Maini Sorri, a Bachelor of Arts after having studied music theory and composing, is a singer / songwriter and composer with a beautiful voice, a Finnish background and who has lived most of her life in Sweden.



Maini releases her enchanting EP entitled “Someday” in the UK along with the title track as a single release too.



Maini writes music and lyrics under a strong inspiring spirit. This is transcribed into her songs as they come across as honest and genuine and listening to her music reveals that Maini definitely has her own style.



She began to play the guitar and piano at a very early age and has written piano music from the age of 8 going onto to write her own songs as a teenager.

Maini has always sang from as long as she can remember - in concerts, on radio and on TV.

2006 was an important year for Maini's career when she released an album, an EP and a songbook and all they all received reviews of some of the highest critical acclaim.



Many writers send their lyrics to Maini hoping that she will compose them into the beautiful and melodious songs she has come to be so well known for. The tracks on her “Someday” EP were originally written in Finnish until Barbara Helsingius, a legendary Finnish artist translated them into English for her to release globally.



Songwriter Gary Cornman from the USA discovered Maini, sent his lyrics to her and so far Maini has composed 15 of Garys poems into recordings.

Italian artist John Baumann also contacted Maini after hearing her music and asked if he could record with her. In November 2009 he travelled to Sweden to record with Maini, together they formed a band ‘Sorriso’ (meaning smile in Italian) and their first EP was released in January 2010.



In March this year, Maini won a song contest on Swedish Radio channel 2 and in August ‘10 Maini has been invited by Swedish Radio to compete in a song contest, which is to be broadcast live across the Swedish airwaves.



A Hollywood Star team member also discovered Maini and invited her to the International Live Music Talent Competition “I'm a Hollywood Star”. Maini is their number 4 artist out of over 500 artists entrants from around the world.



Maini's songs are often played on TV 6 in America and on radio Canada where she also has a strong following. With a wealth of listeners all around the world, she spends much of her time every day answering messages from fans from different parts of the world that love her voice and her music


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Fresh from the success of her recent album release in the UK “Free Enough to Fall”, Tina releases her new single “Twilight Hour”.

A rock-roots track that demonstrates Tina’s ability to use her distinctive, rich, raw voice to her full potential and her poignant lyrics evoke the best of her Americana, country, and rock-roots music style that she has become so well known world-wide for.

With a flavour of country and a dash of rock ’n’ roll, tough and genuine, Tina tells it like it is in a way that is gravelly, gritty and to the point. Pulling no punches, Tina sings like she lives: Honestly.



This comes through in her live shows, which take her music and her personality direct to her audiences in a way that is sometimes intimate, sometimes inspirational, sometimes humorous – but always 100% Tina.

Her performance at the Aamaal Blues Fest was called, “…a real treat…a fantastic performance; all the hair rose from our feet to our heads…[she] captured the audience’s hearts…” (Dag Koman, Hamar Bluesklubb). The press agrees; her performance at Norway’s Oktoberfest inspired one critic to say, “She has a voice that reminds you of a combination of Janice Joplin and [Danish star] Hanne Boel…she gave the chills to the audience… Tina delivered it with heart” (Østlendingen). Tina’s show at Norway’s Storm Festival prompted one critic to write, “What a voice, the audience was astonished” (Bård Kristiansen Festival manager Storm Festival).



And Tina’s performance at Liverpool’s legendary Cavern Club resulted in the unthinkable:

Football fans skipping a match to see Tina’s show.

With eight American tours under her belt, Tina has proven that she also has international potential.

But Tina's talents don’t stop at the stage.



“A stone fist in a velvet glove” – Fatea Magazine



“…It is her wonderful voice, a rich, deep, powerful & emotional tool” Classic Rock Society



“Tasteful roots- rock…..A fine showcase for a new voice definitely worth paying attention to.” Americana UK



“An album of fine quality songs and musicianship.” 4/5 Red Hot Velvet



“Ms Lie sounds real and convincing unlike so many modern day pretenders….true class” 4/5 Blues Bunny



“She has a voice that reminds you of a combination of Janice Joplin and Hanne Boel…she gave the chills to the audience… and Tina delivered it with heart.” – Østlendingen



Tina’s latest album “Free Enough to Fall” was produced by renowned Nashville producer Byron House, who has worked with artists such as Sam Bush, Emmylou Harris and Dolly Parton. Originally from Lillehammer, and a firm favourite in Norway having played at many Norwegian venues and festivals, Tina is an americana / blues artist with a raw stunning voice who sings gripping lyrics that are tough, genuine and authentic.



"Of the many artists who work hard to stand out, Tina has what few others have: A distinctive voice that is easily and immediately recognizable as her own." Byron House



Also featured on the album are Mauro Magellan (Georgia Satellites), Shaun Murphy (Little Feat, Bob Seeger), Keith Sewell (Dixie Chicks, Ricky Skaggs), Grammy Award-winning, Native American flautist Bill Miller (Eddie Vedder, Arlo Guthrie and Richie Havens), and celebrated multi-instrumentalist Fats Kamplin, who has worked with Mark Knopfler, Nanci Griffith, Waylon Jennings, Garth Brooks, The Manhattan Transfer, Bad Company and Tom Russell, to name a few. From her passion for performance from the studio to the stage, it is clear that Tina brings her lust for life to everything she does

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KITTITIAN FEMALE DANCEHALL/REGGAE ARTIST RELEASES NEW SINGLE FOR SUMMER 2010




Kittitian female dancehall artist Dedria ‘Cinnamon’ Delsol, is definitely ‘pressing it to di limit‘, releasing her long awaited single called “OVERDRIVE” produced by Guadeloupe producer Emmanuel “Mr.Tod” Stephen of Don Killah Muzik.




Cinnamon brings back her fire and energy in this new hard hitting track, just in time for the summer heat and demonstrates her ability to be a hardcore female deejay in the industry but still adds a little something different with a Pop/R&B crossover feel.




“I know its been a while but after the split with my previous management I took time to re-evaluate certain things in my career and also use that opportunity to broaden my network within the music fraternity. Am just glad that am back giving my fans what they want and that‘s more of me, ‘The Lady Of Spice’. “ - CINNAMON




“Overdrive” hit the airwaves on July 15th, making its debut on Sugar City Rock 90.3 fm and has already been generating buzz in the streets.




Cinnamon was also featured on the “Blue Gem Riddim” released by Jamiacan label Sounique Records which have now embrace her as part of the family. The riddim boast a high profile lineup including top artist in the industry such as Elephant Man, Deva Brat, Gaza Slim and Sheba out of the Portmore Empire, former Portmore Empire members Kym, Lisa Hyper and Predator just to name a few have been enjoying airplay on many radio stations in Europe and have been featured on mixtapes and podcasts by deejays from Italy, Germany, and France.




Cinnamon is available for interviews. Please email us at kelvin@sknentertainment.com or candel@sknentertainment.com for interview appointments .



For bookings and other requests contact us at cinnamonbookings@gmail.com .



Also visit Cinnamon’s excellent music page at www.myspace.com/ladycinnamonspice for much more information, including full bio, other singles.




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Jo Hamilton releases her new single Think of Me on July 5th via Poseidon Music.



Her previous single Pick Me Up featured on Tom Robinson's BBC6 show and the album it was taken from (Gown)received 4 star reviews in Mojo, Q and The Independent. (full info below). Jo also picked up the Best Female, Best Single and Best Album categories at the Recharged Radio Awards in London in April.


“In a world of La Roux, Little Boots and Lady Gaga, this is an unashamedly grown-up record that dares to step out of the boxes we have reserved for our female singer-songwriters."

Simmy Richman (The Independent on Sunday)




Stemming from a nomadic family with roots in both Kenya and Jamaica, Jo Hamilton was brought up in a house two miles from the nearest neighbour in the wilds of northern Scotland. Her parents moved constantly in her youth, which saw her spending periods in Turkey, UAE, Kuwait, Sri Lanka and Cambodia.




In her late teens Jo studied classical viola in Edinburgh and at Birmingham Conservatoire. During this period the first hints of a solo talent began to emerge; she quietly recorded an early 3-track EP with the help of guitarist/drummer/producer Tom Livemore (the Ripps/Carina Round/Glen Ballard), and then went on to create a self-produced album of early songs (Palace Place) with the help of other musicians.



It was during the recording of Palace Place that she first met producer Jon Cotton (subsequently producer of Scott Matthews' Ivor Novello winning Elusive), with whom she remained in touch over the next four years.



“A staggering voice that can brush softly against your soul or fill you with the intensity of an earthquake.” Scott Matthews (Ivor Novello Award winning singer/songwriter)




“When Jo sings, something thaws that I didn’t even realise was frozen.”

Sweet Billy Pilgrim (2009 Mercury Award-nominated artist)




In the meantime, Jo began performing more widely, supporting Damien Rice and Michelle Shocked, and touring with Colin Vearncombe (Black) in the UK. She contributed viola and vocals to Kirsty McGee's first album, and was invited by Fairport Convention founder (and discoverer of Nick Drake) Ashley Hutchings to sing lead vocals and play viola with first the Albion Band and then his new band the Rainbow Chasers on several European tours.




While welcomed by the folk world, Jo continued to develop her own very different, much darker and more layered material. She worked on developing sounds with Tom Livemore and a live band, and started using a computer for the first time to write. She travelled to Cambodia, making field recordings on a little minidisc recorder which accompanied her everywhere - recordings which were later incorporated into her work.




Back in the UK, the combined songs she'd accumulated with Tom, on her sequencers and in Cambodia began to take shape as an album. On hearing the sketches, Jon Cotton signed her to his production company Poseidon, and over the next two years they developed the songs into the album Gown.




As the album began to take shape Jo and Jon Cotton developed a short film about it which became her electronic press kit – shot largely by Jo herself in Slovenia, Italy, France and the UK this film became another labour of love, taking nearly a year to complete in its own right.


Simultaneously, Jo collaborated with award-winning illustrator/animators Dave Neale and Jordan Cadby on the accompanying album sleeve and animations; many of the animations featuring on the electronic press kit.



www.johamilton.com / www.myspace.com/johamiltongown / www.poseidonmusic.com



Editor's notes

• www.poseidonmusic.com Poseidon Music is an independent music production team based in Birmingham. Founded by producer, arranger and composer Jon Cotton the company develops pop music and music for television/film, including several recent BBC series and the soundtrack to the feature film 'Nativity' (dir Debbie Issit) currently being made in the West Midlands.


• www.theivors.org The Ivor Novello Award has, for over 50 years, recognised the best British songwriting and composing talent. Now in its 6th decade it is judged and presented by the music industry itself.



• The interludes on the album Gown, and Mekong Song, feature field recordings made by Jo in Cambodia in 2002.


• Jo plays viola, gamelan, guitar and keyboards on the album, as well as singing.


• The video for Winter is Over was filmed in Winterbourne Botanic Gardens in Birmingham during the recent inundation of snow in February 2009 that brought the UK to a standstill.


Further background to Jo:



Born to a Jamaican mother and Kenyan father of Shetland heritage, between the ages of one and three years old Jo was raised in Saudi Arabia along with her older siblings who were educated at home by their mother. From the age of three, Jo was brought up in a remote part of the Highlands of Scotland where the nearest neighbour was two miles away and peaty drinking water came straight off the mountain behind the house. With no television to amuse or distract until she was ten years old, her world was the outdoors; looking for newts and adding mental soundtracks to the movements of the animals in the wilderness; picking out tunes on an old upright piano, and singing with her sisters.



“There were three of us in our one-room primary school at the top of a hill in the Highlands. With our teacher from the Isle of Skye, we sang together, nostalgic old Gaelic lullabies and island folk songs about the land, sea, and returning home, while in the distance we could hear the roars of the rutting stags. In one corner of the school we built a small museum of items that we’d found among the heather; an old spinning wheel, a couple of green glass bottles with marbles trapped in the necks, an old iron and an oxo-cube tin.


In winter, there were tiny fans of ice on the inside of the windows and no central heating so we’d get changed under the duvet. We’d huddle together in the one room with the fire and would sometimes have to dig ourselves out because of snow drifts. When it melted you could hear the little river by the house thundering down the mountain, flooding the plain below until the sheep were each stranded on tiny islands.”



Jo has always carried a pocket notebook journal, noting her experiences and observations, details that would later form the inspiration for songs. “My parents were forever moving around the world; my father was a civil engineer specialising in water management, and we would join them when we could, spending months here and months there, sometimes up to six months at a time. We lived in a caravan in the middle of the desert in UAE, eating flat bread and honey with camels at our windows munching the mountains of empty plastic water bottles outside. There was nothing there except sky and stars, sand and a wee road to a small cafe that sold brain burgers.”



