Sacha Mattey: Darkroom Records & Billie Eilish
5/22/202621 min
In this episode of Music Matters, host Darrell Craig Harris sits down with Sacha Mattey, Head of Business Partnerships at Darkroom Records, the powerhouse label behind global superstar Billie Eilish. Tune in for an inside look at the business of modern music, strategic artist partnerships, and the inner workings of one of today's most influential record labels.
About Sacha
Sacha Mattey is the Lead of Business Partnerships at Darkroom Records, where he drives the company's strategic growth across finance, operations, and dealmaking. Overseeing internal and external financial transparency, Mattey plays a central role in building the infrastructure behind one of music's most influential independent labels.
At Darkroom, Mattey has led and supported high-impact initiatives across the roster, including securing brand partnerships for Waylon Wyatt with leading lifestyle brands such as Wrangler and Ariat-spanning major activations at Stagecoach and custom Wrangler outfitting for Zach Bryan's Hyde Park show in London. He also played a key role in structuring John Summit's Experts Only partnership with Darkroom, leading deal conversations alongside label manager Toby Andrews, building financial forecasts, and establishing the internal infrastructure and team to successfully onboard and scale the venture.
Website www.DarkRoomRecords.com
About Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris
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voice over intro by Nigel J. Farmer
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First 90 secondsNigel J. Farmer0:00
[upbeat music] Welcome to Music Matters Podcast with Darryl Craig Harris talking about all things music with celebrities, artists, music business insiders, and more.
Darrell Craig Harris· Host0:15
Sasha Matty, how you doing today?
Sacha Mattey· Guest0:23
I'm doing fantastic. How are you?
Darrell Craig Harris· Host0:25
I'm very good. So you're coming to us from Los Angeles. Um, you are the head of partnerships and strategy with Darkroom Records, and probably your most well-known artist would be Billie Eilish, but you have several others as well. So tell me about that and how long you've been with the label, how that happened.
Sacha Mattey· Guest0:44
So yeah, the label's a fantastic label, uh, really focused on artist development, finding artists, uh, at early stages in their career, and working with them slowly and steadily, building foundations to hopefully bring their dreams to, to truth and make them global superstars. I've been with Darkroom for two and a half years, and it's been a whirlwind of a time. Uh, learned a lot, uh, moved very quickly and yeah, really was able to build a family in LA and, uh, across America by working at this company. So yeah, it's been, been amazing.
Darrell Craig Harris· Host1:21
Yeah. And what you do with the, um, the label and obviously developing young artists and new artists, which is a part of your mission, but