Nicole Dionne has always had her finger on the musical pulse and translated her passion and creative instinct into PrimalScream Music, a company dedicated to authentic and original music & sound for picture.

The company launched with several high-profile campaigns including Lexus, Guinness, American Express, Canon, Intel, Gatorade, Nike, AT&T and Ford. Positive trade press and industry recognition followed, with PrimalScream winning a Clio and two AICP awards right out of the gate. With Nicole as key creative director, PrimalScream was then awarded the BMW Films campaign for original music and sound design for the series of short brand films entitled "The Hire". The groundbreaking shorts were directed by top-name feature film directors such as John Frankenheimer, Wong Kar-Wai, Ang Lee, Guy Ritchie, and starred Clive Owen as "The Driver" of (what else?) BMW automobiles. Madonna, Forest Whitaker and Mickey Rourke also starred.

PrimalScream’s concept - of placing famous established artists and emerging talent at the forefront of commercial music – had become a reality.

Today, Nicole's roster of artists reads like a who's who of the music industry: Juliette Commagere, Gram Rabbit, Tim Easton, Marc Broussard, Pedestrian, Robert Francis, Remy Zero, Godhead, Caitlin Crosby, Klaus Badelt (“Poseidon”), Producer Stuart Brawley (Emmy Rossum), Doug Pettibone (Lucinda Williams), Damon Johnson (Seal and Miles Davis), and Joachim Cooder – just to name a few.

With Nicole's reputation firmly established as a music producer, music industry heavy-hitter Jeff Greenberg invited Nicole Dionne/PrimalScream Music to move into the world-renowned recording complex The Village, a state-of-the-art recording studio and creative cooperative, with many high-profile artists among its tenants. Albums recorded and/or mixed at The Village include: The Rolling Stones’ Goat’s Head Soup, Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, Pink Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason, Smashing Pumpkins’ Melon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, Jet’s Get Born and Oasis' upcoming CD, Dig Out Your Soul.

Through it all, Nicole remains a maverick, constantly looking for the next trend, the next new sound, the next great band that no one has yet heard but, with Primal Scream's help, will very soon.

JUNO nominated music producer Stuart Brawley has made records with Michael Jackson, Don Henley, Lenka, Mindy Gledhill, Cher, Brandy, Seal, Celine Dion, Barbra Streisand, Emmy Rossum, Teddy Geiger, Darren Hayes, Jason Reeves, AVION, Nick Lachey, and many more. Stuart is also a gifted string and vocal arranger, and has a wide range abilities in many genres. As Senior Creative Composer for PrimalScream, Stuart has composed and arranged countless campaigns, including Firestone, STARZ, ULTA Beauty, HEB, Fruit Of The Loom, McDonald's, Good Shepherd, 21st Century Insurance, Comcast, Texas Lottery and many more. We are excited to have Stuart heading up our Los Angeles digs.

West has composed orchestrations for Electronic Arts/ Marvel Games and their blockbuster films such as Spider Man 2, Fantastic 4, and Iron Man. His music is also featured in many MTV shows, Animal Planet shows, and PBS.

Runge joins has an extremely generous and exciting background in the music industry; having worked very closely with some of the most respected artists and bands of our current era.  Currently working with The Black Keys, he has also worked with The Eels, Lucinda Williams, Son Volt, Alice in Chains, Rickie Lee Jones, Ryan Adams, Paula Cole, Machine Head, Bebel Gilberto, Mark Lanegan, Alejandro Escovedo and Buick 6.

Corcoran’s credits include: Michael by Michael Jackson (musician, engineer), Paramount pictures, Footloose (2011) (music production), Lenka by lenka (musician, engineer), Anchor by Mindy Gledhill (musician, engineer), Out of Focus by Kari Kimmel (producer, musician, engineer), and The Best of What's Around by Dave Matthews band (engineer).

Dionne found Moorman through Linda Perry (Pink, Christina Aguilera, etc..). He has performed in bands and also produces and writes for PrimalScream. Dionne brought Moorman in as one of the film composers on the film, "The Power Of Two".

