Taylor Brode, MANAGING DIRECTOR, owner and ARTIST MANAGER, acted as label director for Sacred Bones Records from 2009- 2017. while at the label she a&r’ED David Lynch, John Carpenter, Jim Jarmusch, LUST FOR YOUTH, Jenny Hval, PSYCHIC TV, PATTI SMITH (w/ soundwalk collective), ANIKA, and several dozen other groundbreaking records of the 00’s -10’s. She has been general management for Zola Jesus, Orville Peck, Shamir, AND INGA COPELAND, and currently represents HTRK, MACHINE GIRL, METH MATH, debby friday, DANA DENTATA, and AYA GLOOMY. She has curated stages for THE GUGGENHEIM, Red Bull Music Academy, Liverpool Psych Fest, NYC’s OUTLINE and Northside FestivalS, and project managed over 200 albums.
Uda Widanapathirana, artist manager and business affairs, held roles as a music curator at Dark Mofo, and as a marketing manager at PIAS/Inertia Music where they worked on campaigns for Danny Brown, Bonobo, Caribou, Little Simz and Flying Lotus. They were nominated as the AAM's Breakthrough Manager of the Year in 2022. They currently co-manage machine girL, HTRK, AYA GLOOMY and desire marea, HANDLE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ACROSS THE ROSTER, AND CURATE artist engagements IN AUSTRALIA.
Ben Cook, day-to-day artist manager AND CREATIVE DIRECTOR, has been a professional recording, writing and touring musician for over 20 years. Originally from Toronto, now in LISBON, Ben was in No Warning, Beggars Banquet’s Fucked Up and helms the project Young Guv. He was A&R for Bad Actors/Last Gang Records, signing both Homeshake and US Girls. Ben is co-MANAGER for DANA DENTATA AND creative director, tour manager, and day manager for DEBBY FRIDAY.
semaphore has offices in manhattan and sydney. The current mgmt roster includes artists from mexico, CANADA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN and the united states.
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