not afraid toplay a song from Paul McCartney'snew album alongside something bySneaker Pimps, or Great Balls of Firefollowed by S.O.S. by Abba."

Some critics, however, are alreadyquestioning the wisdom of such awide-ranging output. Frank Jung-haenel, a media journalist for thedaily newspaper Berliner Zeitung,has been none too impressed withRadio Eins so far, describing it as "anill-defined compromise lackingcharm, character and, most impor-tantly, a solid format. Instead of thetechno-pop heard on many Berlin sta-tions, all Radio Eins is offering isirrelevant rockers like Elvis Costelloand Steve Winwood with some cur-rent Brit Pop for younger listeners."

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Helmut Lehnert, who previouslyheaded SFB's Radio 4 U in the formerWest Berlin, and more recently ORBFritz, says Radio Eins is "simplygoing back to the roots of good radio,"and for him, that means variety.Lehnert is proud of his presenter line-up and says of Peel and Bangs:"These are people who made a namefor themselves when it was still possi-ble to be experimental on radio.Under pressure from commercialradio, stations have turned awayfrom these kinds of programmes. Nowit's time to bring them back."

Lehnert is hoping the full -serviceformat will win over listeners fromcompeting commercial radio stationssuch as Berliner Rundfunk, R.S.2 andRTL 104.6, which enjoy respectiveaudiences of 118,000, 154,000 and162,000. The first official ratings forRadio Eins will be available in sixmonths' time.

Green light for Spain's Radio Planby Howell Llewellyn

MADRID - Spain's Council of Ministershas finally given the go-ahead for 350new commercial radio licences on theFM band-the largest expansion ofradio in the country since 1989.

All the major networks are expect-ed to compete for as many of the newfrequencies as possible. The newlicences were formally offered for ten-der in the week beginning September8, after the Royal Decree authorisingthe Technical Radio Plan was pub-lished in an official state bulletin.

The government's approval of theplan had originally been expectedbefore the summer, but the delay has

given the big radio networks-CadenaSER (under its management title ofUnion Radio), Cadena COPE, OndaCero Radio, Cadena Iberica, andRadio Voz-extra time to prepare bidsfor a maximum number of licences.

A government statement said thatthe number of FM licences had dou-bled over the past eight years, "pro-ducing the phenomenon of networkconcentration that may have causedan imbalance in the coverage by thebig national networks...The new planintends to remedy this situation."

According to the statement, anoth-er aim of the plan is to create a "terri-torial balance" to correct the situationwhere some Spanish regions have a

higher density of stations than others.The new licences will be awarded by

Spain's 17 regional governments to thecommercial sector, as part of the cen-tre -right national government's aim toredress what it sees as the presentimbalance in favour of public radio.

The 350 licences will be distrib-uted among the regions as follows:Andalucia 26; Aragon 32; Asturias 11;Balearic Islands 9; Canary Islands46; Cantabria 10; Castilla -La Mancha17; Castilla y Leon 52; Catalunya 22;Ceuta 1; Extremadura 9; Galicia 46;Madrid 25; Melilla 1; Murcia 12;Navarre 8; Rioja 8; and Valencia 15.The Basque Country did not requestany new licences.

Europe's 'youth'stations aim tobuild bridgesby Emmanuel Legrand

PARIS - Youth -oriented Europeanradio stations are set to explore ways ofsharing programming and resources ata meeting in Paris later this month.

The two day meeting, on September25-26, is at the invitation of Frenchpublic broadcaster Radio France andSpain's largest commercial broadcasterSER. The event is being held under theaegis of the European BroadcastingUnion (EBU).

Executives from the followingyouth -orientated stations are expect-ed to attend the meeting: YLE RadioMaffia (Finland); SER Los 40Principales (Spain); RDP Antenne 3(Portugal); Polskie Radio (Poland);BBC Radio 1 (U.K.); Le Mouv'(France); RTBF Radio 21 (Belgium);RSR Couleur 3 (Switzerland); WDREins Live (Germany), SWF3(Germany) and RTE 2FM (Ireland).All but Los 40 Principales are pub-licly -owned stations.

Marc Garcia, director of music forRadio France's France Inter and LeMouv', says the EBU has a "dustyimage for most of these stations,"and that the facilities provided bythe EBU "have not been fully exploit-ed," mostly because stations don'tknow how to use them.

Adds Garcia: "We started to haveregular meetings under the Eurorockbanner within the EBU, and we dis-covered that we had much in com-mon. We realised that we had at thetips of our fingers a network of sta-tions with an incredible potential,but that has not been activated."

Garcia says the plans are to inten-sify exchanges between the stations."We could share concerts, set up jointprojects, create events allowing, forexample, stations to broadcast livefrom raves from Liverpool, Berlinand Ibiza simultaneously. The poten-tial is enormous."

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news bitesINTERNATIONALNew show aims to rock EuropeA new syndicated rock show-theRock Radio Network-takes to theairwaves on September 26. The two-hour show will broadcast six nights aweek between 00:00-02:00 by satel-lite on the CMR channel, and isavailable free of charge to stationsacross Europe who may wish to use itas an overnight sustaining service.The programme has been instigatedby rock fan Andy King, managingeditor of U.K trade publication TheTip Sheet, and former BBC Radio 1rock show producer Tony Wilson.According to a statement, the pro-gramme "will support new music andpromote tours and live events. This issomething rock fans have been cry-ing out for-there is nothing compa-rable anywhere in the U.K. orEurope at the moment."

FRANCEBoyon says no to changeDespite falling audience ratings forFrance Inter, Radio France's flag-ship full service station, corpora-tion president Michel Boyon ismaintaining its key presenter lineup. All the main presenters whowere part of Inter's schedule duringthe past season have been re-signedfor the new season, although somewill be hosting different pro-grammes. Overall, only minorchanges were made in the schedule(which took effect on September 1),mainly affecting the news pro-grammes and afternoon shows.Boyon defended the status quo:"Why should we change from acolour and a content that is appreci-ated by our demanding listeners?"Boyon also claimed during a pressconference that France Inter offersthe "most diversified programmingof all the full -service stations."

'90s nostalgia debutsn 'interactive' MTV

by Thessa Mooij and JonathanHeasman

LONDON - MTV Europe is aiming toget closer to its audience with thelaunch of a new interactive pro-gramme-So '90s-and a new perma-nent web site which also puts theemphasis on audience participation.

The So '90s concept invitesrequests from viewers for theirfavourite '90s videos and asks themto share their memories of the pastdecade. The programme idea is beingused and adapted by all of MTVEurope's regions-northern, central,southern and U.K.

The MTV northern edition of So'90s is being hosted by the channel'slatest VJ signing, Katja Schuurman.Schuurman is a Dutch soap actressand singer, whose pop career took offlast year when she had a number onehit (Alles Of Niets) in Holland as amember of the girl group Linda, Roosand Jessica.

MTV Europe head of programmingand production Eric Kearley explains:"So '90s is a personality -driven show.Katja's personality will be strong enoughto appeal to 24 different countries. Wefound her during our search for presen-ters from the northern countries."

