DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION AND LABEL SERVICES COMPANY HUMAN RE SOURCES LAUNCHES IN THE UK
Today, digital distribution and label services company, Human Re Sources announces its expansion into the United Kingdom with the appointments of Amal Omari as A&R and Matt Ott as Vice President of Creator Services. Alongside Human Re Sources Founder & CEO J. Erving as well as A&R and Creator Services executives Austin Thomas, Ray Kurzeka and Clarissa Reformina, these strategic leadership additions are a continuation of the efforts to serve the music industry globally.
In addition to its UK launch, the company announces their newest signed artist, twenty-four-year-old East London rapper, Lancey Foux. Prior to joining Human Re Sources, Ott worked within the Spotify UK Artist and Label Marketing team for over four years. His focus at Spotify was always the artist and their surrounding teams—partnering with them to creatively tell their story whilst broadening, deepening and engaging their audience on platform.
During his time at Spotify, Ott created and executed over 100 artist campaigns across a diverse spectrum, and in many cases from the emerging stages of artists’ careers, including Sam Smith, Dua Lipa, Lana Del Rey, HAIM, Jessie Ware, LANY, Mabel, Mura Masa, Biffy Clyro, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Oh Wonder, Anne-Marie, Sam Fender, The 1975, beabadoobee, James Blake, Lewis Capaldi, slowthai, Jax Jones, The Weeknd, and U2.
Ott also led on some of Spotify’s largest artist campaigns to date, including Ed Sheeran’s ‘÷’ album partnership in 2017, Florence and The Machine’s ‘High as Hope’ in 2018, Lewis Capaldi’s 2019 number one debut album, ‘Distinctly Uninspired to A Hellish Extent,’ and Sam Fender’s early career, his Spotify Singles, and the release of his debut number one album ‘Hypersonic Missiles’.
Ott brings over 10 years of experience in the music industry including, his early days at BBC Radio 6 Music to his time at RCA focusing on promo and marketing for artists like U
