Unleashing sonic creativity. Shaping the future of software instruments with creative excellence.

8dio is a company specialized in advanced deep-sampling of music instruments - developed by Academy Award Winning composer, Troels Folmann. 

8Dio products are featured in the majority of current blockbusters (ex. Avatar, James Bond, Interstellar, Dark Knight Rises, Transformers, District 9), TV-shows (ex. Game of Thrones, Dexter, CSI, NCIS) and video games (ex. Overwatch, Diablo 3, Madden, Starcraft 2, Mass Effect 3, Need For Speed series) and used by many of the highest profile artists, composers and top 40 producers in the industry.

8Dio is the largest deep-sampled instrument catalogue in the world from the new generation Orchestral Products, Hybrid Scoring Tools to the best sounding Epic- and Angelic Choirs, from industry standard Epic Percussion series to beautiful Solo Voices from around the world, from gorgeous Tuned Percussion to custom made instruments.

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JRabbit first came into the scene in 2009, with his remix for B.Rich on Party Like Us Records. Shortly after he began working with Reidspeed and her label, Play Me Records, first with the ep I'm so Happy. Then again in 2010 with the Mustardayonnaise EP done with contributing artist Tremourz. He worked with Tremourz again in 2010, with his break through single, Sexy Party. The song gained lots of support from acts like Bassnectar, Excision, Skrillex and many more.
In 2011, JRabbit finished a bootleg of Benny Benassi's classic song, Satisfaction. The song gained lots support from acts such as Diplo,Laidback Luke,Benny Benassi and many more. The song's popularity lead to it's eventual, official release on Ministry of Sound's The Sound of Dubstep Vol. 3.
In later 2011, JRabbit joined Skrillex on his Mothership Tour. Playing alongside 12th Planet, Nadastrom, Dillon Francis, Knife Party and more. The tour covered the United States and Canada and was described by many "unforgettable" and "ground breaking".
In 2012, JRabbit started to blend genres, starting with his Ninja Step EP on Play Me Records. He had other successes with EPs and remixes in 2012 and a single on OWSLA but his next two breakthrough tunes, were his moombahcore bootlegs of Fresh Prince of Bel Air and Del the Funky Homosapien's Mistadobalina. Which gained lots of dj support and attention.
Also in 2012 he toured with Flux Pavilion and Brown and Gammon, on Flux's Standing on a Hill Tour and with Sluggo and Helicopter Showdown on the No Hostages Tour.
Later that year, JRabbit remixed Korn's Narcissistic Cannibal, which was a collaboration with Skrillex, Kill the Noise. The remix was later featured on UKF.
In early 2013, he tour with Big Chocolate on their American Hustle Tour.
he began to blend genres even more with releases on Buygore and Dim Mak. Also with remixes for Ali Love, Flinch, Helicopter Showdown and more. In the summer he released a bootleg of Tequila which gained huge support and popularity both online and at festivals. Now with over 4.5 million views on youtube it has not only become a jrabbit classic, but a staple in trap remixes.
In 2014, JRabbit toured with Terravita on their "Rituals Tour". Shortly after tour, JRabbit released an EP with Slow Roast Records, "Peyote Soda EP".
Now in 2015, after a brief hiatus, due to personal matters, JRabbit has teamed up with Thrive Records and is wrapping up his debut house album. "Give it to Me", the first single from the album, has been scheduled for release 6/30/15.

Welcome to the Signature Series.

The key signatures of music are kind of like the signs of the zodiac.

If you take all the music in a given key, you’ll discover certain characteristics —﻿ characteristics that can define your personality.

Which key are you? http://bit.ly/whichkeyareyou

The Signature Series was originally produced for CBC Radio 2's In Concert by http://www.soundcloud.com/paolopp with Denise Ball.

https://akirakosemura.com/
Akira Kosemura (he/him) is a composer and pianist hailing from Tokyo, Japan. He is a prolific artist, constantly releasing solo albums and composing music for films, TV drama, games, stage, and commercial music.

Akira founded his own label Schole Records early on after his solo album It’s on Everything released in 2007 while he was still in school. In 2017 and 2018 Akira’s music was ranked in Spotify’s “Most Played Japanese Artists/Songs Top 10”, and his works have been highly acclaimed on media around the world, including US music media Pitchfork, Australian newspaper THE AGE, French public broadcast FIP, and Canadian public broadcast Ici Musique.

Akira’s major score works include Fragments of The Last Will by Takahisa Zeze, the Cannes 2020 featured film True Mothers (Asa Ga Kuru) directed by Naomi Kawase, Hollywood produced drama series Love Is__, the Nintendo Switch game Jack Jeanne produced by Sui Ishida, the TBS drama series Chugakusei Nikki, the contemporary ballet piece MANON, and the Japan Pavilion in Milano EXPO. His music pieces were also featured in the Amazon original movie Jonas Brothers’ CHASING HAPPINESS, the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion awarded director Audrey Diwan’s debut film Mais vous etes fous (Losing It), and the Toho movie Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare.

In recent years, he has worked on projects in different media such as SK-II STUDIO’s documentary The Center Lane (featuring Rikako Ikee), directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, the runway music for a collection from apparel brand TAKAHIROMIYASHITA The Soloist., as well as music for LA MER BLUE HEART, LAND ROVER, and L’OCCITANE. Akira has also co-produced a song with American musician Devendra Banhart.

In addition to his versatility and diverse portfolio, Akira has been working on a world scale. In 2022 he signed a contract with prestigious Decca Records, and the EP Pause (almost equal to) Play was released worldwide. Akira’s music was also sampled in John Legend’s song “The Other Ones feat. Rhapsody” included in his new album Legend Act I & II. And Akira’s first major album SEASONS was released on Decca Records (UMG) on June 30, 2023.

Whatever you listen to on the way home from Blockbuster in 1996

Klassik und Jazz erfreuen sich immer größerer Beliebtheit. UNIVERSAL MUSIC Stars wie etwa Anna Netrebko oder Till Brönner unterstreichen diesen Trend und sind beste Beispiele für den Erfolg des umfassenden Engagements auf diesem Gebiet. 

Neben der intensiven Arbeit sowohl mit jungen Talenten als auch mit etablierten Künstlern entwickelt UNIVERSAL MUSIC CLASSICS & JAZZ als Marktführer in den jeweiligen Genres kontinuierlich neue, innovative Marketing- und Promotion-Strategien, um alternative und zeitgemäße Zugänge zur facettenreichen und spannenden Welt von Klassik und Jazz anzubieten. Die Unit baut hierfür nicht nur junge Künstlerinnen und Künstler auf und begleitet sorgfältig und verantwortungsvoll ihre musikalische Entwicklung, sondern sorgt vor allem auch kontinuierlich für die Erschließung und Pflege neuer Zielgruppen. Mit grenzüberschreitenden Projekten wie der „Yellow Lounge“, die Klassik an ungewöhnlichen Orten präsentiert, oder auch dem „Verve Club“, der die ganze Vielfalt des Jazz präsentiert, leistet UNIVERSAL MUSIC CLASSICS & JAZZ hier und auf manch anderem Gebiet seit langem wertvolle Pionierarbeit. Diese und weitere Aktivitäten bringen die unendliche Vielfalt der Genres einem stetig wachsenden Publikum näher, das musikalische Entdeckungen als Bereicherung seines Lebens zu schätzen weiß.

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