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FOLD Music (FOLD Production Music) is a British global production music company.[1] Founded in Shoreditch, London, in 2023,[2] the company consists of twenty labels, which are co-created with many independent labels and Publishers such as Mute Song, Domino Publishing, Warp Publishing, Tummy Touch, Hyperdub, Def Presse, DMY, Discotexas, EPM, Erased Tapes, Fat Cat, First Word, Moor Music, Psychotic Reaction, Untitled (Recs), Brawl.[3] FOLD focuses on writing and producing music for use in media.

FOLD has been featured on major TV networks that around the world as well as being used extensively in advertising for brands such as Burberry and Balmain amongst others.

FOLD is the first and only production music library that works exclusively with established commercial music artists.

The Library was launched by Paul Sandell (Domino, EMI Production Music and KPM), music supervisor and director Chris Shirt (Pitch & Sync, Because Music), and the director Gavin O’Shea, co-owner of Lo-Editions and independent label Lo Recordings.

The company is notable for allowing all writers retain ownership of their material in the library [4] which is breaking the traditional production music model where the libraries own both the publishing and the master rights [5] Alongside this FOLD offers it's writers a higher royalty share than the traditional industry standard of 50% [6] [7]