Founded in 2012 by Mark Turner, Artillery has gone onto release music from both up and coming and established artists including, King Dinosaur, P.E.S.T., CutWires, Echo Park, Players Please and Devil’s Gun. Mark Turner – Founder / Director / A&R
Mark left his city job in 2006 to follow his passion of music and launched Wrong Planet later that year, a production music library and publishing compan
y with a catalogue of over 50 albums that’s discovering and signing great new music every week. Mark decided he wanted to give some of these artists commercial exposure, and so Artillery was formed. Outside of managing Artillery and Wrong Planet, Mark is an international producer, nominated at the MTV Europe Music Awards for his work with Portuguese electro rock artist, Slimmy. His music has featured on both television and radio, and can be regularly heard on the BBC, ESPN and FOX. Under his Players Please moniker, Mark released music through Eye Industries (home to Russ Chimes, Alan Braxe, Michael Gray, Kurtis Mantronik). His ‘Feels Like Fire’ record sampled Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s ‘Power of Love’, the first time the band had cleared a sample in over 10 years. He’s had plays on BBC Radio One, Kiss, Ministry of Sound Radio, as well as support from Pop Justice, Pete Tong, Sister Bliss, Steve Aoki, Steve Smart and Eddy Temple-Morris. [email protected]
Mike Swaine – Marketing / A&R
Mike’s background is in music promotions and plugging. Prior to joining Artillery / Wrong Planet, Mike worked at one of the leading promotions companies in the UK, breaking music from Ellie Goulding, Forster The People, Tinie Tempah, Black Eyed Peas, Chase & Status, Gorrilaz, Lana Del Rey, LMFAO, M.I.A, Rihanna and Sleigh Bells, as well as discovering the likes of Kryder, Bare Noize and dance wonder kid, Madeon. At Artillery / Wrong Planet, Mike manages the day to day running of the label, scouts for new music and artists, and is the first port of call for any licensing or sync requests. Mike also presents globally syndicated radio show, Bass & Breaks (link), showcasing the best in underground electronic music, which airs to over 4 million people worldwide.