Recently named to the Independent Film Channel's list of emerging "Icons", Tracie Laymon is an independent screenwriter and director. She hails from Austin, Texas, where she developed passions for both music and film. Her music videos and projects have won numerous jury awards at South by Southwest, Memphis International Film Festival, Las Vegas International Film Festival and many others. In 2009, she received a nomination for the Milan International Film Festival Award (considered to be the Italian 'Oscar' of independent film), followed by the Award for Short Film of the Year from the Women's Image Network. Most recently, Tracie directed the half hour sitcom "Goodnight Burbank", featuring Dominic Monaghan ("Lost", "Lord of the Rings") and Laura Silverman ("Curb Your Enthusiasm", "The Sarah Silverman Program"). The show was acquired by Mark Cuban and aired on his cable channel HDNet in fall of 2011. In 2011, Tracie also wrote and directed a featured segment of the anthology film "Girls!Girls!Girls!" starring Elaine Hendrix ("The Parent Trap", Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2"). Miss Laymon has worked in many different facets of film and television production for over a decade and is very proud to be a part of the PrimalScream Music team.

Burton is highly regarded as a music producer, mixer and sound designer.  Artists such as Prince, Jonas Brothers, Beck, Corinne Bailey Rae as well as Motion City Soundtrack seek after his mixing talents.  His highly acclaimed mix for Ziggy Marley's album "Love Is My Religion Live!" concert DVD inspired a re-release of Ziggy's 2006 album with tracks from the show. Burton worked on the upcoming concert DVD for the Prince 3121 Tour. He was the ADR Engineer for the USA Pictures film "The Kid Stays In The Picture" - he recorded the film's voice-over by legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans ("The Godfather", "Chinatown").

Erika Pinktipps started working with Primal Scream in 2006. She has worked at various record labels including: Epitaph, Priority, Red Ant, Discovery, and Nettwerk America.

During her tenure at Nettwerk, she managed UK singer/songwriter Tom McRae and put together a team of musicians, producer and venues for an unconventional making of "All Maps Welcome" on Sony/BMG.

While living in the UK, Erika also wrote a column and did radio promotion for HITS Magazine - a well-known music trade magazine.

Now in Austin, Erika has submerged herself in its thriving music community. She works with Sin City Social Club where they support local musicians by putting on events (including the 9th Annual Sin City SXSW) around town, promoting shows and creating partnerships with local companies. Erika also works with local musician/actor Jesse Dayton who just wrapped his first film, Zombex and also plays at the legendary honky tonk, The Broken Spoke, every Thursday night. She is also working with the Gram Parsons Estate based in Austin.

Miller is PrimalScream's "go to guy" for everything financial.  Very astute and experienced with music as well as the entertainment industry as a whole, he has been a gem to Primal for about 15 years.

Jessie Nagel is Co-Founder/Special Agent of sassy Los Angeles-based communications agency Hype. Like the other Special Agents at Hype, Jessie enjoys highlighting her clients' creativity, loves to write, and is two steps away from having her headset surgically attached to her cranium. A founding member of Women in Animation, Jessie was the editor for the organization's newsletter "Work in Progress" for nearly 10 years. She is a member of the AICP's Associate Committee, and a volunteer for Dave Eggers' non-profit writing & tutoring center 826LA. She also helped produce the indie 'zine "World Famous Crazy Wild" which had an admittedly small but loyal fan base and a random publishing schedule. For more on Hype: www.hypeworld.com.

Andrew Enoch has been at work in the design playground for over 13 years. Beginning in 1999 creating album covers and websites for Ubiquity Records in San Francisco, he opened his own shop, aenoch, in 2001. His client list includes DJ Spooky, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Saul Williams, TV on the Radio, popantipop, Remy Zero, Brian Jackson, J Boogie, Count (producer of DJ Shadow), The New Museum (NY), the MOCA (LA), plus plus plus.. He currently habitates in Sydney, Australia..

