Power 50 - #32: Tim Janes

BACKGROUND CHECK

Tim Janes worked at Shock Records for over ten years before setting up Cooperative Music Australia (Bloc Party, Phoenix) with Neil Robertson in 2011, becoming GM. It was while working there that George Ash (Universal Music Australia) pitched the idea of Caroline Label Services to Janes and he went for it. After partnering with Spunk, Cooking Vinyl and Nuclear Blast all in Caroline's first six months, he's never looked back. 

THE YEAR THAT WAS

Top ten ARIA Albums Chart debuts for Caroline last year included Make Way For Love by Marlon Williams (#8) and Bad Witch by Nine Inch Nails (#9). 2018 was also a big year in terms of Caroline Australia ensuring niche markets worked for them, with the company's investment in hip hop paying off thanks to records by Trippie Redd (#14), Denzel Curry (#27), $uicideboy$ (#10) and the late, controversial XXXTentacion (#8) all placing well on the ARIA Albums Chart. The label's heavy music investment paid off as well, with top ten albums for Welsh band Bullet For My Valentine (#10), US band Machine Head (#10) and Sweden’s Ghost (#7). Janes has steered the ship since day one and with the recent Universal Music Group acquisition of Ingrooves we can expect to see continued growth in label services, with Caroline leading the charge.

2018'S CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT?

"I must say our fifth annual Xmas party was a true highlight. To have POND, Alex Lahey, Clowns, Lucianblomkamp perform live and Harvey Sutherland DJing was pretty epic. Made the hangover worthwhile. And to grow to a team of six is really gratifying too."