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Outhere Music acquires HatHut Records "Outhere Music is proud to announce the acquisition of the catalogue of the legendary Swiss jazz and contemporary music label HatHut Records. HatHut Records boasts an impressive number of more than 500 CD’s and LP’s, produced by its visionary founder, Werner X. Uehlinger over 40 years. Major composers such as John Cage, Morton Feldman, Giacinto Scelsi, Galina Ustvolskaya and interpreters like Paul Bley, Anthony Braxton, Ellery Eskelin, Steve Lacy, Joe McPhee, Cecil Taylor or the Sun Ra Arkestra have put their faith in the label. The integration into the Outhere Music group will enable HatHut Records to perpetuate its pioneering role while strengthening Outhere’s position in the fields of jazz and of contemporary music. Werner X. Uehlinger of Hat Hut Records will collaborate closely with the Outhere team to keep the label’s spirit. Around 12 to 16 new CD releases will be produced each year. Charles Adriaenssen, founder and president of Outhere Music says: “HatHut Records is a mythical label and its founder Werner an incredibly progressive idealist. His productions are as fresh and stimulating today as they were 40 years ago. I’m proud and happy to work with him to perpetuate and develop his creation.” Werner X. Uehlinger, founder of HatHut Records said: “With offices in Brussels, Paris, Cologne, Milan and recently in London, Outhere Music will provide a wider reach for HatHut Records albums and artists and will integrate the label into its worldwide digital and physical distribution network from early 2017. By this acquisition, Outhere confirms its policy of supporting creative labels and achieves an interesting diversification.”" MORE