Native Tongue is an independent music publisher, with offices in Australia and New Zealand.
Besides acquiring rights to local writers, we also administer the works of overseas writers and catalogues for Australia and New Zealand.
Established in 2003, Native Tongue has built a respected catalogue of local writers. We set out to provide writers with a publishing company dedicated to assisting with the development of their skills as songwriters and composers throughout their careers.

Although we are a small company, we see this is one of our major advantages. It enables us to be far more proactive than our competitors and react quickly to the needs of our clients, whether they be film and television companies, commercial advertisers or the bands of which our writers are members.

We see our role as getting out there and getting things done, working with the band, the management, the record label and the distributor to make things happen.
Our job is to work with you to help you achieve your goals, as a songwriter and in many cases; an artist. We have a broad network of contacts we can utilise in all areas of the business – record companies, distributors, booking agents, promoters, publicists, radio, etc.

We will work with you, your management and record distributor to maximise sales of your record. You probably have most bases covered but there will always be something we can do to help squeeze those extra sales. It may be that we help a band get on a festival bill, provide advice on obtaining touring grants or come up with that song opportunity in a film that breaks through at the box office – who knows – it's an ephemeral business and its not always easy pinning down where things will come from.

If you are looking to place songs with other artists we have a worldwide network of contacts who work songs on that basis. If you want to co-write we will work with you to develop connections with writers you want to work with. If you want to compose film or television scores we are ideally placed to help you realise these ambitions.
We get out there and do the hard yards wherever it is required.
We have over the years developed publishing relationships internationally and through our music supervision business have come to know those companies who work particularly hard gaining sync licenses and pursuing the ancillary income that is available around the world. We have also established a network of international sub-publishers to administer our works around the world. In each case our sub-publishers are established independents with a long term track record of working within their own territory.

Native Tongue also enjoys strong relationships with all the major US, UK, Canadian and European music supervisors and can submit clients works for use in a wide range of projects around the world.

We are also the only publisher with offices and staff on the ground in Australia and New Zealand enabling us to fully represent your copyrights in the key markets in our home territory.
Native Tongue is closely associated with Mana Music, which is the major music supervisor for feature films, television series, and documentaries in Australia and New Zealand. As a result Native Tongue is in a strong position to place its writer's songs in the wide range of projects.

A similar situation applies in respect to television commercials where once again Mana Music is the major provider of licensing services to the advertising agencies.

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AUSTRALIA

Ph +61 3 9445 0500

PO Box 1570
Collingwood, VIC 3066
Australia

Chris Gough - Managing Director
chris@nativetongue.com.au

Jaime Gough - International Manager
jaime@nativetongue.com.au

Daniel Younger - Creative Manager
daniel@nativetongue.com.au

Gaylene Williams - Copyright & Royalties Manager
copyright@nativetongue.com.au

Natalie Bell - Licensing & Admin Assistant
natalie@nativetongue.com.au

NEW ZEALAND

Ph +64 9 378 9667

PO Box 8926
Symonds Street, Auckland 1150
New Zealand

Savina Kim - Creative Manager
savina@nativetongue.co.nz

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Native Tongue does not give feedback on unsolicited demos or unsolicited material.



Leigh Ryan — Plutonic Lab BIOGRAPHY

Plutonic Lab has been producing records since 1995 & his work has featured on over 50 LPs, Singles & Compilations, He has received
praise here & abroad for his solo LPs "Give Me Sabotage Shell" , "Collision Of Days" & the more recent "Codes Over Colours".

 

Plutonic's next level beats has provided the backdrop for artists including Renee Geyer, Fatlip (Pharcyde), Boston's Esoteric (7L & Esoteric), Eternia (Canada), Taskforce (Lowlife) & Lotek (Roots Manuva/Big Dada) to name a few, whilst releasing music over the last 13 years on labels Obese, Warner, Creative Vibes, Sony (Asia), Elefant Traks, LandSpeed (U.S.), & Brick Records (U.S.) Big Dada (UK) & Melbourne's highly respected Hip Hop Label Nuffsaid Records.