Kearly says MTV Europe is notaiming at a specific demographic withSo '90s, which, according to an MTVpress release, will feature "currentstars, perennial favourites and themost obscure one -hit wonders."

Meanwhile, MTV's new permanentweb site debuted on the Internet onSeptember 1, featuring a number of

interactive features. "The pur-pose of the site is to create asympathetic MTV Europeenvironment on the webwhere young people can meetto share their enthusiasm forpopular music and culture,"explains Marinella Soldi, vicepresident, strategy and plan-ning, MTV Networks Europe."We see it as an on-line clubwhere MTV viewers can comeand get to know each otherand react and interact directlywith MTV's shows and stars."

A high degree of interactiv-ity has been built into thesite, including a music mixerand sound archive whichallows participants to mixmusic samples, add theirown samples into thearchive and save theircompositions.

In addition, the website constantly uses infor-mation that it learnsabout the site's visitors.

Using behaviour patterns and reg-istration details, it develops "intelli-gent recommendations," which canthen point visitors to relevant artistand music choices and put them intouch with fellow surfers who sharetheir tastes, interests and music pref-erences. This is done via the MTVmailboxes and chat rooms containedin the COMMunity area of the site. MTV has received another setbackin its plans to achieve national cover-age in the Netherlands via the coun-try's cable TV networks, writes

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MUSIC TELEVISION*ing previous problemsfor MTV in Hilver-

sum, The Hague's cable system is nowrefusing to take the music channel.The Commissariat of the Media ruledon August 29 that local cable operatorCasema/TeleCai was "fully entitled"to admit only one pop music TV outlet(The Music Factory) onto The Hague'scable system.

Casema/TeleCai says its decisionto exclude MTV in favour of TheMusic Factory was based on a popu-larity survey in the local area inwhich The Music Factory appeared tobe more popular than MTV.

Flemish artist Bart Herman has just signed a long-term distributiondeal with Universal Music in Belgium. After several successfulalbums, Herman-who is signed to Private Life Music-will release apersonal, Flemish -language selection of songs by Jean -JacquesGoldman in November. Pictured (l -r) are: Universal Music financialdirector Gunther Volkaert; Private Life Music managing directorOlivier Verhaeghe; Universal Music managing director, Benelux, KeesVan Weijen; Bart Herman; and Universal Belgium general managerAn Hajdu.

Radio Authority choosessoft rock format for Solentby Mike McGeever

LONDON - A soft rock service is the lat-est winner of a U.K. regional commer-cial radio licence, in the Solent area ofsouthern England.

The eight -year FM licence wasawarded by the Radio Authority toSolent Regional Radio (SRR), a groupof established radio players and localbusiness concerns. Significant share-holders include The Radio Partnership(24 percent) and CHR station LincsFM/Lincoln (13 percent). SRR was cho-sen from a field of 13 applicants.

The station, when it launches inabout eight months time, will have apotential audience of nearly 1.35 mil-lion adults aged 15 -plus. Coverageincludes most of south Hampshire, eastDorset, the south west corner of WestSussex and the Isle of Wight.

Targeting the 25-54 year -old age

group, the yet -to -be -named station willhave a soft rock format with a 35 per-cent speech ratio, and will blendalbum, classic and contemporarytracks. Its core artist roster will includePhil Collins, Sting, The Coors, JanArden, Bruce Hornsby, Robert Crayand softer Rolling Stones tracks. Thestation will also have programmes fea-turing new music from the U.S., as wellas a U.K. album show, according toSRR's application document.

A priority of SRR is the company'sweb site, which was established dur-ing the licence application process."One of our earliest tasks is to updatethe web site, so that we can offer arange of information about plans forthe station as it starts to take shape,as well as offering easy and rapidaccess to those directly involved inthat development," says SRR's applica-tion director Steve Harris.

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New York TimesJamiroquai, Beck, Fiona Apple andThe Prodigy flew home with prizesfrom the MTV Video Music Awards,held in New York on September 5 atthe Radio City Music Hall. It was atraditional awards ceremony, butjournalists from the New York Timeswere struck by the morbid tone of thecomments from the majority of thecelebrities present. "The spectre ofdeath hung over the MTV VideoAwards," the newspaper writes,adding, "on and off camera, celebritiesmade frequent mention of thoseamong their ranks who had died ofunnatural causes since last year'sawards show, from royalty [thePrincess of Wales] to rappers [TupacShakur and the Notorious B.I.G.] tothose made famous by blood and mar-riage [Enni Cosby and Dr. BettyShabazz]." The event, which wasdescribed as "more a celebration of

celebrities thanan actual aw-ards show," alsoreflected man-kind's mortali-ty: "This year,"continues thepaper, "celebri-ties and theirfans have dis-covered thatdespite the eter-nity that the

word star implies, stars are flesh andblood like everyone else." But, addscritic Neil Strauss, "the death of acelebrity has become a ritualised com-modity," pointing out that this year'sbiggest single to date in the U.S. hasbeen Puff Daddy's I'll Be Missing You,a tribute to The Notorious B.I.G.New York Times (U.S.), September 6

Billboard"The rise of the `superproducer' hasled to a proliferation of radio -readymixes of new R&B singles," writesMusic & Media's sister publication."Producers, from Sean 'Puffy' Combsand Timbaland to Trackmasters andJermaine Dupri, stay busy recreatingalready recorded songs into newtracks. So with singles being servicedto radio with up to 10 remixes, areprogramme directors pleased with, oroverwhelmed by, their many choices?"The article quotes WKYS/WashingtonDC programme director Damon Will-iams, who says: "Sometimes a labelwill give you a new record with about10 remixes to choose from. I look forthat as a signal that this is probablynot a great record to begin with.Otherwise, why does it need so manyremixes?" However, according toBillboard, "many programme direc-tors surveyed agreed that a remix canadd life to a record that's already got-ten exposure in its original form."Russ Allen, programme director of

WHJM/Orlando, says: "Remixes areimportant for us, particularly in the 6-10 pm timeslot. We normally decide toplay a remix after a record has been ahit and has been on the air for a while,and we need to freshen it up. But thesong really needs to be a hit in its orig-inal form."Billboard (U.S.), September 13

VarietyWith the acquisition of TurnerBroadcasting Systems, Time Warnerhas become the world's leading mediaand entertainment group in 1996/97,according to figures published by theentertainment industry trade publica-tion in its special 92nd anniversaryissue. With a turnover of $20.9 billion,Time Warner now outranks WaltDisney, which dropped from the topspot with revenues of $18.7 billion.German group Bertelsmann remainsin third position with total revenues of$12.3 billion, followed by MTV's parentcompany Viacom with $12.0 billion;Rupert Murdoch's News Corp ($11.2billion); Sony Entertainment ($8.4 bil-lion); French media conglomerateHavas ($8.2 billion); U.S. cable opera-tor TCI ($8.0 billion); Universal Music'sparent company Universal Studios($6.5 billion); and the U.K.'s GranadaGroup ($6.4 billion). Just outside thetop 10 were the EMI Group ($5.7 bil-lion) and PolyGram ($5.4 billion).Variety (U.S.), August 31

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M PAD' FEAMGolden oldies lose their glitter as radiostations widen the generation gapby Paul Sexton

Commercial radio in the U.K. has endured years of crit-icism from record companies that its conservative,research -bound music programming gives guaranteedairplay to the "old faithfuls" of rock and pop-actssuch as Genesis, Phil Collins, Elton John-at theexpense of newer artists who could be broken morereadily with the support of radio. However, there aresigns that this is changing in the U.K. Is the "oldguard" having a rougher time on radio in the U.K., andis the change reflected across Europe?

