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Aberfeldy »
Aberfeldy have supported REM, Blondie and the Scissor Sisters, played at T in the Park and headlined venues like the Liquid Room. They performed at the 2005 and 2006 South by Southwest Festivals in Austin Texas, and joined the Ten Tracks revolutio...
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Action Group »
Action Group was founded on notions of collective endeavour, with an increasingly collaborative approach to songwriting and development, and an unfixed designation of instruments meaning the music is created and owned by the group, not the individ...
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Alabama 3 »
London's rave-and-western outlaws on the best form of their career.
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Ali Renault »
Long-serving, evergreen talent currently exploring the best of electro.
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Araya »
We couldn't find much on Araya (other than his banging tunes, that is).
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Asobi Seksu »
Uplifting, dreamy popsters give shoegaze the extra dose of sex it was always craving.
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Big Ned »
Johnny-Tom-Anton Cash-Waits-Newcombe
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Black Affair »
Steve Mason's second current solo project is an altogether more sinister carry on (a more black affair? - ed.) than King Biscuit Time, that sees him dabble with stripped-back 80s-style electronics and some of the most catchy pop melodies he's yet ...
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Broken Records »
Jamie, Rory, Dave, Andy, Arne, Ian and Gill formed Broken Records in December 2006 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Using a range of instruments they create a sound combining traditional European folk with modern Scottish alternative music.
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C-Biscuit »
Did you hear about the fight in the biscuit tin?
...with a bit of help from Neil Landstrumm...
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Call To Mind »
"smoulders with the narcotic burn of a brooding, progressive sound - of men losing themselves in the midst of their music" - The Skinny
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Casionova »
Still championing the original creators of the Italian synthesiser sound in his mixes, on the radio, in articles, interviews and at clubs and on his label, Casionova stands against the corporate music industry in defence of the underground forever...
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Chris Dooks »
Frankly? Weirdness. But good, northern weirdness.
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David Karsten Daniels »
David Karsten Daniels is an Oregon based songwriter by way of North Carolina, whose music relays a personal history of diverse musical experiences.
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Den Haan »
Den Haan aspire to evolve into a multi-member rhythmic love rumble but for the time being the cosmic foot tapping twosome are regularly exposing themselves as the prime evil dance formula ‘Gods From Outer Space’.
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Detachments »
Atmospheric post-punk groovers deservedly winning plaudits from the most cutting-edge producers in the land.
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Dirty Hospital »
The early beginning of Dirty Hospital can be placed back in 1989 when two
brothers, Steven AKA Rob Otnik and John AKA John Hospital got their hands on
a secondhand Kawai 50e drum machine, taking the place of their Casio MT100
keyboard...
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English Electric »
It's a mix of vintage synth, space disco, electro rhythms, and the occasional low-key acidic moment. Andrew Weatherall
describes it is "a lost 70s sci-fi soundtrack".
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Findo Gask »
Why not Gask Findo?
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Fool »
The second single from Fool (Alex Smoke & Shadowhuntaz's MC Non) on Alex Smoke’s own Hum + Haw imprint. Remixes on this impressive package come from the UK undergrounds cutting edge Hudson Mohawk and 2Tall all on board, this one from Various Produ...
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FOUND »
This month continues FOUND's series of remixes of tracks from their debut album Found Can Move. All of these tracks are exclusives to Ten Tracks and haven't been available as physical products or downloads before.
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Foxgang »
Foxgang are an international 4-piece based in Edinburgh/Glasgow. The band has its roots across the Baltic in Krakow, Poland, where Foxgang formed and spent 2 years gigging and attracting media attention from national press and radio.
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Frightened Rabbit »
Scottish indie stars-in-the-making.
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Gregory and the Hawk »
These days it can seem a bit like you have to be weird to have a devoted fan-base. Not so Gregory and the Hawk, whose winning melodies inspire unhesitating devotion among thousands.
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Haushka »
Experimental pianomusic from German composer Volker Bertelmann.
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Joe Acheson Quartet »
The Joe Acheson Quartet have been making mind-melting head music for a few years now, gaining massive praise in the process. Their music is on a grand scale, evoking the likes of Cinematic Orchestra and DJ Shadow, but with a distinct Scottish hue.
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King Biscuit Time »
Steve Mason is dead… Long live Steve Mason!
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Land of Talk »
Barbed and impassioned pop, backed up by a reputation for fierce live performance.
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Mark du Mosch »
He grew up in a family where music was always around: his mother was a singer and his father had been a jazz musician. Around 1989, Mark got into scratching records, followed by the art of mixing them, something he's been doing to this day.
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Matthew Ryan »
Alt-country from Nashville
Patient and persistent, intelligent and soulful, troubled and brave, political and spiritual: Matthew Ryan is one of America’s most prolific and gifted songwriters.
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Max Richter »
Leading contemporary composer, whose recent works have included the score for Waltz with Bashir.
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Ming Ming and the Ching Chings »
Ming Ming and the Ching Chings are a lo-fi rockabilly disco punk rock band from Glasgow. They formed in the late summer of 2007 and have been described by one fan as ‘like a rave in a monkeyhouse!’