Travelling from the Middle East to Sri Lanka and later Cambodia, she continued to be fascinated by, and record the tiny details of life: “Above Kandy, the tea picking ladies have huge lobes and the butterflies are the size of your hands. In Cambodia one day I passed a man’s house on a tiny hill on its own and on the way back when I passed it again, his house was on an island in the


middle of a lake.”; In Jamaica “the bamboo waved like hair from the top of Jack’s Hill”; in Gaza (where her sister moved to) she “learnt to play the Oud on the beach, and marvelled at the fields of watermelons just over the wall in Israel”.


Jo attended secondary school near Elgin in Morayshire, Scotland where by aged 13 she was playing clarinet, piano, viola, french horn, drums and singing. She was recommended to give all but one up but didn’t want to, so only dropped french horn.



Later, Jo studied viola at University in Edinburgh, hitching up and down to the Highlands regularly with lorries to do gigs, “Once, I was stranded in an orange sarong on the A9 at Dalwhinnie as the sun was going down - one hour, three cars and a long chunk of reversing later from someone, I was finally picked up and still made the gig.”



In 2000 Jo moved to Birmingham where she won a scholarship to study viola at the Birmingham Conservatoire; “I was doing a performance degree in viola, but really just wanted to sing and write songs.” On moving to Moseley, Birmingham’s musical melting pot, Jo played various instruments in several different creative bands and taught herself guitar before finally plucking up the courage to reveal her startling music to an awe-struck musical community.



2009 Mercury Award-nominated artist Sweet Billy Pilgrim succinctly sums up GOWN:



“When Jo sings, something thaws that I didn’t even realise was frozen. It’s a magical thing. Jo Hamilton is elemental, gazing out at us with empathy; with affection and with hope, but perhaps also with the melancholy of someone who couldn’t stay anywhere long enough to feel like she truly belonged. Perhaps it’s this distance that makes her perspective unique.”



The end of that verse contains perhaps the essence of Gown and maybe of Jo herself; that where the lines are most smudged, there we can find beauty. As the TV flickers out and credit cards are declined, Jo reminds us what it is to wonder at the world and that while we can still do so, there’s always hope.


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Here comes the long-awaited “Music of The Future”—yes it’s Electronica—and it’s been making its endless entrance on the scene for at least 25 years now. Kiev, Ukraine artist Tatyana Sherman has composed and performed songs in the Electronica/Classical sound that bring the style a few more steps over the threshold and overall, it’s a welcome arrival. Her focus is on danceable grooves and—in a surprising development—some actual song structure, even without the vocalization. There’s also no ambient-house-experimental-techno, tech-house rambling in this talented keyboardist’s featured songs, at least.
Tatyana Sherman states that she “was born and heard sounds of nature and the environment of great classics that inspired me to write music of the soul,” and invites the listener to “Listen to the music and think about life and [the] love of music.” It’s a joy to recognize and hear those motivations in her songs, and it’s evident that she is sincere about what inspires her. Titles of some of her tracks include “In the Rhythm of the Life”, “Drive & Energy”, “Inspiration”, and “Fire of Passion”, and each of these will give one ample opportunity to contemplate their lives and their loves; or heal and meditate; and ultimately be energized to transcend the events of the day.
The song “Drive&Energy” is a fine arrangement of electronic instruments that presents a dramatic theme of rocketing synthesizers and sequencers, punctuated by rapid-fire programmed drum flares. And on “Fire of Passion” the theme gets darkly sensual, and the instrumentation a bit more lush. This is after all synthesizer based programming, and it all leans to the lush. But the standouts for this reviewer are the more structured sounds produced by Tatyana when mimicking traditional acoustic instrumentation. The tracks “Dance of Angels” and especially “My Life” capture pure Classical themes with acoustic piano melodies up front and center that are—simply put—beautiful and sweet.
Listening to Tatyana Sherman’s songs put me in mind of so many instrumental references, including everything from pioneering trip-hop master’s Massive Attack’s fusion of drama/dance-based songs, to elevator lift-bound champion Mantovani’s lush orchestration on million-selling record after million-selling record. She is a very talented composer and performer, and given her passion and desire to make music, it would come as no surprise to find her still making her mark for years to come. “The Music of The Future” is now, and it’s nice to know that it will include the talented Tatyana Sherman.
Gary Orange

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The album 'Under Cover' by Trace is released June 14th on Crash Records. Album tracks have received airplay on Bob Fischer's show on BBC Tees, and David has been invited to perform a live session for Sue Marchant's show on BBC Three Counties.



Trace is an electronic project by David Impey, a composer and producer who has a successful track record in soundtrack production.



Radio edits of the 3 tracks 'Tubular Bells – Part 1', 'September – Colors / Dance' and 'The Neighbours Complain' are available.

Please advise if you'd like to receive a copy

The first album, titled “Under Cover”, is a collection of three cover versions of established tracks. The most well-known of these is ‘Tubular Bells – Part 1’ by Mike Oldfield. This symphonic folk-rock piece has been re-imagined using the electronic palette through such genres as minimalism (e.g. Steve Reich), funk rock, techno and psychedelia. The same approach has been used in the interpretation of George Winston’s piano piece ‘September – Colors / Dance’. Whilst the Trace version starts off from the point of the original concept, it develops the piece using dance and musique concrete to give the new version something of a widescreen feel. The final track ‘The Neighbours Complain’ (written by David’s father Norman Impey) was originally a showpiece for the drummer of the 1940s big band ‘The Skyrockets Orchestra’ to ‘give it some’. The original genre was big band swing and the new version is somewhat funkier.

More details on the new album can be found on www.tracetracks.co.uk









TRACE

"Under Cover"

1. Tubular Bells – Part 1 2. September – Colors / Dance 3. The Neighbours Complain

Released: June 14th / Label: Crash Records

(Available via download from iTunes and all major download sites)




www.tracetracks.co.uk

www.crash-records.co.uk



Trace is an electronic project by David Impey, a composer and producer who has a successful track record in soundtrack production.



The first album, titled “Under Cover”, is a collection of three cover versions of established tracks. The most well-known of these is ‘Tubular Bells – Part 1’ by Mike Oldfield. This symphonic folk-rock piece has been re-imagined using the electronic palette through such genres as minimalism (e.g. Steve Reich), funk rock, techno and psychedelia. The same approach has been used in the interpretation of George Winston’s piano piece ‘September – Colors / Dance’. Whilst the Trace version starts off from the point of the original concept, it develops the piece using dance and musique concrete to give the new version something of a widescreen feel. The final track ‘The Neighbours Complain’ (written by David’s father Norman Impey) was originally a showpiece for the drummer of the 1940s big band ‘The Skyrockets Orchestra’ to ‘give it some’. The original genre was big band swing and the new version is somewhat funkier.

More details on the new album can be found on www.tracetracks.co.uk



Trace is chiefly oriented towards the chill-out end of the electronic spectrum. The tracks are blends of texture, soundscape and ethnicity taking inspiration from a number of different musical genres. Two new Trace projects are currently in the pipeline; ‘Fun’ – a dance-oriented album which becomes progressively darker and more ethereal and ‘Five Lines’ – a minimalist album in which each track has no more than five overdubs. The concept is inspired by the staves of a music manuscript. Another Trace project is already produced and will be available as a download before the end of 2010, entitled ‘Music for Yoga’.

David Impey has wor ked as a musician for 20 years, principally as a composer of soundtrack music for corporate clients ranging from sherry to paint to insurance and cruise liners. Some of his music has been used extensively by TV companies across Europe including the UK and the Netherlands. Despite early excitement that he had made the leap into the porn industry, David was both relieved and, on the other hand, slightly disappointed that one track which had been used extensively by a Dutch TV channel turned out to be a perfectly respectable terrestrial station!



His favourite project was recording the backing music for a documentary on brain surgery where the brief was to write ‘the world’s most depressing music’. The programme, aired by the BBC, attracted over 5.4 million viewers received positive comments from the Daily Telegraph.



David has performed live both as a solo artist and as the keyboard player for a number of bands including the Pump Monkeys and Soundbite. He also writes songs, sometimes collaborating with other writers, for other artists which vary from musicals to out-and-out AOR power ballads.



David lists his influences as Mike Oldfield, Brian Eno, The Alan Parsons Project, Steve Reich and Apollo 440, not to mention soundtrack composers such as Thomas Newman and John Powell. He is an avid user of software by Steinberg, Propellerhead and Native Instruments, creators of the mighty Absynth and the equally impressive FM8


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"...her voice has the kind of hypnotism in it that transports you to another place" - Audioscribbler



"Always Had A Dream/Over The Sun should see Rodina's star ascend rapidly...a stunning mixture of latin rhythms, jazzy tinkerings, soulful vocals and funky horns. 9/10"

- Rhythm & Booze



"There probably isn't anyone around at the moment with the quality of her voice or the songwriting talent she is showing - something to cherish" - Music News



R O D I N A

“ALWAYS HAD A DREAM / OVER THE SUN”

Released: March 15th

Label: AM Records

Available via iTunes, CD Baby and direct from www.rodinamusic.com


Rodina’s double A-side single “Always had a Dream / Over the Sun” is taken from her debut album "Over the Sun”. The album, a cool blend of chill-out and pop, is set for release in Spring 2010.



"'Over The Sun' is nothing less than an assured debut and with a cast of excellent musicians onboard, Rodina are very definite contenders for the Summer festival stages previously occupied by the likes of Groove Armada and more recently Hot Chip. Roll on Summer..." – Folk and Roots

“…a solo singer who embraces acoustica and latino rhythms with a sweet aplomb….. Rodina unrelentlessly emphasizes quality and sweetness. Sort of like an angel holding court in a smokey, chilled underground bar. A classy performance.” - Manchestermusic

“…every song delivers something exceptional….. Delightful songs with a charming delivery not only make this album such a find, but Rodina itself a name to watch out for. It's classic, absolute classic.” – Leeds Music Scene

Originally from Co. Laois in Ireland Rodina moved to the UK as a youngster and grew up within the diverse Leeds music scene. Rodina has a unique style of her own but has been compared to Morcheeba, Goldfrapp and legendary singer, Astrud Gilberto. With ethereal vocals and a great depth in production, her self-penned songs are catchy and embracing. On the album “Over The Sun”, Rodina features the Haggis Horns (Mark Ronson's live band - and the horn section for Amy Winehouse & Jamiroquai) and Joe Tatton (Corinne Bailey Rae & The New Mastersounds), who also produced the album.



Rodina has played gigs in Spain and Istanbul, done numerous festivals and performed a special gig supporting Corinne Bailey Rae. With the release of her debut single and album, and with more gigs in the pipeline, 2010 should be a great year for Rodina.



Catch Rodina live at the following venues, with more dates TBC

March 28th - Distrikt Bar, Leeds / April 4th - Hifi Club, Leeds / April 9th - The Wardrobe, Leeds / April 18th - The Blues Bar, Harrogate

May 25th - 7arts centre, Leeds / July 11th - Hebden Bridge Arts Fest / August 28th - Limetree Festival, Grewelthorp

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RM Hubbert released his debut album "First & Last" March 1st on Ubisano (a new, open source inspired record label.)


Vic Galloway has listed RM Hubbert as one of his 50 Scottish artists to watch in 2010, and The Scotsman has also recently flagged Hubbert as an artist to watch in 2010. The album has received airplay on Frank Hennessy's Celtic Heartbeat show on BBC Wales and Vic Galloway's show on BBC Scotland. RM Hubbert is set to perform acoustic sessions for Celtic Music Radio and Leith FM.

The album is soon to be featured in Muso Magazine and Acoustic Magazine.

RM Hubbert performed a live session on Vic Galloway's BBC Scotland show last night - www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r8dsn


www.rmhubbert.com



“First & Last”
Released: 1st March 2010

Label: Ubisano

Available from www.rmhubbert.com and all good independent stores



www.rmhubbert.com



‘…a cracking album…you can almost feel you’re sat in the room with the man as he takes the instrument off on little forays, setting mood and feeling as eloquently as an open fire and a bottle of red.’ – Fatea Magazine

"Hubbert utilises the whole of the instrument, using the body of the guitar to create percussion and one can only admire the wonderful dexterity of the playing on a fine acoustic album." - Classic Rock Society

"The guitar playing is extraordinary; not just technically brilliant, but full of soul and emotion...This is a hugely satisfying album from an expert musician. Guitar players will appreciate the technical ability on display" - Tasty Fanzine

“First & Last” is the debut album by Glasgow based RM Hubbert and is something of a rebirth - musically, creatively and on a business level - for someone who has been releasing music under a variety of guises and on a number of labels since 1993.



A mainstay of numerous bands within the Glasgow DIY scene of the 1990’s - it was the three albums released by El Hombre Trajeado, spanning 1995-2006, which attracted the most attention: great reviews, 3 Peel sessions and numerous shows with the likes of Sebadoh, Tortoise, Nick Cave, Deerhoof, Mum, The Delgados and Mike Watt.



However, on El Hombre Trajeado’s demise - after the release of third album ‘Shlap’ - Hubbert stopped playing live and began studying different musical forms: more specifically, flamenco, samba and taiko. The outcome was a series of solo guitar compositions, which are based around flamenco rhythms and structures, but which are simultaneously melodically traceable to both his previous work and more contemporary styles.