Teenage R&B starlet Aaliyahopined on record a couple ofyears ago that Age Ain'tNothin' But A Number. Easyfor you to say, some U.K. radio

pluggers might retort, as they try toconvince heads of music that theirmore mature acts still merit airplay.

The great shift away from "Gold"formatted commercial radio stations inthe U.K. over the past few years mayhave heralded a broader cultural shiftin musical tastes. Not only are the"golden oldies" tracks from the '60sand '70s less evident on the airwaves,but the still -active maturer acts-suchas Elton John, Phil Collins, PaulMcCartney-who were "core artists"for much of mainstream commercialradio throughout the country, arereportedly having a leaner time atradio with their new releases.

The British music scene is widelyheld to be among the most fashion -ledin the world. In such an environment,veteran artists are having an increas-ingly tough time commanding the air-space that once seemed theirs byright. So fast has the turnover of newacts become that "veteran" can some-times mean any artist on their secondalbum-so for artists with 30 years or

more of recording under their belt,the climate can be cool, if not down-right frosty.

Tony Barker, London -based direc-tor of promotions at Virgin Records,gives a direct answer to the questionof whether ageism exists among pro-grammers. "Without a doubt," hesays, "and it's a real worry. It's fair tosay that with the more mature acts,it's difficult to find a slot, or even asingle radio station, that caters forthem. They're judged not necessarilyon the quality of their music, but onthe perception of the act."

Knock -on effect at the tillsData in the recently -published fifthU.K. Record Industry Annual Surveysuggests that radio's less favourableattitude to mature acts is being felt atretail. The report revealed that onlyone quarter of the Top 50 best-sellingalbums in the U.K. last year were byartists whose initial success camemore than five years ago; in 1993,older acts accounted for two thirds ofthat year's Top 50.

One of Virgin's current prioritiesis Calling All Stations, the newalbum by Genesis, a group only a fewmonths away from their 30th

anniversary as a record-ing entity. The Britishradio environment of 1997is a world away from theone that prevailed at thetime of the group's laststudio release, 1991's WeCan't Dance.

While ILR (indepen-dent local radio) playlistshave become ever morefinely -tuned and carefullyresearched, the nation'smost widely -heard non-commercial rock and popalternative, BBC Radio 1,has openly targetedyounger audiences and amore cutting -edge sound.Approaching Radio 1 forairplay on the newGenesis single Congo,Virgin found, to no -one'sgreat surprise, that thelocks have all beenchanged, and the band's

older -demographic rock sound is nolonger welcome.

A recent "dipstick" survey of cur-rent favourites on London's pop, rockand AC stations showed broadcastersadhering strongly to their on -airimage, with few openings for newmaterial by long -running acts. At thesame moment at lunchtime onSeptember 8, Radio 1 was playingFun Lovin' Criminals, BBC Radio 2 aDon McLean oldie, BBC GLR airedScandinavian singer Stina Norden-stam, Capital FM favoured the new MPeople, Kiss 100 had a Mary J. Bligeoldie, Xfm was playing U.S. band TheCreation, Virgin featured SimpleMinds, and Melody and Heart wentfor AC hits by Simply Red and BillWithers respectively.

Fresh hope for old facesBut for the promotions chiefs in theU.K., faced with often unspoken indif-ference to their million -sellers of yes-teryear, there are a few chinks oflight. As Barker points out, thenational commercial rock outletVirgin Radio now stands as "the clos-est to any station that will play theseacts," while BBC Radio 2 has, in thepast two years, made remarkablestrides to embrace music and artiststhat were once the domain of its"younger brother," Radio 1.

"A lot of the audience which hascome to us are well aware of theseartists," says Radio 2 senior producerColin Martin. "They're quite happy tomaintain their loyalties to them andwe're quite happy to do that when [thoseartists] create music we can play."

Thus, Genesis now find them-selves on the Radio 2 playlist-butnot with [latest single] Congo. Rather

the station has playlistedShipwrecked, a softer, ballad trackfrom Calling All Stations. "Congowasn't really something we felt ourlisteners would be particularly atease with," says Martin. "ButShipwrecked is a really good, accessi-ble record, it has that Mike & theMechanics, soft rock -type feel, and Ithink the broad base of our audiencewill be much more happy with it."

Barker says that the rare opportu-nity to have a station playlist analbum track is not to be sneezed at."Usually it's single or bust, so that'sgood," he observes. Indeed, thenational airplay for Shipwrecked canonly have made the Radio 2 audiencemore aware of the release of theGenesis album, which had arespectably strong first week at retailin the U.K.

Big in SpainFurther south, the situation in Spainhas points of comparison and contrastwith the U.K. Maturer British actsappear to be selling as well as ever,and the native Spanish acts of thesame older generation, consistinglargely of singer/songwriters, are alsostill doing well. One of them, AnaBelen, recently spent a couple ofweeks at number 1 with Mtrame(Look At Me), and by the beginning ofSeptember had gone double platinum(200,000 -plus) after 18 weeks in theTop 10. The lack of a Spanish "gener-ational renewal" on the scale of theU.K.'s Britpop phenomenon alsoappears to have maintained focus onolder acts.

Rafael Revert, director of CadenaCOPE's rock-CHR Cadena 100 radiostation says: "If only we did have the

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RADIO FEATUREsame tendency in Spain as in theU.K.! The likes of Julio Iglesias,Frank Sinatra or Phil Collins are stillbig here in sales and airplay, one rea-son being that radio in general doesn'tdo enough to encourage new artists.

"Also, the U.K. is lucky to have astrong singles market, which Spaindoes not have, so that young artistsare continually replenishing thecharts. My audience is mainly above20 years old, so it is not such a press-ing problem for me."

Luis Merino, director of music for-mulas at Cadena SER's five music net-works, which include four of the fivemost popular in Spain, says many ofSpain's big artists of the early '70s notonly retain a stable public, but have astrong following among teenagers.

"Pop -rock groups as such did notreally happen [in Spain] until the'80s, and now it is they who have fall-en by the wayside while thesinger/songwriters remain eternal,"he says. "In the last 10 years, labelshave not been interested in creatingnew pop -rock bands, just in market-ing and promotion. The U.K veteransalso do well-Spain was the onlyother country apart from the UKwhere McCartney's Flaming Piereached number two."

