Native Tongue Music Publishing

Native Tongue is an independent music publisher, with offices in Australia and New Zealand.

Besides acquiring rights to local writers, we also administer the works of overseas writers and catalogues for Australia and New Zealand.

Established in 2003, Native Tongue has built a respected catalogue of local writers. We set out to provide writers with a publishing company dedicated to assisting with the development of their skills as songwriters and composers throughout their careers.

Although we are a small company, we see this is one of our major advantages. It enables us to be far more proactive than our competitors and react quickly to the needs of our clients, whether they be film and television companies, commercial advertisers or the bands of which our writers are members.

We see our role as getting out there and getting things done, working with the band, the management, the record label and the distributor to make things happen.

Our job is to work with you to help you achieve your goals, as a songwriter and in many cases; an artist. We have a broad network of contacts we can utilise in all areas of the business – record companies, distributors, booking agents, promoters, publicists, radio, etc.

We will work with you, your management and record distributor to maximise sales of your record. You probably have most bases covered but there will always be something we can do to help squeeze those extra sales. It may be that we help a band get on a festival bill, provide advice on obtaining touring grants or come up with that song opportunity in a film that breaks through at the box office – who knows – it's an ephemeral business and its not always easy pinning down where things will come from.

If you are looking to place songs with other artists we have a worldwide network of contacts who work songs on that basis. If you want to co-write we will work with you to develop connections with writers you want to work with. If you want to compose film or television scores we are ideally placed to help you realise these ambitions.

We get out there and do the hard yards wherever it is required.

We have over the years developed publishing relationships internationally and through our music supervision business have come to know those companies who work particularly hard gaining sync licenses and pursuing the ancillary income that is available around the world. We have also established a network of international sub-publishers to administer our works around the world. In each case our sub-publishers are established independents with a long term track record of working within their own territory.

Native Tongue also enjoys strong relationships with all the major US, UK, Canadian and European music supervisors and can submit clients works for use in a wide range of projects around the world.

We are also one of the only publishers with offices and staff on the ground in Australia and New Zealand enabling us to fully represent your copyrights in the key markets in our home territory.

Native Tongue is closely associated with Mana Music which is the major music supervisor for feature films, television series, and documentaries in Australia and New Zealand. As a result Native Tongue is in a strong position to place its writer's songs in the wide range of projects.

A similar situation applies in respect to television commercials where once again Mana Music is the major provider of licensing services to the advertising agencies.

CONTACT DETAILS

Australia
+61 3 9445 0500

PO Box 1570
Collingwood, VIC 3066
Australia

Chris Gough - Managing Director
chris@nativetongue.com.au

Matt Tanner - A&R / Creative Manager
matt@nativetongue.com.au

David Nash - Copyright & Royalties Manager
david@nativetongue.com.au

Kate Mills - Licensing & Admin Assistant
kate@nativetongue.com.au

New Zealand
+64 9 378 9667

Po Box 8926
Symonds Street, Auckland 1150
New Zealand

Jan Hellriegel - General Manager
jan@nativetongue.co.nz

United Kingdom

Jaime Gough - International Manager
jaime@nativetongue.com.au

Leigh Ryan (Plutonic Lab)

Plutonic Lab has been producing records since 1995 & his work has featured on over 50 LPs, Singles & Compilations, He has received
praise here & abroad for his solo LPs "Give Me Sabotage Shell" , "Collision Of Days" & the more recent "Codes Over Colours".

Plutonic's next level beats has provided the backdrop for artists including Renee Geyer, Fatlip (Pharcyde), Boston's Esoteric (7L & Esoteric), Eternia (Canada), Taskforce (Lowlife) & Lotek (Roots Manuva/Big Dada) to name a few, whilst releasing music over the last 13 years on labels Obese, Warner, Creative Vibes, Sony (Asia), Elefant Traks, LandSpeed (U.S.), & Brick Records (U.S.) Big Dada (UK) & Melbourne's highly respected Hip Hop Label Nuffsaid Records.

Plutonic has performed numerous shows in Australia and Asia. Opening for the likes of The Pharcyde, People Under The Stairs, Ozomatli, Spikey T, Mad Professor, Lee Scratch Perry, MC Supernatural, DJ Shadow, Money Mark, Hilltop Hoods, Koolism, The Next Men, Mr Lif, Cage, Swollen Members, Braintax & Mystro, & events such as Cockatoo Island Festival, Obese Block Party 1, 2, 3 & 4, Pyramid Rock Festival, Falls Festival, Big Day Out & Golden Plains Festival amongst others.

Most recently Plutonic has been busy with Muph & Plutonic's 3rd LP "...And Then Tomorrow Came", remixing TZU & Resin Dogs and producing tracks for Speech Dabelle's debut LP on Big Dada (UK).

