Absolute Opens AI-Powered Anthology Platform

Absolute Label Services is making its AI-powered Anthology Music Operating System available to the wider independent music sector. The platform is launching with its first named clients, Cherry Red Records and Blue Raincoat Music, which is part of Reservoir Media. Anthology is already used across Absolute's client base, which includes The Fuel Music and Management and Wise Music Group. Absolute has operated the platform internally since July 2024, following five years of development and a multi-million-pound investment.

Anthology connects global digital and physical distribution, neighboring rights registration, marketing, financial reporting, stock and supplier management, and invoicing. It features its own LLM called Ant, which emerged when Absolute introduced the platform in June 2025. Simon Wills stated that Ant is based on a music industry knowledge base developed by Absolute over decades. The platform is offered through two routes: a private tenanted environment for rights holders with existing infrastructure, and a label services relationship with Absolute for independent companies needing additional infrastructure and support.

Alison Wenham, COO of Blue Raincoat Music, said Anthology's modularity and flexibility stood out, noting that the platform was launched with a neighboring rights focus. Wills said the independent sector is undergoing a transformation similar to the one following digital distribution, adding that Anthology aims to help create a new era of growth where scale does not mean giving up independence.