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Alison & The Mings »
Folk from Edinburgh
"We are the merger of three Scottish pseudo-folk musicians with an American Folk/Old Time musician. We are what u get when u mix those styles of music, we don't claim to be original, or good... We just play what we feel and what comes out is what ...
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Six Storeys High »
Robust, energetic and melodic rock.
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The 10:04s »
Recalls the Rakes & The Clash in some kind of blender.
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Dirty Modern Hero »
Big things are expected for these young Edinburgh lads thanks to the range of their sound and the kind of energy that you'd expect to hear alongside the likes of Muse.
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Come On Gang! »
Come On Gang! play music you can dance to. Forget the rain for a moment, turn it up loud and make your day at least 18% better.
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Little Eskimos »
'As Yazz so succinctly put it, the only way is up'
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Jakil »
Glam-indie winners of Forth One's One To Watch Award.
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Sci-Fi »
So fresh out the box you can still smell the vinyl.
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Epic 26 »
‘Italo-indie’. Is that too much of a blasphemy? Melancholy-tinged, earnest, soaring vocals drenched in interesting electronic soundscapes and shaped with quality production of a strictly dance sensibility. We’d love to see how they do it live.
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Monoganon »
Monoganon recently released an EP of the music played at gigs during 2009, the EP is called "Elephant Pregnancy" and can be downloaded for free at the website link provided.
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Sunken, Drunken and the Broken Boat »
Sunken, Drunken and the Broken Boat are a brand new baby band. At birth, the specimen drew doctors' attention with its self-destructive love of leather-cleaner, penchant for olive corduroy and an attraction to bright lights, bubbles and small spaces.
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Triple School »
Triple School are a 2 piece guitar and drum racket.
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The Scuff Band »
The Scuff band has been dragging it's feet around Glasgow, in various forms, for a couple of years now. They make ramshackle acoustic-ish, indie-folky-pop.
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William Douglas and The Wheel »
Scotland's unmissable live outfit, featuring the unique songwriting and guitar talents of Ten Tracks artists William Douglas and Austen George respectively, backed by accomplished rhythm section, Chris Agnew and Ian Stoddart.
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Andy Brown »
A lynchpin of independent thought, art, poetry and music in the capital, with a list of admirers longer than his beard and more varied than his dress-sense.
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David Donnelly »
Edinburgh-based producer David Donnelly counts Finlay Quaye and members of The Proclaimers among his associates, as well as fellow Ten Tracks artist Joe Malik with whom he released critically acclaimed work throughout the 2000s through Compost Rec...
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The Social Services »
'Put you in mind of the best bits of The Divine Comedy, Camera Obscura & British Sea Power... playful but bittersweet... even space for politics and moments of sweeping melancholy that gives this album more depth than the surface might suggest' Th...
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Paper Cut Rock »
Prolific producer, songwriter and DJ Joseph Malik has a career going back to the late 80s working with labels Mo'Wax, Hospital, Compost, Fluid Ounce, Sony, K7, Tru Thoughts, 20/20 Vision, Firecracker, Oh Eye, Yush, RCA and Altered Vibes.
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Malin »
Reflective and haunting electronic soundscapes.
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Mr Peppermint »
Mr Peppermint are a guitar/vocals/keyboard/drums duo, formed after meeting at Disneyland, Paris where they both worked at the same hot dog stand (Pinks).
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Fur Hood »
Fur Hood are a 7-piece experimental pop band from Glasgow.
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Black Rat Death Squad »
deathsurf / necrosurf punk'n'roll from Glasgow
Listen to Black Sabbath, finger your sister and buy them drinks, please.
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Fear The Fives »
Impressive live outfit Fear The Fives 'want to play good time drinking music but write songs too hard to play drunk. Drinking only makes them morose anyway'.
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Syntaks »
'An expertly crafted concoction of dub, guitar pop, leftfield beats and Slowdive-esque washes of guitar with the slightest hint of Cocteau Twins at their best' - Benbecula Records
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Brian Ellis »
High energy, high class jazz-inspired mix of electronic funk, from the USA.
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Prhizzm »
After moving to Toronto at the age of fourteen, his introduction to electronic music was the Orbital track from the movie soundtrack compilation for Hackers! From that point on Prhrizzm's focus has been electronica in all its forms...
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Reverbaphon »
'There are some types of music and composition which are resolute in their abstract nature and whole-heartedly refuse to be bracketed... this is probably the crux of Reverbaphon's charm.' - Benbecula Records
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Genaro »
The only predominantly "guitar" or "indie" act ever signed by Benbecula Records.
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Phase 6 »
Phase 6 creates sophisticated cerebral electronica. We swear we know nothing else about this artist. He can't even be found on his label's website...
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Greenbank »
Composer/producer of still fresh-sounding 2003 EP, Rotating the Square, partially re-released on Ten Tracks as part of the Benbecula Records retrospective.
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Plum »
Plum has established herself as multi-talented singer songwriter who combines intelligent synth and drum work with emotionally charged acoustic guitar based song, delivered by a crystal vocal.
