SANTIAGO STREET MACHINE: Santiago Street Machine are a boundary pushing electro/dance/indie-pop band from Manchester, mixing grimey bass lines, huge beats, electro loops, rich synths and monster hooks.
Last year the band enjoyed great airplay support from John Kennedy and Mary Ann Hobbs (Xfm) and BBC Manchester Introducing whilst Xfm playlisted the debut single ‘Noisemaker’. The band also finished the year at number six in Amazing Radio’s chart of 2011, with ‘Sinking Stone’ having spent three weeks at number one in their chart.
Santiago Street Machine made their festival debut on the main stage at Manchester Pride in August, shared bills with Hot Chip and Metronomy and sold out shows at the likes of Manchester Academy 3 and Queen of Hoxton during 2011.
REBEL SOUL COLLECTIVE: Rebel Soul Collective are dance/indie alchemists realised within the contemporary dance music soundscape .
We take sample material, dancefloor-lifted electronic noises and combine with vocals, guitar and drums.
Our elements: The angular guitars, uptempo drums and dark energy of Bloc Party, Wire & Queens of the Stone Age. Synth sounds and euphoria from Deadmau5 & Ratatat. Intense vocals in the style of Kasabian or Kings Of Leon delivered by a
singer operating on the edge of sanity.
PICTURE BOOK: Picture Book are brothers Dario Darnell and Lorne Ashley, born in New York City and raised in Manchester, UK. Dario and Lorne have inherited a love of song writing and performing from their father August Darnell, lead singer and band leader of the legendary Kid Creole & The Coconuts.
Dario and Lorne have spent the last three years based in Liverpool, where they attended University whilst writing, recording and performing, often contributing their skills to other artists work. whilst creating a musical agenda for their artist project, Picture Book. In creating their own unique style of electronic dance music, they perform multiple instruments in their live show, often simultaneously, to create exciting and memorable live performances.
Picture Book will release their first commercial EP ‘At Last’ in January 2012. The four track EP was co-written and recorded with Grammy nominated vocalist Greta Svabo Bech, who featured on Deadmau5’s ‘Raise Your Weapon’. The EP demonstrates the breadth of songwriting skills, from the uptempo and immediate Sunshine, to the more reflective Terminally in Love.
The lead single, ‘Sunshine’, was produced by Picture Book, with additional production and mixing by super hot French DJ & producer ‘Hugo Leclercq. Second track ‘Jealousy’ was co-produced and mixed with Dan Grech, who produced The Vaccines 2011 breakthrough album. The third track, Terminally In Love, and final track, Surrender, were produced and mixed by Picture Book.
‘At Last’ will be closely followed by a remix package in February 2012.
ECHODECK: “They’re a four-piece band from these parts and we’re big fans. They sound HUGE and a tad sinister to be honest; we love it.” JON COUPE - SALFORDMUSIC.COM
“Kinda Kasabian mixed with Holy Fuck, reminds us of PiL as well as Brian Brain’s Pigface antics..top flight entertainment…” BUGBEAR PROMOTIONS
Echodeck are an electronic/rock five piece. They aim to be the future sound of Manchester, by weaving dark electronica with guitar rock songs for a post-dance world.
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