Posted January 27, 200916 yr Robbie Williams plans label escapology Monday January 26, 2009 By Paul Williams Source: MW Robbie Williams is to begin recording the final studio album in his present EMI agreement this spring as IE Music plots out his next contractual move. Co-manager Tim Clark says the singer has written a “raft of songs” for the follow-up to 2006’s Rudebox and will go into the studio in March or April. “There may be a song with Guy [Chambers], he’s done a lot of writing with his mates Soul Mekanik and there’s a very interesting song with Mark Ronson,” Clark notes. “He’s now looking at producers. Nothing further has been said yet, but he’s talking to a lot of interesting people.” The release of this new album will leave just another retrospective left in the ground-breaking, multi-rights deal Williams and IE signed with EMI in 2002, but the possibility of linking up again with the UK major at some level for further releases is not being ruled out. “I don’t think anything is out of the question,” says Clark. “For [co-manager] David [Enthoven] and myself, how we’d like to see things is pretty clear. First of all we start from the very simple place, which has almost become a cliché, source and destination – artist and fan – and the people in the middle are simply the gloop and have to justify the roles they have.” IE is in ongoing discussions with EMI about this next album – the first Williams release it will handle under Terra Firma ownership – as Clark says, “We simply have to make sure that this album has as good a job done on it as is possible, that Rob’s interests are really looked after and that we sell as many as the market will allow us to.” One certainty about how Williams and IE will proceed once the current deal is up is that, in any new agreement, ownership of the masters of new recordings will stay with the artist and be licensed out. Although EMI owns the recordings from Williams’ first deal, covering his first four solo albums, Clark points out the rights to the masters in the still-running second deal will revert. “It’s a foolhardy artist who allows their rights simply to be owned by a record company,” says Clark, adding IE is determined to take Williams’ independence from a record company even further with future releases. “The elephant needs to leave the room, the elephant being the record company,” says Enthoven, with Clark declaring “the old-fashioned record company deal is not something Robbie Williams would consider”. “It makes no sense for him to do that. He would expect us, with his full input, to construct something that is right for him,” says Clark. “When we did what was a sort of quasi-360-deal with EMI he was part of that deal. Later, we will be sitting down with him and saying, ‘Okay, what’s next?’” EMI’s possible involvement with Williams’ career in the future could be in a distribution link-up. “He would insist on us being with the best distributor,” says Clark. “That might well be EMI’s distribution, we don’t know, or Universal’s, but it is actually choosing and then pricing that. Our thing is to get great services at keen prices.” Besides plotting out his future path as a recording artist, IE is also now looking for a new publishing deal for Williams, with the previous deal with what was BMG Music Publishing and then Universal Music Publishing having concluded.
January 27, 200916 yr http://www.nme.com/news/robbie-williams/42335 Robbie Williams writes songs with Mark Ronson and Guy Chambers Singer's manager also confirms star wants 'unconventional record deal' * Jan 27, 2009 Robbie Williams has started work on his new album, the singer's co-manager has confirmed. Tim Clark says Williams will head into the studio in March or April to record songs for the follow-up to 2006's 'Rudebox'. Clark revealed that Williams may team up with 'Angels' and 'Let Me Entertain You' co-writer Guy Chambers for the sessions, along with Mark Ronson and Madchester duo Soul Mekanik :cry: , who were formerly in Candy Flip. "There may be a song with Guy [Chambers], he's done a lot of writing with Soul Mekanik and there's a very interesting song :blink: with Mark Ronson," Clark told Music Week. "He's now looking for producers. Nothing further has been said yet, but he's talking to a lot of interesting people." The album could be Williams' final release for label EMI. His £80 million contract with the label (the UK's biggest deal to date) is due to conclude after Williams' next album has been released, and his co-manager David Enthoven says the star will be looking for less traditional ways of distributing his music in future. "The elephant needs to leave the room, the elephant being the record company," said Enthoven. Clark added that it "makes no sense" for Williams to sign a conventional deal. "The old-fashioned record deal is not something that Robbie Williams would consider," he declared.
January 27, 200916 yr Thought he was heading to the studio in January? :unsure: I actually assumed the new album was a lot further on than it seems to be.... :blink:
January 27, 200916 yr Just in time for Xmas.... :cheer: I like the idea of a track with Guy....see how they have developed.... :) :cheer:
February 2, 200916 yr :nocheer: it'll be worth the wait :cheer: That's what I like Spark...' positive thinking '.... :cheer:
February 2, 200916 yr We'll at least have the new U2 album to satisfy us for a few months ^_^ :cheer:
February 5, 200916 yr We'll at least have the new U2 album to satisfy us for a few months ^_^ :cheer: yay great brilliant awesome amazing woo. I really want Rudebox p.2 :cry:
February 5, 200916 yr And on that very note- http://www.nme.com/news/robbie-williams/42560 Robbie Williams and Mark Ronson to head to the studio Pair set to hook up in Los Angeles Robbie Williams and Mark Ronson are set to record in Los Angeles together soon. Ronson told BBC 6music that the pair were set to complete work on a song which had originally been intended to appear on Williams' previous album, 2006's 'Rudebox'. "That is a track I gave Robbie about two or three years ago when we were working on his last album," Ronson said. "He was always fascinated with it so it's not really a new thing. I am planning to go out to LA so we can finish it together." The singer's manager, Tim Clark, had previously revealed that Williams was set to enter the studio in March or April to record the bulk of his next album.
February 8, 200916 yr I'm sure it will be brilliant! Cause I won't settle for anything less innit -_- :wub: Ohhh and I don't really mind the waiting, it's only making things better :o well usually anyway!