Having written a number of songs, in 2008 Hubbert began playing live again around Glasgow, before recording the 9 songs on this album ‘First & Last’ in the summer of 2009. Though a solo record, this presents a slightly misleading picture - as the outlook behind it is one that embraces collaboration.



Initially, ‘First & Last’ is released as a specially produced and hand bound, hardback art book (limited to 105 copies) which features contributions from artists (among them Toby Paterson, Luke Fowler, Danny Saunders and Sarah Lowndes) as well as former and present musical collaborators including Jer Reid and Howie Reeve. This is available exclusively from www.rmhubbert.com from 15th December 2009.



‘First & Last’ is also a collaborative, rather than purely commercial venture: both the CDs and downloads will be available on a pay what you like basis and the music will be released under a Creative Commons license, which allows for remixes and reworking of the music as well as further sharing of it for non-commercial purposes.



In addition to the book version, a CD will be released on Ubisano (a new, open source inspired record label) on 1st March 2010. There will be further releases on Ubisano next year, including the second RM Hubbert album, which will feature collaborations with the likes of Aidan Moffat, Alasdair Roberts, Emma Pollock and Luke Sutherland.



A number of shows will be arranged under the “will play for food” scheme – for which Hubbert invites you to experience his sound live in your home. More details on the scheme can be found on www.rmhubbert.com




Catch RM Hubbert live, with more dates TBC


March 28th - The Flying Duck, Glasgow (Solo show as part of Slow Club)

April 14th - The Flying Duck, Glasgow (Solo show supporting Hype Williams)

May 8th – Citizens Theatre, Glasgow (As part of Frost and Fire. Also featuring Issho Taiko Drummers / Nerea Bello and Lucy Duncombe / Cath and Phil Tyler

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DJ BLESS MAN BEHIND THE MASK


Entering the Never So Deep Records recording studio you notice the room is packed with people but it is immediately clear that the towering figure feverously working the pads of the MPC1000 runs the show. As the beat blasts through the Tannoy speakers, the room becomes silent and the rappers begin to move toward their writing pads with a look of unmitigated determination. They begin their cadence one after another; DJ Bless listens attentively and gives direction like a seasoned veteran.

Born Robert Evans, DJ Bless grew up in Rochdale Village, a housing development in South Jamaica, Queens. With the introduction of crack cocaine into the already gang ridden community, options were very limited for young people. During the early 1990’s South Jamaica was about three things: murder, drugs and music, DJ Bless chose music. “It wasn’t hard to find Hip Hop music on the Southside. Everywhere you turned there were street MC’s becoming worldwide super-stars,” stated Bless. “My initial goal was to become a battle DJ not a producer” “I practiced on my turntables like my life depended on it,” says DJ Bless.

DJ Bless eventually left New York City and moved with his parents to the Carolinas where the multi-platinum producer greatly refined his skills. During his senior year of high school Bless began to record music at a frenetic pace. “I knew the odds were against me. No one from South Carolina had ever gotten a distribution deal. I devised a plan and put it into action,” says DJ Bless. Within a year DJ Bless landed his first recording/distribution deal with MCA Records.

MCA was a great fit for me. To me it was like going to a music college. I was mentored by some exceptionally talented people. They really put effort into helping me grow. Niam Ali (A&R) taught me the importance of having an independent music label. Steve Corbin (GM) taught me the business side of running a major label. Jeff Red (A&R) stressed the importance of good sound and mixes. Jay Boberg (President) taught me patience. Randy Jackson (A&R) would always encourage me and Damon Jones (Manager) showed me how to make money.”

Never So Deep Record’s music venture with MCA was caught in a turbulent era for the major label. In 2003 Jay Boburg resigned from his position as the president of MCA. Shortly afterwards, the MCA record label folded. The Never So Deep Label was absorbed by Geffen Records. “After a few months at Geffen I knew it was time to get the f@ck out of there. They had no idea how to market acts. I got my money, my masters, my imprint (Never So Deep Records) and ran.

After MCA folded DJ Bless took immediate control of Never So Deep Records and began his trek to position the label as an independent entity. Those who knew DJ Bless’s pedigree found it no surprise that he would continue to move forward with his own record company, while the majority of the artists and labels affiliated with MCA floundered. This 27 year old CEO stems from a long line of entrepreneurs. His grandfather, his father and his uncles all were small business owners who founded and operated a transportation service (Nu-Nu Car Service) in South Jamaica, Queens for over 35 years. It seemed only natural DJ Bless would follow his families independent entrepreneurial spirit. “I was not afraid to do it alone” says DJ Bless, who founded Never So Deep Records, Inc. more than 6 years ago. “I have great confidence in my own ability to manage my business. I could not picture myself giving up; it’s not in my genes.”

Realizing that technology could play a major role in positioning his company, DJ Bless turned Never So Deep Records into a high performance work place and in the process transformed how business was conducted. Never So Deep Records integration of internet technology propelled the company toward market competitiveness which in turn, increased the companies’ revenue stream. “It would have taken us years to recover from the MCA debacle under the old dilapidated music model” says DJ Bless. Not only did DJ Bless restructure his business approach, he also replaced his entire team, he took control over all aspects of his company including music/video production, marketing, promotions and distribution. He became the main talent source.

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Marvin B. Naylor released his single “Little Speck Of Blue” last week. The single was recently played on Tom Robinson’s BBC6 Introducing show, and Tom described the track as 'epic'. Marvin has been chosen to appear in the ‘Heads Up’ section of Acoustic Magazine.


...a touch of genius" - Tasty Fanzine

"Now here's a real musical curiosity...a trippy slice of psych folk with some decidely Beach Boys sensibilities!...Beginning with some lush guitar plucking on that trusty 12-string, and the song slow builds towards a harmonious conclusion that takes you from the UK, through the Orient right through to sunny California"
- Indie London (chosen as single of the week)

"...this is a really (yes, really) classy song...Marvin B. Naylor has masterfully taken us bacl to a time when music meant something...The verdict - The best 3 minutes 40 seconds of 2010, surely." - All Gigs

"...a charming, intelligent track" - Gobshout
“…the shimmering guitars create a magical feel to the whole listening experience” – Audioscribbler





Marvin B. Naylor
“Little Speck Of Blue”
Released: February 1st 2010

Label: Barcarolle Records

Available via iTunes and all major download sites



www.myspace.com/mbnaylor

“I feel like I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole and I’m in Wonderland” – The Mag

Armed only with his trusty 12-string guitar and a voice both rich and resonant, Marvin B. Naylor makes music that offers a gateway to a hidden world full of magic and infinite possibility: music that harks back to the uniquely English psychedelia of the late Sixties and early Seventies, evoking such effortlessly individual spirits as Syd Barrett, Roy Harper and Scott Walker without ever resorting to the lysergic excesses of the period.

Yet Marvin is no mere nostalgist for a bygone age. It just so happens that, just like the psychedelicists did, he likes to take his listeners on a trip: not to the further reaches of the cosmos or the innermost recesses of the soul, however, but an excursion to a world out of time peopled with exotic characters - a journey where the destination may be in doubt but the terrain passing by the window is never less than fascinating. As he describes “I think the purpose of music should be to take the listener on a journey across a landscape of unpredictable terrain and weather, where the final destination is revealed only on arrival!” Marvin accomplishes this with charm, economy, humour and an inexhaustible supply of sumptuous melody, all dressed in the glittering garb of multi-layered 12-string guitars.

English-born and raised in Canada, Marvin B. Naylor started a lifelong love affair with music in the early Seventies. But even then, he was drawn less to the music of the day and more to the classic pop and rock of the late Sixties – Pink Floyd, Scott Walker, the Beach Boys and, of course, the Beatles. One sound appealed above all others, though: the magical chime of Roger McGuinn’s electric 12-string guitar. Harder to play than its 6-string cousin and more expensive to boot, the 12-string produces a richer, more shimmering sound that has entranced guitarists from Peter Buck to Johnny Marr, George Harrison to Pete Townshend. Today, having dedicated years to exploring the unique harmonic and melodic possibilities of the instrument during long evenings on a rollaway cot in his parent’s basement, Marvin is one of very few musicians to use it as the bedrock of his recordings.

After a brush with stardom as a member of the Tim Friese-Greene and Warne Livesey produced band Salvation Sunday, Marvin opted for the life of a jobbing musician – touring the world with covers bands. But he never quite gave up the idea of writing music of his own, and in 2004 released his first solo album, ‘Monsters and Mad Things.’ The debut album was followed in 2008 by Marvin’s second album ‘The Last Flight Of Billy Balloon’ (its title inspired by the lyric of Scott Walker’s ‘Plastic Palace People’) recorded exclusively at Escapade Music Studio in London under the guidance of the respected recordist / producer Gary Brady. The album is a collection of dreamlike, cinematic songs full of pastoral English psychedelia, warmth and whimsy. On merit of the album, Fatea Magazine awarded Naylor with the Fatea Innovation 08 Award.

“Helium fuelled folk psychedelia… flecked with brilliantly strange juxtapositions” – Americana UK

“…hypnotically well composed and brilliantly well produced” – Subcity Radio

“It’s got a real warmth and gentleness to it, at times folky at others it has a lo-fi pop feel” – The Beat Surrender

Following on from the success of the album, Marvin B. Naylor releases his single ‘Little Speck Of Blue’ on February 1st 2010. The instantly lovable track takes those arcane Sixties influences and moulds them into something universally appealing: something, as the legendary Beach Boys’ lyricist, composer and arranger Van Dyke Parks has commented, “crisply arranged, winsome and winning”.


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1. January Blues 2. Start Again
Universal Digital / Crash Records
Available from iTunes and all other major download sites

Out now

The Lights stunning new single January Blues is out now.


“The melodies are rich and uplifting, the guitars are alluring and the musicianship is flawless” - AllGigs

“…this band is about ready to explode” – Indie London



Produced by renowned producer Gavin Monaghan (Travis, Editors & Kings of Leon), January Blues has an autumnal glow to its rich vocals and melodies. The single follows up the summer single Low Hundreds that featured on numerous BBC regional playlists before hitting the radar of Janice Long’s BBC Radio 2 show, resulting in the band performing a live set on air in early summer.



A positive burst of light and energy, the Birmingham based band consisting of five bright-eyed individuals with the heart and determination to take their music to the masses. Their sound is like nobody else, unique, eclectic and intimately epic. A melding of five creative minds to produce an array of unique sounds, ranging from soft and passionate to loud staggering moments, they've perfectly blended each other's influences and abilities to create one magnetic and appealing force. ‘…A challenge to pigeonhole’ as NME said, that’s before you also add The Lights own take on quirky self directed video’s to the heady mix!



‘As lyrically adept as Idlewild but as melodically breezy as a hard rock Teenage Fanclub, they are a challenge to pigeonhole. Imagine Elvis Costello writing lyrics for ELO, fronted by James Dean Bradfield’s younger siblings!’ NME



2008 saw the release of the highly successful single The Score, which openly challenges the guitar band stereotype, described by UK MUSIC REVIEW as ‘Full of charm, energy and personality’. This was followed by the release of their 5 track EP The Fair Weather Travelling Companion, which saw the band moving away from the pop sounds of The Score to something more folk orientated. The EP was met with a wealth of positive reviews.



‘Typifies their penchant for creating striking and memorable tunes’

Toxic Pete



Last year saw The Lights gig extensively and word spread to promoter about a rising band appearing with more frequency on the musical radars. The result was a host of festival offers in the midlands this summer including Birmingham Artsfest and the Nelson Mandela Festival. A full set of UK dates tbc very soon.



The live Lights have a poise that playing and writing together for years has afforded them. Five supremely talented musicians that produce a hugely radio friendly wall of warm sound and beautiful melodies. Pigeonhole at your peril…



www.thelights.co.uk

www.myspace.com/lightsmusic


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Speakerpeople release their debut album Parallel World Feb 1st via Deep Recordings
Speakerpeople
Parallel World


Released: Feb 1st 2010
Label: Deep Recording

Speakerpeople are a soulful house project born out of sessions over the last year at Deep Recording studios in London

The project consists of Andy Paterson, Simon Newman and soul vocalist Julian Asher Dean. The Speakerpeople project has been able to develop via Andy & Simon’s development deal as a stand alone production / remix team with the Deep Recording company. Julian has been contributing his unique soulful vocals as the third member of the Speakerpeople project.

Andy & Simon have been working together for over ten years on various projects. They have released material on Tag Recordings, House of 909 and their own label Workhouse.

They have previously wrote the soundtrack for an award winning short film ‘Sally Kerosene’ broadcast on Channel 4 and at the National Film Theatre and have made a recent product endorsement appearances on Bravo TV.

