Nebula17 has appointed former RCA Data government Rob Inadomi as Founding Accomplice and President of Label and A&R.
Based mostly in Los Angeles, Inadomi will report on to Nebula17 founder and CEO Naoki Osada.
In response to Nebula17, he’ll oversee the launch of the corporate’s US label operations whereas spearheading world A&R efforts to speed up the worldwide attain of “culturally progressive” Japanese artists.
Nebula 17 was based earlier this 12 months with multi-million-dollar backing from US and Japanese buyers, and combines label, publishing, administration, technique, and enterprise capital.
Naoki Osada beforehand spent over twenty years at Avex, most lately serving as CEO of its US division. He led Avex’s enlargement into the American market, whereas forming alliances with Roc Nation and Brandon Silverstein’s S10.
In his world A&R function, Inadomi, alongside the group he and Osada are constructing, will curate songwriters and producers for Japanese artists focusing on the US market. He’s already working with Japanese acts on initiatives aimed toward US audiences.
Inadomi is a fourth-generation immigrant of Japanese descent who, based on Nebula17, is “deeply linked to each Western and Asian music markets.”
He was beforehand Vice President of A&R at RCA Reports, the place he expanded the label’s footprint in dance/digital music and Ok-pop.
There, Inadomi labored with artists together with Kygo, Martin Garrix, Alan Walker, Oliver Heldens, in addition to Ok-pop teams like ATEEZ and RIIZE, and is credited for A&R’ing Kygo and Whitney Houston’s world hit, Greater Love.
Rob Inadomi mentioned: “Partnering with Naoki to launch Nebula17 is about constructing a tradition that really places artists and their music first. I’ve all the time admired his imaginative and prescient and the considerate method he constructed Avex USA. Collectively at Nebula17, we’re dedicated to creating an setting the place artists at each stage of their careers obtain true assist — from A&R to strategic advertising and long-term profession growth.
“Simply as a nebula is a birthplace for stars, Nebula17 goals to spark the subsequent era of worldwide music innovators.”
Naoki Osada added: “Rob is an distinctive government who seamlessly blends artistic instinct with a strategic mindset. His confirmed A&R success and real ardour for artist growth make him the best companion to form the way forward for Nebula17’s label and create new alternatives for Japanese artists worldwide. I deeply respect his daring, mission-driven determination to affix Nebula17 — a startup constructed with objective — which I consider will result in a defining second sooner or later.”
Working from a “cutting-edge studio home” in West Hollywood, Nebula17 presents boutique A&R and advertising companies.
At Avex, Naoki Osada launched a number of publishing ventures, signing hitmakers together with Harv (Peaches), Jasper Harris (grasping), and GENT! (Agora Hills).
He additionally introduced Japanese acts similar to ONE OR EIGHT to the U.S. market, securing collaborations with Ryan Tedder, David Stewart, and Huge Sean, and attaining a Prime 40 Mediabase entry with a Stargate-produced monitor.Music Enterprise Worldwide
