Two forest travelers, united by the will form the Holydrug Couple. With a minimal formation they managed to create a bluesy exploration, which takes the audience to a psychedelic trance. Like the rhythm of a train, with mid-tempo songs, they provide the audience a dense and misty energy. Without caring much about the contemporary scene they stand up for their own fascination about blues heroes, indian raga and hidden arts.
Secret Cities hail from Fargo, North Dakota and formed in 2002. MJ Parker and Charlie Gokey were barely 15 when they met at band camp, but a shared love of psychedelia and scads of secret, unheard songs between them drew the pair together. They passed cassettes back and forth across the tundra of their home state, each manipulating and adding to the other's work via 4-track. Slowly they built up a catalog of sound collage and darkly romantic pop.
SEA + AIR are Daniel Benjamin (Vocals, Concerto Guitar, Drums, Cymbals, Bells) &
Eleni (Vocals, Harpsichord, Organ Bass Pedal, Drums)
ACCOLADESNEWS ARTICLESPRESS QUOTES ROWE TOURS UK WITH NOAH AND THE WHALE SEPT - OCT 2009 LIVE AT THE KOKO IN LONDON
"...Intoxicating powerhouse of a baritone"
— http://www.4ortherecord.com/NewReviews.html .LIVE REVIEWS - NOAH AND THE WHALE - MANCHESTER ACADEMY 10.09 ..Sean Rowe was excellent; beautiful, folksy Americana-infused guitar songs don’t come much better than from a man with a growly voice.
— Holly Arrowsmith
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The Bony King of Nowhere is the project of 24-year-old composer Bram Vanparys from Ghent in Belgium. His honest music, characterized above all by Bram’s distinctive voice, claims your heart straight away. Songs are built on melodic backing vocals, guitars and sound layers, as well as the frequent use of unconventional percussion inspired by the Brazilian Tropicália Movement from the 1960s. His lyrics are often theatrical: the virgin Mary addressed by a dying man exalting death from his deathbed (“Maria”)...
Belgian Songsmith Fred Lyenn Jacques - who performs as LYENN - purveys spare refined art pop tunes with a powerful aura of mystery and menace. (Time out New York, sept 2009) Lyenn's debut album The Jollity of My Boon Companion was recorded in New York and features some of New York's greatest musicians, such as Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, John Zorn, Elvis Costello, ...), Shahzad Ismaily (Bonnie "Prince" Billie, Sean Lennon/Yoko Ono...), Ches Smith (Secret Chiefs3, Ceramic Dog), Indigo Street, Sam Amidon (Valgeir Sigurdsson), Joel Hamilton, Jolie Holland and Doug Wieselman (Antony and the Johnsons).
Ninjaraps? Ja, dus!!! Dit short-album bevat 10 tracks. Kensei brengt vreemde vertellingen verpakt in wervelende flows, geïnspireerd door de legende van de samurai. Geen rapper in een ninja-pak, maar een metal shirtje. Kensei heeft zowel een metal als hiphop achtergrond. Eerder heeft hij samen met producer DEC het album "Ontstemmen" uitgebracht onder de naam "Verbaal Verzet" en is ook bezig aan een project genaamd Mori. Nu is het tijd voor zijn eerste solo-plaat.
Gaby Moreno’s new album, Illustrated Songs, continues her love affair with the sounds of the blues, soul and jazz that captivated her as a girl. Although she was born and raised in Guatemala, it was the sounds of the American South that inspired her to become a songwriter and recording artist. “I heard an African American woman singing on the street in New York City when I was younger. I just froze. When I asked her what she called that music, she looked at me and said, ‘That’s the blues, honey.’”
Norman Palm lives and works in Berlin and Mexico City. He sings and writes tender songs, designed an artbook along with his debut album and plays arty-farty audiovisual live shows worldwide. Biography: Norman grew up in a small town in the northern Germany where he learned how to sing and play instruments when he was little. When he finished highschool, his family decided to send him to artschool because he was so good at painting and drawing. He wanted to become a lawyer but he followed their advice and went to Berlin.
Mike Montali (vocals/guitars)
Jon Bonilla (guitars)
Michael Wosczyk (bass)
Mike Graves (percussion)