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New Wave Productions 
Type Private Industry Music & Entertainment Genre Various Founded 2007 Headquarters Beirut, Lebanon Key people Walid Al Massih (Founder)
Karim Noujaim (Partner)
Maya Nehme (Partner)Products Music & Entertainment Website www.newwave.me New Wave Productions (Arabic: نيو وايف بروداكشنز) is a Lebanon-based pan-arab recorded music company, production company and artist management company formed in 2007 by Lebanese musician and producer Walid Al Massih.
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History
The company, which eventually evolved into New Wave Productions, was founded in 2007 as MGN Studios by Walid Al Massih and two partners through a joint venture. At the time, the company was based in a simple home studio that catered to miniature music productions.
In 2008, one of the partners decided to leave the company, and the company was officially renamed as New Wave Productions. After many other problems with the third partner, Walid Al Massih was left to run the company alone. The company, now run wholly by Walid Al Massih, was expanded to enter the mainstream Middle Eastern market through the creation of the company's first proper hit in Ragheb Alama's hit song "Yighib". Walid Al Massih would go on to use his nightlife connections to produce music for some of the most well known artists in the region, such as Maya Nehme and Myriam Atallah from Star Academy.
In 2009, the company entered the English music market with projects for local Metal band Blaakyum, local Pop artist Belime, and iraqi international group UTN1. By 2010, the company had created a visible fanbase and a powerful financial backing and the company expanded into Video production.
In May 2010, two former partners rejoined the company in Mixing & Recording engineer Karim Noujaim, who's a certified sound engineer that studied in the United States, who brings the American mentality of mixing into the Middle Eastern market. The second partner is singer-songwriter/producer Maya Nehme. New Wave Productions would then establish 3 studios in the country and a Video Production and Post-production house.
Main divisions
The following are the main operating divisions of New Wave Productions.
- Arabic Division
- English Division
- Video Division
Additional labels under each division are currently operational.
List of artists produced by New Wave Productions
- Ragheb Alama
- Nawal Al Zoghbi
- Avraam Russo
- Adam
- Majid Al Remeh
- Rayan
- Maya Nehme
- Belime
- UTN1
- Joe Kweik
- Myriam Atallah
- Cashy
- Nadine
- Blaakyum
- Houmam
- Michel Abboud
- Bilal Al Rayess
- Jean Sakr
- Moudy
- Ahmad Shoq
- CJ Sary
- DJ Alan
- Jean Mouawad
- Melody TV
- Melody Radio
- Strike FM
See also
References
External links
Categories:- Record label distributors
- Companies established in 2007
- Companies of Lebanon
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