From 15 years of systems where every cent has to add up —
for every indie artist.
OGRECORDS™ was founded in 2022 — initially a request-only distribution service for artist teams, labels and management. Publicly available to every self-publisher since 2026.
How OGRECORDS™ came to be.
Before I founded OGRECORDS™ I was, above all, one thing: a software engineer. For 15+ years I've been building systems where money, rights and audit trails have to be correct — for the music industry (distribution pipelines, royalty engines, smart-link platforms, analytics stacks, including work on the systems of a digital service provider) just as much as for government agencies, large corporates and regulated industries. From that work I know both sides of this from the inside: what artists actually need, and what the backbones underneath can really do. Where money, rights and audit obligations are involved, there is no “roughly right”: aviation forgives no rounding error — and neither does a royalty split.
Over time it became obvious: indie artists and small labels needed the same distribution, pitching and optimization quality as my major-label clients — but standard distributors didn't deliver it. In 2022 I started OGRECORDS™, partner-only via artist teams, management and labels. Same DSP pipelines, same sub-distributor infrastructure — just with tooling that holds up from an engineering point of view.
In 2026 we're opening the platform to everyone. Self-publisher access, the same tools, the same technical foundation — now without the request-bottleneck. You log in and you publish.
Three things that matter to us.
Independent
You keep 100% of your masters. Non-exclusive license, no lock-in, no penalty takedowns. Switching to another distributor possible at any time.
Transparent
Up to 100% payout. No hidden sync fees, no tier system, no "premium" add-on for things that should be standard. What you see is what you pay.
Built Different
Real-time stream analytics, auto splits, AI release optimizer, TikTok trend monitor, public REST API. Features others sell as enterprise — standard with us.
From partner-only to public.
- 2022
Founded
OGRECORDS™ founded. Distribution exclusively on request via artist teams, management and labels.
- 2023-2024
Partner Network
Growing roster of indie and major artist teams. Royalty splits, tax forms and SEPA payouts in production.
- 2025
Self-Service Build
Self-publisher platform built. Closed alpha with ~30 indie artists. Payout infrastructure tested via Wise.
- Feb 1, 2026
Beta Launch
The public beta goes live: the first self-publishers onboard — wizard, QC and payouts running under real-world conditions.
- May 1, 2026
Public Launch
Release day: public launch in DACH. Spotify Preferred Provider (via our sub-distributor). 38+ DSPs connected.
- May 22, 2026
1,000 Artists
Three weeks after public launch: over 1,000 registered artist accounts on the platform.
- Jun 1, 2026
500 Releases
One month after launch: 500 releases in the release pipeline — from draft to DSP delivery.
The people behind OGRECORDS™.
No investor story — a founder who writes the code, a head of music straight out of the studio, a head of compliance for risk and politics. And behind them: a remote team across four continents.
Özgün Göcer
Özgün Göcer trained as an application-development software engineer, is a certified Professional Scrum Master (PSM), and has solid working knowledge of contract, copyright and data-protection law. His clients include a German federal authority. Over 15+ years he has shipped more than 500 web applications, portals and backend systems — for the music industry (distribution pipelines, royalty engines, smart-link platforms, analytics stacks, including work on the systems of a digital service provider), for government agencies and public administration, and for automotive and aviation corporates. He is the author of a book on cybersecurity, contributes to several open-source projects and maintains packages in the PHP and JavaScript ecosystems. He has held a private pilot licence (PPL) since 2012. In 2022 he founded OGRECORDS™ — initially a partner-only distribution service via artist teams, management and labels. The platform opened to self-publishers in 2026: up to 100% payout vs. 15% industry standard, payouts within 24 hours, unlimited royalty splits — on professional sub-distributor infrastructure that is also used for major-label releases.
OG stands for my initials — Oezguen Goecer (the anglicised spelling of my name). Personal, intentional, no brand committee.
Christian Fellberg
Christian has spent eight years in the music industry and runs StashHouse Studios in Hamburg — the room where most of his projects come together. He works with newcomers and established artists alike, and stays in close exchange with national and international producers, both seasoned veterans and the next generation.
His day-to-day is end-to-end album and single supervision: creative project development, collaborations with major-name artists, tight coordination with videographers and photographers, and shepherding music-video productions and visual concepts. The focus is on modern music production and honest artist-development work.
Backed by a strong network across the music and media industry, Christian brings the music-meets-visuals-meets-brand thread into OGRECORDS™ — where distribution alone isn't enough.
Fynn von Kutzschenbach
Fynn founded FvK Consulting in Wiesbaden in 2021, supporting national and international companies, associations, institutions and municipalities at the intersection of politics, business and society.
His focus is protecting corporate assets and enabling well-grounded decisions: through tailored work in research, digital detective work, independent investigations and case analysis, he identifies potential risks early. That includes discreet security screening of employees and business partners as well as thorough background analysis.
With a strong, cross-party network reaching from local to EU-level politics, Fynn pairs deep political insight with strategic risk management — law firms, auditors and political organisations rely on his discretion and speed. At OGRECORDS™ he guards exactly what distribution alone can't cover.
One team, deployed worldwide.
OGRECORDS™ is a remote company — no open-plan HQ, but a team of many nationalities spread across cities and time zones from Miami to Manila. Which means engineering, support and distribution effectively run around the clock.
From Los Angeles (UTC−8) to Tokyo (UTC+9): when Europe clocks off, our team in Asia or on the US West Coast keeps going — support, distribution and monitoring are effectively staffed around the clock.
And we keep growing — worldwide. Through OnlineBuilders LLC, our team also works on many other projects — with maximum freedom, because only the work counts: no fixed hours, no fixed location, plus full backing from our in-house travel desk whenever you feel like moving on. Open roles live on our careers page.
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