Speakerpeople have recently made DJ appearances with Flux Recordings at Madame Jo Jo’s. Parallel World is their debut studio album with free limited bonus tracks and remixes released by Deep Recording Company in early 2010 and Close Your Eyes is the first single from the album.

www.deeprecordingstudios.com

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Colin Pollock is featured in the 'Heads Up' section of the recent Acoustic Magazine issue supporting the release of his album "Long Gone".



The album was announced as one of Music News Scotland's Top 4 of the month and lead tracks from the album "New Depths in Shallow" and "Long Gone" have been receiving airplay on various BBC regional radio stations, including BBC Cumbria, BBC Lancs and BBC Bristol, all of whom interviewed him.



Colin Pollock is set to release a new album in April 2010





"Intelligent crafting going on here, and Pollock can certainly play guitar" Rock n Reel



"An album of terrific songs, played beautifully, and with all the heartfelt soul and love you could wish for...Masterpiece" Music-News



COLIN POLLOCK - "LONG GONE"

Available from iTunes and all major download sites

www.colinpollock.com www.myspace.com/colinpollock







London-based Scottish guitar maestro Colin Pollock's first full studio album warms the heart and brings a glint to the eye with its subtle examination of often unpalatable truths. The opener ‘A Little Piece of You’ is a perhaps deceptively optimistic unfolding of a naïve love affair, whilst ‘Long Gone’ tempts you through the looking glass into his colourful world. And then he's got you.


Amidst a thorny tangle of world-weary wreckage lie a dozen lyrically diverse tales – of twisted love (‘The Gold Digger Gets It’), broken souls lurking in the mire of reality TV celebrity (‘New Depths in Shallow’) and the faded glory of end-of-pier performers (‘It's a Drag’), to mention but a few, set against a background of guitar perfection that would even make a sultan swing.


“Intelligent and beautifully crafted pop gems: album rated 9/10”

“Far above its peers...deserves more superlatives than we can throw at it”

Americana-UK



'Picturesque'

Sea of Tranquillity



"Gorgeous"

Daily Music Guide



"A good debut album that shows immense talent"

All Gigs


Four years in gestation, the record brings together top-flight musicians including Steve Honest on pedal steel and the inimitable Luke Juby who played keyboards on the album before going off on a massive world tour with pop sensation Mika. Drum and percussion was provided by Max Zastiera and Vinzenz Benjamin appears on bass guitar. Backing vocals were largely provided by Kim Chandler but she was joined on the album's ultimate track – ‘The Road is Long’, about the life and times of Dr. Martin Luther King - by divas Annabel Williams and Rietta Austin.



For every pleasure of a poignant riff there's the pay-off of a beautifully crafted aside. This is soul-felt music for grown-ups that packs some mean hooks.



As his strongest influences, Colin cites artists such as Mark Knopfler, Richard Thompson, JJ Cale and Bob Dylan.



UK live dates are to be announced soon.


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www.brokenlinksmusic.co.uk

www.myspace.com/brokenlinksmusic




“The rifferama of ‘Within Isolation’ is a dark and menacing masterpiece whilst being strangely uplifting at the same time, ‘The Best Laid Schemes Of Mice & Men’ is anthemic to say the least and ‘The Sea Inside’ is possibly the creepiest and eeriest track you’ll hear anywhere whilst retaining a mesmerising sense of loveliness” - Playing Out Loud


“The band combine the energy and infectious nature of their songs with dirty sounding bass lines which give a dark undertone to their music…A great listen” - DigitalGig.co.uk



“…the monstrous riffing, thunderous bass and clattering drums all collide to produce a rhythmic, pulsating sound-clash that gets my pulse racing…These guys sound immense” - Mintsouth live review





Diving into the lyrical and musical depths of free association, taking you on an emotional rollercoaster of despair to complete arousal. Influenced by the under-currents of post-punk, and then boxing it up into an old stone box made of pure hard space rock and sin. A band you simply cannot ignore.



The year 2008 marked the beginning of ‘Broken Links’, an alternative act from Eastleigh, Southampton. The three piece, made up of Mark Lawrence on vocals and guitar, Lewis Betteridge on bass and Phil Boulter on drums, count Joy Division, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, NIN, The Cooper Temple Clause and 'holy bible' era Manic Street Preachers amongst their influences. The band’s ambition and approach is refreshing - “We don’t use amps. We use pods and floor pedals for vocal effects. We recorded the entire EP in Mark’s bedroom!” offers Phil. The result of this is a debut EP that captures Broken Links angst ridden and downright dirty live sound perfectly.



The band have supported established acts British Sea Power, The Boxer Rebellion, My Vitriol, Official Secrets Act, Fighting with Wire, The Cinematics, Scarlet Soho, and Flamboyant Bella, picking up some die-hard fans along the way. They have taken their live show to well established venues such as The Purple Turtle (Camden), Powers (Kilburn), Boston Music Rooms (Tufnell Park), The Joiners (Southampton), Hectors House (Brighton), iBar (Bournemouth), The Railway Inn (Winchester), and Lennons (Southampton), with full intention of leaving watchers mesmerised by the wall of sound they create. A sound certainly not expected of a three piece.



Broken Links won We Ignite Records 2009 ‘Battle of the Bands’ in May, fighting off competition from bands including Three Times Over, My Hollow Tree and The Reserviors.



The band are looking to tour Europe early next year, and have begun work on their second EP, which they plan to preview at forthcoming gigs.



Catch Broken Links perform live at the following venues:

Dec 17th – The Joiners, Southampton / March 27th – The Bitter End, Romford

April 3rd - 10th - German tour / April 24th - The Joiners, Southampton


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The Broken Splendour Thomas Vecera




The Broken Splendour's debut EP, On the Bright Side, sets hearts aflame in a combustion of new-folk and indie pop sounds. With influences as broad as Joni Mitchell, Thom Yorke, Bob Dylan and novelist Henry Miller, On the Bright Side boasts five extraordinary tracks.

“Could’ve Fallen” awakens the senses and invites us to stay awhile; “Needles (Threads Out)” is a mystical, string-laden ode to Melbourne conceived on a tram; “Always Going Somewhere” laments the modern condition with melancholic charm; “Streets” soars with indelible melody and “Hope” is an uplifting closer that sparkles on the second spin.

Texan ex-pat Thomas Vecera formed The Broken Splendour early this year as the culmination of a musical career spanning over a decade, including stints in Austin and LA. Leaving two solo albums, Always Going Somewhere and Strange Company, in his wake, Thomas banded with percussionist Steve Bourke, and then put his poaching gloves on to engage Opera Australia’s Nick Synot on upright bass. The gleaming result has audiences singing along with fervour.

The Broken Splendour have appeared at Festival of the Sea 2009 in Barwon Heads, the Maldon Folk Festival and The Empress and plan to tour Tasmania and the Australian East Coast in 2010.

-- “…a haunting and powerful presence weaving sinuous bits of complex storytelling with flowing melody…”

-LA Music Scene

“...just do yourself a favor...get in on the groundfloor with this guy, you won't soon regret. It's a cool feeling to look back a few years and say to yourself or an audience, "I saw that guy when...” -Review Point

Band Members :

Thomas Vecera: Vocals, Guitar
Steve Bourke: Drums/Percussion Nick Synot: bass

Influences:

Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Wilco, Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis, Tom Waits, The Frames, The Arcade Fire, Neil Young
Sounds Like The Broken Splendour




Contact: 0417 190 641 - (03)9481 3697 swellen@gmail.com www.myspace.com/thebrokensplendour


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Fat Olive
“Vaquero / Awake”

Double A-Side single released January 11th
Available via i-Tunes and all major download sites

www.fat-olive.co.uk

www.myspace.com/fatolivemusik




Fat Olive delivers energy in their music with engaging melodies.

The awareness of the name Fat Olive is rapidly growing across the North West and the rest of the country. Based in St.Helens, Merseyside, the four-piece are about to embark on a nationwide tour to promote their debut album 'Twenty2'. The album is set for release early 2010, preceded by this Double A-side single “Vaquero / Awake”, which will be available via download on January 11th.

Live performances are what Fat Olive strive on, producing power and a tightness that can only be described as awesome. The band have gained a respectable fan base through their incredible live performances, having played at many venues in the last few months including Barfly, Liverpool and The Imperial, St.Helens. The band have also picked up a large number of followers worldwide through their myspace and website, with fans from Australia, Sweden, Germany and New Zealand.

Fat Olive is made up of Rich Sanna (Vocals, Rhythm Guitar), Paul Brown (Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals), Steve Ashcroft (Bass) and Colin Bennett (Drums, Backing Vocals).

Having worked together under various guises for a number of years, Paul, Steve and Colin have become one when it comes to writing and performing. The three have been close friends for over 22 years. The introduction of Rich Sanna to lead vocals this year was the final component required to allow the machine known as Fat Olive to hit the tracks running...


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El Dog

release their Christmas single "Let It Snow" on December 7th - their own brooding antidote to the glittery kitsch of standard Christmas fair. The single is currently on the playlist on Sunshine Radio's Rock Show.


The band's double A side single “A Princess, A Monkey, The Stars and The Sea / -OO-”, taken from the album The Lamps of Terrahead, was released earlier this year. The single received spot plays on a wealth of national, regional, online and student stations, including Vic Galloway's Introducing show on BBC Radio 1, Rock Radio Glasgow and BFBS Worldwide Radio. Album track “Fire In Your Eyes” was added to the playlist on European Klassik Rock Radio. The band have recently performed live sessions for Northsound Radio and Celtic Music Radio. El Dog were lately chosen as band of the day on Under The Radar in the Scotsman, and The Lamps of Terrahead was recently chosen as one of Skinny magazine’s top 5 albums of the month, and one of BFBS Radio's albums of the week.

EL DOG - “LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW”
Christmas single released December 7th on Lo-Five Record


www.myspace.com/eldogmusic



Hot on the heels of their debut album “The Lamps Of Terrahead”, mystifying, indie four-piece El Dog release “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow” - their own brooding antidote to the glittery kitsch of standard Christmas fair.

The Scottish Alternative, Post-rockers take the famous Sammy Cahn track and inject it with the atmospheric splendour they have become known for. So if you’re sick of bands gurning at the camera with sleigh bells in hand, swathed in all the finery of an ironic, tasteless sweater then this song’s for you. Despite its wintry credentials 'Let It Snow' isn't actually a Christmas song and, by giving this track a twist in the context of their genre, El Dog highlight the original's intent. They put the lyrics in a crisp fresh light, far from the neon Christmas wallpaper this song, for many, has become.



In the making of their album The Lamps of Terrahead the band cites numerous films and computer games, as well as great albums, amongst their influences. Thus the dynamic tension and release strategies of album tracks such as "Rhythm Tooth" and "Monster's Final Hour" owe as much to Paddy Considine's "Dead Man's Shoes" and, fittingly enough, "Monster's Final Hour" on the Amstrad CPC 464, as they do to "Siamese Dream" and "Transatlanticism".

"Emotive alt. rock" - NME


"Full of widescreen epic rock songs, and tender full on ballads, this band have created a superb sonic template, and are a damn tight outfit...this album is made as albums used to be made, for you to enjoy the whole journey and not cherry pick tracks to download...The best debut this year." - Classic Rock Society



“El Dog don’t so much wear their hearts on their sleeves as bleed their inner emotions out through their pores, wrapping their introverted frustrations in layers of Smashing Pumpkins-style distortion” – The Skinny



"a comforting cocoon of beautiful music...The Lamps of Terrahead combines rocking atmosphere with an array of beautiful melodies and delicate piano notes. The new album is one that will bounce off your walls, streaming delicately into your heart as you listen to it over and over." - Music News Scotland



“To think that this is their debut album is terrifying, as they seem to have mastered their art…they really are the dogs bollocks” - Gobshout



"a Scottish act who have somehow managed to combine the best bits of Biffy Clyro (angular, staccato rhythms) with the melodies of the likes of Travis, Snow Patrol and Deacon Blue." - Get Ready to Rock



"El Dog are fearless in every sense of the word and 'The Lamps of Terrahead' is an accomplished and vigorous album to debut with" - Glasgow Podcart



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www.myspace.com/spaceshipdays



About Spaceship Days

Spaceship Days is the ongoing musical collaboration of Greg Torsone, Chuck Cox and Matt Mocharnuk, formerly of the band grey. Formed in 1993, grey released their first full length CD, "So Called Friend", in 1995. The band progressed quickly after that, expanding both their creativity and their following. After several lineup changes the band hit their musical stride with the addition of Dan Rothenberg on drums. In 1997 grey released the band’s second album, a 6 song EP called “Searching for Static”. By 1999 grey had released their third album “Slow Motion Plane Crash” on Delusion Records. The band celebrated regional success, becoming a staple of NC college radio, playing shows in Austin TX during the South by Southwest Music Festival, and performing several opening gigs with some of the biggest national acts of the era. Unfortunately, as it often does, Life happened and in 2000 the band members went their separate ways. Matt and Greg went on to form The Sleepwalkers, and began recording new material. A project that was fueled by an ever expanding sphere of musical influences, it pushed the boundaries of creativity far beyond the limits of anything that grey had recorded. Chuck fell into playing with the wildly successful Winston Salem NC based band Fleshgear, and Blue Light Karma. In 2002 a local producer and a financier heard a copy of "A Slow Motion Plane Crash", and contacted the splintered band about reforming for a national tour to support the album. Within a few days grey was back in the studio, rehearsing with a new drummer and keyboardist. Six months later, with a tour bus full of new equipment waiting, and a management team in place, the group failed to agree on contract terms and the project crashed. Midsummer of 2009, Greg, Chuck, and Matt reunited as Spaceship Days to continue their musical adventure, and recorded a collection of new material entitled, “The Halo Effect”.




