Next Generation A&R

Korda Marshall has signed some of the biggest names in rock and pop. With some four decades in the music business, he has played in a band, scouted, signed artists, directed major label A&R departments, produced, executive produced and been a managing director of three major record labels. Korda started his illustrious career at RCA in 1993 and since then has worked at Atlantic Records, Warner Music Group, BMG, and Mushroom Records and launched record labels Infectious and Contagious. He either signed or worked with artists such as The Blow Monkeys, Londonbeat, Eurythmics, The Primitives, The Wedding Present, Pop Will Eat Itself, Westworld, Take That, Peter Andre, Rick Astley, Black Box, Paul Oakenfold, Caron Wheeler, Ash, Muse, Garbage, The Darkness, James Blunt, Gnarls Barkley, Madonna, REM, My Chemical Romance, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Green Day, The Enemy, Seasick Steve, The Temper Trap, DMA’S, Alt-J, Ry-X, Bloc Party, Morrissey, Culture Club, Emma Bunton, The Prodigy, Blondie, Chris Rea, You Me At Six, Pendulum, Antony Szmierek, amongst others. In a full-circle moment in 2022, Korda returned to the Mushroom Group as International Director of the Mushroom Label division’s global operations. He played an instrumental role in striking a multi-layered global partnership between Virgin Music Label & Artist Services (VLMAS) to support and distribute Mushroom artists’ releases worldwide, outside of Australia and New Zealand. Korda currently sits on the board of the OCC and is the non-executive chairman of Papa Productions, which produces two very successful shows called “Raiding the Rock Vault” and “Raiding the Emo Vault” at The Tropicana in Las Vegas.

Before joining Downtown, Bedikian spent five years at Because Publishing, where she progressed from an A&R intern to leading the international A&R department. During this time, Bedikian helped develop the local roster internationally and represented renowned foreign catalogs such as Beggars, Concord, Pulse, and Ministry of Sound. They also worked closely with artists from the Ed Banger crew, including Justice, SebastiAn, and Breakbot, as well as publishing signings like Metronomy, Christine and the Queens, and Foals.

In 2018, Bedikian joined Downtown Music Publishing to launch the French office and establish the brand in the region. Her first signing for the company, Victor le Masne, recently won a Grammy for his role as the composer and musical director of the Paris Olympics opening and closing ceremonies. Bedikian has also signed iconic French Touch artists like AIR, Boombass (Cassius), and Etienne de Crécy, alongside international talent such as Parcels, Spanish rising star pablopablo, and Italian legend Mina. In addition, Bedikian spearheaded the creation of Downtown’s Paris studio, providing a dynamic space for both local and international artists to collaborate and create