News: New for 2010...
FENECH-SOLER
* New single in February, DEBUT ALBUM in June * WWW.MYSPACE.COM/FENECHSOLER
Producing highly polished gems of fantasy pop from their provincial bedroom studio, Fenech-Soler are unlikely purveyors of crowd shaking electro-funk, and it has already won them plays from such luminaries as Annie Mac, Pete Tong and Eddie Temple Morris.
“You don’t get more hi-NRG than this Friendly Fires esque electro-pop stomper.” - NME
“Perfect synth-pop. On the verge of very big things indeed.” – THE SUNDAY TIMES
SAMUEL & THE DRAGON
* Debut Album before the Summer *
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SAMUELANDTHEDRAGON
Samuel & The Dragon are an otherworldly creature, reaching out through improvised projections and the haunting constructions of urban influenced electronica - a warm but isolated sound of the city.
“If you thrilled to The XX’s rich dubstep torch songs, you’ll be all over this dreamy, slo-core synth number.” – NME
“Samuel Chase's rich voice and strange lyrics, mark him out as one of the most individualist frontmen to come along in some while” - ***** MIXMAG
SWIMMING
* New single February *
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/SWIMMINGBAND
One of the most refreshing acts to have emerged from the UK for 2009, Swimming artfully blend the power and energy of Pixies with the ambient soundscapes of Boards Of Canada, their talent for sonic experimentation never detracting from the innate gift for melody,
"Washed in sound with a great big brush, Swimming's canvas is wide and handsome, big as the sky, colour dripped from above, layer on layer, like an Auerbach take on Pollock." ARTROCKER
“A kind of magical, out-of-this-world adventure! The album is a beautiful synergy of textures and melodies… one great band in the making.”
ROCKSOUND ‘Ones To Watch 09’
VILLA NAH
* Debut album in May *
http://www.myspace.com/VILLANAH
Analogue synths soundtrack love stories and broken hearts in the never-ending half-light of the Helsinki suburbs; this is the ghostly yet all too human sound of Villa Nah. These are timeless songs of youth and love and longing, with hope always glinting in the distance.
“Re-igniting electro-pop's romantic flame." NME
RONIKA
* Debut EP in April *
http://www.myspace.com/RONIKAMUSIC
A bedroom producer of electro-disco gems, Ronika takes underground dance and soul influences and turns them into melodic blip death pop with mighty choruses. Do or Die struts to the dancefloor on an elastic 80s bassline, buffed with bursts of synth strings of the highest disco order.
“This candy-coated queen might look like Gwen Stefani, but her sugary surface conceals a deeper link with underground dance." GUARDIAN.CO.UK
OCELOT
* Debut album in late summer *
http://www.myspace.com/OCELOTMTHRFCKRS
Two skate kids, converted to the unholy church of the club land anthem, Ocelot revel in the possibilities of huge hooks, beats and a head on collision with their own rock roots. Ocelot's brand of Saturday night immediacy is a blur of irony free pop melodies, rock riffage and gloriously realised contradictions.
“French house in its truest form." DISCOBELLE.NET
Welcome returns for 2010...
ANGUS & JULIA STONE
* New album in March *
Siblings Julia and Angus Stone come from Newport, Australia. After garnering a wealth of critical acclaim and a sizeable live following with their introductory EP releases and consistent UK touring, they will release their 2nd album in March 2010.
"Fragile, beautiful songs with the bare minimum of strings and drum beats.” – **** UNCUT
“Always alert to the power of small variations… the virtue’s in the detail.” – MOJO
ASH
* New tour + singles *
With 18 Top 40 hits, Ash are one of the most successful ‘singles bands’ of recent times, consistently bothering our charts and airwaves with their distinctive, lovable and inventive rock-pop. In the coming year they will continue their 26 fortnightly single releases, as part of their A-Z singles series.
"There has been much talk of Ash's 26-singles-in-a-year idea,
but what is most striking is how good the tracks have been so far." - THE GUARDIAN
“Another reason to love the Downpatrick boys” - Kerrang!
DAN LE SAC VS. SCROOBIUS PIP
* New single in February, New album + Tour in March *
Hailing from Stanford-le-Hope in Essex, dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip’s unique delivery style, fused with industrial and conversely elegant electro and hip–hop grooves, have created a distinct 21st Century cocktail of unrivalled and challenging pop music.
“the most interesting thing in Brit-beat right now” – NME
‘Witty, fearless and original, rarely fail to hit the spot’ ****MOJO
"Their talent and potential is invigorating" - MIXMAG
MEMORY TAPES
* Doing new exciting things in 2010, that we can't tell you about yet *
With his hazy, narcotic take on New Order, Dayve Hawk aka Memory Tapes has emerged as the leader of the summer’s chillwave pack. Debut album Seek Magic evokes a dreamy, wistful reminiscing for the long, hot summer of 09 that never was. His wide palette of much-loved influences draws generously from the well of nostaigia while creating a sound that is entirely new, modern and deeply addictive.
"One of the great albums of 2009" **** THE SUNDAY TIMES
"Crystalline shimmers and liquid melodies" - **** UNCUT
"How Cocteau Twins might sound re-imagined by LCD Soundsystem." **** Q
“Exhilarating Frolics” – NME 8/10
THOMAS WHITE
(BRAKES / ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE)
* New solo album out 12th March *
Thomas White is one of half of Electric Soft Parade (along with his brother Alex) and also one quarter of Brakes. He is that rare artist able to constantly twist and turn your perceptions of them and push the envelope as performers and writers, whilst never losing their own intrinsic, inimitable traits
"…recalls the psychedelic-rock splendour of Spiritualized at their peak.’ Q ****
"A gentle sonic swim through seas of reverb, washing up on shores of song that range from sci-fi Dandy Warhols shuffle to Jim-Noir" NME
THE BOOKHOUSE BOYS
* Touring in December, new album in the Spring *
A crashing 9 piece orchestra of Mariachi brass, dueling drums, surf guitar and girl-boy vocals . The Bookhouse Boys make music about violent redemption and salvation, wrapped in the soundscapes and prosecuted with a sinister zeal. LIVE @ THE LEXINGTON, 8th DECEMBER.
" An eight-guy, one-gal monster of delicious deviance." NME
“Gig by gig, The Bookhouse Boys are winning friends everywhere they go. Count me in.” – INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
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