Makers, Suzanne Vega, The Fratellis, The Rifles, and Willy Mason Sister companies Essential Music & Marketing In 2003, Vital Distribution's managing director Mike Chadwick teamed up with Cooking Vinyl’s Martin Goldschmidt to launch Essential Music & Marketing, an independent distributor and service provider. RED Distribution, the Sony Music UK artist and label services division, announced the acquisition of Essential Music and Marketing in March 2016. As part of this deal, a new company was launched, Red Essential, which is based at The Cooking Vinyl Group’s West London offices. The company is now located in Farringdon. CV America Cooking Vinyl America was originally launched in 2012. In 2016, Howie Gabriel was named President. The US operation provides strategic services to the CV Group, including artist/label acquisition, marketing, distribution and business strategy. Cooking Vinyl America is based in New York City. Cooking Vinyl Australia Cooking Vinyl Australia was formed in September 2013. The stand-alone company is based in Melbourne and helmed by former Shock Records executives, Leigh Gruppetta and Stu Harvey, the label signs both local and international artists and represents the Cooking Vinyl Records roster in Australia and New Zealand under license. In February 2018, Sony Music Australia acquired a portion of Cooking Vinyl Australia. Cooking Vinyl Publishing Cooking Vinyl Publishing was formed in 2008 and is headed by former manager and Warner/Chappell exec Ryan Farley, who joined in August 2018. The company has a diverse roster with current writers including Tom Speight, C Duncan, Vitto Meirelles, Isobel Campbell, Lucy Spraggan, 485C, 65 Days of Static and Palestinian acts DAM, 47 Soul and Le Trio Joubran. The company's catalogue includes songs by artists such as Reverend & The Makers, The Rifles, Amber Run, Roll Deep, Meursalt, Tal National, Audio Bullys, Exit Calm and The Virgin Marys. It also has co-publishing partnerships with Brighton-based Fat Cat Records and UK jazz label Edition Music. Motus Music In March 2019 The Cooking Vinyl Group announced they had acquired a 50% share in production music start up Motus Music. Artists Current 47Soul '68 Adam Cohen Area 11 Ali Campbell Alison Moyet Amanda Palmer Babymetal Billy Bragg Black Spiders The Bronx Calling All Cars Camper Van Beethoven Carl Barât and The Jackals Chas & Dave City and Colour DAM D.A.R.K. The Darkness Deap Vally Del Amitri Embrace Fantastic Negrito Feeder Fickle Friends Frank Black The Fratellis Gary Numan Giraffe Tongue Orchestra Goldie Grand Duchy Isobell Campbell