Simone Bose, PolyGram Spain'sinternational product manager, addsthat as long as there is nothing newon the Spanish pop -rock horizon, bothSpanish and UK veterans will contin-ue to sell well. "We're still waiting,"says Bose, "for Spain's own version ofthe Britpop renovation."

Claudio Conde, president of SonyMusic Entertainment Spain, arguesthat pop has never really existed inSpain, which is why the veteransremain strong. "Anyway, the Britishold-timers are geniuses-you're talk-ing about people who have helped todefine pop music. Of course they'regoing to sell if nothing new comesalong in Spain."

Although the same air of reverencefor British old-timers may not be soevident in U.K. radio, Chris Straw,head of music at CHR station Hallam

FM/Sheffield, says that an openlyageist programming policy is "not myexperience" at the EMAP-owned sta-tion. "We don't look at things so muchin terms of age," notes Straw. "Weleapt on the new Genesis single veryearly. With someone like Phil Collins,perhaps radio stations have moved onand his style of music is not quitecompatible any more."

In terms of longevity, VirginRecords is also working new materialby the grandaddies of them all-thegroup which, several musical genera-tions ago, sang Time Is On My Side.

The Rolling Stones' newsingle Anybody Seen MyBaby?, released onSeptember 22, went toradio in the U.K. onSeptember 4.

Shortly ahead of hear-ing it, Hallam's Strawstressed the station'sopen-mindedness to agroup which has beenrecording for 35 years.

The Rolling Stones

"We're prepared to look at a newStones record as if it was a new Oasisrecord," he says.

There was also qualified good newsfor the Stones from Radio 1 where,although the single was not playlist-ed, it is receiving airplay. Additions tothat playlist consist primarily of cut-ting -edge indie and dance acts as wellas current pop heavyweights, but thelist makes up only about 60 percent ofthe Radio 1 output.

Cliff crazy DenmarkLooking north to Scandinavia, thefate of older artists on radio inDenmark seems to be a case of pick -and -choose according to popularmusical tastes: some acts get auto-matic airplay while others don't.

Sony has had some problems withBilly Joel's cover of Bob Dylan's ToMake You Feel My Love, a single fromJoel's recent greatest hits album. "It'sdecidedly a Dylan song and radio sta-tions don't really want to accept it. Wehaven't had much response," says

"We don't actually lookat age. If they make theright record, we'll play it,simple as that. We don'thave to maintain animage for our listeners."

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Sara Madsen from Sony radio promo-tion. "Dylan is an older artist, andthere is a predominance of hit radiostations which want up -tempo tracks,as new as possible."

While Joel may have problems,other veterans get airplay. "EspeciallyJoe Cocker, Tina Turner, CliffRichard, well established artists,"says Danny Fobian, head of music atThe Wave in Elsinore, north ofCopenhagen. "We're very aware of thenewer music for the 25 -plus audienceof our AOR format. And in the pastfive years radio has changed inDenmark. There's more powerfulwattage to broadcast and more moneyin it, so stations are more focused onthe target groups.

"It is interesting to note," addsFobian, "that Cliff Richard continuesto be a star much in demand inDenmark. His records sell and hisshows usually sell out. I just readsome complaints recently that Cliff isnot played enough, and that hisnewest record is not getting enoughairplay in Denmark."

Hanging on to the pastOn the other side of the country KentHansen, head of music at HitradioABC, concurs partly with Fobian."The Danish market generally wantsto hang on to the past, so a lot ofoldies get played," he says. Newrecordings by established artists mayhave a tougher time.

For example, Peter Cetera's newalbum release-remakes of Chicagotracks and some new music-is strug-gling to get airplay. "He can't shakethe past, and Chicago's a closed book,"says Hansen. "I think the longer acareer pause, the more difficult itbecomes [to break back into radio],and things now move so fast it some-times sounds as if they're trying tobreathe life into an act."

But CMC Records has had immensesuccess in Denmark with older artists.Latest and greatest albums by suchartists as Dr. Hook, John Denver, SuzyQuatro, Steppenwolf, Kenny Rogershave achieved excellent sales, althoughairplay has mainly been restricted toAC stations. Radio stations playremakes when they are true to the orig-inals, but it can be more difficult toplaylist re -recordings if they stray toofar from the original.

"AC stations with a broader formatare generally good about playing olderartists," says Flemming Poulsen, CMCradio promotion manager.

Looking to the future in the U.K,Virgin Records' rony Barker takessome comfort from the fact that the 21bids for the second regional FM licencein the north west of England includeseveral from applicants targeting amature audience.

Meanwhile, many U.K promotionsexecutives will no doubt be wishing thatRadio 2's programming policy reflecteda more widespread approach. "We don'tactually look at age," says Colin Martin."If they make the right record, we'llplay it, simple as that. We don't have tomaintain an image for our listeners."Additional reporting by Charles Ferroin Denmark and Howell Llewellyn inSpain

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MMIDoecincgrooves

by Gary Smith

ITALIAN DESIGNER STUFFDance project D&G-as in Dolce & Gabbana, the hipItalian fashion label-cover Andrea True Connection's '70santhem More More More (Dance Factory), retaining muchof the original's authentic disco feel. Produced by Alex"Party" Natale and Alex Baraldi, the rhythm track onD&G's version has been given a house feel but the syrupystrings of the original remain in full force. A memorablechorus (almost too much so) and a clutch of highly commer-cial mixes should guarantee chart action.Contact: Nico Spinosa, tel (+39) 277 7971; fax (+39) 277797 410

MORCHEEBA 'BORROW' BECK'S DJMorcheeba confirm their much touted sta-tus as original and forceful songwriterswith the release of Shoulder Holster(Indochina). Stylistically the track owesmuch to middle period Shakespears Sister,right down to Skye Edwards affectingSiobhan Fahey's camp delivery. Amongstthe remixes there are two particularlystrong cuts by DJ Swamp and Nation OfTeflon Souls. Swamp, who plays with Beck,

turns in a scratched -up, tripped -out version, while N.O.T.S.concentrate on the song, adding a slow house groove andswathes of psychedelic noise.Contact: Ken Lower, tel (+44) 181 742 9999; fax (+44) 181742 9353

TECHNO MEETS JAZZ FUSIONThe E.P. It Takes 71vo In Perfect Love by Full Duplex(Minifunk) exudes confidence. The four tracks range fromGroova-a collision of Weather Report's jazz fusion and housegrooves -to the industrial techno of Reboot. Intensely musicalbut at the same time always groovy, the E.P. covers a widerange of styles, usually with an original twist. Reboot is a per-fect example: its bass drum seems to be constantly on the pointof sliding off the beat (although it never actually does), while abattery of fizzing 303s brings the track to an intense finale.Take Me Deeper is pure House and Double Tom provides afresh take on Techno minimalismContact: Omar Morera, tel (+34) 3268 4035; fax (+34)3268 4037

