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Martin C. Basart, President and owner

Prior to relocating to the U.S., his various jobs in the entertainment industry included buyer for a Dutch record retailer and administrative employee for his father’s company "Les Editions Internationales Basart N.V.", a former music publishing and record company in The Netherlands (currently known as Warner Basart Music Publishers). In 1976, he left for the U.S. to train in record production under George H. de Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, founder of the world-famous Vox classical catalog, creating over 100 albums, after which he became the label’s Northeast Regional Sales Manager. In January of 1979, he was hired as National Sales Manager for the Pickwick Records' label division in Minneapolis, MN (well-known labels included: Pickwick, RCA Camden, Quintessence and Pro-Arte), after which he was employed by various other record companies as Vice President Sales and Marketing (including Intersound, Essex Entertainment and Eclipse Music Group), until he pursued his own Import and Distribution company, Basart World Entertainment, LLC., in 1998. In May of 2001 he joined two classical labels: the rejuvenated New York Philomusica Records and earlier, Musica Omnia, to head up both imprints' Worldwide Sales and Marketing efforts. On March 17, 2003, he was hired as U.S. National Sales Director for BMG distributed label  Empiremusicwerks. His interest and background spanning Classical - (check out: Beethoven's 9 Symphonies' box-set !!!) to serious Rock - (check out: 'Jimi Hendrix' !!!) -music and beyond, gives him the ability to see a recording from several perspectives: that of - the label, the label representative, the distributor, the retailer, and perhaps most importantly, his own, a lover of original, immortal music.