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Ben TD


releases his new single Leaves November 9th on Lo-Five Records. The single is taken from the album Tiny Movements, and has been featured on the new music show on BFBS Radio.

"His voice is stunning - as emotional as it is melodic. 'Leaves' is the kind of tune that leaves the likes of Ryan Adams in its wake...Acoustic pop does not get better than this" - Music Travels


www.myspace.com/bentdmusic






“…a gorgeous little album full of laidback and mellow gems. It has a homespun and intimate feel that’s perfect for chilling out to” - Scottish Sunday Mail


Ben TD's first offering from the album Tiny Movements, the Double A side Books and Boats / Once For The Dust, was released in June this year. The single received spot plays on Vic Galloway's Introducing show on BBC Radio 1, Jim Gellatly’s new music show on Radio Magnetic and Frank Hennessy's show on BBC Wales. Ben was recently invited to perform a live session for Glasgow's Celtic Music Radio. Ben has been featured in The Australian Times, and is to be featured in the forthcoming issue of Acoustic Magazine.





Ben TD is a young troubadour of extraordinary talent. From age 14, Ben's adolescence was spent touring the length and breadth of his native Australia with the band Ruby's Grace, alongside his brother Sam. After six years, two albums, two EPs and countless shows, he decided to set out across the globe in search of new territory.

Settling in Glasgow in 2006, Ben soon attracted the attention of Lo-Five. Established by some of the most talented musicians and songwriters in the city's thriving music scene, Lo-Five is a creative collective including the Trashcan Sinatras, Jo Mango, the Brother Louis Collective and El Dog. Ben enlisted the help of Lo Five in-house engineer Calum Scott and together they recorded, in bedrooms, closets and abandoned rehearsal rooms, an album both rich in detail and true to the spirit of Ben's captivating live performances.

The result is a homespun record filled with wonder, an eclectic collection of songs encompassing the melodic introspection of "Once for the Dust", the radio-ready acoustic pop of "Leaves" and the soaring, anthemic spirituality of "Books and Boats". At once worldly and intimate, recalling Fionn Regan and Gillian Welch at their best, Tiny Movements is the journal of a journey so far by an artist whose future travels are sure to be well worth following.





"This is one amazing album that showcases just how good Australian singer/songwriters can be...an absolute masterpiece". - Mediasearch




“Pretty piano decorates 'Books and Boats' making it seem for a moment that Josh Rouse is playing along with Sigur Ros” - Americana UK



“Ben TD writes and performs songs with a sense of drama, a relationship with their place” - Fatea Records


“His voice effortlessly soars throughout and you can truly hear the emotion in every word he sings...I can see him being crowned as one of Scotland's top singer songwriters” - allgigs


“…a striking mix of folk and indie with a stream of slow burning songs” - Shout4Music


“my whole being relaxes into this warmly welcoming album...I highly recommend that you give Ben TD a listen” - The Music Fix


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I'm a celebrity journalist, but also a singer and songwriter with international releases. In my lyrics and blogs I wanna give you outrageous insight into the scandalous, skanky celebrity world and reveal the dirty, little secrets they would never want you to know! Be a part of it – embrace the kaos!

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SPY NATION



Spy Nation is a young rock hip hop band from Montreal. The duo consists of keyboard player Raphaelle Tisseyre and guitarist Gilbert Baptiste, both vocalists for the group. Their versatily and style has won them the affection of an unusualy diverse fanbase which goes from the straight hip hop lovers to the real rock heads. In addition, their difference in cultural background plays a role in why everybody seems to relate to them. But in the end it is their passionate delivery and outstanding stage presence that truely gets everybody on their wagon. Spy Nation has been called '' the modern Fugees'' by A&R Sam Taylor at Warner Chappell, or as others have said '' Alicia Keys meets Jimmy Hendrix''. Either way, get ready for them, because they stand out loud and clear in a sea of music.

A bit of history…
Raphaelle started playing and improvising on the piano at age five. She played throughout her childhood and later discovered a new passion, hip-hop and breakdance. At age 17, with already five years of training and experience in stage performances, she joined a contemporary/street dance company, Destins Croisés, with whom she participated in several dance creations. Her acquaintances in the dance world soon led her back to music, and at the age 19 she co-created a music band with producer, guitarist and dance teacher Gilbert Baptiste. He was a dancer, choreographer as well as a producer for Destins Croisés, with whom he had toured extensively in North America and Europe. Gilbert has been honored by the Office Franco-quebecois pour la jeunesse (OFQJ) for best original dance creation in December 2003 at the National Arts Center in Ottawa. He also produced the music for this dance piece.

Spy Nation was a natural progression in their growth as artists and a perfect marriage of their love for music, dance and hip-hop culture. Over the past year they have participated in over a hundred dance and music shows around the province, in clubs and at corporate or community events and festivals. Last spring, Spy Nation opened for hip-hop legend KRS-One at Le National in their hometown of Montreal. In less than three years, they have gotten a swapping 900,000 views on their MySpace and Youtube pages combined - placing them in the top 10 MySpace canadian band - and is gaining much popularity on the Web. Spy Nation, along with PR and management team, is currently working full time to promote their first album, and is looking forward to continued touring and taking on the world.


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Robin James



Album “Saint Jude”



Released: Nov 30th



On Pocket Size Records

Available via Indiestore
www.myspace.com/songsofrobinjames



“Saint Jude” is the debut album from London born, but now living in Yorkshire, artist Robin James, who learnt to play the guitar purely by writing his own songs.



On the day of recording his album at Toe Rag Studios London, Robin, who has Romany Gypsy and Argentinean roots, left the city within a few hours of his recording and moved to Yorkshire.



The album was recorded on one microphone, for all but one track, no computer mastering was involved and all tracks were recorded straight onto tape.



As Robin explains “I wanted the process of recording to reflect the album. The songs are about brokenness, uncertainty and letting go, which are reflected, in the raw, limited and exposed approach. The temptations to edit and manipulate the songs are taken away when recording onto tape, which is both liberating and slightly frightening. But as Leonard Cohen sings – ‘forget your perfect offering; there is a crack, a crack in everything; that’s how the light gets in’.”



Robin’s performances have drawn audiences from Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, through to The Troubadour, London, into an intimate, haunting and delicate world with his distinctive sound. His fragile, yet powerful voice, and carefully crafted lyrics, draw the listener into a world full of vulnerability, paradox and unknowing, where light and darkness coexist.



"Great vocals and psych guitar"

Will Hodgkinson - Guitar Man and Song Man


Award winning artist Rachael Burnett, whose work has been exhibited alongside Damien Hirst at the Belgravia Gallery London, designed the artwork for “Saint Jude”.



Live dates, with more to be announced are:

December 12th @ The Peryls Victorian Christmas Extraordinarium -
Antenna Studios, London


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Hot New Artist.. Michala Todd

The self-titled album from Michala Todd announces the arrival of a shining new star on the Canadian scene. The 16 year old singer is already an audience favourite in the South Simcoe, Ontario, area in which she has grown up, and this strikingly accomplished record now proves she is ready for prime time.

Michala Todd is the result of a fertile creative partnership between Michala and two heavyweight songwriters and producers, Cyril Rawson and John Acosta. They have had songs recorded by the likes of Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson and Reba McEntire (Rawson) and Sky, Acosta-Russell, and Toya Alexis (Acosta). The dynamic duo are now frequently writing together, with Rawson concentrating on lyrics and Acosta the melody.

Their complementary songwriting skills proved the perfect vehicle for Todd’s striking voice. After taking time to learn Michala’s personality and musical influences, they came up with original songs that reflected both, and the singer responded with enthusiasm and hard work. “She came very prepared for every session, and the recording went very smoothly,” says Rawson.

The team concentrated on writing and recording a song a month, and over the course of that year, Michala’s pure voice also gained in power. Her own musical tastes broadened into pop-rock territory, and this helps account for the stylistically diverse nature of the album. “We asked Michala what she was listening to through the stages of recording, and then we put that data into focus,” explains Acosta. “The latter part of the record shows Michala’s tastes evolving to the next stage..” Artists Todd cites as inspirations and influences include Kate Voegele, Rihanna, JoJo, and Miley Cyrus.

The first single, “Me,” is an instantly captivating slice of dance-pop. Co-written by Acosta, Jason Blume and Swedish songwriter Fredrik Hult, it fuses Michala’s vibrant and clear vocals with an irresistible groove. The rock feel of “The Next Time” is neatly enhanced by a hint of grit in Michala’s voice, while the catchy “Tongue Tied” has a cool ‘80s synth-pop vibe. .. Enough To Fall,” Todd shows she can also handle a big emotional ballad with graceful ease.

Despite her tender age, Michala Todd is far from a musical novice. She began taking singing lessons at Alliston’s Modern Conservatory of Music at age eight, and quickly impressed her tutors there with her natural talent. After five years of study there, she switched to a renowned Toronto vocal coach, Ryan Luchuck, and continues weekly vocal lessons with him. Michala’s commitment to her craft is a strong one, and she is now also learning guitar, on the instrument she won with her victory in a Schomberg Idol talent contest.

Todd has also shown both a passion and flair for musical theatre. She has shone in area productions of such musicals as “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Copacabana,” “Once Upon A Mattress,” and in the lead role of Barrie’s Theatre by the Bay’s “Cinderella.” Michala’s talent is certainly no secret to those living in the Tottenham, Alliston and Barrie area. She performs regularly in coffee shops and cultural and community centres in the region, and appeared with distinction at five Barrie festivals last year, including the major Celebrate Barrie event.

In November, Michala’s international singing debut was a real triumph. After placing second (out of 2,000 entries) in an online talent search designed to raise awareness of Mastocytosis and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, she was invited to perform with other winners at a large benefit concert in Washington, D.C.. The five songs she performed there were very warmly received.

She has been quick to assist local charities by performing at their fundraising events. “So many people have reached out and supported Michala, and she feels the best way for her to help others and give back is through her voice,” explains her mother and manager, Karen Todd.

With a heart as big and warm as her voice, Michala Todd is destined to make a real musical mark. This is a young artist to watch closely.

For more information, contact www.michalatodd.com or www.myspace.com/michalatodd.

written by: Kerry Doole




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Name: Tori Darke
Category: Music - Country
Description: Biography

Born Victoria Darke in Paddington, NSW, on July 19, 1990, this young lady has set her sights on international recognition as a professional singer-songwriter. Singing since the age of three, Tori competed in eisteddfods, eventually winning the City of Wollongong Eisteddfod and setting a record for the highest point score ever achieved in the open vocal section.

For the past few years Tori has turned her vocal talents towards the country arena, finding musical influences in Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban, Martina McBride and Trisha Yearwood.

From her home base of Mt Annan, on the outskirts of Sydney, Tori travelled widely to compete in talent quests in a bid to work her way towards her ultimate goal.

Having won a number of quests over the years, Tori was particularly delighted in January 2008 to win the Mal Gardiner best new talent trophy at the CCMA National Talent Quest in Tamworth, where she received a scholarship to attend the Tamworth Camerata College in 2008. Attending this prestigious country music school for young performers had been a goal of Tori's for several years as she saw Camerata as the first major step on her musical journey.

Recently winning the Toyota "Maton Talent Search" in Gympie, Tori was awarded a scholarship to attend the CMAA Australian Senior College of Country Music, held in Tamworth each January, as well as an all expenses paid trip to Canada to be the Australian Ambassador to perform at the Merritt Mountain Country Music festival in July 2009.
More recently Tori's greatest achievement was being announced as a 2009 Toyota Star Maker Grand Finalist.
Tori has now gone on to release her debut single 'Crawl' to Nfs in February 2009 and her Debut Self Titled EP was launched in March 2009. Her Debut Single resulting in being in the Top 30 Australian Country Music Charts, now charting at No. 21. This is an amazing achievement for Tori and she now looks forward to her CMC release sometime in April.

Having completed her schooling a little over 12 months ago, Tori works part-time while she hones her craft at weekly performances travelling the eastern seaborne of Australia.