SANCHEZ DOES SYNDICATED RADIO SHOWLondon -based 3rd Rail plan to launch a number of syndicateddance music radio shows. "We've just acquired the world-widesyndication rights to Roger Sanchez's show," reveals 3rd Railco-founder Phil Tucker, who adds "we're currently workingwith The Ballistic Brothers and The Ganja Crew on othershow ideas." Although Sanchez's show will not start for somemonths, the as yet unnamed two hour, weekly programme willbe "a truly international affair", says Tucker. Reporting fromthe various locations in which he is deejaying, Sanchez will dointerviews with local DJs/musicians and supply short piecesabout club life from around the globe. "The aim is to reflect thediversity of dance culture," comments Tucker. Formed at thebeginning of 1997 by ex -advertising industry executive Tuckerand producer Charlie Martin with the intention of creatingnew alliances and synergies between corporate sponsors andthe music industry, 3rd Rail has found unexpected feedbackwithin the advertising sector. "In our first nine months threemajor advertising agencies expressed interest in buying thecompany," says Tucker, "but we're not for sale."Contact: Phil Tucker, tel (+44) 171 355 2088; fax (+44) 1713552053

Al new releases, biographies and photographs for con-sideration for inclusion in the Dance Grooves columnshould be sent direct to: Gary Smith, c/o. Roger deLluria 45 -3° -2, 08009 Barcelona, Spain.

Asia's Danish rockstars target Europeby Sally Stratton

Three years ago the Danish hit sensationmaking European headlines was calledWhigfield. This year it's Aqua.

Outside the headlines, another Danish act,Michael Learns To Rock, has been boostingthe country's export figures for more than fiveyears with worldwide album sales approach-ing six million.

The EMI Medley -signed band first toppedthe Danish charts in 1992 with their self -titled debut album and the single The Actor.Some success followed in the rest ofScandinavia, Switzerland, Italy andGermany, but Michael Learns To Rock havehad only minor impact in Europe, comparedto south east Asia where multi -platinum saleshave made them superstars.

"We have been asked many times why weare big in Asia," says singer and principalsongwriter Jascha Richter, "and I think it'smaybe something to do with the language. Wedon't use complicated words because we don'tknow complicated words in English."

The Arhus -based quartet is also very popu-lar in the Middle East, in India-where theywere the first western band to play inBangalore and Madras-and more recently inSouth Africa. "Everywhere we go we have avery wide range of ages in our audience,"observes Richter. "We feel like we are a bandfor the whole family."

With the release of their fourth studio albumNothing To Lose on September 22, there arenow plans to boost the band's career in Europe.

"EMI is taking us very seriously nowbecause of the huge sales in Asia," saysRichter. "That will help a lot and, besides, Ithink the songs are better, the production isbetter and the mixing is better so we have abetter chance with this album." Incidentally,the man behind the mix is fellow Dane MadsNilsson, who mixed U.K. soul artist MarkMorrison's smash hit Return Of The Mack.

"We're among the 10 best-selling acts in

Denmark, our previous album sold doubleplatinum so we feel very well accepted athome," says Richter. A European promotionaltour at the end of September-including a fullweek in Germany-is intended to build onexisting support before the band return toAsia in mid -October.

"We've had a pretty weird career," admitsRichter. "We just heard that we have a num-ber one album in South Africa with a GreatestHits compilation, but we actually never had ahit in South Africa before!"

The first European single from the albumis the ballad Paint My Love, which went tonumber one in several Asian countries on itsrelease last autumn-thanks in part to a con-troversial video featuring a body -paintedwoman. EMI Medley director, international,Thomas Hoehne notes that Paint My Love

was played extensively on the region'sChannel V which "power -rotated the videofrom the very beginning and was crucial totheir success over there." The song gave itsname to the aforementioned Greatest Hitsalbum which was released only in south eastAsia, Japan, India and South Africa but hasalready sold more than 2.5 million units.

Hoehne readily confirms that MichaelLearns To Rock are a very lucrative act becausethe Asian market is so much bigger thanEurope. "These are huge territories," heexplains. "The only disadvantage is that manypeople in the Asian territories buy cassetteswhich have a lower dealer price than CDs.However, in Taiwan, Korea and Hong KongCDs account for 90 percent of [our] sales so theyare really attractive markets. Also the [CD]prices are relatively high, compared to Europe."

The band's appreciation of fan loyalty hasalso played a major part in their rise to star-dom, according to Hoehne. "The huge statusthey have in south east Asia has not happenedaccidentally," he says. "They've done morethan 30 promo trips to Asian territories in thecourse of the last three albums. They'veworked hard for their success."

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EMI U.K. labels exploredance and black music

by Christian Lorenz

EMI Records U.K. andIreland has announcedplans to target theblack music and dancemarkets at the thirdannual EMI U.K.Artists & Music conference held in Londonfrom September 3-5.

Parlophone-the home of Supergrass andMansun-is ready to tap into new marketswith soon -to -be -launched imprint ParlophoneRhythm Series and a host of new signings.Parlophone managing director TonyWadsworth told the conference: "We areknown for alternative rock. Now we willbroaden Parlophone's roster in two areas,namely alternative dance and R&B."

The label aims to service the U.K. R&Bmarket with its brand new ParlophoneRhythm Series, an outlet dedicated to U.K.and European talent. In the alternative dancesector, Parlophone is banking on maverickDJs Rich March and Mike Stokes, a.k.a.Bentley Rhythm Ace, who join the Parlophonestable from independent Skint.

Parlophone A&R director Keith Wozencroftrevealed the first five signings of the RhythmSeries: Beverley Knight, Bizzi, RichardAnthony Davis, Charlotte Kelly and Swedishartist Steven Simmonds. Wozencroft said: "We

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built the label over the past 18months and aim to have thefirst releases out by February1998." He identified Knight asthe label's top priority act andsays it hopes "to establishBeverley as the U.K.'s primeR&B artist."

Chrysalis A&R directorGordon Biggins announced thelaunch of a progressive danceimprint called Autonomy. The

label's first signings are Manchester DJ WaiWan and London -based duo PhiladelphiaBluntz, previously with China Records. TheBluntz' first single for Autonomy, a trackcalled Sister, Sister, is pencilled in for aNovember release. Biggins emphasised Auto-nomy's aim "is to develop album artists" andadded that the debut albums of Wai Wan andPhiladelphia Bluntz for the label are sched-uled for release in January 1998.

Biggins also has high hopes for new Chryslissigning Radiator. The east London trio com-bines heavy guitar riffs with dance beats butleans more towards rock than comparable actslike the Chemical Brothers or The Prodigy.

EMI U.K.'s new commitment to dance andblack music was underscored with live perfor-mances by Bentley Rhythm Ace, Radiator,Beverley Knight and Bizzi on the stage of theShepherd's Bush Empire during the confer-ence. The new generation of artists joined aline-up of already established EMI recordingstars like Paul McCartney, Robbie Williamsand Neil Finn of Crowded House.

