[1][2] In the early 1990s, Raphael moved to Leeds, UK and organized, managed and promoted several night club venues such as Hi Flyers, The Gallery and The Warehouse.
[5] Raphael stayed with Sony for 10 years he left in 2011 with Jo Charrington to relaunch London Records for Universal Music.
Over the next eight years the artists signed, A 'n' R'ed and released by Capitol Records UK included Sam Smith (the multi Grammy, Oscar and Brits award winner), 5 Seconds of Summer (the first band in Billboard history to have their first three albums to debut at #1 the Billboard top 200 album chart) and Liam Payne (from One Direction).
The pair who had previously worked together have set up the NWS Music Group which includes records, publishing and sync (the latter two with Ben Bodie).
[8] Posts held at the following record companies since 1994; Raphael (alongside Tattersfield and Charrington) has signed, and launched a number of artists including[17] In 2010, Raphael and Charrington were recipients of the Music Week A&R award,[20] which they received again in 2015[21] making them the only A&R team to win the award twice.