c/o Templit Ltd, Convent Strasse 14
22089 Hamburg
Germany

http://www.songwrights.com

Started in South Africa in 1976 with main interests in Cape Music, the company expanded its base to Hamburg, Germany. World Music, Jazz and Blues.

public contact

• phone: +27 214471358
• eMail:

business contact

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activities

• Artist
  • Agent/Booker
  • Manager
• Promoter
  • Concert Promoter
• Publisher
  • Music
• Records
  • Distribution
  • Label
  • Producer

participating in

• WOMEX 2000
• WOMEX 2001
• WOMEX 2002
• WOMEX 2003
• WOMEX 2004
• WOMEX 2005
• WOMEX 2006
• WOMEX 2007
• WOMEX 2008
• WOMEX 2009
• WOMEX 2010
• WOMEX 2011
• WOMEX 2012

company description

LTE was started in Cape Town, South Africa with main interests in Cape Music. The company is now run from Hamburg, Germany where music publishing (Songwrights Publishers) and distribution activities are concentrated. We still maintain an office in Cape Town.

The firm also manages tours for some of their acts. Present priorities are THE DIZU PLAATJIES IBUYAMBO ENSEMBLE who showcased at WOMEX, THE CAPE JAZZ BAND and THE SCHALK JOUBERT THREE CONTINENTS SEXTET.

The main record label, Mountain Records, one of 6 labels run by the firm, has remained a world music label and is distributed in Europe via New Music Distribution and southern Africa by EMI.

Through Templit LTD we offer management for artists signed to LTE. We also take on involvement with unsigned artists. An example is the award winning Maskandi group, IMITHENTE from Zululand and the Berlin based duo, Natascha Roth and James Scholfield.

LTE has an historic involvement in music distribution of CDs having run a music distribution in Germany since 1996. For some time we have offered a service to indie labels with a World Music or Jazz repertoire base to have their music distributed through digital dowload.