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Ochre »
Ochre's interpretation 'of the electronic format takes the medium to its melodic limit, with an orchestral feel and precision that would challenge the best contemporary traditional composers.' - Benbecula Records
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Christ »
"Anyone wondering where all the good underground electronic music has gone (which isn't just a mash of clicks and cuts) might want to get off at this stop and check it out" – Future Music (September 2003)
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RVLT »
One of the producers behind Polymyth's Radio 1 live session album, Steliograph (2007)
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Serocee »
"We'd spend hours cussing/blazing at lunchtimes, during class, break times then after school, I was a champion at it and that's how I learnt...". Well worth witnessing this qualified individual in recorded form - his lyrical vitality jumps out the...
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Grand Unified »
Top quality dubstep/dancehall action, far from let down by the all-important bassline. See this prince-of-all-trades' bio for some notable complements to date.
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Vent »
One of the electronic music scene's most exciting partnerships with a mission to bring you “bruising breaks action, dubstep, and 100bpm party mayhem.”
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Kid Adrift »
'Who's Kid Adrift?', you ask. You are about to find out. Read the bio for why this artist is about to take his “Dubsteppy Muse” stylings to a whole new level.
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Process Rebel »
Process Rebel currently lives in Amsterdam where he continues to vandalize, scandalize and defy electronic music genres.
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Two Fingers feat: Sway »
We believe that Amon Tobin and DoubleClick's ‘Two Fingers’ musical unification is one of the most exciting projects of 2009. Mind blowing!
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Nedry »
Sometimes, success is all about the timing. Nedry’s dubstep infused electronic and melancholic sound, partnered with Ayu’s incredible vocal make Nedry’s time right NOW!
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White Heath »
White Heath are a unique Edinburgh based five-piece band who draw upon a wide range of styles, traditions and instrumentation to create an exciting and involving live experience.
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Men Diamler »
Men Diamler is pure mental, he sings about cats and suicide and screams "one of these days you'll feel much better". He gets up and runs about like his arse is on fire. He makes us all sing along. Thing is, we feel better right away.
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The Kazoo Funk Orchestra »
The Kazoo Funk Orchestra formed in Scotland at the end of 2005 as a pre-apocalyptic merry-go-round collective, featuring musicians, anti-poets, dancers and finger painters.
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Gummi Bako »
Gummi Bako have been cranking up their outhouse rock with a wonkytonk foundation of country and gospel ever since the day they were born.
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Employee of the Month »
Call it jazz or post-rock if you like, and it’s true that Edinburgh band Employee of the Month bear comparison to the likes of Boards of Canada and Tortoise, but their hyper-modern aesthetic is all their own.
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Ambulances »
Get your tie-die dress on and skip bare-foot down to the river, light up a giant spliff (if you like that sort of thing - or a nice cup of camomile tea if you don't) Ambulances new album The Future That Was is pure joy from start to finish.
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Chandra »
Central figure in the work of the Forest Cafe choir, it's rare to catch Chandra's voice solo. But it's a special experience, as Ten Tracks found out at Knockengorroch's Hairth festival in September 09. Have a listen, and seek her out live...
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Francois And The Atlas Mountains »
It may be the disarming voice that catches your ear, but this Glasgow-based band's arrangements more than sustain the interest.
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Groaner & Heid »
Groaner & Heid is the recent amalgamation of Groaner and Heid. They are far, far too enigmatic to elaborate any further.
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Mammoth »
They rap about things that are affecting young people today — like aliens, vampires, nuclear war, and Hell.
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Robin Grey »
The Banjo-aided, poised tone of the intro made this an instant choice. Lyrically Lennonesque perhaps. Not for the feint-of-hearing feminist.
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Mat Riviere »
Mat Riviere likes drones and shouting...
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Asazi Space Funk Explosion »
Lively, charismatic music from the men behind Red Dog music (Alex Marten), Unique Beats (Andy Farina) and, well, the soul of the universe (Asazi). Unforgettable afrobeat... from Edinburgh.
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Vadoinmessico »
Vadoinmessico creates cinematically charming songs that seem more epic than their three minutes.
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Diddley Squat »
It's all about their Camel Song.
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The Blue Wicked Spasm Band »
A new project from songsmith Greg Dodgson, former Khaya keyboardist and singer with The 55's.
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Lunice »
He`s from Canada. World famous for his foot work - Youtube owes him loot.
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Dema »
This Glasgow club master will make yo ass shake, shame he wont dance too.
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American Men »
An enigma now
but soon to claim rock as theirs
via laser guns
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Respite »
Young laptop upstart Respite makes sloppy crack beats in a good way, like.
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Jay Prada »
Fresh MPC Prince - like Will Smith but from Ireland. No Oscars either...
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Mike Slott »
The King of New York,
Mike`s new record is "so good
kids will lose their minds".
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Claude Speeed »
Diamond skull warlord
creates nouveau space angst tracks
whilst the world explodes
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The Banana Sessions »
'We are the Banana Sessions. We're all about making sweet sweet music, cups of tea and big juicy bananas.'
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Wowl! »
Wowl! is an ongoing experiment intended to create 'perfect music'...
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Misty's Big Adventure »
Misty's Big Adventure‚ they're really good...
