Warner Music South East Europe (WM SEE) is launching WM Balkans. The JV is a collaboration between WM SEE, Croatian label Dancing Bear, Serbian label Mascom and Slovenian label NIKA.
Warner mentioned that the launch allows WM SEE to accommodate all of its actions within the Western Balkans below one label, whereas it additionally continues to function in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, and Romania.
WM Balkans plans to signal and develop artists primarily from Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia, but additionally from different West Balkan international locations, comparable to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and North Macedonia.
Izabela Ciszek-Podziemska, Basic Supervisor of WM SEE, will oversee the label along with her different obligations throughout the broader area.
The launch of WM Balkans follows a string of investments, mergers and acquisitions from Warner Music SEE over the previous few years. In 2022, WM SEE acquired a stake in Serbian label Mascom, run by CEO Slobodan Nesovic.
In March this yr, Warner Music SEE acquired a minority stake in Slovenian label NIKA, which is run by its co-founders Darjo Rot and Marko Stopar.
In the meantime, in June 2024, Warner Music SEE took a minority stake in Dancing Bear, a distinguished unbiased label in Croatia, run by Silvije Varga (co-founder and Managing Director).
As a part of their latest deal, Warner mentioned that Dancing Bear is ready to faucet into the providers of ADA, Warner’s unbiased distribution and label providers arm, on behalf of its artists, and “probably upstream them to the Warner Music international roster”.
Izabela Ciszek-Podziemska mentioned: “Warner Music Balkans is the fruits of the workforce’s relentless pursuit of collaborating with the perfect companions within the area over the past couple of years.”
Izabela Ciszek-Podziemska, Warner Music South East Europe
Izabela Ciszek-Podziemska mentioned: “Warner Music Balkans is the fruits of the workforce’s relentless pursuit of collaborating with the perfect companions within the area over the past couple of years.
“Bringing our JVs and investments below one label will profit everybody concerned and allow our artists to get the perfect from Warner Music’s international community. With expertise comparable to Edita, Sergej Pajić, and Ukić releasing music on the label, we’ve received an ideal summer season pageant season forward of us!”
“Iza and the Warner Music workforce have hit the bottom working with WM Balkans.”
Slobodan Nesovic, Mascom
Slobodan Nesovic, CEO of Mascom, mentioned: “Iza and the Warner Music workforce have hit the bottom working with WM Balkans.
“They’ve labored with us to advertise and place Sergej Pajić and Edita’s subsequent collab observe by the label and we’re already seeing nice outcomes. That is only the start!”
“It brings me nice pleasure to announce the launch of WM Balkans.”
Silvije Varga, Dancing Bear
Silvije Varga, Co-Founder and MD of Dancing Bear, added: “It brings me nice pleasure to announce the launch of WM Balkans.
“A success can come from anyplace and this new enterprise will allow us to have a look at some thrilling cross-collaborations. I’m excited to see what we’ll obtain collectively.”
“We’ve labored with Warner Music for nearly thirty years now, and the launch of WM Balkans is the following chapter in our partnership.”
Darjo Rot, NIKA
Darjo Rot, Co-Founding father of NIKA, mentioned: “We’ve labored with Warner Music for nearly thirty years now, and the launch of WM Balkans is the following chapter in our partnership.
“Alongside the opposite JV companions and their artists, we’ll actually be capable of propel one another into new genres and areas.”Music Enterprise Worldwide