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TORI'S MOST RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS

2009 TOYOTA STAR MAKER GRAND FINALIST
2009 CMAA SENIOR COLLEGE GRADUATE
2008 TOYOTA MATON TALENT SEARCH WINNER - GYMPIE MUSTER
2008 OVERALL SENIOR CHAMPION - NORTHERN SUBURBS CMF QLD
2008 CAMERATA GRADUATE
2008 CCMA JUNIOR WINNER RECEIVING 2ND CAMERATA SCHOLARSHIP
2008 RUNNER UP "ARISTOCRAT" ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
PERFORMED AT 'Gina Timms Album Launch' TAMWORTH 2007
WINNER - SENIOR DUET QLD Champion of Champions 2007
WINNER 2008 Commonwealth Bank CAMERATA SCHOLARSHIP
2007 'ACTS' CHAMPION (Australian Country Talent Search)
PERFORMING ON MUSTER CLUB STAGE IN GYMPIE 2007
WINNER 2007 TAMWORTH HATS OFF
OVERALL CHAMPION-CANE COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL QUEENSLAND 2007
FINALIST TELSTRA ROAD TO TAMWORTH 2007
OVERALL JUNIOR CHAMPION- HUNTER VALLEY COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL 2006
OVERALL WINNERS HUNTER VALLEY COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIAL 2006

Contact Info
Website: www.toridarke.com
www.myspace.com/toridarkemusic
www.facebook.com/pages/Tori-Darke...


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Ema Keley had 18 when she discovered in a TV show and signs a contract with the label Carso Belgium. His talent as a performer and energy will be recognize and she will sign with Mercury Island and Universal Music.

Its first titles out then under "Angélique lahy" nickname artist, she be acclaimed by radios and medias.

With this international experience, Ema Keley returns to his first words, his first wishes and sign a maxi single in 2009 with the support of Midlands Artistic and LF Management.

Accomplished artist and close to the public, these four titles are a hymn to the respect, love and everyday life…

More than an artist, Ema Keley able to convince his artistic talent with a International team references (Sam Wilcoxx, Vincent Pierens, Guy Balbaert ...) and when we know that the artist has also participated in musical and in writing ....

.... The tracks take all their senses…Enter into the magnificent universe of Ema Keley....



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Stanley Odd - 'The Numbness'
Released 17th October on Circular Records
www.myspace.com/stanleyodd




Stanley Odd is a truly international band, a six-piece live hip-hop act with members from Norway, Germany and Scotland. Purveyors of a unique blend of hip hop, funk, electronica and anything else that takes their fancy; undeniably experienced live music combatants; renowned for infectious grooves, social commentary and above all else music to get mad with.
Recently signed to Circular Records in May 2009, ‘The Numbness’ debut single is released October 17th. Stanley Odd’s debut album is set for release early 2010.

“social observations with gentle grooves and excellent live musicianship, creating a mix which should be on everyone’s iPod.” - The Scotsman


“rap music that will appeal to jazz junkies, funk fans and hip-hop headz alike.” - The Skinny


"one of the most thoughtful and entertaining acts of the Scottish hip hop scene." - The List






Describing their sound as like ‘A million bar-codes all getting scanned at once’, Stanley Odd’s line up goes as follows. Solareye -rap vocals, random antics and jacket theft, Veronika Electronika – singing and shaking what her momma gave her, B Dot - drums, electronics and other stuff you can hit, AdMac -bass and beard, Kamarata Kamerun - guitars, Norweggie rage and T L O - keys, questions and answers.



‘Welcome to the Odd-yssey, paranoiac words & awkward beats

walking the dichotomy - organic & technology

music for soul and body, holding court on lost philosophy

hit the voddy & wake up like McMurphy post-lobotomy

don’t play the lottery

no 'God save the monarchy'

just my oddity –

Stanley Odd because I've got to be’


Catch STANLEY ODD live at the following venues

Sep 22 – The Hive, Edinburgh / Oct 2 – Single launch at GRV, Edinburgh / Oct 9 – Hip Pop @ Capitol, Glasgow

Oct 30 – The Ironworks, Inverness / Oct 31 – HMV Picture House, Edinburgh


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My name is Rishi Ramlagan aka Mo'Times Productions.
I'm a music producer from Trinidad and Tobago (in the Caribbean)
I do all genres from hip hop, to reggae to dance, etc.

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Got a new tune out,from a very talented artist, Victoria Trestrail , named Johnny's Fool
that I would like to get some airplay. It was only released last week and the feedback has been tremendous
in a very positive way. It premiered on Trinidadian radio last week Thursday and the announcer/dj loved it.
Take a listen and if you think your listeners would enjoy it, by all means give it a try.

The song is a mix of lots of genres and is actually difficult to say which it really is.
Its a blend of folk, hip hop, reggae, jazz and more. Really interesting piece of music...and well Victoria's
vocals and writing skills are nothing short of amazing!

We'll be getting it out to more local and international radio stations very soon,
and also plan to have a video done for it.


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SHABBY ROGUE

‘My Life as a Secret Agent’

Released October 26th. Available via i tunes and all major download sites

The single is on the new music playlist on BFBS Radio.



www.myspace.com/shabbyrogue


The single is available for free download from www.artrocker.tv throughout September.



'the track has a wonderfully raw, almost punk feel...fun and strangely addictive' - Get Ready To Rock



'The Rogue recall a galliant wardrobe of 1960s heroes from Arthur Lee to Bob Dylan, while imprinting their influences with fresh emotions and ideas. As an introduction to an outrageously good live band you could do far worse than investigate this beautiful and troubled album...' - Artrocker Magazine













Shabby Rogue have been together for five years and have produced one previous album: Hair Nails and Beauty. The band features three song-writers: Johnny Famous, Shaun Litton and Tom Sheppard, all of whom sing and play guitar, bass and keys on different tracks. The line-up is complemented by Terry Green, the drummer.





My Life as a Secret Agent is the first single from Shabby Rogue’s album By Hook and By Crook, set for release early 2010. Additional artists featured on the album include: Adam Sutherland, of The Peatbog Fairies; Thomas Truax, who engineered additional takes; and Abigail Hercules, of The Easy Tigers. The original idea for By Hook and by Crook was to build a suite of songs that captured a sense of release: instead what the band created is a dark, sprawling, internally driven piece of work.



My Life as a Secret Agent is a three-minute blast of surf-pop paranoia, built on a riff written in the studio by guitarist Johnny Famous. The lyrics were inspired by a moment of drug-induced anxiety, as lead singer Shaun Litton explains: ‘It’s about a night when I was getting back to my dirty little bedsit in Bayswater. I had no money, all I had on me was drugs, and I had this cartoon stuff going on in my head, like exploding cartoons. And I definitely started to think that people were following me. Nothing: Prozac, elevator-pop, self-help literature was going to calm me down. Not a good time to be me, to be honest.’



The track, along with the bulk of the album, was recorded in a studio created from scratch in a converted barn in Llangain, Brecon Beacons. Working on a budget that would barely cover an MP’s claim for a box of cheap cigars, and under pressure of time, the recording sessions were fraught:

‘The whole recording experience was pretty much defined by anxiety, exhaustion and substance abuse,’ adds Tom, bassist and guitarist, ‘But I think we did three takes and we used the first. So I guess anxiety, exhaustion, substance abuse and brevity were the four elements we were hoping to capture.’



It was the dying wish of drummer Terry Green to record the album entirely in one session. The rest of the band thought this was a damn foolish notion. However, on this particular track Terry (still with us, but only through the grace of God) had his wish, and the track retains the chaotic and intense energy of that original live take.



Shaun adds: ‘We wanted the sound of the record to reflect the chaos of that night in Bayswater, how fast things seemed to be happening in my head. And we wanted it to have that garage punk feel – one definite influence on this record is the band The Sonics. If it’s raw, it’s because we like it uncooked.’



Shabby Rogue will be showcasing the album over the coming months, with a series of gigs including
Oct 8 – Free Tibet Fundraiser, Brixton Jamm / Oct 12 – The Hair of the Dog @ The Spice of Life, Soho / Oct 18 - The Horseshoe, Bristol

Oct 22 – Tommy Flynns, Camden / Oct 31 -The Enterprise, Camden




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Volcanoes release "Shaking That Brass" EP on October 26th '09. The single will be available across all formats from iTunes and all major download sites. They'll be live in session with BBC Sheffield Raw Talent on Thursday 24th September, and were live in session with BBC Radio Hull back in August.


VOLCANOES - "SHAKING THAT BRASS" EP
1. Temple / 2. What You Came For / 3. Eagle Eye /

4. Oliver Charles Darwin / 5. Making Progress

Released: October 26th 2009

Label: indecan

Available from iTunes and all major download sites

www.volcanoesband.co.uk

www.myspace.com/volcanoes





Highly acclaimed indie band Volcanoes release their ‘brilliant EP’ “Shaking That Brass,” as quoted from Sandman Magazine. The release showcases the multitude of ideas and enchanting song writing ability that Volcanoes possess and which has enabled them to garner huge media support in the past. Boasting an abundance of passion, catchy melodies and instantly infectious bass lines “Shaking That Brass,’ including lead tracks “Temple” and “What You Came For,” confirms that Volcanoes have their teeth clenched deep in to the UK Indie scene. A release launch party is to be held at Plug Sheffield on October 10th ’09 with an album release planned for early 2010. Volcanoes are also featured as one of Edith Bowman’s ‘Bedroom Bands’ on www.edithbowman.com.



‘“Face-slapping Glamfreakbeat” says NME…

We haven’t got a fooking clue what this means but we like it.”



Based in Leeds and Sheffield, the band consists of Samson (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), Kevin (lead guitar and backing vocals), Boa (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Chris (drums and backing vocals) who pride themselves on their live shows, and since forming in Sheffield in 2005, they have supported numerous bands over the past four years including ‘Arctic Monkeys,’ ‘The Maccabees,’ ‘Hot Club de Paris,’ ‘The Big Pink’ and ‘Little Man Tate.’ The infectious charm they carry combined with their ‘overflow [of] energy and enthusiasm,’ has lead to the mass of support across the country from their ever increasing fan base.



“Volcanoes do actually offer something to stay awake for.”

Leeds Music Scene



On top of their simply heroic on-stage antics, the band are super productive and spend every other waking minute in the studio writing and recording, with a glorious catalogue of EPs just waiting to be discovered. Past releases include “Red Door” EP and “Friend of Mine” demo which was described by Sheffield Music Hub as ‘great music in the finest Indie, Brit-guitar tradition…Deserves to be all over MTV2 / Flux!”



“Volcanoes seem determined to chisel out songs in their own style, a style which rarely lets the audience settle into an apathetic indie number.”

Glasswerk Leeds



“A less than conventional indie band”

Caught In The Crossfire



Upcoming dates:

Oct 10th - EP Launch @The Plug, Sheffield / 16th Oct Feed Me Music @ 229 London /

17th Oct Acoustic Revolution @ The Adelphi / Leeds, 30th The Shed, Leicester

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The 'A' Train release their latest single "Don't Have Far To Go" on November 9th '09 on Vantage Room.



Their previous single "Black and White Memories" was
championed by BBC 6 Music (Tom Robinson) and BBC Tees (Bob Fischer).

The ‘A’ Train - “Don’t Have Far To Go”

Released Monday 9th November 2009 via download (iTunes + Amazon)

Label: Vantage Room





London based The ‘A’ Train’s second single “Don’t Have Far To Go” retains the fraternal harmonies, silvery guitars and propulsive rhythm section that characterised debut release “Black And White Memories”.



But where the latter - released at the height of summer and championed by both Tom Robinson and Bob Fischer on BBC radio - drew on classic sixties pop, “Don’t Have Far To Go” looks back further still; to early 20th century folk and gospel, all the while packing a harder rock punch than the debut.



The resulting effect is not unlike Elbow or In Rainbows-era Radiohead, fronted by Fleet Foxes and covering something from Blood On The Tracks.



Praise for “Black And White Memories”:



"A sublime debut single" - The Fly


"Timeless pop / rock that connects as deeply as you could dare to dream" - The Mag


"Pop-tastic … a tune which provides you with hope for the future" - Music Travels



Again recorded largely at home in North London, “Don’t Have Far To Go” is backed with an acoustic version of live favourite “Come Hell Or High Water”, and offers further evidence that The ‘A’ Train’s future should be a very interesting one indeed.



The band - brothers James and Dan from Oxford, and Ben from North East England – are halfway to completing their debut album, due in spring 2010.



Meanwhile they continue to run their Stoked Acoustic night in North London, booking only the best acoustic acts around.



See The ‘A’ Train perform live:



Oct 3rd – Hope And Anchor, London

Oct 16th – Stoked Acoustic, London

Oct 28th – Wilmington, London

More TBC soon



www.theatrain.co.uk

www.myspace.com/theatrainmusic







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About THE FORES

Reviews
New BBC Reviews (From Surface Unsigned Bands Festival)



Round One:
"The Fores sound is guitar driven rock n roll, with elements of blues and classic rock. Excellent guitar ideas, from complex, interesting bass lines to progressive, winding guitar solos they created satisfying tracks, and played with skill and precision. Solid percussion from Shaun and a strong rock n roll voice from Guy completed some well-written and well-structured songs. Clearly having impressed the other bands, they went through to the second round on the musicians vote."


