Who owns New State Music?
New State Music is owned by Reservoir (the United States, NASDAQ: RSVR).[1]
Evidence: Reservoir Media, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-05-28, SEC EDGAR, 28 May 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Reservoir Media, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, New York
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Music › Record labels
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: RSVR
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About New State Music
New State is a United Kingdom dance and electronic music label that Reservoir Media acquired and now runs as one of its four label brands, alongside Chrysalis Records, Tommy Boy Music and Reservoir Recordings. Reservoir's annual report lists New State Holdings Limited and New State Entertainment Limited as wholly owned subsidiaries, and names New State among the labels whose acquisition gave Reservoir whole record labels, not only catalogues.
How often Reservoir names New State Music in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of New State Music
Where New State Music sits in Reservoir
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Reservoir
Reservoir controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
Other brands in record labels, and who owns them
The 18 brands in record labels on Brandtree belong to 6 owners. The largest is Universal Music, with 5; Reservoir has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Capitol Records | Universal Music | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Atlantic Records | Warner Music | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Columbia Records | Sony | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| BMG | Bertelsmann | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| VAP | Nippon TV Holdings | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Def Jam Recordings | Universal Music | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Interscope Records | Universal Music | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Motown | Universal Music | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
About the owner: Reservoir
Reservoir is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, United States, founded in 2007. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: RSVR.
Reservoir Media is a New York music company that runs a music publishing business, a recorded music business and a management business. In the year to 31 March 2026 publishing brought in about $117 million of revenue and recorded music about $52 million. Its recorded music side releases from label teams in London and New York under Chrysalis Records, Tommy Boy Music, New State and Reservoir Recordings, which also markets and distributes older catalogue labels it holds such as Philly Groove, Amherst, AVCO, Jamdown, Off Road and Easy Street. Its 10-K records board-level takeover proposals received in 2026.
🇬🇧 New State Music and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, New State Music among them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of New State Music?
The parent company of New State Music is Reservoir, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is New State Music British or American?
New State Music originated in the United Kingdom, but it is owned today by Reservoir, which is headquartered in the United States. So New State Music is a British-origin brand under American ownership.
Is New State Music still owned by Reservoir?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, New State Music is still owned by Reservoir. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Reservoir Media, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-05-28 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 28 May 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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