Essential Music has implemented numerous agreements with companies such as PIAS, Soulfood, Indigo, Bertus, Playground and many others, allowing us to provide our clients the most appropriate distribution channels throughout the UK and Europe for their releases. Essential manage all aspects required to get product into the physical and digital marketplace.

In addition, our clients benefit from our team's extensive experience in marketing, promotion and label management across Europe.

 

 

“The Prodigy are back and they are here to dig up your dancing soul. Lock up EVERYTHING” – Clash
“The Prodigy are back to their best.” **** - The Daily Telegraph

Essential are responsible for the sales, retail marketing and distribution of the number one album 'Invaders Must Die' across the UK & Eire.

Released on 23rd February 2009, Invaders Must Die shot to the top of the charts all over the world, collecting critical acclaim and selling over 95,000 copies in it's first week of release in the UK as well as serving as a timely reminder to everyone that the world was a pretty boring place without The Prodigy.

As the band continue to take their riotous tour across the UK, Essential are well prepared to meet the demand of anyone not yet swept up by the return of one of the UK's most important bands.

 

Ash

 

 

Ash have left the album behind, instead deciding to release a string of 26 singles over the course of a year -
The A-Z Series

Running from Oct 2009 to Oct 2010, the band will release a single every other week, keeping the titles of the releases secret. In honour of this, Ash have also recently set out on a tour of the country in the same fashion, visiting the smaller, less explored venues of Great Britain, running from Aldershot to Zenna.

Essential have provided a physical and digital distribution and sales of all 26 singles, as well as assisting in setting up both physical and digital subsciption services.

 

 

After the phenomenal success of two monumental singles and three scorching mix tapes, including the legendary Chupa Chups & Ur Mum mix tapes, Bashy; possibly one of the most gifted talents this island has to offer, has had a rollercoaster year releasing his debut album..

A legend in the grime scene from the age of 16 due to his work with crews including East Connection & Pay As You Go Cartel and artists such as Dizzee Rascal, Kano & Wiley. Bashy soon decided that his future lay in his solo work and after graduating from the BRIT School Of Performing Arts, he set about paving the way for his solo career.

2008 saw Bashy's involvement in the film AdULTHOOD, the sequel to smash hit KiDULTHOOD, as he submitted the title track 'KiDULTHOOD To AdULTHOOD' after catching the attention of the film's director Noel Clarke. The track has proven to be incredibly successful as it entered the singles chart and has received over 1.2 million plays on youtube.

Now in 2009, with Essential's help, Bashy released debut album Catch Me If You Can which features collaborations with such names as N-Dubz, Jamelia & Toddla T and includes the current single 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' which is currently riding high in the 1Xtra play lists. 2009 has been topped off for Bashy with his MOBO nomination for Best Video.
Essential can't wait to see what the future brings for one of the UK's brightest talents.

Catch him if you can - We doubt anyone will!

 

Ou Est Le Swimming Pool

 

What a year it’s been for three piece Ou Est Le Swimming Pool. Their superb debut ‘Dance The Way I Feel’ is an infectious slice of electro-pop with Pet Shop Boys influenced vocals and a catchy as hell baseline that will quite literally drag you onto the dance floor.

Numerous festival appearances at Glastonbury, Bestival and Summer Sundae, as well as a recent tour with La Roux, have seen the band go from strength to strength. With great support from Radio 1 on their debut single, the future is looking bright for Ou Est Le Swimming Pool.