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Nettwerk


NETTWERK is a VANCOUVER-based group of companies including a record label (Nettwerk Records) and artist management company (Nettwerk Management). In the early days the record company's stable of artists included Sarah McLACHLAN, the Be Good Tanyas and Delerium; and managed artists included McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies and Avril Lavigne. Nettwerk was launched by Terry McBride in a West End apartment in 1984 as a label for a local pop band, Moev, then grew quickly by representing non-mainstream musicians. It now has offices in the US and Europe. See also SOUND RECORDING INDUSTRY.