Sylvia Powell writes her own futureby Christian Lorenz

A powerful singer and a refreshingly originalsongwriter, Nigerian born and British raisedSylvia Powell has London's music dons prick-ing up their ears for her debut album Revue ondeConstruction, which is due on October 13.

In Powell's music you can hear a bit ofR&B, a bit of reggae and a dash of jazz. Whereother talented singers deliver pale, coffee-table music due to the weakness of their mate-rial, Powell comes out a winner thanks to hersongwriting skills. And her independencefrom established`helpers' makes these Sylvia Powellsongs sound differentfrom anythingaround at present.

"Music is like asecond language tome," she says. "I havebeen writing poetryfor a long time, then Idiscovered singingand finally I got intowriting songs." Whenshe was 15 sheentered a studio forthe first time torecord one of hersongs. "I didn't havethe nerve to mail it to a recordcompany," admits Powell. "I justplayed it to some friends."

After finishing a politicsdegree, Powell worked during the week in adesigner clothes shop, and would "blow the

money on studio time over the weekend torecord demos of my songs." Some of thesedemos won her a publishing deal at BMGMusic Publishing two years ago. "MikeSefton-who signed me for BMG-alerteddeConstruction managing director KeithBlackhurst and I had a recording deal somesix months later," recalls Powell. These 1995demos-only slightly polished-now form thebasis for Revue.

Powell has not stopped writing since. "Atthe moment I've got enough songs for threealbums," she says. "I write a lot, but I'm not

the type who gets up in themorning with the plan towrite a certain number ofsongs. If I get into the moodI can write anywhere."

Has she ever consideredwriting for other artists? "Ihave got surplus songsthat I'm not going to use,"says Powell. "And I intendto sit down with my pub-lishers to think about wayshow to make the best use ofthis material."

As a next step, Powellaims to improve her perfor-mance skills. "It's an art initself to perform on stage,"

she sighs. "Maybe in 18months or so I can take myact on the road," she says.

Check out Powell's debutsingle Butterfly-to be released on September29-for a first glimpse of an unusual talent.

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BENJAMIN HERMANCAFE ALTOProducer: Benjamin HermanThe New York trained Dutch sax player may be involved innumerous jazz/funk crossover projects including New CoolCollective and Candy Dulfer, but this solo album offers clas-sic jazz. Herman seems to be part of that young generationof jazzmen like Nicholas Payton and James Carter who arereaching back for the days in which the genre was shaped. IfPayton and Carter are inspired by the New Orleans era,then Herman departs from the post-war heyday of bebop.His playful album features work by Monk, Mengelberg, hisown composition One O'Clock Dump and the Jungle Booktrack I Wanna Be Like You.

AD COLEN QUARTETNAKEDProducer: Ad ColenThe quartet features pianist Michiel Borstlap who hasdeveloped into one of Holland's most notable jazz exports.The other members are Erik Robaard on double bass andChris Strik on drums. However, this coherent album is verymuch under the control of tenor and soprano saxophonistColen himself. He has a highly sensitive feeling for moodsand atmospheres. The nine self -composed tracks sway fromlaid-back to agitated tempo changes without ever losing thattypical Colen touch, which has its roots in mellow WestCoast cool jazz.

MIJKE LOEVEN BANDTwoProducers: Mijke Loeven Band, Tjeerd van ZanenThe jazz scene is never short of female vocalists,but Loeven has established herself as a distinctivesinger/songwriter in the genre. Her earthy vocalsand phrasing are slightly reminiscent of JoniMitchell and Carly Simon. Her band adds thejazzy touch to Loeven's tunes. The combination works verywell and Loeven dispenses with the cocktail dress clichés ofthe girl singer in the jazz club circuit and takes a moreassertive stand.All released on VIA Jazz (Holland) and available forlicensing and distribution outside the Benelux andGermany. Contact Ben Gieskes: phone (+31) 356422338.

DOUG CAMERONPASSPORTProducer: Doug CameronViolinist Cameron works part-time as a cruise -ship enter-tainer and decided to write down his impressions of some ofhis worldwide trips. Passport features guests such as JoeSample on piano and Yellowjackets' Russell Ferrante on key-boards. Cameron's pleasant instrumentals are brightenedup by the ethnic couleur locale provided on Masai Mara andOld San Juan.

TIM TIMMERMANSSEVEN BRIDGESProducers: Mait Marshall, Dan SeleneProducer, composer and multi -instrumentalistTimmermans is the co-founder of smooth jazz groupWindows. He is expanding his horizons further on SevenBridges, his third solo album. Based on mellow jazzgrooves, his instrumental compositions take on differentdimensions as they are flavoured with Celtic melodiesand New Age spirituality.All released on Higher Octave Jazz (USA). ContactScott Bergstein: phone (+1) 310 589 1515, fax: (+1) 3105891525.Did this week's Marketplace whet your appetite for jazz? Thenread Music & Media's Jazz Special in issue 41, October 11!

Records featured in Market Place are by acts signed toindependent labels for which licensing and/or publishing rights areavailable, except where noted. Please send your samples to ThessaMooij, PO Box 59115, 1040 KC Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Fax(+31) 20 682 0614. When submitting material for this column, pleaseindicate for which territories licensing is still available.

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Live The Dream UKCli, Cast - Polydor (Power I PolyGram)

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Samba De Janeiro ARDKFIN.F.D.NL.N.S.CILLIUN4 14 Bellini - Virgin (BMG)

Kiss You All Over A.D.LICE.NLCHUK La Neige De Sahara36 20 3 No Mercy - MCI (BMG) 71 8 Anggun - Columbia (Not Listed)

C U When U Get There A.B.DKFINF.D.IRKICLIV.S.CHIIKHUN4 3 9 Coolie - Tommy Boy (IQ 'Various) I Know Where It's At I tjil44 2 All Saints - London (Perfect I MCA) #....., You Have Been Loved/Strangest Thing '97 UKlair George Michael - Virgin (Dick Leahy I WC)4BBICHNEDIRKSLRESCILLIKLIUNEverybody (Backstreet's Back) '5 5 8 Backstreet Boys - Jive (Zomba) Freed From Desire

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Queen Of New Orleans DIRELNL.CHU66' Jon Bon Jovi - Mercury (PolyGram)

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History/Ghosts AB.FANL.E.S.CH.HUN23 22 10 Michael Jackson - Epic (MijacIW-T I EMI /Flyte 7yme I Donril)

Bailando DICLNL.S56 33 42 Paradisio - Dance Development (PolyGram)

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Prenons Notre Temps F23 23 16 Poetic Lovers - M6 Int. (Not Listed)

Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good) AFNCH57 51 22 Skunk Anansie - One Little Indian (Chrysalis)

LucieF91 75 20 Pascal Obispo - Epic (Not Listed)

Barbie Girl FLV.NL.S24 77 2 Aqua - Universal (MCA)

Karma Police IRE.NL.UKHUN58 14 3 Radiohead - Parlophone (Warner Chappell)

Just A Girl92 68 12 No Doubt - Trauma I Interscope (Warner Chappell )MCA)

