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Xtravnganza seals US Columbia deal.

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Xtravaganza Recordings has signed an exclusive long-term deal with Columbia Records in the US under which the UK dance label will set up a New York office in the coming weeks. Two staff will run the operation, which will initially be focused on issuing a compilation series through Columbia. The deal is an extension of the company's agreement with Sony's Sine operation.

Xtravaganza founder Alex Gold says, "Although the shift to dance music is happening now in the US, I think the atom bomb will drop in the next two or three years when it will change the face of youth culture. We will be part of that process."

One of the first artists earmarked for release through the deal is Public Domain, who scored a Top 10 UK hit last year with Operation Blade, which featured a sample from the movie Blade. Their follow up ...

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