ABOUT HANS KUSTERS MUSIC

Hans Kusters Music is an independent record label and music publisher founded by Hans Kusters in 1972. 

PUBLISHER

We represent many great international catalogues, as well as original copyrights from mainly Belgian and Dutch author/composers. As sub-publisher we proudly represent a number of international catalogues such as Jalma Music (Tom Waits), New Hidden Valley Music (Burt Bacharach), Chelsea Music and many more. Our catalog of originals consists of songs by Roland Verlooven, Clouseau, Stef Bos, Boudewijn de Groot, Rowwen Heze, Jack van Poll, El Fish, Hans de Booij, Het Gebaar, Pater Moeskroen, Wannes Van De Velde, to name only a few. Our responsibilities include title registration with the local societies, royalty collection and processing, rights distribution and creative licensing (synchronization). HKM is active in Belgium, The Netherlands, France and Spain. As a member of SABAM, Buma-Stemra, SACEM and the SGAE we can collect, and account, direct for any of the songs we represent.

More info about our publishing activities can be found here.

LABEL

As a record label, HKM releases music in a wide range of genres, from pop and chanson to library music and jazz.
Some of the artists in its repertoire include Boudewijn de Groot, MAXIMUS, Mathias Vergels, Ivan Paduart, Rony Verbiest, Matteo Di Leonardo, Filippo Bianchini, Jack van Poll, Reinhard Vanbergen, and many more.
All these releases are distributed under HKM’s labels September (Jazz), HPK (Pop to Chanson), B-Sharp and Selection Records (Library).
The Selection Library is also known for its “Special Radio & TV Record” series, featuring releases by artists such as Jordan Stevy, René Costy, and Jacques Siroul.

More info about our label activities can be found here.

DISTRIBUTION

All our labels are distributed by Coast To Coast. Contactinfo: info@coasttocoast.nl or +31 06 48 20 59