 

Plutonic has performed numerous shows in Australia and Asia. Opening for the likes of The Pharcyde, People Under The Stairs, Ozomatli, Spikey T, Mad Professor, Lee Scratch Perry, MC Supernatural, DJ Shadow, Money Mark, Hilltop Hoods, Koolism, The Next Men, Mr Lif, Cage, Swollen Members, Braintax & Mystro, & events such as Cockatoo Island Festival, Obese Block Party 1, 2, 3 & 4, Pyramid Rock Festival, Falls Festival, Big Day Out & Golden Plains Festival amongst others.

 

Most recently Plutonic has been busy with Muph & Plutonic's 3rd LP "...And Then Tomorrow Came", remixing TZU & Resin Dogs and producing tracks for Speech Dabelle's debut LP on Big Dada (UK).

DISCOGRAPHY & CREDITS

  • Speech Debelle — Speech Therapy (2009, Big Dada/Ninja Tune)
    Speech Debelle — Speech Therapy (2009, Big Dada/Ninja Tune)
    Plutonic Lab production
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  • Raph Boogie — Le Bump (2009, Crookneck Records)
    Raph Boogie — Le Bump (2009, Crookneck Records)
    Plutonic Lab production
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  • Tor — Beatz International (2009, Streetsounds UK / File Records Japan)
    Tor — Beatz International (2009, Streetsounds UK / File Records Japan)
    Plutonic Lab production
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  • Resin Dogs — More Of Less (2008, Hydrofunk Records)
    Resin Dogs — More Of Less (2008, Hydrofunk Records)
    Plutonic Lab remix 'Coming With The Sound'
    Buy on iTunes
  • TZU — Cover Up Motel (2008, Liberation)
    TZU — Cover Up Motel (2008, Liberation)
    Plutonic Lab remix 'Get Up'
    Buy on iTunes
  • Lotek (2007, 2-99 Records)
    Lotek (2007, 2-99 Records)
    Plutonic Lab production
  • Ivens — Sounds To Expire To (2007, Obese Records)
    Ivens — Sounds To Expire To (2007, Obese Records)
    Plutonic Lab production
  • Bias B — Beestrumentals (2007, Obese Records)
    Bias B — Beestrumentals (2007, Obese Records)
    Plutonic Lab production
    Buy Physical CD
  • Pegz — Burn City (2007, Obese Records)
    Pegz — Burn City (2007, Obese Records)
    Plutonic Lab production
    Buy Physical CD Buy on iTunes
  • Urthboy — The Signal (2007, Elefant Traks)
    Urthboy — The Signal (2007, Elefant Traks)
    Plutonic Lab production
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  • Bias B — Been There Done That (2007, Obese Records)
    Bias B — Been There Done That (2007, Obese Records)
    Plutonic Lab production
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  • Omni — Batterie (2007, BLX)
    Omni — Batterie (2007, BLX)
    Plutonic Lab production
    Buy on iTunes
  • Codes Over Colours (2005, Obese Records)
    Codes Over Colours (2005, Obese Records)
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  • Pegz — Axis (2005, Obese Records)
    Pegz — Axis (2005, Obese Records)
    Plutonic Lab production
    Buy Physical CD
  • Shawn Lov — The Blackout of 1977 (2004, Nuffsaid Records)
    Shawn Lov — The Blackout of 1977 (2004, Nuffsaid Records)
    Plutonic Lab production
    Buy on iTunes
  • Collision of Days (2003, Obese Records)
    Collision of Days (2003, Obese Records)
    Buy Physical CD Buy on iTunes
  • Pegz — Capricorn Cat (2003, Obese Records)
    Pegz — Capricorn Cat (2003, Obese Records)
    Plutonic Lab production
    Buy on iTunes
  • Muphin — More Than Music (2003, Obese Records)
    Muphin — More Than Music (2003, Obese Records)
    Plutonic Lab production
    Buy on iTunes
  • Give Me Sabotage Shell (2001, Obese Records)
    Give Me Sabotage Shell (2001, Obese Records)
    Buy Physical CD Buy on iTunes
  • Prowla — Lonewolf (2001, Nuffsaid Records)
    Prowla — Lonewolf (2001, Nuffsaid Records)
    Plutonic Lab production
    Buy on iTunes
  • Macronauts — Mystery Shkool (1995, Plutonic Lovely)
    Macronauts — Mystery Shkool (1995, Plutonic Lovely)
    Plutonic Lab production