Bamboo Artists appointed Rehan Manickam as Director of A&R, US, who will be based in Los Angeles and oversee artist signings, development pipelines, and cross-territory.
The move follows earlier US hires, including General Manager Nils Gums, Publishing A&R Christina Chung, and A&R Manager Kareem Yafi, who collectively laid the foundation for the company’s growing presence in North America.
Manickam brings extensive experience across artist management, A&R, and audio engineering.
Before joining Bamboo, he held A&R positions at LEGION Management and Anomaly Publishing, working with Grammy-winning and Billboard-charting artists such as Nija Charles, Jack Rochon, and LU Kala.
“The industry’s obsessed with velocity and volume, not vision.”
Rehan Manickam
Previously, Manickam served as an engineer and A&R coordinator at Love Renaissance (LVRN), contributing to major R&B projects including Summer Walker’s Still Over It and the platinum-certified No Love (Extended) featuring SZA and Cardi B.
Commenting on his appointment, Manickam said: “The industry’s obsessed with velocity and volume, not vision.
“At Bamboo, my focus is returning to real A&R: instinct, curation, and systemic artist development that outlasts the algorithm.”
Bamboo Artists, founded and led by CEO Leander Kirschner when he was just 17 years old, represents 32 artists and 47 songwriters, including Ski Aggu, 01099 and Zartmann.
The company reports that its catalog generates more than 3 billion streams annually and over 80 million streams per week.
More than 180 Bamboo songs have entered the German charts, 11 of them reaching No.1 in the German singles and album charts, with over 200 gold and platinum certifications awarded.Music Business Worldwide