Having already pre-sold 5,000 copies of his debut studio album "Circles & Squares" (out January 2009), Francis Rodino is releasing his unique brand of catchy and contemporary alternative-rock onto the scene. In 2007, Francis became the first UK male solo artist to achieve a $50,000 album budget through SellaBand, an online music site that encourages a direct relationship between artist and music lover, by investing in the production of an album.
Falling somewhere between love, politics and post-adolescent escapist infatuations, is Jim Lockey. a 23 year old ‘folk-punk troubadour’ from Cheltenham. Starting out as frontman for alt.rock band ‘theholloh’ - achieving accolades and airplay through BBC and KERRANG! radio - Jim has found his feet in the world of alt. country and folk. The past year has seen him write and release his first album through‘istartedthefire’, available through local record stores and various download sites worldwide - such as itunes, napster and amazon mp3.
Stevie’s roots were laid down busking and playing floor spots at folk clubs in his native Northants. In the 90s he lived for two years in Germany, extensively gigging and spent time in Dublin, playing on the city’s fibrant open mic scene. These experiences provided him with a wealth of influences and inspiration and for the last four years he has been joined on stage by the awesome guitar skills of Mark Gill.
Mount Fabric are a four piece rock/pop combo from Manchester. They met in 2007, and after a change in drummer, the line up now consists of Alex Marczak providing vocals and guitar, Joel Godfrey on lead guitar, Duncan Robjohns on Bass and Ryan Cowburn on drums. With a wide range of influences from Radiohead, Muse, Explosions In The Sky to Counting Crows, Tapes N' Tapes and Modest Mouse, the band have always sought to produce a varied selection of songs.
Tirren Staaf (born 1977), otherwise known as Pegz (or MC Pegasus), is an Australian hip hop artist and producer hailing from Melbourne, Victoria. He is the CEO of Obese Records. The record label responsible for artists such as Hilltop Hoods, Downsyde, and Bias B. Pegz musical career is long and impressive and his impact as an artist is no less impressive than his business achievements. Pegz earliest music influences were his mom's Stevie Wonder records and Polynesian parties with his father. This soulful influence can be heard on his various tracks throughout his releases.