Soundplate
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Soundplate[1] is a London-based record label[2][3][4] and music technology company.[5][6][7]
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| Industry | Music / Media |
|---|---|
| Genre | Electronic Music |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Founder | Matt Benn |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Website, Music Technology Products, Record Label |
Soundplate have developed a range of marketing tools and resources for music artists and record labels.
Originally founded in 2010 by Matt Benn,[8][9] Soundplate started as a website covering all aspects of dance music and all genres of the global scene therein.
Although Soundplate is based in London it is a remote company with team members in several different countries.[10][11]
Record Label
Soundplate Records has released music for a number of high-profile electronic music artists including Bakermat,[12] Opia,[13] Uppermost, Andrew Applepie[14] and an official remix of album[15] of the late Nina Simone.
To date (May 2018), Soundplate Records have released more than 50 titles (including compilations and releases on the sub-label SP NXT[16]).
Soundplate Records is independent and currently distributed worldwide by Believe Digital.
Website & Tools for Music Artists
Soundplate has a focus on helping artists. Their unique tools help artists reach playlist curators and better market their music.
Tools Soundplate have developed for artists include:
| Tool | Purpose/Description | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soundplate Clicks | Soundplate Clicks allows users to create intelligent songlinks / smart links for music with innovative features designed to help grow an artists fanbase, increase streams & sales, sell more gig tickets and better understand their fans. | Click.Soundplate.com | |
| Music Production tools | Soundplate has developed some online tools to help artists with their music production including a tool to create Slowed + Reverb remixes, a BPM finder and a reverb calculator. | https://soundplate.com/slowed-reverb/ | |
| MusicTickers | In 2024 Soundplate launched [17] MusicTickers a tool for creating spinning vinyl animations and other animated content for music marketing. | https://musictickers.com | |
| Music Fibre | [18] a free directory of music industry resources, companies and services.[19] | Musicfibre.com | |
| Play.Soundplate | A free 'playlist submission system' [20] where artists can submit music to hundreds of Spotify & Deezer playlists for free. Other related tools (also at the same web address) include a playlist analyzer and track analyzer. | Play.soundplate.com | |
| Soundplate Music Visualizers | Soundplate can create animated Music Visualizer videos for artists. | Soundplate.com/music-visualizers/ | |
| Cover.Soundplate | A completely free tool allowing artist and playlist curators to create cover artwork for their music.[21] | cover.soundplate.com | |
| Jobs.Soundplate | Music industry job board - hand-picked jobs for artists, curators and creatives. | Discontinued |
Aside from that, Soundplate publishes a large amounts of unique music content including reviews, interviews with global talent such as Little Louie Vega,[22] DJ EZ[23] and many more and also films and edits video exclusives such as interviews, event videos, original research from surveys[24] and live DJ sets from DJ Kayper,[25] Tramlines Festival[26] and Guy Gerber[27]
Previous Soundplate Projects
In the past, Soundplate has hosted and streamed a dance music industry debate (July 2013) 'The Soundplate Great Vinyl Debate',[28] an awards ceremony.[29] and previously provided a weekly chart for Ministry of Sound Radio[30]
Soundplate Events
The first official Soundplate event was held inside the world-famous Ministry of Sound in 2012. The Soundplate Awards 2013 were held at Basing House [31] The events have featured in publications including Timeout Magazine, Urban Nerds [32] and All In London [33] Soundplate have also hosted parties in other areas of the UK and Europe.[34][35]
On July 7, 2013 Soundplate hosted a live debate at Google Campus in London about the future of vinyl.[28][36] The panel was chaired by Clive Morgan from The Telegraph and included James Lavelle, Sonny Wharton,[37] Uncle Dugs and DJ Magazine.
The Soundplate x Ministry of Sound Radio Chart (Weekly)
From 2011-2013[38] Soundplate provided a weekly chart for Ministry of Sound radio which was hosted by Ricky Simmonds[39] as part of his House and Funky show.[30]