GETMO Arabia offers oriental remixes as downloads
New hit remixed by Middle Eastern DJs & available for download @ GETMO.com
Six unique remixes of the chart-topping title track from Shakira’s new body of work, She Wolf, will be available for download on GETMO.com a week before the album’s official release. In a Regional exclusive, the Middle East’s first multi-platform all-in-one digital entertainment service is partnering with Sony Music to offer its users the opportunity to download the remixes from 7th October 2009, six days before the album’s global release date.
The tracks include the “Sphinx Mix” from Egyptian DJs Fahmy and Samba, the Club mix from Lebanese DJ Said Mrad, the Mindloop Collective remix from Dubai-based artists Ali Ajami, Ahmad Ghanoum and Michael Daniel and the Beirutbiloma mix from renowned Lebanese producer Mohamad Kebbe. Each track has been mixed to reflect sounds and styles unique to the origins of the DJs and producers adding a distinctively Middle Eastern touch to the hit single.
“These remixes are a fitting tribute not only to Shakira’s Middle Eastern origins but also to the burgeoning musical scene in the Region, which boasts world class talent,” said Craig Pereira, Director, Marketing and Digital Business Development, Sony Music Entertainment. “Our decision to partner with GETMO Arabia was only natural considering our longstanding relationship and the portal’s popularity amongst our audiences in the region.”
The collaboration between Sony Music and GETMO Arabia is the latest in a series of developments for the portal, whose subscribers can download songs, music videos, ringtones, video tones, wallpapers, movie trailers, games and animated videos to their mobile phone or computer. GETMO Arabia, a joint venture between Arvato Mobile Middle East (AMME) and the Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC), gives its users access to high quality & legal film and music downloads, including the archives of record labels such as Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music, Melody entertainment and Mazzika with innovative pricing packages.
“We are proud to have been selected by Sony Music Entertainment as the exclusive partner to launch these pre-releases,†said Scott Weeman, General Manager, GETMO Arabia. “Since its launch just over one year ago, GETMO Arabia has filled an important need for a digital entertainment portal dedicated to the region, by providing the latest content that our subscribers want to see and hear. As the largest digital downloads portal in the Middle East we are continuously looking at ways to give our subscribers access to the latest regional and international content.â€
The highly anticipated new album features “Did It Againâ€, “Gypsy” and the hit “She Wolf†which Shakira both co-wrote and co-produced. A special “Oriental Edition†will be released in the Middle East featuring the exclusive remixes of Said Mrad, Fahmy & Samba, Mindloop Collective and Beirutbiloma. She Wolf marks the artists’ third English-language release. Shakira boasts a string of chart-topping hits in both English and Spanish and sales of over 50 million records. Her last project, Oral Fixation Volumes 1&2, has sold in excess of 8 million albums worldwide with the singles La Tortura and Hips Don’t Lie having earned over 10 million digital downloads.
About GETMO Arabia
Getmo Arabia is the region’s first converged Music, Movies and Games Digital Entertainment Solution that brings together the business models of digital download-to-own and subscription based download-to-rent. Getmo Arabia eliminates the boundaries between music devices/players and content types for consumers offering over one million downloads (music tracks, movies and games) for mobile phones, personal computers and digital players.
The joint venture Getmo Arabia has been established by Arvato Mobile Middle East (AMME) and Abu Dhabi Media Company (ADMC). Getmo Arabia is an ideal partner for brands of all categories that want to combine entertainment with their products, and for content producers/owners who are seeking trustworthy distribution.
About Abu Dhabi Media Company
Abu Dhabi Media Company is one of the fastest growing, multi-platform media organizations in the region created in 2007 as a public joint stock company from the assets of Emirates Media Incorporated.
Abu Dhabi Media Company owns and operates a range of television channels (Abu Dhabi Al Oula, Abu Dhabi Al Emarat, Abu Dhabi Al Riyadiya, Abu Dhabi Al Riyadiya 2, Abu Dhabi Al Riyadiya 3 Abu Dhabi +1 and National Geographic Abu Dhabi) and a network of radio stations (Abu Dhabi FM, Emarat FM, Star FM, Holy Quran FM), as well as number of publications (Al Ittihad newspaper, The National Newspaper, Zahrat Al Khaleej magazine, Super magazine and Majid magazine) and a number of other media related businesses including Imagenation Abu Dhabi that will develop, finance and produce full length feature films and digital content for Arabic and international markets; LIVE which owns a fleet of outdoor HD broadcast vans and a state of the art printing press, United Printing Press.
Abu Dhabi Media Company employs 2098 people across its operating units which include publishing, television, radio, digital media, distribution, and printing.
The company is headquartered in Abu Dhabi with offices in Cairo, Dubai and Washington D.C.
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