SAN FRANCISCO, CA. (Top 40 Charts/ IODA) - IODA, the global leader in digital distribution, marketing, and technology solutions for the independent music industry, today announced that seven new independent distributors have selected IODA's D3 platform to power digital distribution for their labels. These leading music distributors from Europe, Australia and the U.S. will now offer their clients virtual shelf space at the more than 350 digital retailers, mobile outlets and subscription services that make up IODA's global distribution network. With more than 40 distributors now using IODA's D3 platform, the company's catalog of over one million tracks continues to grow, adding more quality music from emerging independent labels and artists from across the globe.
IODA's D3 platform provides an easy, fast and low cost solution for these physical distributor partners to offer comprehensive digital services to their labels. Distributors enjoy the benefits of a custom branded implementation of IODA's unique Rightsholder Dashboard tools and proven distribution platform while maintaining their direct label relationships: all licensing, encoding and delivery, and accounting functions are managed by IODA on behalf of the distributor. In addition to distribution, IODA will help its new partners drive online and offline sales via Promonet, the company's groundbreaking digital marketing platform.
'IODA is a technology company, not just a digital distributor. This makes a big difference as it enables them to simultaneously offer the strongest technology platform for marketing and distribution while leveraging deep industry relationships and music industry experience,' said Tommy Couch Jr, general manager, Malaco Records. 'I don't know of any other company that brings these two very important assets together to help companies like Malaco grow in the digital world."
'Our partnership with IODA for worldwide digital distribution is our most important endeavor since we built the Tesco Distribution Service,' commented Joachim Kohl, co-founder, Tesco. 'Not only will IODA help our artists become more accessible to fans, its PromonetPro marketing services will help us easily and cost effectively promote new releases. With IODA's Rightsholder Dashboard, we'll be able to analyze interest among fans in the sold out and rare releases we plan to make available again, helping us manufacture according to audience interest.'
'Although we just started working with IODA recently, the platform looks like it will make digital distribution an easy to manage extension of our business,' said Jordan Cooper, president, Rev Distribution. 'Rev Distribution's labels have a large catalog of punk, hardcore, indie, rock, emo and metal that has a growing fan base around the world: We look forward to working with IODA to reach these fans wherever they are, and however they choose to buy music.'
Darla (USA) is a widely regarded independent music label, distributor & online retailer, and home to a diverse group of labels including Wonder, Resonant, Matinee, and Labrador, and unique talent including My Morning Jacket, Japancakes and Robin Guthrie.
Well known for breaking acts into Australia, Creative Vibes (Australia) plays an integral role in the development and nurturing of its labels including Unique, Birdland Records, Instinctive Travels and artists Gotye, Spoonbill, James Muller.
Integral (France) distributes various collections of Classical music including French melody collections, organ music and chamber music collections. Representing labels such as Integral Classic, Triton and Polymnie with artists including Eric Heidsieck, Musica Antiqua Provence, Cedric Tiberghien and Le Trio Elogiaque, Integral has brought top talent, unrecognized composers, unpublished works, and young performers to the public.
For the last 40 years, JetStar (UK) has been synonymous with great Reggae music with artists such as Gregory Isaacs, Prince Buster and Dennis Brown, and labels including Charm, Rockers Int'l (Augustus Pablo), Unity (Bunny 'STRIKER' Lee) & Gospel Times.
Malaco (USA) is one of the United States' largest independent music groups, representing the best in southern soul, blues, and gospel music since 1968. Record labels include Apollo Records, Blackberry Records and Savoy Records, with artists including Johnnie Taylor, Mahalia Jackson, James Cleveland, Z.Z. Hill, and the Mississippi Mass Choir.
Tesco Distribution (Germany) is one of the foremost hubs for industrial, noise, power electronics, dark ambient, neofolk and experimental releases from around the world with labels such as WKN, HauRuck, Loki Foundation and Storm Records, and artists including Derniere Volonte, Sonne Hagal, Propergol and Factrix.
Rev Distribution (USA) has been providing independent retailers and distributors with a one-stop solution for punk, hardcore, indie, rock, emo and metal music including hard-to-find releases for over thirteen years. With labels such as Ares, Coverage, Reaper and Revelation and artists including Richard Cheese, Down to Nothing, Gorilla Biscuits, Rev has an excellent reputation in the industry.
"We are delighted to add these world-class distributors to the IODA network," said IODA founder and CEO Kevin Arnold. "While we expand their reach through digital distribution and marketing, they greatly expand our catalog and strengthen our Promonet network of more than 3,000 digital retailers, music websites, social networks, bloggers and other online tastemakers. We look forward to bringing these excellent catalogs to music fans worldwide.'
These distributors join IODA's rapidly expanding D3 network, which includes Allegro/Nail Distribution (USA), Big Daddy Music Distribution, Inc (USA), Burnside Distribution (USA), Cargo Records (UK), Challenge Records (Netherlands), Destra (Australia), DBN (Argentina), DLN (USA), IDN (USA), Inertia (Australia), Koch Distribution (USA), New Note Distribution (UK), Naxos of America (USA), Outside Music (Canada), Plastic Head Media (UK), Proper Music Distribution (UK), Revolver USA (USA), Scratch Recordings (Canada), Select O Hits (USA), Shellshock Distribution (UK), Shock (Australia), Shogun Distribution (Australia), Sonic Rendezvous (Netherlands), Soul Seduction Digital Distribution (Austria), Stomp (Australia) and Tratore Distribution (Brazil).