Lisa Brown has worked with legendary filmmakers like Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Hughes Brothers, Spike Lee, Renny Harlin, Keenan Ivory Wayans and Richard Linklater. 

Manage This Media’s credits include: Surfwise, The Power Of Two,  Kimora Life In The Fab Lane on E!, Family Bonds on HBO and the Tony-nominated Broadway musicals Rock Of Ages and Everyday Rapture.

Nikki Weiss is an agent/rep/producer, handling the industry’s top directors in the commercial and feature world. Running her own company for over seventeen years, she has successfully launched the commercial careers of top tier feature film directors and still photographers alike. Her roster includes notables such as Jason Reitman and David O. Russell.

Francis is a highly respected singer-songwriter who after working with Primal Scream and Nicole Dionne on a famous Zales “String” campaign, was offered a contract with Atlantic Records. The spot and track were later spoofed on Jay Leno and Francis currently has a very successful career as a recording artist.

Jeremy Little is an accomplished composer who had his first break writing a spot for a Comcast campaign for Primal Scream Music. Through his collaboration with Nicole Dionne and Primal Scream, they have created several other campaigns for: Starz, Firestone, Floodsmart, etc...

As a singer/songwriter, Jeremy has fans across the globe, including Lucinda Williams and Michael Des Barres. A favorite amongst music supervisors, Jeremy's songs have been placed numerous times in both TV and Film. His recent placements include: JJ Abram's "Fringe" , "The Big C" and promos for "The Simpsons", "Psych" and "The Cleveland Show".

Commagere is a Los Angeles based singer/songwriter whom previously worked with the band Hello Stranger and The Bird and the Bee. She has toured with Nick Lowe, Ry Cooder, Pete Yorn and played the Download Festival with Bat for Lashes as well as co-headlined the 2nd annual Manimal Festival in Joshua Tree, CA with Warpaint (band), Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Hecuba (band). Juliette's musical partner and percussionist is husband, Joachim Cooder (son of Ry Cooder). Dionne featured the music of Commagere in the opening scene of the film Dionne Music Supervised, "The Power of Two".

Joachim Cooder began playing drums at the age of five. Since then he has participated in live performances and film scores (often with his father Ry), and numerous recordings, notably Buena Vista Social Club in 1996 and BVSC presents Ibrahim Ferrer in 1998. Joachim studied world percussion at California Institute of the Arts where he formed the band “RadioBemba.”

Dionne met Dualtone artist Tim Easton when he was opening for recording artist, Lucinda Williams. She, along with the rest of the audience, became immediate and avid fans. He has since collaborated with Primal Scream several times. Their latest project together was the film "The Power of Two."

A KCRW favorite, Dionne became a fan of Black years ago.  He works with Primal Scream on specific and collaborative projects and just finished his 6th album – “The Day I Realized…”.  Black was also featured in the film Dionne Music Supervised, “The Power Of Two”.

George Kallis is a prolific, new generation composer, renowned for his melodic compositions and ethno-musicological traits to his scores. He has been described as “the new Jerry Goldsmith” (Motion Picture Records) during recent conducting sessions with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra.

George’s credit list includes the scores for HIGHLANDER THE SOURCE (Lionsgate) directed by Brett Leonard (Lawnmower Man, Virtuosity), JOY DIVISION (Momentum Pictures), orchestrations for various MARVEL films, and music for WILL & GRACE (NBC), FARAH’S STORY (NBC/C4), AMERICA’S MOST WANTED (20th Century Fox) to name a few. He has just finished working with Emmy Award winning filmmaker Kerry Shaw Brown on THE RED KITE documentary, and the thriller FOUR YEARS RUNNING starring Max Ryan (Sex and The City 2).  

