{"id":149265,"date":"2025-04-10T09:11:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/04\/10\/create-music-group-acquires-indie-electronic-label-k7\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T09:11:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T13:11:26","slug":"create-music-group-acquires-indie-electronic-label-k7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/04\/10\/create-music-group-acquires-indie-electronic-label-k7\/","title":{"rendered":"Create Music Group Acquires Indie Electronic Label\u00a0!K7"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tCreate Music Group has acquired longstanding indie electronic label !K7. The acquisition comes two months after the death<\/a> of !K7 founder Horst Weidenmueller<\/strong> at age 60.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe acquisition was in motion before Weidenmueller\u2019s death, with a representative for the deal sharing a statement made by the founder before he died: \u201cThis transition is a deeply personal one for me, but I know that with Create Music Group, !K7 is in the right hands. Create Music Group shares our commitment to artists, labels, and creativity, and I am confident that this partnership will strengthen !K7\u2019s legacy while opening new doors for the future. I want to thank our incredible team, partners, and artists for being part of this journey \u2014 what we have built together will continue to thrive and evolve for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tFounded in 1985, !K7 began releasing artist albums in 1996, putting forth music from across the wide electronic spectrum and beyond. The company now has offices in\u00a0Berlin, London and New York, with its label group including the in-house labels !K7, AUS, 7K!, Soul Bank and Strut Records. Its longstanding influential DJ Kicks mix series is an influential and globally known platform for a wide range of DJs and producers.<\/p>\n

\n\t!K7 CEO Tom Nieuweboer<\/strong> says the partnership will allow the label \u201cto scale our vision while staying true to our core values of independent artistry, innovation, and quality.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThis is the second high-profile acquisition Create has made in the electronic space this year, with the company announcing in March<\/a> that it acquired the deadmau5<\/a> catalog, along with the catalog of the producer\u2019s mau5trap records, for $55 million. <\/p>\n

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\n\t!K7 will be an asset to Create with its global brand recognition, ubiquity in and knowledge of the European music industry ecosystem, and its physical distribution network. Meanwhile, !K7\u2019s artists and label partners will leverage Create\u2019s in-house services spanning distribution, marketing and more.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHorst was a special music entrepreneur who built !K7 over 40 years into a globally renowned brand,\u201d said Create CFO William Smith<\/strong> in a statement. \u201cLong before he passed, we spent many hours discussing ways that we could invest more into !K7 to help the business reach new heights, while also preserving the culture and principles that make the business so unique. We\u2019re proud that Horst has trusted us with his legacy and the next chapter of !K7\u2019s growth, and are excited to partner with Tom and the rest of the team in achieving this shared vision.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are thrilled to welcome !K7 and its iconic DJ-Kicks series to the Create Music Group family,\u201d added Create\u2019s senior vp of global corporate development and M&A Eric Nguyen<\/strong>. \u201cThis acquisition not only deepens our footprint in electronic music but also reinforces our commitment to forward-thinking music across a wide spectrum of specialist genres represented by its globally respected imprint Strut Records. We\u2019re proud to support the innovative spirit that defines the !K7 catalogue. We look forward to powering the next chapter for !K7, its exceptional roster of artists, and its visionary label partners around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Create Music Group has acquired longstanding indie electronic label !K7. The acquisition comes two months after the death of !K7 founder Horst Weidenmueller at age 60. The acquisition was in motion before Weidenmueller\u2019s death, with a representative for the deal sharing a statement made by the founder before he died: \u201cThis transition is a deeply […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149265\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}