the ferocious story
the ferocious story
1988
Compère at Borderline Club
1989
D-Influence formed
1990
D-Influence release “I’m the One” #1 Dance Chart sign to Acid Jazz then to Atlantic Records USA
1991
D-Influence release 'Good Lover'
D-Influence at Glastonbury shot from the stage.
1992
D-Influence world tour begins, also touring with Michael Jackson on the Dangerous tour.
D-Influence self-produced & released the album 'Good 4 We'.
1993
D-Influence tours with Prince
1994
D-Influence start producing and remixing new acts.
1995
D-Influence releases 'Prayer for Unity' album.
1996
Discover Shola Ama in a Hammersmith tube Station sign her to our production co. Freak Street – Co Write/Produce her 1st Album “Much Love”
1996 - 2001
Go deep into Production of new / established acts and score many million sellers including Seal, Changing Faces, 2 More Shola Ama Albums, Tom Jones “Reload”, Mark Morrisson, Lighthouse Family, Mick Jagger
1997
Become Bjorks backing band and feature on Later with Jools Holland
1997
Shola Ama D-influence produced “You Might Need Somebody” Breaks radio records and stays Top 10 for 2 months. Shola Ama wins Best Female Brit Awards
1997 - 1999
Shola Ama's D-influence produced Much Love Sells 1 Million Copies
1997
D-Influence Sign to Echo Records and Release “London” Score 1st Top 30 hit
1998
D-Influence embark on World Tour
Kwame founded UK’s 1st Urban Music Seminar
1998 - 2004
The Urban Music Seminar becomes the largest seminar of its kind in Europe 14,000 people attend the last one in 2004.
2005
Begin management 1st act Louise Setarabecomes the youngest ever signing to the legendary Bluenote Records NYC
2006 - 2016
Kwame becomes a manager at ATC Management
2006
Winner Ghanaian Entrepeneur of the Year
2009
Start managing Rumer. Signed her to Atlantic Records. "Seasons of my Soul” becomes a top selling album selling over a 1 Million Copies – Brit Nominated
2009
Forms new Edutainment company Cre8ing Vision with long time Seminar partners Nikki Charles and Andrea Euell
2010
Cre8ing Vision Launch new seminar named – The Ultimate Seminar
2012
Start managing a new act from Birmingham – Laura Mvula “Sing to the Moon” Album Charts Top Ten - Laura performs mainstage Glastonbury and for The Nobel Peace Prize
2013
Winner of Artiste Manager Of The Year – Live Music and Business Awards
2013
Start managing poet Hollie Mcnish
2014
Starts management company Ferocious Talent
Organises the release of Laura Mvula and the Metropole Orkest Album a 60 piece Orchestra recorded performance of Laura Mvula’s Sing to the Moon Album - This culminates with a Sold Out performance at the Royal Albert Hall
2014
Sign Roseau to Big Dada – Joint venture with Will Evans
2015
Signs Sarah Walk to One Little Indian / Jodie Abacus to Ministry Of Sound /Age Of Luna to Believe Recordings /The Night VI to a joint venture deal with SPV.
2016
Kwame is made co chair of the Brits diversity committee
“The voting academy body convenes to select the nominees of most of the annual Brit Awards and is updated each year with around 300 new voters.
Members are invited to the academy on the basis of their music expertise and knowledge and are sourced from all areas of the industry, including artists, retailers, managers, producers, record labels and social media.
For the 2017 awards, a specialist committee made up of leading black and Asian figures from both music and media has been appointed, co-chaired by Paulette Long OBE and Kwame Kwaten, to advise on the academy’s voting structures and make-up.
The move represents the biggest shake up seen in some time.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3912648/Diversity-shake-BRITS-pale-male-voter-panel-axed-racism-row.html#ixzz4YfFnUsHC”
