Darius Van Arman
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Darius Van Arman | |
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| Born | Pennsylvania, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Founder of Jagjaguwar Co-Founder of Secretly Group |
Darius Van Arman is an American businessman, co-founder, and co-owner of Secretly Group, an independent label group that is based in Indiana.[1][2]
Early life
Van Arman's father was a math professor who grew up in Detroit.[3]
Education and early career
In 1995 he studied mathematics at the University of Virginia. Van Arman founded the Jagjaguwar record label in 1996 in Charlottesville, Virginia.[4] In 1999, Van Arman dropped out of school, moved to Bloomington, Indiana, and became partners with Chris Swanson, and together began the Secretly Group.[3]
Van Arman currently serves on the boards of A2IM, SoundExchange and Merlin.[5] The Secretly Group includes the Secretly Canadian and Jagjaguwar labels, Dead Oceans and The Numero Group. Together these labels have represented the following artists: The War on Drugs, Anohni, Major Lazer, Syl Johnson, Bon Iver and Dinosaur Jr.[6][4][7]
References
- ^ Billboard Guest Post Billboard. Retrieved June 25, 2014
- ^ Sisario, Ben (September 14, 2015). "Vinyl LP Frenzy Brings Record-Pressing Machines Back to Life". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- ^ a b "'We need to believe what we're working on is making the world better' – [PIAS]". [PIAS]. November 9, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ^ a b Ingham, Tim. "Darius Van Arman: Majors 'too often abuse their scale advantage'". Music Business Worldwide. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ^ "Merlin Network – Representing the rights of independent record labels worldwide". merlinnetwork.org. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
- ^ Indie Music’s Digital Drag The New York Times. Retrieved June 25, 2014
- ^ "Darius Van Arman: Majors 'too often abuse their scale advantage' – Music Business Worldwide". Music Business Worldwide. February 15, 2016. Retrieved July 12, 2017.