The Orchard completes licensing deals with leading Greek Labels for digital distribution

NEW YORK (The Orchard/ www.theorchard.com) - The Orchard, the world's leading supplier of independent music, today announced worldwide digital distribution of a broad range of popular Greek music from some of the leading independent Hellenic labels. The signing covers a wide range of Greek music - from contemporary, electronic and progressive to traditional and folk, which will be digitally distributed to and actively marketed across all the legal digital music services in the United States and Europe, including eMusic, iTunes (in the US, UK and Europe), Napster (in the US and UK), Musicmatch, Rhapsody and Buymusic, through The Orchard's unparalleled distribution capability. The content is currently being promoted on eMusic, iTunes and AudioLunchbox.

The prominent Hellenic labels include: Protasis, a popular contemporary and traditional label; FM Records, which is providing tracks including Mikis Theodorakis' new orchestral interpretation of the "Zorba The Greek" soundtrack; Poeta Negra and Ntrop Records, both specializing in electronic contemporary music; Revoe Records, renowned for avant-classical and world music; Monom Records; Pop Art Records, with indie rock and electronic music; and Kathreftis/MusicMirror, which features world and traditional music. The music on these labels is wonderfully inventive, comprising genres ranging from the most renowned Greek music rembetika, often called Greek blues; demotica or folk music; entehno, the sophisticated contemporary music that blends pop with traditional Greek influences; and laiko, the popular style now played in nightclubs.
"As the Olympics begin, we look forward to working with the leading Greek independents to take advantage of the world's focus on Athens to expose customers everywhere to traditional and contemporary Greek music," said Greg Scholl, chief executive of The Orchard.

"FM Records, the leading Greek independent record company is very pleased to join forces with The Orchard, the leading distributor of independent music in the world, in order to promote and make available the rich and versatile catalogue of FM Records through paying download sites around the world," said Pavlos Dovas, Director of Exports and Licensing for FM Records Greece "This cooperation will hopefully prove to be the beginning of a complete effort to make Greek independent music in general available for legal downloading on the Internet as the latest developments in the area of music distribution dictate."

About The Orchard
The Orchard (https://www.theorchard.com) is the leading distributor of independent music in the world, representing over 2,500 labels and thousands of artists spanning over 50 countries and every music genre.
The Orchard supplies their catalog of over 200,000 tracks to all of the leading legal digital music services throughout the world, and also offers traditional retail CD distribution to both brick-and-mortar and online outlets in the United States. The Orchard is headquartered in New York, with operations in London, Tokyo, Buenos Aires and Melbourne.