Rajk Barthel is the founder and CEO of the Leipzig-based music publisher Kick The Flame. With his background as a musician, organizer, and artist manager, Rajk has carefully expanded the company, which was founded in 2006, into an internationally recognized boutique publisher with over twenty thousand original works in 25 editions. With his distinguished team of creative and administrative experts, Kick The Flame is one of the key players in the German indie publishing scene and manages not only its own catalog but also the administrative business of other German and, as a sub-publisher, foreign publishers. The publisher's repertoire is broad, with a focus on quality and originality. Key acts include Jeremias, Martin Kohlstedt, and CATT.