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Barbès and Barbès Records are looking for interns

Barbès Records is a young independent label dedicated to hybrid music with global influences. The label is associated with the Brooklyn club of the same name.

In a little over three years, Barbès Records has earned a reputation as one of the significant World Music labels in North America all the while trying to stretch and re-define the very concept of World Music.

So far, the label has been responsible for putting out albums by Slavic Soul Party! , One Ring Zero, Hazmat Modine, Chicha Libre, Las Rubias del Norte, The Warsaw Village Band as well as compilations by classic Cumbia bands from Peru including: The Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru and Masters of Chicha vol 1: Juaneco y su Combo.

All releases have had a significant impact in North America as well as in Europe, Japan and Latin America. Press has included major stories on NPR and PRI (All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, Studio 360, The World etc...) as well as major newspapers and magazines around the country.

The label is a small operation which will release about 6 new titles in 2010 including albums by Las Rubias del Norte, Very Be Careful, Chico Trujillo, Hazmat Modine, Pierre de Gaillande as well as a new Chicha compilation.

 

The position is unpaid except for a transportation stipend.
The label is small and works with mostly free lancers. Candidates, would work with both club and label. On top of assisting with specific duties, candidates should also display a fair amount of independence and initiative.

Duties would include, but not be limited to:

- AT THE LABEL:
- Coordinate release schedule
- Maintain and expand various mailing lists
- Process mail orders
- Handle royalty statements
- Keep up an internet presence on all the various social networks.
- Develop the Barbes Record Club
- expand non traditional retail network
- Knowledge of Excel, Photoshop and Dreamweaver as well as fluency in Spanish would be very helpful.

- AT THE CLUB
- mostly help with publicity and marketing.
- keep up social networking sites.
- Keep up press list and publicize events
- Occasionally help with with greeting bands and sound.

Please send inquiries to: barbes (at) earthlink.net

 

http://www.barbesrecords.com
http://www.barbesbrooklyn.com