Beard Bates is a prolific and unique recording artist, music producer, writer of fiction and philosophy and graphic artist. He was the singer/songwriter/guitarist of the alternative rock band JilFlirter which released four records. He has released one solo record. He is the singer of the band The Virginia City Revival, which has released two records. Beard produced the album "End of The Line" for the indie rock band Serial Miller, and interestingly co-produced with GUnit/Universal an unreleased hip-hop record for Jackass's STEVEO. Beard is a Reverend and has happily married many couples. Beard is currently working on two new and gargantuan projects to release in 2011-12: 1.), an alternative cosmic hip-hop project, and 2.) an apocalyptic rock act.

Broussard is singer-songwriter (Atlantic Records) who combines a soulful mix of funk, R&B, rock and pop.  Dionne traveled to London to record The London Symphony to back up Broussard’s vocals for a campaign, and directly afterwards flew to New Orleans to an old brothel to record Marc Broussard.

Dionne and frequent collaborator, Pedestrian, co-wrote the hit song for the TV show ‘Sons of Anarchy’ on FX. The band has backed the likes of Alanis Morissette, Gnarls Barkely and Damien Rice amongst others. Pedestrian’s lead singer and guitar player, Joel Shearer, is one of the most accomplished and sought after guitar players in Los Angeles. He has added great magic to Primal Scream’s advertising throughout the years.

Des Barres is a 70s rock icon.  He was the lead singer of Silverhead and later the lead-singer  of Power Station.  Dionne collaborated with Des Barres to re-record an original version of the hit song, “All Right Now” for a major campaign and has brought him in for vocals for blues and soul inspired campaigns.

Dionne first brought Remy Zero in to work with Guy Ritchie and Madonna on BMW Films.  They have since worked on many projects together and Dionne produced a song by Remy Zero that is over the end credits of the film “The Power Of Two”.

Paul Ill producers , writes, and collaborates with Linda Perry.  They recently produced albums for Chrisitina Aguilera, Gwen Stefani and Pink to name just a few.

Durtee 3 was discovered by Def Jam’s A & R wunderkind – RayRo and is highly accomplished as a singer/rap artist.

An award-winning film composer, Klaus has written the score and songs for films such as “Pirates of the Caribbean”, “Poseidon” and “Gladiator” amongst others.

Gram Rabbit is a KCRW favorite and were voted Best New Artist by LA Weekly.  They’ve played Coachella, the Wireless Festival at Hyde Park in London, and sold out shows at The Troubador.  They sang with Robert Plant last spring on “Fever” and “Sea of Love”.  Dionne and PrimalScream really enjoy collaborating with this band. 

Dionne started working with Himmelman in 1999 on groundbreaking Lexus campaigns.  Himmelman was recently featured in the Wall Street Journal and on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’ and is a highly accomplished recording artist as well as composer.

Wandmacher has composed scores for myriad films in the orchestral, electronica and world genres. His credits include “Freakonomics,” “Piranha 3D” and “The Gray Hat”.

Dionne met Pettibone through Lucinda Williams.  He is a highly accomplished guitar player and is able to cross emotional and genre platforms very easily.  He has played guitar for artists such as Ray Lamontagne, Tracy Chapman, Mark Knofler, and Jewel.  He’s a frequent collaborator with Primal Scream.

Dionne enjoys recording with The London Symphony in either Air Studios or Abbey Road.  

Haroula is a folk/pop singer/songwriter. With the release of her debut album, Haroula was named one of the Top 100 Unsigned Artists by Music Connection magazine.  

Derakh was named one of the 75 “Masters of Metal and Hard Rock” by Guitar Player magazine and recently completed a second album for Julien – K.  

Dionne recently licensed two of Melson’s songs for the film “The Power of Two.” Melson opened for Ben Folds Five this past winter. 

Dionne came across Caitlin Crosby while producing a 10 spot campaign for Comcast. Caitlin has since preformed all over the world and is a successful actress.  

These guys are a local LA favorite and Dionne loves their musicianship and audio-energy!

Kerber was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Score for “The Color Purple.” He has worked with such luminaries as Michael Jackson, Natalie Cole, Dionne Warwick, Bette Midler and Diana Ross. He played piano for Dionne on a spot most everyone has seen by now for Florida Citrus. 