D'You Know What I Mean? FIN.F.D.IRE.LE.S.0 .UKHUN25 19 10 Oasis - Creation (Oasis /Creation I ATV I Sony)

Something's Going On LS.UK70 10 Todd Terry - Manifesto (Tee's Publishing)

I'll Be There For You SIRENMP Rembrandts - East West (Warner Chappell)

You Might Need Somebody FaNzx30 22 Shola Ama - WEA (EMI)

You're Not Alone B.F.LNL.S.CH65 18 Olive - RCA (Chrysalis I BMW

La Dance D'Helene F94 73 10 Meli Melo & Miss Helene - Versailles (Not Listed)

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Dam Dam Deo B.F61. 39 15 Felicidad - EMI (Allure)

L'Homme Presse F95 " 5 Noir Desir - Barclay (Not Listed)

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Leven Na De Dood NL , Someone UK69 4 Freek De Jonge - EMI (Not Listed) kW SWV (featuring Puff Daddy) - RCA (MCA)

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1 9 The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work (Virgin)2 1 Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (EMI)3 4 DJ Quicksilver - Free (Positiva)4 2 Will Smith - Men In Black (Columbia)5 64 Hanson - Where's The Love (Mercury)6 53 Finley Quaye - Even After All (Epic)7 8 Tina Moore - Never Gonna Let You Go (Delirious)8 11 All Saints - I Know Where It's At (London)9 NE Chicane - Offshore '97 (Extravaganza)10 5 P. Daddy & F. Evans feat 112- Ill Be Missing You (Arista)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Oasis - Be Here Now (Creation)2 16 Various - Ibiza Uncovered (Virgin)3 23 Genesis - Calling All Stations (Virgin)4 73 Various - Dance Nation 4(Ministry Of Sound)5 3 Prodigy The Fat Of The Land (XL Recordings)6 NE Shola Ama - Much Love (WEA)7 2 Radiohead - OK Computer (Parlophone)8 15 Various - Now 37 (EMI/Virgin/PolyGram)9 9 Stereophonics - Word Gets Around (V2)

10 10 Texas - White On Blonde (Mercury)

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1 1 P. Daddy & F. Evans feat 112- I'll Be Missing You (Ariola)

2 2 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back) (Virgin)

3 3 Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean?(Columbia)4 4 Supa T & The Party Animals - love & Respect (BMG Dance -Net)5 5 Michael Jackson - History/Ghosts (Epic)

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1 1 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Virgin)2 2 Luis Miguel - Romances (WEA)3 4 Oasis - Be Here Now (Columbia)4 3 Jarabe De Palo - La Placa (Virgin)5 6 Monica Naranjo - Palabra De Mujer (Epic)6 5 Nek - Nek (WEA)7 7 Aria Torroja - Puntos Cardinales (Ariola)8 8 Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land (Caroline Espana)9 9 Ana Retell - Mirame (Ariola)10 12 Dover - Devil Came To Me (Subterfuge)11 11 The Corrs - Forgiven Not Forgotten (DRO)12 14 Celtas Cortos - Nos Vemos En El Bares (DRO)13 10 Los Centellas - Por Amor Al Me (Bajani Discografia)14 16 Ella Baila Sola - Ella Baila Sole (Hispavox)15 15 Rosana - Lunas Rotas (Universal)

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1 2 Will Smith - Men In Black (Columbia)2 1 P. Daddy & F. Evans feat.112 - I'll Be Missing You (Ariola I

3 NE The Kelly Family - Because It's Love (EMI)4 3 Coolio - C U When U Get There (East West)5 4 Da Hool - Meet Her At The Love Parade (Ariola)6 7 Aaron Carter - Crush On You (Edel)7 5 Backstreet Boys Everybody (Backstreet's Back) (Rough Trade)

8 6 Freundeskreis - A -N -N -A (Columbia)9 9 R. Kelly - Gotham City (Rough Trade)10 8 Ricky Martin - (Un, Dos, Tres) Maria (Columbia)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Rammstein - Sehnsucht (Motor)2 NE Genesis - Calling All Stations (Virgin)3 2 Wolfgang Petry - Nie Genug (Ariola)4 3 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Rough Trade)

5 NE Joe Cocker - Across From Midnight (EMI)6 4 Oasis - Be Here Now (Epic)7 14 Richie - Sonst Hol Isch Meina Briida (Ariola)8 6 Soundtrack - Bandits (Polydor)9 8 Tic Tac Toe - Kleppe Die 2te (RCA)

10 12 Soundtrack - Men In Black (Columbia)

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1 1 Will Smith - Men In Black (Columbia)2 3 P. Daddy & F. Evans feat.112-171 Be Missing You (Arista)

3 4 Bellini - Samba De Janeiro (Scorpio)4 2 Wes - Alane (Saint George)5 5 Poetic Lovers - Prenons Notre Temps (M6 Int.)6 6 Hanson - MMMBop (Mercury)7 7 Phenomenal -11Est Vraiment Phenomenal! (Versailles)

8 8 Lara Fabian - Tout (Polydor)9 12 Grungerman & Forever Sweet - Girls In Love (Panic)

10 9 Domino - Balla Balla (Mikado)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Jean -Jacques Goldman - En Passant (Columbia)2 2 Oasis - Be Here Now (SMALL.)3 3 Worlds Apart - Don't Change (EMI)4 7 Doc Gyneco - Premiere Consultation (Virgin)5 13 Genesis - Calling All Stations (Virgin)6 5 Era - Ameno (Mercury)7 4 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (Polydor)8 8 Noir Desir - 6666.7 Club (Barclay)9 14 Radiohead - OK Computer (EMI)

10 6 Mylene Farmer - Live A Bercy (Polydor)

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1 7 Smoke City - Mr. Gorgeous (Virgin)2 1 Ultra Nate - Free (Zac)3 5 P. Daddy & F. Evans feat.112- DI Be Missing You (BMG)

4 6 Todd Terry - Something's Going On (Zac)5 3 Paradisio - Bailando (Ricordi)6 4 2 Eivissa - Oh La La La (Edel)7 2 Ricky Martin - (Un, Dos, Tres) Maria (Columbia)8 10 Laguna - Spitler From Rio9 8 D.J. Dado - Coming Back10 19 Will Smith - Men In BlackTW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Oasis - Be Here Now (Epic)2 2 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (Sugar)3 NE Massimo Di Cataldo - Crescendo (Epic)4 5 Ligabue - Su E Giu' Da Un Palco (WEA)5 3 883 - La Dura Legge Del Gol (FRI)6 4 Pino Daniele - Dimmi Cosa Succede Sulla Terra (CGD)

7 NE Genesis - Calling All Stations (Virgin)8 8 Litfiba - Mondi Sommersi (EMI)9 6 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Virgin)

10 9 Radiohead - OK Computer (EMI)

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1 1 The Notorious BIG.IPuffDaddy/Mase - Mo Money Mo Problems (BMG)

