WELCOME
We are a new-age music company whose mission is to help artists navigate the often confusing and constantly changing world of music to better maximize opportunities for their music, protect their rights, and build their brands. We are a new-age music company whose mission is to help artists navigate the often confusing and constantly changing world of music to better maximize opportunities for their music, protect their rights, and build their brands.
WHY CHOOSE US
We are a new-age music company whose mission is to help artists navigate the often confusing and constantly changing world of music so they can better maximise opportunities for their music, protect their rights and build their brands. We are a new-age music company whose mission is to help artists navigate the often confusing and constantly changing world of music so they can better maximize opportunities for their music, protect their rights and build their brands.
WHO WE ARE
We are never just a collection of industry players and business people; we are a company driven by creativity, knowledge and entrepreneurship and our team is a diverse mix of creative entrepreneurs from different perspectives, backgrounds, and beliefs. We are passionate, seldom satisfied, and always looking to create the NextWave in the global music landscape.
Thabiso Khati
Founder and CEO
Thabiso is a new age African music executive with networks across all major music markets in the world, as Director of Urban, Brand Partnerships (UMGB) and Live (U Live) at Universal Music Group (UMG) Thabiso was responsible for the music and artistic direction of the the largest record company in Africa. He was also responsible for the company’s brand partnerships across under Universal’s in house agency UMGB. Thabiso was also tasked with building the company’s concert production and promotions division; U Live.
Prior to joining UMG Thabiso was the Co-founder and CEO of the independent Hip Hop record label Cashtime Life where he launched some of the biggest stars in the country and went on to create Cashtime Life merchandise which is to date the most successful successful merchandise line on the continent and also the most pirated.
Thabiso has helped produce and promote some of the biggest music extravaganza in South Africa including Global Citizen Mandela 100 Concert, Black Coffee’s Music Is King and Nelson Mandela’s 100 Birthday Celebration in Mvezo.
Kgaogelo ‘Gaoza’ Kanyane
Head of Label Services and Bookings
Gaoza is an award-winning musician turned artist manager who established himself in the South African music landscape. No stranger to the game he first entered the industry as part of the HipHop supergroup Hidden Force, later forming an indie duo called Deep Level which won a few accolades including a SAMA award, a Sound City in Nigeria and a string of Metro FM, Channel O and Hype Magazine award nominations.
Under the banner of his company Febkid Production, he has built a series of experiential events that have become very popular in the KATHORUS region of Ekurhuleni. He has also partnered with Staxx Music to provide advice on radio and television liaison services and other label services to some of South Africa’s top talent, including WarnerMusic SA and others. international artists as a client. The extensive experience over the years has led Kgaogelo to the inevitable as he finally moved into artist management and joined EMEXTEE as head of label services on his way to becoming one of the music executives most ingenious in Africa, which exports African talent to the world.