Minibar frontman Simon Petty is known for his husky vocals and emotional lyrics. He has a California sound that is eloquently mixed with classic British pop-rock influences.  

Johnson was discovered by Miles Davis and did several tours with Davis before he died. Johnson has since worked on original projects and toured with Alanis Morissette, Boz Scaggs, and Seal. 

Godhead caught the eye of Marilyn Manson and was signed to his record label. Their music is a mixture of dramatic gothic rock, alternative metal and deep vocals. Dionne saw them perform live at The Viper Room and loved their driving guitar sounds. She immediately began working with them on original music for film trailers and advertising campaigns. 

Pereira has composed scores for Curious George, Havana Nights and Riding In Cars With Boys. He has also played guitar on scores for Mission Impossible, Black Hawk Down, Shrek and Man on Fire. 

Gordon has toured and recorded with Natalie Merchant, Meshell N’degeocello, and Bob Dylan.

Not only the drummer for Seal, Antoun is also a successful songwriter. He’s composed with several artists, and two of his songs appeared in Matchstick Men.

Allen has produced tracks for over 40 major and independent labels and has collaborated with Dionne/PrimalScream with the band Gram Rabbit.

Terrell formed the southern rock/blues band ‘The Murdered Johns’ out of Austin, TX. He has toured with Joan Osbourne, The Neville Brothers, G. Love and Special Sauce and Ian Moore.

Anderson’s father was the lead singer for the band ‘Yes’. She began composing music as a teenager and launched her solo career in Japan. Dionne cast her in a music video that PrimalScream worked on for the US Virgin Islands. 

The Austin Chronicle ranks Ephraim as “Best Horn” in Austin and has named ‘Blaze’, a group that features Ephraim on trumpet as the “Best Jazz Band.”

Bertrand was the lead singer of the stellar band The Torries and also lead singer of Avion. He has worked with Dionne/PrimalScream on many campaigns including Starz. 

Beeston is an English musician and was a member of the bands - Nitzer Ebb and Cubanate. He also spent time as a remixing engineer working on artists such as Bob Marley.  

Waters, part of the family band, ‘The Waters’ has sung vocals on everything from the Jacksons to Paul Simon and can be heard on soundtracks such as “The Lion King”, “The Matrix” and “American Gangster.” 

Johnson has been composing music for films since 2004. He works in all genres: rock, reggae, pop, punk and orchestral. 

Bisetti was the drummer for Los Lobos and has collaborated with John Lee Hooker, Santana, Leo Kottke and Bonnie Rait

Back-up band for Lucinda Williams, Dionne flew to New York to record with them while they were performing at Madison Square Garden. Together Dionne and Buick 6 re-branded a portion of TNT.  

O'Brien has been involved with many bands and projects throughout his career. He was the first consistent drummer for Social Distortion and then left to work with Agent Orange. He played drums & sang with The Adolescents and also produced their first album in 10 years "O. C. CONFIDENTIAL" - giving them their biggest career peak. O'Brien has also been involved with the bands Punk Rock Karaoke, Extra Fancy,The Foes, and The Generators. He has also appeared in the films Another State of Mind and Suburbia.

Marshall is a soul singer through and through. She toured with the Afghan Whigs and was the lead singer of the band “The Mother Station.”  

Jerome was a member of the bands Pleasure Club and Better Than Ezra. He has toured with Richard Thompson and John Cale.  

Their active young conductor, Li Xincao, has toured many cities in China and abroad. He has collaborated with many major orchestras and opera houses in Europe. Since 1999, Li has led the China National Symphony Orchestra to perform in quite a number of foreign cities, unprecedented in the orchestra's history. According to the New York Times, Li has a distinctive Western Style, and Washington Post commented that Li had proved himself an enviable and highly flexible conductor, having mastered a wide repertoire.  

The China National Chorus is a professional musical institution under the direct leadership of the Ministry of Culture of China. Under the direction of Yuefeng Huang, the chorus today consists of over 70 members who are all graduates with distinction from Chinese conservatories of music.