Hosh Gureli

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Hosh Gureli (born September 11, 1961) is a music executive and management partner at Primary Wave Music, overseeing their Electronic Music Department.[1]

Career[]

Hosh Gureli grew up in Middletown, New York. At age 16, he began his career in music as a record clerk for Record World.[2] After a year at Syracuse University,[3] Gureli transferred to Emerson College in Boston. In 1982, Hosh created and hosted WERS’s Boston Mastermix program.[4]

After college, Gureli remained in Boston throughout the mid-1980s. During this time, he worked as a DJ in Boston at several of city's clubs.[5] His work eventually led to an internship at popular music station, Kiss 108, in 1987 under the leadership of program director, , and music director, Jerry McKenna. It was during this time that he met up with the program director of KMEL, Keith Naftaly, at a radio conference. Several months later in 1988, Naftaly appointed Gureli as the music director of the San Francisco radio station.[6] Together, Naftaly and Gureli spread a newly engineered rhythm-crossover format, with a heavy blend of urban, hip hop, pop and dance records. Additionally, Gureli created and hosted KMEL Underground, a mixshow featuring a myriad of EDM acts.

In 1993, Gureli was recruited by Clive Davis as a senior director of A&R at Arista Records. Later, he became the Vice President of A&R at J Records / RCA Music Group.[7][8][9] Coinciding with his time working with Clive, Gureli continued work in underground mix shows spinning for New York’s Hot 97 in 1993.[10]

In the 90's, Gureli also produced a number of remixes for larger acts like Toni Braxton's "Un-Break My Heart" and Whitney Houston’s “It’s Not Right…But It’s Ok".[1][11] He continued his work into the next decade.

A&R Discography[]

Artist Album Year Label
Various Artists The D&D Project 1995 Arista Street [12]
Deborah Cox Things Just Ain't The Same - The Dance Mixes 1997 Arista[13]
Deborah Cox Nobody's Supposed To Be Here (The Dance Mixes) 1998 Arista[14]
Lisa Stansfield The #1 Remixes (EP) 1998 Arista[15]
Gigi D'Agostino I'll Fly With You (L'Amour Toujours) (Mixshow Mixes) 2000 Arista [16]
Whitney Houston The Unreleased Mixes 2000 Arista[17]
Alicia Keys Diary (Hani Remixes) 2004 J Records[18]
Kelly Clarkson Since U Been Gone (Remixes) 2005 RCA[19]
Christina Aguilera Ain't No Other Man (Remixes) 2006 RCA[20]
Swedish House Mafia Leave The World Behind 2009 Ultra[21][22]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Primary Wave Music". Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  2. ^ Kalkhoff, Matt. "Matt Unleashed". Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  3. ^ Shapiro, Gregg. "Dancing out of the 'Vault'". Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  4. ^ DJ Pace. "Library of Vinyl". Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  5. ^ "Hosh Gureli Bio". Tumblr. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  6. ^ Charnas, Dan (November 2011). The Big Payback: The History of the Business of Hip-Hop. Penguin. ISBN 9781101568118.
  7. ^ Schwartz, Daylle Deanna (2002). The real deal : how to get signed to a record label (Updated & expanded ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 67. ISBN 0823084051. dido hosh gureli.
  8. ^ Billboard Magazine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 2003. p. 67.
  9. ^ "Hosh Gureli Profile". Yatedo. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  10. ^ Watkins, Anne. "Primary Wave Music Release". Retrieved 13 March 2013.
  11. ^ "Discogs".
  12. ^ "Various – The D&D Project". Discogs.
  13. ^ "Discogs".
  14. ^ "Discogs".
  15. ^ "Discogs". Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  16. ^ "Gigi D'Agostino – I'll Fly With You (L'Amour Toujours) (Mixshow Mixes)". Discogs.
  17. ^ "Discogs".
  18. ^ "Discogs".
  19. ^ "Discogs".
  20. ^ "Discogs".
  21. ^ "Leave The World Behind". Google Play.
  22. ^ "PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC PARTNERS WITH ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC EXPERT HOSH GURELI".
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