It’s one other main milestone for considered one of bass music’s fastest-growing administration firms.
Los Angeles-based artist administration firm DISTORTED MGMT introduced it has introduced on supervisor Jackie Procacci, including her shoppers Nikita, the Depraved and Subsequent To Blue to its rising roster. Procacci will even be a part of the administration groups behind Effin and AYCH, working alongside founder Andrew Sierra as the corporate continues to construct out its presence in bass music.
Based in 2024, DISTORTED has centered on growing digital artists with robust sonic identities fairly than acts constructed round short-term traits. The corporate’s present roster contains Effin, Cyclops, BARELY ALIVE, GHENGAR and Ghastly, together with the brand new additions introduced right this moment.
Sierra described the rent as a pure extension of the corporate’s mission.
“From day one, the imaginative and prescient for DISTORTED MGMT has been to construct a administration firm that helps artists create lasting careers whereas pushing bass music ahead,” he stated. “Welcoming Jackie Procacci to the group marks one other main step in that imaginative and prescient.”
“Jackie brings an unimaginable monitor document, a wealth of expertise, and artists who completely align with the tradition we’re constructing. Nikita, the Depraved, Subsequent To Blue and the remainder of her roster characterize the following technology of bass music, and we’re excited to assist amplify what’s already making them so particular.”
Procacci, who has managed Nikita, the Depraved for almost 5 years and Subsequent To Blue for greater than three, stated the partnership felt like an apparent match. She added that becoming a member of Effin’s group and co-managing AYCH made the timing particularly thrilling, calling AYCH an artist she believes is poised for a breakout second.
Identified for sampling classic soul and blues data, Effin dropped his dazzling sophomore album, Daydreams, final summer time. He has furiously risen by means of the bass music ranks as of the scene’s most prolific collaborators, releasing music alongside GRiZ, NGHTMRE, LSDREAM and EDM.com Class of 2025 artist Tape B, amongst others.
“Becoming a member of DISTORTED felt like a pure subsequent step as a result of Andrew and the group share the identical power and intention I carry to my artists,” Procacci stated. “We’re all obsessed with constructing sustainable careers and supporting artists who’re doing one thing actually distinctive.”