2 3 Freek De Jonge - Leven Na De Dood (EMI)3 2 P. Daddy & F. Evans feat. 112 - Ill Be Missing You (BMG)

4 11 Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal)5 4 Will Smith - Men In Black (Columbia)6 10 De Kast - In Nije Dei (CNR)7 6 Marco Borsato & Trfintie Oosterhuis Wereld ZmderJou (Polydor)

8 5 T -Spoon - Sex On The Beach (Ala Bianca)9 8 Buckshot Lefonque Another Day (Columbia)

10 7 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back) (Zomba)TW LW ALBUMS

1 2 Oasis - Be Here Now (Epic)2 3 Elvis Presley - Always Elvis (BMG)3 1 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Zomba)4 8 De East - Niets Te Verliezen (CNR)5 4 Fleetwood Mac - The Dance (Warner)6 9 Marco Borsato - De Waarheid (Polydor)7 6 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)8 32 Jiskefet - Bull (Double T)9 10 Meredith Brooks - Blurring The Edges (EMI)

10 16 Celine Dion - Falling Into You (Columbia)

TW LW SINGLES1 1 Wes - Alane (Sony)2 2 P. Daddy & F. Evans feat. 112. Ill Be Missing You (BMG)

3 3 Will Smith - Men In Black (Sony)4 4 Bellini - Samba De Janeiro (Virgin)5 11 Meredith Brooks - Bitch (EMI)6 8 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back) (Zomba)

7 5 T -Spoon - Sex On The Beach (Dino)8 6 Coolio - C U When U Get There (PIAS)9 9 Eternal feat BeBe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One (EMI)

10 7 Mama's Jasje - Als De Dag Van Then (Virgin)TW LW ALBUMS

1 3 Jean -Jacques Goldman - En Peasant (Sony)2 4 Elvis Presley - Always Elvis (BMG)3 1 Oasis - Be Here Now (Sony)4 2 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back(Zomba)5 5 Radiohead - OK Computer (EMI)6 13 Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor (Sony)7 14 Will Tura - Puur Tura (PolyGram)8 6 Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land (PEAS)9 9 Samson & Gert - Samson Vol.7 (PolyGram)10 NE Joe Cocker - Across From Midnight (EMI)

1W LW SINGLES1 NE Aqua - Barbie Girl (Universal)2 1 P. Daddy & F. Evans feat.112- I'll Be Missing You (BMG)

3 2 Coolio - C U When U Get There (Edelpitch)4 3 Will Smith - Men In Black (Sony)5 NE Magnus Uggla - Kung Far En Dag(Columbia)6 6 Eternal feat. BeBe Winans I Wanna Be The Only One (EMI)

7 8 The Notorious BIG/PuffDaddylMise- Ma Money Ma Problems (BMG)

8 NE Dr. Alban - Mr. DJ (CNR Music)9 10 Aqua - Roses Are Red (Universal)

10 13 The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (Virgin)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Oasis - Be Here Now (Sony)2 2 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal)3 3 John Fogerty - Blue Moon Swamp (Warner)4 4 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Virgin)5 7 Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land (MNW)6 5 Spice Girls - Spice (Virgin)7 NE Stefan Sundstrom - Babyland (MNW)8 6 Eric Gadd - The Right Way (Edelpitch)9 9 No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (Universal)10 8 Sarah Brightman/LSO - Timeless (Warner)

DENMARK1W LW SINGLES

1 1 P. Daddy & F. Evans feat.112111Be Missing You (BMG)

2 3 Daze - Super Hero (Sony)3 2 Will Smith - Men In Black (Sony)4 5 Coolio - C U When U Get There (Edelpitch)5 4 Nana - Lonely (PolyGram)6 RE Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back) (Virgin)

7 6 Ricky Martin - (Un, Dos, Tres) Maria (Sony)8 8 Sash! - Ecuador (Scandinavian)9 7 Paradisio - Bailando (Scandinavian)

10 15 Babyface feat. Stevie Wonder - How Come, How Long (Sony)

TW LW ALBUMS

1 2 Michael Jackson - Blood On The Dance Floor (Sony)

2 1 Oasis - Be Here Now (Sony)3 3 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Virgin)4 4 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (PolyGram)5 7 Gary Barlow - Open Road (BMG)6 15 Juice - Something To Feel (EMI)7 5 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal)8 13 Georghe Zamfir - Kald Det Kierlighed (PolyGram)9 8 Moonjam - Saxophonesongs Vol. 2 (Replay)10 10 Big Fat Snake - Flames (Mega)

SWITZERLAND

NORWAY FINLAND IRELAND

TW LW SINGLES

1 1 P. Daddy & F. Evans feat 112 - Fll Be Missing You (BMG)

2 2 Coolio - C U When U Get There (Warner)3 3 Will Smith - Men In Black (Sony)4 6 Chilli feat. Carrapicho - Tic, Tic, Tac(BMG)5 5 Eternal feat. BeBe Winans - I Wanna Be The Only One (EMI)

6 8 Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You (Warner)7 4 Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back) (Virgin)

8 7 Meredith Brooks - Bitch (EMI)9 9 The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony (Virgin)

10 13 Antiloop - In My Mind (PolyGram)TW LW ALBUMS

1 1 Oasis - Be Here Now (Sony)2 NE Genesis - Calling All Stations (Virgin)3 2 Andrea Bocelli - Romanza (PolyGram)4 5 Bob Dylan - The Best Of Bob Dylan (Sony)5 3 Smurfene - Smurfehits 3 (Arcade)6 4 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Virgin)7 NE Joe Cocker - Across From Midnight (EMI)8 6 Aqua - Aquarium (Universal)9 12 John Fogerty - Blue Moon Swamp (Warner)10 7 Radiohead - OK Computer (EMI)

TW LW

1 12 33 124 25 46 NE7 58 NE9 1510 14TW LW

SINGLES

Scooter - Age Of LoveApulanta - MatoAqua - Barbie GirlWill Smith - Men In Black

(K -Tel)

(Levy)(Universal)

(Sony)P. Daddy & F. Evans feat 112 - Be Missing You (BMG)

Lehtivihreat - Mitatin Muuta Ei Oo (Levy)Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean? (Sony)Hanson - Where's The Love (PolyGram)Antiloop - In My Mind (PolyGram)Sash! - Ecuador (K -Tel)

ALBUMS

1 1 Oasis - Be Here Now (Sony)2 7 Led Zeppelin - Remasters (Warner)3 2 Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back (Virgin)4 4 Scooter - The Age Of Love (K -Tel)5 NE CMX - Cloaca Maxima (EMI)6 23 Rasmus - Playboys (Warner)7 3 Michael Jackson - HIStry - Past Present & Future Book 1 (Sony)8 NE Tommi Ltintinen - Punainen Granilli (Sony)9 5 Elvis Presley - 30 Suosituinta (BMG)

10 6 Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land (SMD-Musiiki)

TW LW SINGLES

1 1 Will Smith - Men In Black (Columbia)2 9 Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (EMI)3 2 P. Daddy &a