Grimm · 01 / 12

Artist Management

The slow work between records. Long-form careers, kept honest.

MGT

Verso · MGT

• Roster development
• Calendar & strategy
• Label & publishing liaison
• The long telephone call

— F.G.

Grimm · 02 / 12

Booking — DACH & Mitteleuropa

Berlin, Wien, Zürich, Praha, Warszawa. The home routes.

DCM

Verso · DCM

• Concert halls & basement clubs
• Federal & cantonal weeks
• Kunsthaus residencies
• The ride from Berlin to Wien

— F.G.

Grimm · 03 / 12

Booking — UK & Ireland

London weeks, Manchester nights, Dublin late.

UKI

Verso · UKI

• Listening rooms in Hackney
• Northern warehouse weekends
• Trinity term residencies
• The ferry across the Irish Sea

— F.G.

Grimm · 04 / 12

Booking — Benelux

Den Haag to Brussels via Eindhoven, on a single tank.

BNL

Verso · BNL

• Studios in former churches
• Squat venues, ten years standing
• Avant-pop in Antwerpen
• The midnight train south

— F.G.

Grimm · 05 / 12

Booking — Nordics

Long winters carry the long sets.

NRD

Verso · NRD

• Pine-walled halls in Göteborg
• Helsinki winter residencies
• By:Larm corridor week
• Aurora-side after-hours

— F.G.

Grimm · 06 / 12

Booking — Iberia & Francophonie

Lisboa, Porto, Barcelona, Paris, Lyon.

IBE

Verso · IBE

• Azulejo-walled basements
• Salle de concert, third arrondissement
• Mediterranean festival route
• The night drive to Lyon

— F.G.

Grimm · 07 / 12

Routing — North America

Coastal weeks, festival corridors, the long flight.

NAM

Verso · NAM

• Brooklyn loft weeks
• Mile-high listening rooms
• West-coast desert detours
• Montréal in late autumn

— F.G.

Grimm · 08 / 12

Routing — Japan & Korea

Tokyo to Seoul, the long flight worth taking.

JPK

Verso · JPK

• Shibuya basement runs
• Itaewon late nights
• Osaka studio sessions
• Shinkansen between dates

— F.G.

Grimm · 09 / 12

Festival Programming

Curating weekends. Advancing weeks. Walking the site.

FST

Verso · FST

• Slot architecture
• Stage curation
• Backline & production briefs
• Walking the site at sunrise

— F.G.

Grimm · 10 / 12

Tour Advancing

The unglamorous work — riders, settlements, sleep.

ADV

Verso · ADV

• Hotel & travel
• Backline & freight
• Settlements & per diems
• The 03:00 phone call

— F.G.

Grimm · 11 / 12

Press, Radio, Public Image

A quiet press is a long career.

PRS

Verso · PRS

• Listening sessions, no embargo
• Radio runs at unsociable hours
• Print interviews, slow read
• Photography, available light

— F.G.

Grimm · 12 / 12

Colophon

A note from the desk.

CLP

Verso · CLP

• A Velocity atelier work
• Set in Cardo & Space Mono
• Composed at Urbanstraße 116
• © MMXXVI Velocity

— F.G.