Downtown Music Publishing has announced the signing of U.K. producer and songwriter Zdot. He has worked with the likes of Wiley, Stormzy, Lady Leshurr, Krept & Konan, Devlin and Kano, among others.
After producing multiple songs on U.K. Grime MC Bugzy Malone's chart topping debut album, Walk With Me (2015), Zdot most recently produced two tracks on Bugzy's second album, Facing Time (2016), which charted at No. 6 on the Official U.K. Album Chart. He also had multiple cuts on Wiley's last album Snakes & Ladders (2014), and produced Stormzy's breakthrough single "Know Me From" (2015), which was featured on BBC Radio 1.
Zdot is managed by Neale Easterby of Empire Artist Management.
Of the signing, Downtown U.K.'s A&R Manager Tom Graham said, "We're thrilled to be working with Zdot. He's incredibly talented, hard working, ambitious and defines what we're all about at Downtown. We're equally excited about working in partnership with Empire—solid management makes all the difference."
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Zdot's productions have been a popular choice among brands. He had an impact with Queen's Speech 4 by Lady Leshurr, which was used in the Samsung Galaxy's North American “It's Not a Phone - It's a Galaxy” advertisement. His track "Just Desserts" with Charli XCX was used in a Tom Ford campaign two years in a row, and he was also credited with composing the theme song for Team Sky's Tour de France 2012 campaign.
Outside of his production work, Zdot is also working on releases for his own joint venture label, 101 Music, in conjunction with Sony RCA. For Zdot, the coming year will feature collaborations including: Stormzy, Sacha Skarbek, Plan B, Wolf Alice, Slaves, Jelani Blackman and Jin Jin.
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