Bucks to represent early DeadMau5 catalogue around the world

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Bucks Music Group has signed a worldwide publishing agreement with Play Records Publishing, that will see it represent the early catalogue of Joel Zimmerman aka Deadmau5 around the globe.

MBW understands that Bucks will take on both publishing administration and sync licensing responsibilities for the catalogue of Canadian firm Play Records, which was established in 1996 by Melleny Melody and Zachary Spider Brown Smith.

Bucks will representing over 1,000 works worldwide, including Deadmau5’s ground-breaking single ‘Faxing Berlin’, ‘Vexillogy’ and ‘At Play’ albums.

On the sync side, it has permission to clear both recorded and publishing rights to the music globally.

The catalogue also includes works by artists including Mellefresh, Azari and III, Spekrfrks, Calvertron, Billy Newton-Davis, Sick Individuals, Kolombo, Federico Scavo, Mendo, Craziibizia, Lazy Rich.

“Play have a solid catalogue of works for which we will now be able to clear all master and publishing rights as a one-stop shop.”

Harri Davies, Bucks

Bucks Music Group A&R Manager Harri Davies said “Play have a solid catalogue of works for which we will now be able to clear all master and publishing rights as a one stop shop – we look forward to working with them”

Melleny Melody and Zachary Spider Brown Smith said “We’re looking forward to a long and prosperous collaborative, creative working relationship with Bucks”

In April 2014 Play Records moved their Toronto offices to the heart of London’s King’s Cross where they have opened a 2,500ft, multi-room studio space and writing facility called Play Deep Studios.

It is home to the UK’s only Otari series 54, 32 channel, analogue inline, fully automated, mixing desk.

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