We got on and then the universe sits us next to each other in Virgin Records when it was run by Shabs.

Sam: We’d met at a club called Yoyo in Notting Hill through a mutual friend. They also explain the modern master plan for their company… First things first - how did you meet? We chat about Method’s founding by two cheeky upstarts at Virgin Records, who then “blagged” their way through Sam Smith’s meteoric rise. MBUK meets Evitt and Street in their new office on a quiet corner in Hampstead. Songwriter/bassist Brendan Grieve is also a management client, while the Method publishing company reps Bruno Major, Tourist and Finlay Robson. Dion manages Fredo, who hit No.1 last year with Dave collaboration Funky Friday, as well as Tiffany Calver and Jonny Grant. The latter’s Mercury-nominated debut album, Nothing Great About Britain, was the first album on Method Music and hit No.9 on the UK charts at the end of May.ĭave, who hit No.1 with his debut LP, Psychodrama, in March, is developed, managed and released by Jack Foster and Benny Scarrs at Neighbourhood - a company in which Street and Evitt are partners.Īnother company that’s linked with Method is merchandise firm Blanks Factory, co-founded by rapper Dion Hamilton and Jonny Grant. Smith, Disclosure and Napes are all management clients, while Slowthai is a Method Records signing (he’s managed by cousin/creative director Lewis Boyce). Method Music encompasses a management, record and publishing company, and the label has inked an exclusive distribution deal with Universal. (The lack of a Method website, by the way, is because they “never had one that looked good,” says Evitt.)įirstly, some clarification. Well, we’re glad they did, because it’s a pretty interesting story which we’ll let Evitt and Street tell in their own words. So we thought maybe it’s time to at least have some conversation, no matter how awkward we find it!” But, over time as things have grown and we’ve different areas of the business, people fill the gaps for you and all of a sudden you start hearing a million and one different stories about how things work here, or where artists are really signed, because we don’t say anything.

“As far as we are concerned, our job is to publicise our acts and not to talk about ourselves. So why have the people behind Method kept so quiet? When we finally get them to agree to a sit-down chat, Street gives a simple, but telling, answer. Such a level of accolades would understandably tempt some company founders to place themselves clearly by the side of those in the limelight. Meanwhile, newcomers Dave - managed by Neighbourhood - and Slowthai are at the forefront of a growing UK rap scene. Thanks to a seven-year run of success – spanning millions of album and ticket sales, multiple hit singles, BRITs, Grammys, an Oscar and a Golden Globe – Sam Smith, Disclosure and Jimmy Napes have secured their place in the history books of British pop.

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