03Oct2011

Plutonic Lab Joins Hilltop Hoods On Tour

<em>Plutonic Lab</em> Joins Hilltop Hoods On Tour

Plutonic Lab, best known as one of Australia's leading hip hop producers & one half of Muph & Plutonic, has been hand picked to join Hilltop Hoods as their live drummer.

2012 will be a massive year for Hilltop Hoods, with Plutonic's first official shows beginning in December with the Eminem tour, continuing with the Big Day Out & beyond.

After years of hard work & contributions to the Australian Hip-Hop community, touring with Hilltop Hoods is a definite career highlight to Plutonic's long list of achievements.

Currently on tour with Drapht, Muph & Plutonic will continue as a duo, however the forthcoming WA & QLD dates will be their last live shows for a while.
Plutonic Lab will continue to produce music on and off the road through out 2012, so keep an ear to the street for developments.

10Dec2010

Plutonic & G.Love's 'Moonshine Lemonade' Album Makes A Splash

<em>Plutonic & G.Love's</em> 'Moonshine Lemonade' Album Makes A Splash

Almost 20,000 plays in 6 days is a sign people are digging this track! F#*k It is currently sitting at #9 on the WeAreHunted website for most popular emerging tracks online.

Keen for a listen?

OK, a quick word of warning - this track is full of bad language and attitude, and lets just say some downright self-loathing... so don't download it if you are easily offended - if not, you can DOWNLOAD HERE.

Over this past year, Plutonic (from Muph & Plutonic) has made a record with G Love (& the Special Sauce kind...). They bounced back and forth over the internet, while both of them were on tour in various parts of the world. At no time ever in the same room or studio, Plutonic and G Love have crafted a red hot record called 'Moonshine Lemonade'.

"I've been making and mashing hip hop and blues for the last 20 years. With Moonshine Lemonade, I finally feel like I got it right. Pluto bought it out of me and that's that. I know people are gonna dig this shit cause I've been rocking it non-stop on my tour bus every freakin' night." G Love

"G Love and me are kinda old school, and that sound was rugged, bluesy and layered with scoops of swagger. Leave the record crackle in, welcome the grit, distortion and other imperfect nuances and in doing so, it became the perfect album for us." Plutonic Lab

We also want to let you know about some cheeky pre-album release tour dates and ticket details. These are going to be real one off type shows in small rooms - lets call them 'intimate' - with a three piece & full of surprises.

Friday 14th January at Northcote Social Club, Melbourne
Saturday 15th January at Oxford Art Factory, Sydney

The Moonshine Lemonade album will be released Feb 2011 through Inertia.

25Oct2010

Plutonic Lab Produces Dialectrix

Mercy Prize winning Plutonic Lab, has produced the amazing new record from Dialectrix.

Check out the new video for 'Pieces Of The Puzzle'!

05Aug2009

Plutonic Lab, Speech Debelle Nominated for 2009 Mercury Prize

The Mercury Prize has announced nominations for 2009 with Speech Debelle's album 'Speech Therapy' being given a nod of nomination, along side Florence and the Machine, Bat For Lashes, La Roux, Friendly Fires and Glasvegas to name a few.

Speech Therapy features two singles, The Key and Better Days - both tracks co-written and produced by Australian producer Leigh Ryan, best known as Plutonic Lab. His production work on the album has been described as like no hip hop record you've ever heard." (Dazed & Confused) with The Key being named single of the week in NME and Sunday Times. "A pleasurable point of difference in modern hip hop." (M8)

The Mercury prize was established in 1992 as an alternative to the more commercially minded Brit awards. A panel of industry experts, including journalists, musicians and independent-label executives, debate the merits of what they believe to be the finest British albums from the past year, regardless of sales or radio play. Previous winners include Portishead, PJ Harvey and Arctic Monkeys. The winner of this year's award will be announced on 8 September 2009.

Plutonic Lab & Speech Debelle & the Mercury Prize 2009

The Mercury Prize has announced nominations for 2009 with Speech Debelle's album 'Speech Therapy' nominated along side Florence and the Machine, Bat For Lashes, La Roux, Friendly Fires and Glasvegas to name a few.

05Aug2009

Plutonic Lab, Speech Debelle Win 2009 Mercury Prize!

Plutonic Lab & Speech Debelle WIN
the Mercury Prize 2009!

The 2009 Mercury Prize winner has been announced — Speech Debelle's album 'Speech Therapy'.

Speech Therapy features two singles, The Key and Better Days - both tracks co-written and produced by Native Tongue artist and Australian producer Leigh Ryan, best known as Plutonic Lab. His production work on the album has been described as "like no hip hop record you've ever heard." (Dazed & Confused) and "A pleasurable point of difference in modern hip hop." (M8)

The Key was named single of the week in both NME and the Sunday Times.

09Jul2009

Plutonic Lab soundtracks AFI nominated short film