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Symphonic Distribution Hires Tunji Afonja as New Creative Executive to Launch Collaboration in Africa and US
August 3, 2021 - Quick off the heels of their expansion into Africa, leading music distributor Symphonic Distribution announces the hiring of their new lead Creative Executive Tunji Afonja. As the former Chief Digital Officer at Mavin Records, Tunji’s extensive experience in driving digital innovation, specifically as it pertains to Afrobeats, will help in further expanding Symphonic’s international reach. At Mavin, he drove a lot of digital innovation where his digital marketing and A&R formulas helped generate billions of streams and turned artists like Rema and Ayra Starr into chart topping Superstars. Many of the innovative ideas he introduced at Mavin have now become industry norms. At Symphonic, Tunji will explore unique ways to work with creators across the world while helping Symphonic push the boundaries of music distribution and marketing. He will also be providing strategic advice to company leadership, reporting directly to Symphonic CEO Jorge Brea.
“It is an amazing opportunity to join Symphonic. I am thankful to Jorge for giving me this unique opportunity to be radically creative with goal of achieving game changing success” - Tunji Afonja
Having very recently announced their partnership with legendary producer Dallas Austin and his distribution company D.A.D, Symphonic continues to expand its capacity to work with different genres both domestically and on a worldwide scale. African music brings innovative sounds, rhythms and lyrics to the global music landscape and the last ten years has seen Afrobeats grow into one of the world’s most popular genres. The umbrella term for contemporary pop music in West Africa, Afrobeats mixes rap and R&B with syncopated dancehall rhythms and local genres. Numerous artists from Snoop Dogg to Drake have experimented with the genre and Tunji’s focus will be on creating collaborations between artists in Africa and the US as well as other territories that can serve well to create new and emerging content.
ABOUT Symphonic:
Symphonic Distribution is a 100% independent music distribution and marketing company headquartered in the USA and internationally in Africa, Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Spain and more. Founded in 2006 by music producer Jorge Brea, Symphonic provides global digital music and video distribution, marketing planning and strategy, including playlist support, and a comprehensive suite of services for artists, record labels, managers, and distributors. Symphonic has worked with clients such as Surf Mesa, Stick Figure, CloZee, El Alfa, Juan Luis Guerra, Doechii, Curtis Roach, ALOK, Nick Murphy aka Chet Faker, La Ross Maria among many others across a wide variety of genres. Symphonic has been featured in Forbes, Billboard, Music Business Worldwide, Digital Journal and much more.
