Silverline Records has entered into a licensing deal with crank! to release DVD-Audio titles, it was announced today by John Trickett, Chairman of the 5.1 Entertainment Group and Jeff Matlow, President of crank!
Under the terms of the agreement, Silverline Records has obtained exclusive license rights for all six-channel formats for a number of albums from the crank! catalogue. On March 26, Silverline Records is set to release, Mineral’s ‘The Power of Failing’ and ‘EndSerenading’, The Gloria Record’s ‘A Lull in Traffic’, ‘Uomini D’Onore’ by Fireside and The Icarus Line’s ‘Mono’ due out on May 7th 2002. Silverline is committed to releasing several DVD-Audio titles per month.
Throughout 2002, Silverline will release DVD-Audio discs by artists such as Bob Marley, Styx, The Kinks, Joey Ramone, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Widespread Panic, Sex Pistols and Megadeth to name a few.
Silverline was the first label to produce and release a DVD-Audio title, the Grammy-nominated ‘Swinging For The Fences’ by Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band. Silverline Records has maintained a leadership role in the development, production and marketing of DVD-Audio with 53 DVD-Audio titles released to date and 140 more to be released this year.
John Trickett said, “The crank! catalog provides a wealth of contemporary music which compliments the wide range of genres being made available by
Silverline in the DVD Audio format. crank! is an innovator and we are looking forward to a long and successful relationship.”
Jeff Matlow said, “I am extremely enthusiastic about the relationship with 5.1 Entertainment. DVD-Audio mixed in 5.1 surround sound is both an innovative and exciting format. I’m proud of the way crank! has continually remained ahead of trends, which further underscores why we would team up with Silverline/5.1 Entertainment, a true market leader. The release of the crank! artists on DVD-Audio is a tremendous opportunity for us that couldn’t be passed up.”
The 5.1 Entertainment Group is an integrated music company which owns the immergent, Silverline and Electromatrix record labels, 5.1 Production Services and 5.1 Music Publishing. The company is a recognised leader in the audio/visual production, release and marketing of music in the DVD format. In addition to having released the largest catalogue of DVD music worldwide, 5.1 Entertainment Group has mixed and produced projects for Fleetwood Mac, Sting, Eminem, Herbie Hancock, Dishwalla, Alice Cooper, Everclear, Hanson, Robbie Williams, Queen, Yanni and Aaron Neville to name a few.
crank! A RECORD COMPANY is recognised as one of the fore-runners in the emerging indie rock arena. Founded by former music industry executive, Jeff Matlow, the Santa Monica, CA based label maintains an ever growing catalogue of critically acclaimed artists that remain on the forefront of the music scene. crank! introduced the world to emo in the mid-90’s with bands like Mineral, Boys Life and Vitreous Humor. Since then, the label has expanded its roster as a showcase of the trend-leading independent music scene. The crank! catalogue ranges from hardcore bands (The Icarus Line) to pop (The Get Set, Jupither) and alterna-rock (Fireside). Crank! is currently distributed in North America through Allegro, Revolver, Southern and Revelation, and the company maintains distribution in all of the major territories throughout the world.