About
Edward Bruce is a music executive and co-founder at Blackspire Partners, a global PR agency. He has gained numerous awards, such as platinum and gold certifications for his contributions on various record label releases. Additionally, he has been featured in multiple industry publications such as The Source and Notion Magazine. While his focus is now primarily growing Blackspire Press, he has extensive experience in the music industry. He has contributed towards numerous projects + sessions with powerhouses such as Red Bull, Boiler Room and Sony/RCA Records and contributed to multiple music events in the UK with artists such as AJ Tracey, Giggs and Tion Wayne.
Projects/Credits
Loic Nottet’s ‘Selfocracy’ Album - Shogun [Management]
Platinum + Gold Certification in Belgium
Gold Certification in France
Listen to Poison (ft. Shogun) - by Loic Nottet
Listen to Selfocracy - by Loic Nottet
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Giggs The Tour - Glasgow Date [Investor]
Provided funding for the Glasgow date of Giggs’ UK tour that J-Bone Collective promoted.
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Red Bull Music - Beat Roots [Management + A&R]
At the time I was managing grime producers Rapture 4D and Polonis. I was responsible for ensuring their full participation in the project and also managing travel arrangements. I also managed to bring in top London grime artists Merky ACE, Cadell and Southside JB who were not originally on the lineup.
Learn more about the project here. Listen here. Watch here.
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The Rap Game UK (BBC TV Series) - Shogun [Management]
Shogun was invited to take part in series 2 of the BBC show. Rap legends DJ Target, Krept and Konan hunt for the next big MC to take over the UK rap scene.
Watch series 2 here.
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Vulcan - Shogun [Label Services]
Distribution and marketing of Shogun’s freestyle ‘Vulcan’:
#10 on Spotify’s ‘United Kingdom Viral 50’ chart
2.5M+ streams on Spotify
6M+ views on YouTube
Silver IMPALA Certification
Sony Music/RCA Records UK - Shogun [Management]
While managing Scottish rapper Shogun, I managed to secure sessions with RCA where Shogun was paired up with incredible UK music producers such as Mokuba Lives (Commitment Issues by Central Cee, Barking by Ramz) and Chris Andoh (Vossi Bop by Stormzy, SUPABIEN by BIA)+ engineer/producer 6IXVI (Skepta, Giggs).
Listen to Know - produced by Chris Andoh + 6IXVI
Listen to Eager - produced by Mokuba Lives
Listen to Pigs - produced by Mokuba Lives
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Dizzee Rascal - Shogun [Management]
Having reached out to renowned artist Dizzee Rascal’s team I managed to get the two together. They recorded multiple tracks and we managed to release the first called ‘Canteen Sheet’. The track goes into and follows Shogun’s time in prison.
Listen to Canteen Sheet - produced by Dizzee Rascal
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Additional Credits
Faze Miyake
Merky ACE
Belly Squad
P-Money
Tre Mission
Plastician
Cadell
Rapture 4D
Polonis