Semi Finals:
"Creating a classic rock n roll sound with an energetic, contemporary edge, The Fores have a great sound and the musical ability to pull it off well. As a band they excel on the quality of their material; well-written tracks with strong lyrics, a fantastic vocal and some outstanding guitar work. A good range within their rock n roll sound they are clearly a band with some good ideas, and it’s this creativity that distinguished them as something special. Hopefully they can maintain their high standard at the Barfly"


Regional Finals
"A first-rate rock n roll sound and a strong, tight performance saw The Fores hold their own against some stiff competition. Excellent guitar work, especially from Lead Tom, they create a fresh, interesting sound distinguished by some great riffs, some outstanding drumming from Shaun and a strong vocal from Guy. A great mixture of confidence and energy onstage, they went down really well with the Friday night crowd and despite not progressing showed they are a band with great potential."


Biography
The band started when bass player and lead singer Guy Snowdon asked Liam Hopkins (Rhythm Guitar) if he wanted to join a band. Liam accepted and recommended that Tom Iliffe (Lead guitarist) be asked too. Having previously enjoyed some songwriting sessions with Liam Tom also accepted and brought with him drummer and close friend Shaun Lee and after weeks of searching for a singer Guy stepped up and took the duties.

We then set out to play wherever would have us, whenever we could and played our first gig on the side of a lorry/truck in 2005. We then recorded some original songs and secured a second gig at The Cavern in Liverpool (made famous by The Beatles).

We write and play all of our own music, except the odd cover song at live gigs and have recorded 2 batches of songs with plans of regular recording sessions through-out the year, we are always trying to expand our back catalogue, so keep on listening for updates! Since we formed we have played many gigs including Barfly, The Cavern twice (In Liverpool), Bar Academy and many more! We also got into the Regional Finals of the “Surface Unsigned Festival” after being chosen out of thousands of bands and picked up some great reviews from the BBC and had a fantastic time! Also in October 2008 we had one of our songs played at ANFIELD Liverpool Football Stadium at half time to crowds of 45.000

We are all down to earth fun loving people who love our music! We have recently added our new drummer Carl Brooker (LEGEND!!!) when our first drummer Shaun made a move to live in London. Since we have formed The Fores have had many highlights and have future ambitions to keep writing/playing our music and have a good time along the way.. ROCK N ROLL FOREVER!!!

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CAPTAIN DANGEROUS

‘I miss you cos it’s Monday’



Released September 28th

on Danqua Records



1. I miss you cos it’s Monday

2. Shoot Deserters

3. Terry Steele (take away version)


Available from all good independent record

shops on Limited Edition CD single

Also from iTunes and all major download sites.

www.myspace.com/captaindangerous



Following on from their critically acclaimed single ‘The Terrorist’ and equally as well received b-side ‘Merrow Song’ Nottingham’s Captain Dangerous release their 2nd single with Danqua Records after having recently toured the UK as part of their ‘Take Away Tour’, which saw them perform live in numerous town and cities across the country.



‘I miss you cos it’s Monday’ is another chunk of genuinely heartfelt off kilter pop music and includes ‘B’ sides ‘Shoot Deserters’ and ‘Terry Steele (takeaway version)’.

This release is sure to see Captain Dangerous continue their assault on the British music scene.



“Outrageously catchy melodies”
Mark Riley BBC6 Music



The band have recently received support from, and been championed by many, including BBC R1 Introducing’s Tom Robinson, BBC Notts Introducing Dean Jackson and BBC6’ Mark Riley, as well as XFM’s John Kennedy. Late 2009 will see the release of their debut album “The House That Jack Hayter Built” from which this track is taken.





They have, over the last 3 years, played alongside acts including Ash, The Rumble Strips, Dirty Pretty Things, Lightspeed Champion and The Holloways, as well as making numerous festival and TV appearances across the UK and Europe.



Captain Dangerous have headlined some of the most important live music venues in the country including Rock City, Rescue Rooms (both Nottingham), The Louisiana (Bristol), 53 Degrees (Preston), 93 Feet East (London), Barfly (Birmingham), Rhythm Factory, Nambucca, and The Dublin Castle (all London) to name but a few.





"Captain Dangerous are awesome.....fantastic strings and lyrics that feel completely genuine and delivered with precision."
9/10 Die Shellsuit Die


“Record companies should be beating down the doors to snap them up before someone else does”
Retro Life Style magazine



“Hugely Engaging”
Drunken Werewolf Magazine


“Captain Dangerous are an explosive four piece art pop band from Nottingham with a frothy mélange of quirk-pop influences.”
Bugbear Bookings

Catch Captain Dangerous at one of their many dates across the country during August and September with more to be announced:



Sept 19th + 20th - Stratford Upon Avon, Library, Takeaway Tour / Oct 10th - Chameleon Arts Cafe, Nottingham / Oct 25th - Hockey Hustle, Nottingham


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ZENYTH - "FALL"




Zenyth release their latest EP "Fall" on October 12th through Crash Records. The single will be available from HMV and all good record stores, and digitally from iTunes and all major download sites.

They'll be live in session with BFBS Radio on Tuesday 22nd September.


www.zenyth-rocks.com / www.myspace.com/zenythmusic



''Zenyth are sure to be the next big rock band from South Wales; they have a great sound with driving drums and bass beats, they are awesome live, and that's why I have chosen them as one of the top 4 university bands in the UK." Eddie Temple Morris- XFM

"...Zenyth don't do things by halves. Their chant along lyrics and uncompromising drums, massive slabs of guitar and instantly lethal vocal hooks combine an astonishing demonstration of raw power that is their thrilling live shows." V Festival - 2008



"These guys rock, lead singer and guitarist tear songs apart, this young band could be on their way to super stardom. Fantastic live act, and you, our listeners, have nominated them for a Vodafone Live Music Award" Loz, Kerrang Radio.



"Zenyth are irresistibly catchy, slightly heavy and a complete guilty pleasure... their music continues to show off the band's capabilities and just show they are the perfect rock band as they have the power to appeal to such a wide audience, definitely keep your eyes peeled for this lot!" Devolution Magazine



Released: October 12th 2009
Label: Crash Records
Available from HMV and all good record stores, and digitally from iTunes and all major download sites.

The forthcoming EP “Fall” from Cardiff based ‘Zenyth’ encompasses the bands rock and indie influences along with the desire to creatively blend big vocals, catchy melodies and gritty riffs. Mix this with original song writing to create a sound unique to Zenyth. Upcoming festival appearances to support the release include ‘Cambridge Rock Festival,’ Cambridge and ‘The Alchemy Festival,’ Lincolnshire.





Since forming in 2004 their incredible live performances have led to an ever growing UK fan base and a huge reputation of being a must-see live band. Testimony to this, Zenyth found themselves nominated in the category for ‘Best Unsigned Act’ alongside bands such as “Razorlight,” “Muse,” and “The Killers” at the ‘Vodafone Live Music Awards 2007’. Shortly afterwards they were named one of the ‘Top 4 Unsigned Bands’ in the UK by ‘iTunes’, ‘XFM’ and ‘Coca-Cola’. Appearances on ‘Transmission with T-Mobile’, ‘Channel 4’ and ‘Avenue 11’ soon followed. Never short of prestigious live dates, they’ve continued to play various festivals around the UK and supported the likes of “Pendulum,” “Zane Lowe,” “The Answer” and “Scouting for Girls” to name but a few.



Their DIY EP releases “Alone” (2007) and “Time Wasted” (2008) proved to be a big hit with fans, press and Europe wide radio stations, with the likes of BBC, XFM, Kerrang Radio, NME Radio and Nation all playing Zenyth’s material. Past live sessions include BBC Wales, Nation and Bridge FM in the bands home patch.






See Zenyth live:



September 12 – 3 Horse Shoes, Cardiff

September 19 – The Alchemy, Lincolnshire

October 3 – The Station, Cogan, Wales





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Stop Eject release double A side single "The Retirement of Intelsat 3R" / "I Am A Social Network" on September 7th.
The single has been playlisted on BFBS Radio (who they were live in session with on August 11th), BCB Radio, Sheffield Live plus many, many more.



Stop Eject - "The Retirement of Intelsat 3R" / "I Am A Social Network"
Released - September 7th 2009
www.myspace.com/stopejectmusic



Stop Eject release the double A side single, “The Retirement of Intelsat 3R” & “I Am A Social Network” ahead of the forthcoming as yet untitled album due for release early 2010. After many enjoyable hours spent in the recording studios, the single exhibits the bands fusion of Indie, Progressive and Experimental sounds. Both singles has been playlisted on BFBS Radio (who they were live in session with on August 11th), BCB Radio, Sheffield Live plus many, many more.



“Really quite brilliant!” Gary Smith, BBC Radio Bristol



"Leaves your pulse racing and ears begging for more. Memorable lyrics, satisfying riffs and a bucketload of aggression...Enjoy!" My TV Online



Stop Eject, Robert Enola (Vocals) from Cambridge, Alexander Scott (Drums) from County Durham, Ross Swift (Bass) from Nottingham and Topher Batchelor (Guitar) from London but raised in Northern Ireland, have established themselves as a band considered high up on a list of dark, brooding bands from their adopted city of Nottingham, the culmination of various interests and ideas formulated into a noise known as music.



Having formed in 2007, early success led to time out of the mainstream, and so despite performances on public plazas, a darker and more unconventional sound was pursued. A collection of songs was recorded at a similar time, but no music of the recorded type saw the light of day.



2008’s self-released EP “Cargo Cult Science” accompanied a number of shows, including ‘Club Fandango’ with ‘The Voom Blooms’, and consisted mostly of support slots with bands such as ‘Elle Milano’, ‘Prinzhorn Dance School’, ‘Ipso Facto’ and ‘Everything Everything’.



“Very much memorable and worth checking out” Sandman Magazine



The band learned a great deal from their early accomplishments and through the experience of appearing with numerous touring acts, along with a line-up change, and directed their efforts into the development of their sound.



Stop Eject are proud of the fact they’re trying to do something a little different, if not challenging at times. “Cargo Cult Science” was an exercise of ‘DIY’ self-promotion, a well-received documentation by a band driven to affirm their unique brand.



“Utterly great… Stop, eject, play, repeatrepeatrepeat” Channel 4 (Planet Sound)



UK Tour dates to be confirmed soon

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Karl Culley releases his second single Bundle of Nerves in Sep via 3 Minutes of Madness. His album of the same name is also released nationally in January 2010 and Karl appears as a cover interview in the autumn issue of Classic Rock Society magazine.His new single is attracting national media attention, including support from BBC6.
‘Folk inspired with frenetic finger-plucking guitar makes Karl’s single hypnotic.’

Music News



Karl Culley releases his second studio single via 3 Minutes of Madness.



He is a singer-songwriter/ finger-style acoustic guitarist and has somehow managed to distil his many influences (listen closely for wisps of John Martyn, Elliott Smith, Paul Simon, Nick Drake, Kelly Joe Phelps, Richard Thompson, Bob Dylan, Tori Amos, Thom Yorke, Bruce Cockburn) into something uniquely his own - a deeply intriguing modern folk/punk/world/skiffle, in which a compelling tension ensues between breathtakingly visceral frenetic guitar-sparkle and the vunerable spectral quality of his voice.



Karl is a published poet and his lyrics, likewise, display a talent for imagery and a pre-occupation with otherness and that which is beyond our grasp. His background as the percussionist in a skiffle-noir band and a teenage mixer of drum and bass and trip-hop vinyl have informed his unique groovy percussive guitar style.



‘the guitar playing is dynamic, similar to flamenco in some ways, classical in others’

Sandman magazine



‘If this very small snapshot is illustrative of this guy's general talents then I can't wait for his album.’

All Gigs



The desolate beauty of the Isle Of Jura in Scotland and the countryside around Karl’s North Yorkshire home provided the setting for the recording of Karls' album 'Bundle Of Nerves'. The first single taken from the album was ‘Elephant Juice’ which received widespread online acclaim as well as radio support from Tom Robinson. Bundle of Nerves was recorded over three sessions, joined by a bassist and a percussionist/producer, the twenty-eight year old musician was able to conjure 11 varied songs of light, darkness, love and doom, aided by the wild wind and occasional wee drams of single malt.



The resulting album is a mixture of light and shade all underpinned by Karl Culley’s very unique style on guitar.
All releases available via www.3minutesofmadness.com



www.karlculley.co.uk / www.myspace.com/karlculley
Regards

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Primitai release their new single "The Craft" on September 14th through Green China Records, in support of their performance at Surface Unsigned London finals.
It'll be available from iTunes and all major download sites.



