OUR MISSION STATEMENT:
“Having been signed to every label known to mankind (Island, Warner Bros., EMI, RCA, Sony, Sire, etc), I decided that I couldn't do a job any worse than 'they' did. Cue - laughter!
Ok, to be fair, it wasn't all bad. Chris Blackwell and Seymour Stein and Tommy Mottola were great believers in Creolism. I enjoyed enormous success with each of them at the helm. But when the industry exploded and physical copies of my great songs were no longer needed, I realized that the Record Company dinosaur was about to die again.
That's when I decided to be my own dinosaur. I called upon my song-writing partner, Peter Schott and my wife, Eva Tudor-Jones and convinced them to join me on a foolish adventure called START YOUR OWN LABEL”.
August Darnell.
2C2C Music works with some of the best emerging and established artists across the globe. Always on the lookout for fresh talent, 2C2C prides itself in releasing and distributing quality music worldwide. Our label services allow the artist to concentrate on the creative aspect of the music while the label delivers artist development, promotional, marketing and digital and physical distribution of the music.
Co-founder / Executive Producer/ Songwriter / Recording Artist
August Darnell
August Darnell was born in the Bronx. That’s in New York City. When his brain developed he moved to Manhattan. He attended Stony Brook University and Hofstra University majoring in English Lit. His brother, Stony Browder Jr., convinced him to pursue the arts instead of academia. Therefore, he joined his brother’s band and never looked back.
August encountered instant success in the Music Business Universe. The band was called Dr Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band. His brother wrote the music and August wrote the lyrics. Their first hit single was recorded on RCA records. It was called CHERCHEZ LA FEMME. Cory Daye was the lead vocalist. Tommy Mottola was their manager. The album went gold. The band was nominated for a Grammy – BEST NEW ARTIST! Sibling rivalry divided the brothers after the third album. August then formed his own band with the help of his then wife, Adriana Kaegi and his friend Andy “Coati Mundi” Hernandez. The band was called Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Once again success came knocking at his door. But this time the landscape was European. The band toured the world and recorded 11 albums. Hit singles included Stool Pigeon, Annie I’m Not Your Daddy, I’m a Wonderful Thing Baby, Endicott and My Male Curiosity.
Co-founder / Executive Producer/ Songwriter / Recording Artist
Peter Schott
Peter Schott is an American-born composer who has been an influential voice in pop and dance musical styles since the early 1980s. Schott is classically trained, and studied with Jazz legends Max Roach and Walter Bishop Jr.
As an original member of Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Schott composed many popular songs including: I’m A Wonderful Thing, Baby.
Schott composes music for stage, opera, and screen. He has collaborated with other musicians, as well as with performance, installation and media artists.
His latest album, Schott Treatment, an homage to 1950’s and 1960’s film scores, will be released by 2C2C Music in the fall of 2019.
Schott is also a video director and has won multiple Telly Awards for his educational films Liaisons, Alianzas, and Exploraciones.
Co-founder / Manager of Operations / Artist Development
Eva Tudor-Jones
British-born Eva Tudor-Jones is the Lead ‘Mama’ Coconut in the band Kid Creole and the Coconuts (24 years to date), their Choreographer and their Manager. She mainly concentrates on the managing side of things these days since becoming a mommy in 2017.
Eva started her career in the arts at a very young age and after graduating The London Studio Centre in London in 1996 she worked very successfully as a professional dancer in theatre, TV, film and fashion throughout the UK and Europe.
In the last 15 years Eva decided to move towards the managing and production side of the business realizing her new found skills. She went on to produce many live stage shows in the UK and US including co-producing the off-broadway musical Cherchez La Femme with August Darnell where they accomplished a successful limited run in New York City in 2016.
Eva also owned a fabulous bar called Ambrosia Martini Lounge in Maui, Hawaii for 4 years before deciding to up roots and return to the UK/Europe in 2017 to continue and pursue her passion for the music business. It was then that August, Peter and Eva decided to join forces and create their brand new indie label, 2C2C Music.
Having managed Kid Creole band for over 10 years, Eva seemed the ideal partner to take on the Artist Management/Development role and Manager of Operations for the label, something she excels at, and loves!
