KMC Music Named Exclusive United States Distributor of Aclam Pedalboards

Accelerating an already fast start to the 2016 sales year, KMC Music (www.kmcmusic.com) today announced that it has been appointed by Aclam Guitars to serve as the exclusive United States distributor of the company’s Aclam pedalboard product line.  According to Roger Hart, KMC Music Vice President of Merchandising, the appointment is effective immediately and includes Aclam’s Smart Track, and Evo Track pedalboards and related accessories.

“The addition of Aclam pedalboards to our rapidly growing portfolio of distributed brands simply provides more options for our dealers to choose from when meeting the needs of their customers,” Hart said today. “Aclam is known for creating innovative pedalboards that combine a high degree of functionality in a minimalist design.  KMC is excited to make this award winning line of products available to our customers.”

Founded in 2010 in Barcelona, Spain, Aclam Guitars is a company focused on innovative product design and engineering that offers a complete line of guitars, amplifiers, guitar supports, pedalboards, and accessories.  The company’s team of talented engineers is passionate about music and is trained to the highest tradition of engineering and industrial design. The combination of these two passions —music and innovation— keeps the company focused on constantly resetting the bar for performance across its entire product line.

“We are very excited to announce that KMC Music will be the exclusive distributor of Smart and Evo Track pedalboards in the United States market,” Aclam Guitars CEO Jordie Canivell added. “For Aclam Guitars this partnership provides us with a growth opportunity and the chance to share our passion for music in a strategically important market, a market where KMC has helped brands and manufacturers to become leaders of their respective sector. We are confident that this partnership between KMC Music and Aclam will result in great success for both of our companies!”

Paiste America Appoints KMC Music to Serve as its Sole United States Distribution Partner

Strengthening a percussion portfolio that already includes Gibraltar, Latin Percussion, Remo, Toca, Vater, and Vic Firth, KMC Music (www.kmcmusic.com) today announced that it has been appointed to serve as the sole United States distribution partner of Paiste America (www.paiste.com), one of the world’s most renowned lines of cymbals, hand cymbals, and gongs that includes the iconic Paiste 2002 Series and the highly respected Paiste Signature Series.

“The addition of Paiste to our already extensive percussion portfolio reinforces our position as the MI retailer’s only true one-stop source for all of their percussion needs,” KMC Music Vice President of Merchandising Roger Hart emphasized today.  “We are proud to be able to offer our customers the cymbals used by artists that include Stewart Copeland, Nicko McBrain, Ian Paice, and Alex Van Halen, among many, many others.” 

The success of Paiste can be directly attributed to the core philosophy that underlies all of its product development programs.  “As a family business, we have always been driven by the goal to constantly create new sounds with cymbals, gongs, and bronze percussion instruments that meet the unique needs of drummers and percussionists,” explained Paiste CEO Erik Paiste.  “And now, with the help of KMC Music’s extensive in-field sales, merchandising, and support teams, the Paiste line of cymbals and gongs is going to be more immediately available to the largest network of MI retailers in the world’s largest MI retail marketplace.” Key house accounts will continue to be served by Paiste America and its own sales team.

“Experimentation, integration, and revolution are all a normal part of the Paiste product development effort,” Erik Paiste continued.  “The art of percussion has evolved to a point where the technical and musical components that go into creating ‘sound’ have reached unprecedented new heights.  Today’s drummers and percussionists speak many musical languages and actively perform in several genres.  Paiste is committed to keeping up with these trends and, as a result, our product line today meets more musical styles and needs than ever before.”