“Ball breaking riffs, shredding solo’s, no prisoners taken and metal up your arse” Kerrang Magazine



“Plenty of attitude, some cool riffing and definitely no shortage of solos” Powerplay Magazine



“…Battle hymn themes and ‘80’s fun. Kickarse!” Zero Tolerance



Primitai - "The Craft"
Released: September 14th
Label: Green China Records
Available from iTunes and all major download sites
www.primitai.com / www.myspace.com/primitaiofficial


Primitai return with their new single “The Craft,” a high energy fuelled rock / metal offering from the South East based group. Nick (lead guitar & backing vocals) and Jamie (bass) are based in Sandhurst, Guy (vocals) is located in London, Chris (drums) resides in Southampton and Srdjan (guitar) originally from Bosnia, lives in Reading.





February 2008 saw the release of the bands debut album “Through The Gates of Hell” with reviews from national magazines Rock Sound, Kerrang, Powerplay and Zero Tolerance. Planet Thrash named the album ‘Featured Album of the Month.’ Live TV performances on Red TV and Cue Tracks soon followed in support of the release, and in 2008 they featured on Get Ready to Rock’s ‘Rising stars iTunes podcast’ who claimed Primitai were ‘definitely one to watch.’



Primitai have garnered a mass of radio support for previous single releases with airplay from the likes of BBC 6 Music’s Bruce Dickinson, Total Rock Radio, Rock 247 and BBC Radio Berkshire, plus many, many more. Past singles include “War Cries” and “Primitillian Man,” both with accompanying videos. Their debut single, “Primitillian Man,” reached No 3 in the HMV Rock download charts.



“A great track from a proper talented band” Is This Music



Primitai are a band who can seriously play, and on each [track] here they push both the songs and their own playing abilities to the limit” Get Ready to Rock



Since forming in 2003 whilst at college in Sandhurst, they have built up a dedicated fan base from constantly gigging across the UK. Their experience from playing live combined with their improvisation and the ability to put on a phenomenal live show is what helped them reach the finals of ‘Surface Unsigned.’



“Their sound is decadent, it's a reminder of those times where music is more important than the air you breathe, but not the beer you drink”

Surface Unsigned Festival Live Review



See Primitai live:

Aug 31 – MMMFEST at Gaff, London / Sep 5 – Surface Unsigned Festival – London Final, Camden Dome, London /

Oct 3 – The Gaff, London




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RazorBladeKisses release double A side single "Ballerina" / "The Butterfly" on August 31st. The single is taken from the album "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Scar."

Would it be possible to arrange airplay of either / both track to support the release?
MP3 & CD copies are available - please advise if you'd like either.

www.razorbladekisses.com / www.myspace.com/razorbladekisses

"RazorBladeKisses are one of the best... A tasty apple treat from an enchanted garden that is well worth a visit" Room 13

"An intoxicating mix of rock, goth, opera and eastern promise..." Get Ready To Rock

"Pure Magic" Glasswerk


RazorBladeKisses - "Ballerina" / "The Butterfly"
Released August 31st
www.razorbladekisses.com / www.myspace.com/razorbladekisses

Double A-side single “Ballerina” & “The Butterfly” is the latest rock / goth offering, taken from the upcoming album “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Scar,” by the sensational ‘Razor Blade Kisses’. “Ballerina” blends hauntingly beautiful vocals with chilling string sounds through the opening verse that lure in the listener before the chorus roars “I want to make you scream…” Combine these lyrics with the clashing of the symbols and the track creates a feeling of a spell being cast upon the listener from there on after. The heavenly seductive vocals compliment the graceful musical content of “The Butterfly” perfectly and help to sweep the listener away into a dream like state. Ironically, in Persian mythology, the butterfly is said to carry the souls of the dead. The Iranian speech used is taken from the poem “This Bird Is Going to Die” by famous Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad and expresses the feeling of being trapped like a caged bird.




Formed at the height of the millennium in February 2000, ‘RazorBladeKisses’ is a unique band comprised of an unusual blend of varying talents. Hailing from distant Persia, the two female vocalists Layla and Azadeh create unique lyrical and dark melodies, which are ever contradicting, genre defying and teasingly challenging to musical boundaries.



“Possibly the brightest hope on the UK scene just because they have such fun on the surface but such mystery in the depths. Goth and Pop, inextricably linked, and maddeningly exciting...”

PANACHE


‘RazorBladeKisses’ deliver what can only be described as the secret recipe for a twisted dark fairytale that would have children crawling into corners clutching their dolls and toys.



The contrasting chapters of this fairytale can conjure back haunting memories from the days of childhood and yet be so fragile, soothing and dreamy as to accompany the listener on the saddest days of a cold autumn and chill the soul on a summer night. The haunting harmonies and sweetly spooky stories unfolded in the bands eerie, ethereal and enchanting soundscapes are innocent, yet deviously deceiving, seductive and edgy. Whether in a dollhouse or in the deepest core of the enchanted woods, the audience is present with an elegantly constructed performance that is an intriguing, sensuous and playfully sinister aural and visual musical feat.



‘RazorBladeKisses’ were once again invited to perform at Whitby’s Gothic Weekend’ in May 2009, in which they put on a stunning live performance and were described as ‘the shining light’ of the weekend by Whitby Gazette.





See RazorBladeKisses live:

October 17 – J-Culture Convention, Assembly Rooms, Derby

More TBC soon



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Shimmer releases "Can you Handle It" on September 7th through Gridlockaz Records. The single is gaining increasing support from national print media and radio, and Shimmer is proving herself to be one of the most acclaimed upcoming artists in the UK.

www.shimmerbaby.com / www.myspace.com/shimmer001


Shimmer - "Can You Handle It"
Released September 7th 2009
Gridlockaz Records
Available from iTunes and all major download sites



With the successful release of “Baby” earlier in the year Shimmer returns with her summer floor filler “Can You Handle It”. This no holds barred club joint sees the UK ’s most outspoken female MC put the bang back into Pop music with its innuendo fuelled lyrics and floor filling tempo.



Shimmer has a point to make and she’s making it in style. From the deep bassline of the track to its raunchy video featuring her backing dancers Whipped Pink, Shimmer has a no-holds-barred approach to her music. This combined with the sheer display of colour both in the audio and video aspects of her repertoire makes her one of the new artists to watch this summer.



Shimmer manages to boast extensive sex appeal yet demands a furious respect from her contemporaries, collaborating with a multitude of artists and producers on the UK Grime and Hip Hop scene including Ironik, Sticky, Stylo-G, Nu Brand Flexxx, Sway, Cassoblax and Stormin of Nasty Crew.



The single itself will comprise of a minimum of 3 mixes (main, urban dance and dance). The main mix is currently being mailed out to DJs, with the dance mixes being available soon.



Already the cover star of D101 magazine, live appearances include a headline at Heaven Nightclub at an exclusive urban fashion catwalk event and numerous media event appearances are planned for the autumn.




www.shimmerbaby.com / www.myspace.com/shimmer001

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1. Apologies to You / 2. Death From Above / 3. Before Tomorrow
Released: October 2009
Label: Crash Records
Available from iTunes and all major download sites
www.myspace.com/serotonineffect


Serotonin, a three piece progressive rock band consisting of Jay (vocals and guitar), Jody (drums) and Dave (bass), present their latest release; an EP showcasing the bands grunge, indie and rock influences, titled “Siempre y para Siempre.”



With lyrics taken straight from the heart and guitar solos that will raise the hairs on the back of your neck, the pure truth of Jay’s talent knows no bounds. Couple this with Jody’s faultless technical ability and impeccable timing plus Dave’s jazz bass styling, it’s clear to see why Serotonin are continuing to go from strength to strength.



Based in the Oxfordshire area, the roots of Serotonin lie in the friendship of Jay and Jody who had previously been in a band together until it dispersed early 2006. They joined forces in 2007 after realising their shared passion for creating original music subsequently leading to the birth of Serotonin.



‘They play with a great passion for music and thoroughly enjoy what they are doing… An amazing band’

Courtyard, Bicester



Their first release, in the spring of 2008, came in the shape of an EP titled “You Don’t Know What You’ve Got Until It’s Gone.” The remainder of 2008 was spent writing and recording new material and playing prestigious live dates across the UK.



See Serotonin live on the following dates:



August 31 – Ye Olde Pioneer, Bicester

September 17 – The Cellar, Oxford

September 19 – The Centurion, Bicester

September 25 – The Roebuck, Leighton Buzzard

September 26 – The Elephant & Castle, Banbury

October 16 – Ye Olde Pioneer, Bicester

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‘Robber Barons’ is the first single from Battlefield Band’s ‘Zama Zama …try your luck…’ album. The single has received airplay on BBC Shropshire, BBC Gloucestershire, Archie Fisher's show on BBC Scotland, Folkcast and Celtic Music Radio. The track, written by Alan Reid, looks at greed through the ages, from the 'Robber Barons' of the middle ages in Germany to the modern day politicians & bankers. The subject matter is as relevant today as it ever was…




“Anyone who has travelled by the river Rhine north of Mainz will not fail to have noticed the castles perched on the hillsides at almost every bend. And it is here that in medieval times, the original 'Robber Barons' (or Raubritter in German) extracted dues from merchant boats in return for safe passage. The phrase was borrowed to describe unscrupulous tycoons of the late 19th.and early 20th. centuries as they built up their empires and amassed great wealth ,often using questionable methods to overcome competition. In these stringent times of sickly banks, vast public debt and swathing cost cuts it is particularly galling that many who have presided over failed institutions have continued to award themselves huge salaries and bonuses ......just like those barons of long ago”



This song comes from the 'Zama Zama ...try your luck...' album, which started as a collection of songs and tunes about gold. But in the process we saw the greed, disasters and victories inherent in the search and exploitation of various sources of wealth in this world, and it turned into a wider idea. Then, as if by demonic serendipity, along came the worldwide economic crisis. We watched the major banks, insurance companies and hedge funds implode, and the politicians exposed for their cynical misuse of the expenses system. As we put the album together, we have been amazed, amused, angered, depressed and hilariously horrified. - Alan Reid, 2009











www.battlefieldband.co.uk

www.templerecords.co.uk



Battlefield Band have recently been played on Mike Harding's show on BBC Radio 2. The band were interviewed live on BBC Lincolnshire at the beginning of July, and are being interviewed on BBC Shropshire at the end of August. The new 'Battlefield Band in Concert' DVD is out now.



It is Temple Records and Battlefield Band's 30th Anniversary this year. Temple, founded by Robin Morton, is one of Scotland's great success stories. Temple spearheaded the Scottish revival at a time when traditional music was dying out. Battlefield Band was Temple’s first signing, and they have gone on to huge international success and critical acclaim. For over 30 years Battlefield Band have created and played traditional Scottish music with a rare passion and joy, delighting audiences around the globe and evolving into what the press have called:



"...a wondrous, perfectly paced display by musicians firmly in command of their art...a Highland jam that rang the rafters." The Washington Post



For these three decades the band have been distilling their own unique form of the Scottish spirit and exporting it worldwide, with concerts in China, Malaysia, Germany, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Holland, Syria, Jordan, India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, U.S.A., Canada, Uzbekistan and the U.K. Their new DVD release captures the excitement and energy of a Battlefield Band performance and translates it to the small screen, featuring the band in their home country; live in concert from the Brunton Theatre in Musselburgh, Scotland.



"What the Chieftains have done for Irish traditional music, Battlefield Band are doing for the music of Scotland" Billboard



Under their banner Forward With Scotland’s Past, The Battlefield Band have been distilling their own unique version of Scottish spirit and bottling it in the world’s concert halls for more than 30 years. Band member Alasdair White’s solo album “An Clar Gael” was the Winner of the World Traditional Album category at the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards in the USA. The IMA Winners were determined by a celebrity and industry judging panel that included: Snoop Dogg, Susan Tedeschi, Ray Davies, Suzanne Vega, Charlie Musselwhite, Frank Iero, Judy Collins and Chad Smith.



Inspired by their rich heritage of Celtic music and fired by the strength and vibrancy of today's Scottish cultural scene, which indeed they have done much to create and fuel, they have led, and been at the forefront, of a great revival in Scottish music. Refusing to be limited musically by suffocating antiquarianism, or the music business' fashions, they have mixed the old songs and music with a new self-penned repertoire, all played on a fusion of ancient and modern instruments - bagpipes, fiddle, synthesiser, guitar, flutes, bodhran and accordion.



‘No tricks, no gimmicks, just very fine music’ - Mojo


Battlefield Band were on the road a lot last year, playing concerts in Switzerland, Holland, Germany, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand and the US. They appeared at this year's Celtic Connections on Jan 24, for a sold out Classic Album Concert. Battlefield Band carried out an eight date UK tour throughout February, followed by a US tour in March, and they return to the UK to play more live dates.

Catch Battlefield Band live in England and Scotland at the following venues and festivals
Sep 12 - Bromyard Folk Festival /Oct 11 - Banbury Canalside Folk Festival / Oct 13 - Huntingdon Hall, Crowngate, Worcester
Oct 14 - Gulbenkian Theatre, University of Kent, Canterbury / Nov 20 - The Queens Hall, Edinburgh / Nov 27 - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

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