SPV Announces New A&R Partnership With DEREK OLIVER

November 25, 2010

SPV has announced that veteran A&R executive Derek Oliver will join forces with the label effective immediately. This alliance signifies yet another positive step forward for the company following a period of consolidation and restructuring that denotes a renewed commitment to expanding SPV's presence in the international market.

Working closely with SPV's Hannover, Germany-based operational headquarters, Derek will contribute his successfully proven A&R activity in addition to communicating to the global artistic community opportunities that now exist with the label. Based in London, Derek will focus on working with established artists looking to broaden their appeal by plugging into the infrastructure of one of the last truly comprehensively independent rock record labels in Europe.

Commencing his career as a music journalist with the Melody Maker and later Kerrang!, Derek relocated to the USA in 1989 to work in A&R for several labels, including Atlantic, Atco, East West, Elektra and Roadrunner, signing and working with a number of acts, including DREAM THEATER, PANTERA, BETTER THAN EZRA, THE REMBRANDTS, MÖTLEY CRÜE, AC/DC, BAD COMPANY and THE CULT. Derek is also the owner of highly respected rock reissue label Rock Candy Records.

SPV General Manager Frank Uhle comments: "With Derek we have found a well respected and experienced insider who still retains a deep passion for music — something that is quite unique in this business. Derek joining the SPV family will help to strengthen and expand our A&R skills and bridge the gap between classic rock and cutting-edge metal."

Derek Oliver states: "I'm very excited by the opportunity of working with SPV and in particular executives Frank Uhle and Olly Hahn, who have proved to be dynamic and forward thinking pillar's of strength in an organization that I truly believe is well placed to meet the great challenges of our industry ahead."

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