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TBA and Virtual Festivals presents: Artist Rising Album Launch
Partners: Virgin Megastores, PRSF, Wharfedale Adopt a Band, Filter Magazine
(USA), Play Music (UK), Amicus
Artist Rising Album Launch: Thursday June 30th , KOKO, London, 7.00pm, £5
Featuring live sets from: Metro Riots, Dustins Bar Mitvah, Degrassi, Steranko,
The Fairies, Breakmakers, Emma Rohan
DJ sets from Members of Art brut, and special guests.
Venue: KOKO, 1a Camden High St, Camden, London, NW1 7JE.
Tube: Mornington Crescent. Tel 0870 432 5527 www.koko.uk.com
Doors: £5 7pm – 2am
Tickets: www.ticketweb.co.uk 08700 600 100
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=uk&query=schedule&promoter=theband&int
erface=tba
A major promotion this summer of the best emerging new and unsigned UK bands.
The aim of Artist Rising is to get behind a number of promising new and unsigned
bands and afford them opportunities at high-profile events to help gain media and
industry exposure. This involves:
? Discovering and developing new UK talent
? Releasing compilation CDs through Virgin Megastores: July 4th/Sept 26
? Live gigs, tours, and festival slots across the Summer
? In The City showcases
The promotion will see CD releases, festival slots and gigging possibilities for new
bands across the UK. The bands will also be mentored and helped develop over the
summer, culminating in playing at UK music industry convention In The City in
Manchester in September. In the one of largest ever retail support for unsigned
bands, June 20 sees Virgin Megastores promote two music compilation CDs with
listening posts, rack stands and in store appearances.
Artists on 1st CD (Amusement Parks on Fire, People in Planes, Metro Riots, Mohair,
Vib Gyor, Fleeing New York, Crash Convention, Republic Of Loose, The Girls,
Absent Kid, Amateur Guitar Anti Heroes, Casino, Breakmakers, Darren Plant,
Degrassi, The Sound Explosion, Peace Burial At Sea, Steranko, Lazenby, Dustbins
Bar Mitvah, The Fairies). Artist Rising Compilation CD II will feature acts that TBA
and VF Discoveries uncover across the promotional campaign.
Gigs and Tours: plus regional album launches with tours and gig swaps between
the bands in many major cites
Festival stages / slots where TBA and Virtual Festivals are involved: Get Loaded,
Glastonbury Leftfield stage, Bestival, Download, TDK, Beautiful Days and Guilfest.
In The City: TBA has run Break ITC event over the last few years where 2004 saw
the launch of Artists Rising with 100 bands and DJS play. Bands since have been
signed to major and indie labels and some have had top 10 hits (The Subways,
British Beef, Freefaller, Dear Eskiimo)
Press: TBA: Gareth Thomas:: gareth@harvestmusic.co.uk 020 7924 7622 /07957
185067
www.ArtistRising.co.uk www.TheBandAgency.com www.virtualfestivals.com
ALL PROFITS GO BACK INTO DEVELOPING NEW ARTISTS
Further Notes:
TBA is a non profit organisation, developing bands across the UK, through gigs,
tours, its Break ITC event (2004 saw 100 bands play, and 30 FREE talks), label
releases, SXSW > www.thebandagency.com
Virtual Festivals is the number one music festival portal, providing the most
comprehensive and frequently updated coverage of the UK and global music festival
scene. www.virtualfestivals.com
VF Demographics: (minimum, April-September): Unique visitors: 2 million / Page
Impressions: 24 million / Subscribed Members: 100,000
Breakmakers – Liverpool - were spotted by industry magazine ‘The Hitsheet’ in
June, and featured as a ‘Record of the Week’, radio support from Radio 2 (Jonathan
Ross show) with glowing press coverage from Sunday Times and Music Week.
www.breakmakers.co.uk
Metro Riots – London ''I have seen the future of music, last night in London’s East
End. Metro Riots. Heavy retro life enhancing maximum energy rock that is blacker
than the Sabbath, flashier than the Clash, out-swims the Strokes, out-shouts a Primal
Scream, may yet depose the Kings of Leon. You heard it here 1st.'' NME
http://www.metroriots.com
Degrassi – Edinburgh - toured with Seafood, Colour of Fire, & Sluts of Trust, a T in
the Park appearance, which saw them named best new band at the festival.
“Think of Idlewild's hooks, Mogwai's post-rock soundscapes and New Order's timing
and synchronisation.' BBC Radio 1 Session - Vic Galloway
www.degrassi.co.uk
Steranko – London “Lee Mangan…a mixture of Iggy Pop and Jim Morrison
with the energy of a fireball,” Rock City News, Los Angeles
www.sterankomusic.com
Dustins Bar Mitzvah – London - recorded session with John Kennedy have
received many plays on BBC radio 1 FROM Steve Lamaq, Rob da bank and Alan
Mcgee and last month were interviewed by Steve Lamaq for his ‘new favourite band’
section. The band have also won Zane Lowe's 'Fresh Meat' competition on Radio 1
www.dustins.co.uk
The Fairies Band – Brighton - They've been on This Morning TV sharing a sofa
with Darius, played a Channel 5 TV party are 4 controversial pop punk girls Sparkle,
Tinsel, Twinkle and Tinky,
www.thefairies.tk
Emma Rohan –London - Having drawn talent from Mohair and The Bluetones to
add some musical spice to the mix, Rohan and Mills found a gritty individual sound
that captures the essence of what emma is all about.. being pleasantly filthy! 'I
wanted a record that wasn't your normal female singer/songwriter album full of slow
meandering melodies.. if it all got too sweet, we'd twist it up a bit and kick it round the
room till it was dirty' www.emmarohan.com/
