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D-Town Records
Mixing the “old school with the new school, making whole school”.

D-Town Records, a small full service record label based in the heart of Dallas/Ft. Worth is one the fastest growing labels in the country. The company came into existence in October 2004. The CEO of the company, Mr. Nate Edwards said it was never his intention to start a record label, it just happened. Since day one, it has been the mission of D-Town Records to create that unmistakable signature sound that sets them apart from any other record label, and they’ve done just that. D-Town Records has infused their roster with national, platinum and grammy award winning artists and producers to create that sound.

Nate Edwards and his independent label Eieg LLC / d/b/a D-Town Records recently inked a three-year deal with Sony/RED to distribute Keingz Ransoms' new record Get Crunk and future Eieg albums. The street date for Get Crunk has not been released yet but it will be in, 2008.

D-Town Records brings Grammy Award winning and multi-Platinum recording artist “The Deele” to the metroplex to work on their next project. This is the re-introduction of the Deele, formerly of Solar records. “The Deele” recently performed a Flawless 90 min set in Cincinnati Ohio along with the SOS Band, Ronald Isley and the Isley Brothers in which The Deele received a well deserved standing ovation.

The Deele will be releasing a single with D-Town Records (New School) R&B singing sensation recording artist “Keingz Ransom” in 2008. Baby Face and LA Reid both have bought into the project and committed to lend support based on current and future performances and recordings.

Listed below are additional details regarding D-Town Records and The Deele

• Gerald Brown (The newly appointed President of A&R for D-Town Records East Coast Division....former Executive A&R for Solar Records as well as the original lead singer for Shalamar) will be leading up the project for the D-Town Records. Mike Griffie (President of Operations…..East Coast Division) will be heading up the entire East Coast project and assisted by Frank Sims.
• D-Town Records has exclusive rights to the entire “Solar Records” catalog which includes The Deele, Shalamar, Lakeside, Midnight Star, and The Whispers and has plans to reintroduce the old school sounds with a new school flavor.

"I am excited because this opens the door to infinite possibilities, taking our music to new places and new people," said Edwards. "We have been getting a significant amount of exposure, but now when people hear it on the radio or the streets they can go into the local music stores and purchase the entire album."

Prior to the album release, Keingz Ransom will be performing at the Stone Soul Picnic, http://www.michaelbaisden.com/index/stonesoul_dallas hosted by 94.5 K Soul, on June 16th at Fair Park. They will also be performing with The Deele, and Gerald Brown, the original lead singer of Shalimar in Houston on October 21st. Other D-Town upcoming events will include LG3, and CMC. J-Beezy and Cash of CMC will be featured on the Kings Ransom album. LG3 will be performing with female group Allure, formerly signed with Mariah Carey’s “Crave Records” pending agreements. D-Town has also recently signed a female country western group, “Maiden in Texas”, and are currently in talks with Pepsi about doing promotions with Walmart.

This distribution deal brings D-Town the chance to work with the Marian Distribution Group (MDG), who will provide sales and marketing consultation for each release. As part of the agreement, D-Town will work directly with two of the most experienced sales and marketing consultants in the music industry. RED Distribution is the largest and most successful independent distribution company in the music industry. Ian D’Souza’s (CEO/VP of A&R/Producer), background includes being a former Head of A&R, in-house Songwriter & Producer for BMG. Ian is a Gold & Platinum Producer and serves as the Chief Engineer/Producer & Managing Director for Karian Studios. Ian produced and engineered songs for Grammy Award winner Carrie Underwood’s album. Karen D’Souza, whose background includes Multi-Platinum Artist Management and International Music Licensing for artists and labels in over 65 countries, serves as the General Manager.

The accounts they service include but are not limited to major chains such as: Best Buy, Virgin, Transworld, Handleman, Borders, Wherehouse and Musicland. One-stops including: AEC, Norwalk, Baker & Taylor, Arrow/ATM, ARC and Galaxy. Online retailers including: Amazon, iTunes, Beatport, Rhapsody, Napster, Insound, eMusic, Music Now, Music Net and the Home Grown Network. We also deal with the majority of top independent retailers including: the Music Monitor Network (MMN), the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS), Newbury Comics, Amoeba Records and the AIMS Coalition just to name a few. Be on the lookout for Keingz Ransom later this year, with other D-Town artist to follow. If you have not had the pleasure of hearing the music D-Town Records is putting out, you don’t know what you’re missing!!!

View The Deele's EPK