Ubiquity Records, including its Luv N’ Haight sub-label (the first rare groove, funk, and soul re-issue label in the US), and CuBop has signed a global distribution deal with Ingrooves Music Group, a leading independent music marketing services, and distribution company.
Founded in 1990, by Michael McFadin from his infamous record store, Groove Merchant, made famous by the Beastie Boys song ‘Professor Booty’, Ubiquity Records has amassed an unrivaled and iconic catalog of nearly 10,000 songs.
“For 30 years, Ubiquity Records has been an incredibly influential and musically important label,” said Amy Dietz, Executive Vice President/General Manager of Ingrooves Music Group. “We are thrilled to welcome them to Ingrooves and look forward to working closely with them to expand their audiences around the world.”
The first releases under the deal include a new single from Chico Mann a cover of Fela Kuti’s classic, “Sorrow, Tears & Blood” on October 23rd, including a full length on November 20th entitled Double Life. Chico Mann is the alter ego of Marcos Garcia, guitarist, producer, and founding member of the seminal Afrobeat band Antibalas. In addition, there is a new single by 70’s soul legend Mike James Kirkland & Cold Diamond & Mink collaborate on a duo of singles with the first release “Closer,” followed by “Stay, Don’t Go.”
“Ubiquity was my dream of having good, but unheard music heard all around the world,” said McFadin, “My long-term relationships with many of the members on the Ingrooves team gave us the confidence that Ingrooves could make our goal a reality. We are looking forward to working closely with the Ingrooves team around the world to expand the Ubiquity footprint.”
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About Ubiquity Records Music Group
In 1989, Groove Merchant was a first of its kind (in the U.S.) boutique record shop in the Lower Haight area of San Francisco that specialized in vintage jazz, funk and soul genres. The shop soon got a reputation as ‘the place’ for collectors and musicians to visit when in town. Some frequent customers included Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest, Jamiriquoi, Red Hot Chili Peppers, DJ Shadow, DJ Lethal, Nenah Cherry and her father Don Cherry, Tracy Chapman, Victor Willis of the Village People, Craig Kallman, Biz Marke, Marques Wyatt, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dee-Lite and most notably the Beastie Boys who gave Michael a shout out in their song ‘Professor Booty’ “This one goes out to my man, the Groove Merchant, Coming through with beats for which I’ve been searching, Like two sealed copies, of Expansions, I’m like Tom Vu with yachts and mansions”.
Founded in 1990, Ubiquity Records was also a first of its kind U.S. Record label that specialized in re-releasing vintage jazz, funk, soul and Latin music, known at the time as ‘Rare Groove’. Ubiquity also releases contemporary music of all genres. In 2004, Ubiquity was awarded ‘Worldwide’ Label of The Year by Gilles Peterson-BBC Radio 1. The company now owns or controls nearly 10,000 music copyrights. Ubiquity also acts as a music publisher and specializes in placing music in film, tv and advertisements.
About Ingrooves Music Group
Ingrooves Music Group is a leading global music distribution and marketing company, led by a global team of music experts, who provide labels and artists a powerful technology framework, giving them transparent, scalable distribution tools and marketing solutions to maximize sales in today’s dynamic digital music marketplace.
