Mandy Tamm
I picked songs for Spotify playlists for seven years. Now I run Rare Originals, a music agency for emerging artists.
Right now
- Listening to
- Reading
Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash- Watching
Slow Horses- Living in
Los Angeles
A few numbers
- 307Concerts since 1998the first one was Blümchen
- 13Times I've seen Bob Dylan
- Chronically online since(& built my first website that year)
Seven years at Spotify
I started on the editorial team in Berlin in 2015, moved to the global team in LA in 2019 and stayed until 2022.
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2015
Berlin
I developed the playlist ecosystem for Germany, Austria and Switzerland and grew New Music Friday Deutschland into one of the top-performing NMF editions worldwide.
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2018
Swag
I added Dennis Lloyd's "Nevermind" to Swag. It caught on in Germany, spread to Italy and became a global hit. Rolling Stone wrote it up.
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2019
Los Angeles
I moved to the Global Hits team as Senior Editor, curating Today's Top Hits and Pop Rising.
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2021
EQUAL
I joined the Global Editorial Strategy team as a Project Manager and led a global programming strategy around women in music, launching EQUAL, a new playlist franchise with 35 playlists reaching 184 markets.
184 markets. still proud
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2021
Wrapped
I oversaw the editorial execution of Wrapped, guiding local editors around the world as they localized the content strategy.
Rare Originals
In 2023 I launched Rare Originals, an independent music agency for emerging artists. We work on release strategy, streaming partnerships and global artist development, helping artists and their teams decide where music lives, how it gets introduced and who it's really for.
It's also a Substack, where I share artist discoveries, thoughts on the music industry and, occasionally, the state of everything.
Things I've made
Play Next
A music discovery site. Spin the reel and land on a track by an emerging artist, picked by a real person (it's me, I'm the real person), with links to every platform, live monthly listeners and upcoming tour dates.
websites I designed
pick a year
32 shows that year.
- Kackson SmithKampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
- George EzraKantine am Berghain, Berlin
- Austin LucasCassiopeia, Berlin, Germany
- Johnny FlynnMusik & Frieden, Berlin, Germany
- Jonathan WilsonBi Nuu, Berlin, Germany
- The Black KeysPostbahnhof, Berlin
- Go Go BerlinMusik & Frieden, Berlin, Germany
- Nine Inch NailsZitadelle Spandau, Berlin, Germany
- Foghorn StringbandAuster Club, Berlin, Germany
- Tori AmosTempodrom, Berlin, Germany
- LordeColumbiahalle, Berlin, Germany
- Mando DiaoZitadelle Spandau, Berlin, Germany
- The Devil Makes ThreeBi Nuu, Berlin, Germany
- HozierGrüner Salon, Volksbühne, Berlin, Germany
- Eagles of Death MetalWhite Trash Fast Food, Berlin, Germany
- Arcade FireKindl-Bühne Wuhlheide, Berlin, Germany
- Pearl JamKindl-Bühne Wuhlheide, Berlin, Germany
- Bob DylanStadtHalle Rostock, Rostock
- Energy in the Park 2014Strandbad Wannsee, Berlin, Germany
- Robert Plant and Sensational Space ShiftersZitadelle Spandau, Berlin, Germany
- PeachesKampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
- Conor Oberst and DawesPostbahnhof, Berlin
- Our/Berlin Music Week 2014Oberhafenkantine, Berlin, Germany
- Ryan AdamsParadiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- alt‐JLido, Berlin, Germany
- London GrammarColumbiahalle, Berlin, Germany
- OneRepublicO2 World, Hamburg, Germany
- The Gaslight AnthemColumbiahalle, Berlin, Germany
- Trampled by TurtlesBang Bang Club, Berlin, Germany
- Sharon Van EttenPrinzenbar, Hamburg, Hamburg
- MorrisseyColumbiahalle, Berlin, Germany
- Sam SmithASTRA Kulturhaus, Berlin, Germany
Got a project coming up?
Tell me about the artist, the release and the timeline.
say hi