Reservoir will welcome accomplished songwriter, recording artist, producer, and executive Hussain "Spek" Yoosuf to its team as Senior Vice President of Creative and A&R. Based in the company's New York City headquarters, Spek joins Reservoir's veteran creative team to further develop a rapidly expanding roster of active writers and producers around the world.
Spek arrives at Reservoir following a streak of impressive publishing work abroad. In 2005, he led overseas acquisitions for Canada's Olé Media Management, serving as the publisher's UK & European Representative based out of London. In 2008, Spek founded Fairwood Music (Arabia), the first full-service music publisher in the United Arab Emirates and one-time representative of UMPG, EMI, Cherry Lane, and Roy Orbison Music. Spek followed Fairwood with the 2011 launch of PopArabia, a company he founded that remains the leading music publisher in the Middle East. Spek's creative background is equally robust, with writing and production on several projects, including Reservoir writer Nitin Sawhney's Mercury Prize nominated album, Beyond Skin. Coupled with his own background as a performing artist, first in the trailblazing Canadian hip-hop act Dream Warriors and later in the jazz-rap collective Us3, Spek's perspective on the business of songwriting is uniquely multifaceted.Videos