Outer/Most Agency

What Outer/Most Agency does

Outer/Most Agency (legal entity Outermost Agency LLC) is a Chicago-based, privately held independent talent booking and artist management agency founded in 2020. The firm represents a roster of more than 100 musicians, ensembles, and bands for live performance bookings, tours, and festival appearances across genres spanning jazz, electronic, classical, folk, world, and experimental music. Notable roster names include Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Rhiannon Giddens, Son Lux, Tangerine Dream, yMusic, Roomful of Teeth, and the Yo-Yo Ma-founded Silkroad Ensemble.

The operating model is structured around territory-assigned agents who handle direct booking relationships with venues, festivals, and event organizers across the US, UK, Europe, Asia, and Worldwide territories. The agency's technology stack is minimal — it operates a Squarespace-hosted website, Instagram, and an email newsletter, with no proprietary platform, mobile app, API, or integrations disclosed. Strategic partnerships with record labels (Brainfeeder, 130701, Piano Piano Records, Habibi Funk, World Circuit Records) and theatrical production entities (Schirmer Theatrical / Wise Music Group) serve as artist-pipeline and co-distribution mechanisms.

Revenue is generated exclusively through commissions on artist performance fees, with pricing negotiated on a per-engagement basis. The customer base spans music venues and concert halls, music festivals, and corporate event organizers. The firm operates with 1–10 employees, is not venture-backed, and has no disclosed parent company, subsidiaries, or institutional investors.

Name

Outer/Most Agency

Legal name

Outermost Agency LLC

Website

https://outermostagency.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Outer/Most Agency is a Chicago-based independent live booking and touring agency representing 100+ artists across jazz, electronic, classical, world, and experimental music for global performance engagements. Revenue is generated through commission on per-engagement bookings placed via territory-assigned agents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Talent Booking Services

NAICS

Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (7114)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Booking Agencies (Live Performance) (MPAIAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Full-Service Artist Management (MPAIAGAA), Live Music Booking (Bands, Soloists, DJs) (HSACAHAA), Artist Booking, Talent Buying & Agency Services (MPAGAAAF)

Keywords

• Talent booking agency
• Artist management services
• Live music booking
• Concert tour representation
• Music artist representation

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Artist Booking Commission: The agency earns revenue through commissions on bookings secured for artists on their roster. As a talent booking agency, they represent artists and book live performances, taking a percentage of performance fees as their primary revenue stream.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Outer/Most Agency is an independent live booking and touring representation agency representing a roster of more than 100 musicians, ensembles, and bands across multiple genres. The agency serves as an intermediary between artists and venues, festivals, and event organizers, handling agent representation, tour coordination, and contract negotiation across defined territorial responsibilities (Worldwide, US, Europe, Asia).

Product overview

Outer/Most Agency is a Chicago-based talent booking and artist management agency representing musicians across multiple genres including jazz, electronic, classical, folk, and world music. The company operates as a single unified service offering — artist representation and booking — with agents assigned to specific territories and artists. The agency roster includes individual artists (such as Nils Frahm, Ólafur Arnalds, Ryuuichi Sakamoto, Rhiannon Giddens), ensembles (Silkroad Ensemble, yMusic, Roomful of Teeth), and bands (Tangerine Dream, W.H. Lung, Son Lux), each represented by designated agents covering geographic territories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Artist Roster / Talent Booking Talent booking and live performance representation for a roster of over 100 musicians, ensembles, and bands across jazz, electronic, classical, folk, world, and experimental genres. The agency serves as intermediary between artists and venues, festivals, and event organizers, with agents assigned to specific artists and geographic territories (Worldwide, US, Europe, Asia) handling tour coordination and contract negotiation.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Schirmer Theatrical (Wise Music Group)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchirmer Theatrical, part of Wise Music Group, produces the Ravi Shankar Ensemble bookings. This partnership handles the theatrical production and booking logistics for the ensemble's North America tour.
• Yo-Yo Ma-founded Silkroad EnsemblecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe agency represents the Silkroad Ensemble, founded by Yo-Yo Ma in 1998 as a multiethnic touring ensemble and social impact organization bridging cultural boundaries through music.
• 130701 LabelminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLabel partnership for artist Shida Shahabi who signed with 130701 in February 2018 for album releases.
• Flying Lotus's Brainfeeder LabelminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAgency represents Salami Rose Joe Louis, a signee to Flying Lotus's Brainfeeder label, an electronic/jazz label.
• Piano Piano RecordsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSven Wunder's debut album Doğu Çiçekleri was the first release on Piano Piano Records, co-founded by Sven Wunder (Joel Danell) and John Henriksson.
• Habibi FunkminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHabibi Funk reissued Rogér Fakhr's 1977 album Fine Anyway in 2021, introducing his work to a global audience.
• World Circuit RecordsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorWorld Circuit Records handles Orchestra Baobab releases and is associated with the legendary African music label.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• William Morris Endeavor (WME): One of the world's largest talent agencies representing musicians, actors, athletes, and creators across all entertainment verticals. WME is a broad incumbent whose music division competes for the same booking mandates that Outer/Most secures, but at vastly greater scale and with cross-platform services.
• United Talent Agency (UTA): Major talent agency representing artists, athletes, and creators worldwide with strong music touring capabilities. UTA's acquisition-led growth and broad service offering make it a direct competitor for any artist considering switching from boutique representation.
• Creative Artists Agency (CAA): Global full-service entertainment and sports agency with significant music touring representation. CAA competes directly for high-profile artists and offers integrated deals spanning live, recorded, film/TV, and brand partnerships that pure-play music agencies cannot match.
• Paradigm Talent Agency: Talent agency with deep roots in independent and alternative music touring. Paradigm's roster overlap with Outer/Most's genre focus (indie, jazz, world) makes it the most directly comparable broad incumbent for niche/indie bookings.

Direct peers

• Atom Factory: Talent management and booking agency representing musicians across genres with a boutique approach. Comparable in size, artist-first philosophy, and emphasis on independent and artistically distinctive acts.
• Askonas Holt: International classical and concert artist management agency. Directly comparable to Outer/Most's classical and ensemble bookings (including Silkroad-adjacent programming), making it a close peer for orchestral and chamber music representation.
• TBA Agency: Independent booking agency representing electronic, experimental, and forward-leaning artists. Direct peer given overlapping genre focus with Outer/Most's electronic and experimental roster segments.
• Nasty Little Man: Music-focused publicity and booking services firm representing indie and alternative artists. Overlaps with Outer/Most's roster profile and serves similar venue and festival clients with comparable artist rosters.
• Ground Control Touring: Boutique music booking agency representing independent and critically acclaimed artists across multiple genres. Operates with a similar artist-first, curated roster philosophy targeting festivals and theaters rather than arenas.
• Monotone (formerly ATC Management): Independent booking and management agency representing a roster of established and emerging artists. Comparable in scale and operating model as a boutique competitor for indie, electronic, and alternative music talent.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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