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Minus »
Fuck-you-core from Reykjavik
Multi-talented and versatile metallers: stoner aesthetics with an accessible sense of purpose.
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Neil Landstrumm »
Ravestep from Edinburgh/New York
'Never an artist to rest on his laurels and churn out the same old, Landstrumm has built a career on being unpredictable and open to new perspectives from which to hone his sound' - but the BASSics are well and truly there as well...
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Official Secrets Act »
Upbeat art pop freshly signed to OLI - keep an eye/ear out for these future stars.
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Operator »
Lewis Lachlan MacColl is currently one of the most well dressed underground artists around. If the whisky comes out don't hang around...
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Our Brother the Native »
Young lads with a sophisticated ear well past their years; think the woozy soundscapes of Panda Bear and you're not far off, though OBTN are completely their own band.
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Popolo »
Popolo are a wonk pop instrumental band originally from Dundee who specialise in funky romps and concise chunks of math rock jungle rhythm.
Their profile art is by David Shrigley, no kidding.
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Punch & The Apostles »
'A smacked up version of Dexy's Midnight Runners and some fearsome spivs playing bal-musette while gathered around the gates of hell in a noirish 50's Montmartre' - Bluesbunny
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Rob St John »
Edinburgh-via-Lancashire rainforest ecologist Rob St John plays ghostly, creaking and droning lo-fi folk aided and abetted by a band of long term collaborators.
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Rose Kemp »
With a peerless folk-rock heritage, Rose Kemp could be forgiven for taking a more traditional approach to music making. Happily she tears up preconceptions with her unique folk/metal approach, and makes great records in the process.
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Satellite Dub »
"Imagine King Tubby driving a 34 foot bassbin through your house into your fishpond and you can imagine the breakbeat sound of North Lanarkshire according to Craig Brown." - Rob Da Bank (Radio 1)
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Shelleyan Orphan »
Shelleyan Orphan returned this October with their first album in 16 years, and it is another classically-inspired vocal tour de force.
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Silje Nes »
Stripped back songs carried by a beautiful voice and imaginative sonics. Silje makes it look easy, but this is class.
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Snailman »
Snailman is the alter ego of Glasgow based DJ Brian dSouza, resident at Slabs of the Tabernacle in Glasgow, Volume! in Edinburgh and curator of the OpenEar channel here on Ten Tracks. Nice work Bri.
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Super Adventure Club »
POW! Like the finest of kung-fu films, Edinburgh's Super Adventure Club bring together technical brilliance with striking spectacle in three minute slices of popular song.
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Talkingmakesnosense »
Starting off in his teens on home-made percussion then moving on to guitar, Dominic Dixon, aka Talkingmakesnosense, now creates sounds from a wide variety of instruments, and on various formats including analogue 4 track, dictaphone, and computer.
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Tattie Toes »
In 2005, Howie and Shane jammed in the studio for a couple of months; then Nerea
joined in the improvising; then Rafe joined and, well, they started writing
songs.
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Ten Kens »
A sound by turns introspective and belligerent, shot through with a pensive air and a contrary swagger, relayed via cavernous reverb.
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The Aliens »
Songs in the key of Fife.
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The All New Adventures of Us »
Upbeat jangly pop from a fun-loving artistic collective from the midlands. Making life look easy since 2001.
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The Black Diamond Express »
They take the all the stuff they love, and play the HELL out of it with a rocking old time string band... more or less.
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The Iona Marshall Band »
The IMB is a brand new Scottish band and first ever rock band to emerge from the Holy Isle of Iona.
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The Twilight Sad »
Inspirational Scottish four piece bursting with heart-stung confidence.
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They Came From The Stars I Saw Them »
There's only one TCFTSIST!
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Truffle Club »
Truffle Club is one of a few pseudonyms used by Glasgow producer Dave Clark. Dave has various projects on the go, including the 'Optimo (Espacio)' series of remixes with JD Twitch, and a collaboration with his brother called Music At Nite.
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Underground Railroad »
Post-punk fuzzball party freakout, from Paris. Did we dream that up? No, it's real, and it's Underground Railroad. Thanks, cosmos.
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Vetiver »
Consistently excellent, bright songs from Andy Cabic and his freewheelin' band of indie beatniks.
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William Douglas »
This recording is part of William's stunning 2007 solo album Postcards, produced by Iona Marshall and re-mastered here for his first appearance on Ten Tracks.
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Woodenbox with a Fistful of Fivers »
'Woodenbox and a Fistful of Fivers are a folk sound for the modern ear, a treasure not be missed given the chance.' - Susan Ford, www.musicnews.com
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Xvectors »
We are a band. We live in Scotland. We wish we lived in Chicago in the 1980s or on a space station.
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Y'all Is Fantasy Island »
Y'all Is Fantasy Island are a group from Falkirk, Central Scotland, formed in 2005 by singer/songwriter Adam Stafford, Tommy Blair (guitar), and Jon McCall (drums, percussion, clarinet).
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