{"id":175009,"date":"2021-02-10T18:29:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T15:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rs-records-sued-by-ex-employee-claiming-racial-discrimination\/"},"modified":"2021-02-10T18:29:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T15:29:48","slug":"rs-records-sued-by-ex-employee-claiming-racial-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rs-records-sued-by-ex-employee-claiming-racial-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"#R&S Records Sued by Ex-Employee Claiming Racial Discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#R&S Records Sued by Ex-Employee Claiming Racial Discrimination<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

R&S Records<\/a>, the stalwart techno label that has released music by Aphex Twin, James Blake, Nicol\u00e1s Jaar, and more, is being sued for racial discrimination, the BBC reports<\/a>. In employment tribunal papers filed in London, former talent scout Raj Chaudhuri alleges unfair dismissal, citing discrimination by founder Renaat Vandepapeliere. The label denies the claims.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the papers, Chaudhuri says his repeated attempts to \u201cdiversify the label\u201d and its roster met resistance and dismissive text messages, according to the BBC. He says one artist posted to Facebook<\/a> an image of Hitler captioned, \u201cYou should have listened.\u201d Vandepapeliere allegedly refused to sever ties with the artist, responding, \u201cRemove his track? No way. Inform him of the danger\u2014yes.\u201d Chaudhuri says that when he continued to express unease, he was told to \u201crelax a bit.\u201d He also argues that, in his opinion, Vandepapeliere canned an NHS charity album due to a prejudice against the Black and non-binary musicians featured.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Chaudhuri says his yearlong employment by the label ended with \u201cno warning\u201d last September, around the time Vandepapeliere clashed<\/a> with R&S artist Eddington Again, the BBC reports. At the time, Vandepapeliere explained the label\u2019s lack of diversity with a series<\/a> of controversial comments. \u201cI sign music I can find\u2014I don\u2019t sign color mate,\u201d read one. In another, Vandepapeliere wrote of a recently signed Black artist: \u201cI hope I have found a full pure breed black artist that I can spend my life with in full focus.\u201d (He later apologized<\/a> for the content of the leaked emails.) The label terminated Eddington Again\u2019s contract by mutual agreement. Paul Woolford, aka Special Request, and Lone subsequently ended their relationships with the label, the BBC reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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In a rebuttal, R&S, which says it has not yet been served the claim, characterized Chaudhuri as a \u201cdisgruntled\u201d freelancer who tried to \u201cblackmail” the label for \u00a310,000 ($13,850), according to the BBC. The claim relates to the amount Chaudhuri requested to be paid for the remainder of his terminated contract, and a threat to reveal Vandepapeliere\u2019s \u201cdiscriminatory conduct\u201d if he did not receive it. Label co-founder Sabine Maes, who is Vandepapeliere\u2019s wife, told the BBC: \u201cMr Renaat Vandepapeliere is certainly not racist and everyone at R&S Records embraces equality.\u201d<\/p>\n

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