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Dawn Of The Replicants »
Melodies and lunacy reign supreme: Bowie and Beefheart in a boxing ring taking chunks out of an outnumbered Axel Rose.
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New Bad Things »
Winners of the imaginary 'Best Song Cup', Ten Tracks, October 2009.
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Khaya »
Sadly no more, the remnants of Khaya are scattered throughout the Edinburgh music fraternity. They recorded three stunning albums which never gain the attention they deserved. SL Records released a career spanning compilation Is/Are/Was in 2007
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Lords Of Bastard »
These purveyors of the finest space punk stoner doom sludge metal rock turn their attention to Viking-obsessed blind American poet, composer, philosopher and poet Moondog for an album of his material being complied by SL Records.
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Withered Hand »
Dan Willson aka Withered Hand is one of SL Records and Edinburgh's foremost exports from the anti-folk school, but transcending the mould with the strength of his lyrics. Highly recommended. Extensive biography below.
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Thomas Truax »
Singer-songwriter and inventor of strange self-made instruments.
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The Douglas Firs »
A patchwork of sounds wrapped around elegant folk songs.
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Golden Ghost »
'Singer, guitarist and songwriter Laura Goetz is Golden Ghost, with her boisterous and introspective songs made me speechless after her performances at The Bowery.' Ruth Moir
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The Debutante Hour »
Close country harmonies awash with the blues about lost love, weird love, guitar heroes and the devil.
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The Go Away Birds »
Catherine from God Help The Girl and Michael John from Zoey Van Goey make for something very special in collaboration.
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The Viking Moses »
Devendra Banhart-endorsed and Alan McGee-signed rock and soul music.
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The Colourful Band »
Having returned from a six month trip across Australia, Japan, New Zealand, the latest project is a 7 track EP recorded back home in Glasgow.
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The Blank Tapes »
Raw, earnest, lush and hook filled indie pop from San Francisco. Ten Tracks bumped into these guys at Glasgow's Halt Bar and they gave us a whole gigabyte of music to listen to! Expect more from the San Fran scene in forthcoming months...
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Lach »
Timeout London names Lach, Dylan and Syd Barret 'the roots of the new songwriting movement' [anti-folk]
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The Zack Moir Collective »
Great experimental jazz fusion music, with samples, and mind-bending instrumental progressions, blending accessible rhythms with searingly expressive melodic themes, plus a good helping of craziness. A totally new Ten Tracks find - enjoy.
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Three Blind Wolves »
Singer/songwriter Ross Clark was recently voted third best Scottish Solo Artist in the Jock Rock Poll for 2008, narrowly behind Malcolm Middleton and King Creosote.
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Recording The Impossible »
A quest for pure nonsense is harder than it sounds and artist Andy Currie and Paul Vickers, a now prolific Ten Tracks contributor, really do an admirable job. Beefheart for the global generation? Expect no less from champions of experiment, SL Rec...
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Plaaydoh »
(We shouldn't be telling you this but) if you like the sound of Plaaydoh, several downloads are also available from a collective of inspired indie eccentrics, (free) via the website link provided.
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Lindsay Sugden & The Storm »
Ethereal, baroque, folk-tinged indie; Intricate guitars, fragile melodies and sweeping cello to transport you to a parallel universe.
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Randan Discotheque »
Born on the shores of Lago di Como, yards from the scene of Mussolini’s death, Randan Discotheque were formed in the summer of 2006. Randan Discotheque write songs, and make 21st century historical pop music.
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The Leg »
Edinburgh's enigmatic vehicle for John Peel wildcard Dan Mutch, including: Panda disguises, sparklers, skeleton make-up and a shrunken Tina Turner voodoo doll. Pre-post-art-pop-die-in music of the highest calibre.
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Hexicon »
Has anyone heard of the Mentalist Association label? These guys are on it...
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Meursault »
“Clasping together starry-eyed electronica with cotton-picking wreaths of banjo plucks and ukulele strums, their debut album Pissing On Bonfire/Kissing With Tongues is an unassuming triumph of glum-pussed Scottish charm…” - Drowned In Sound.
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Wounded Knee »
Acclaimed pioneer of his own mould, Time Out aptly describes WK as "... a one-stop shop of beautifully layered mantras, throat noises, songs about bowling and Gaelic flutes flapping about in the wilderness."
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The Pineapple Chunks »
Bizarro pop nuggets. Songs about mice eating paintings stored under artists' beds and such... check 'em out.
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Moustache of Insanity »
A trans-global fantastic casio-pop revolution.
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Allo, Darlin' »
Irresistible folk loveliness.
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Enfant Bastard »
Quintessential punk electronics from the Bear Scotland Collective.
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Tissø Lake »
Earthy, hands-on-the-sound tape manipulations.
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Han Bennink »
Manic improv drummer with immense technical skill!
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John Butcher »
World-leading improvisational saxophonist with a PhD in theoretical physics!
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John Moran »
What do Alan Ginsberg, Philip Glass and Uma Thurman have in common? - this maverick composer, currently treading a line between visual and auditory performance with gymnast and dancer Saori Tsukada.
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Spring Heel Jack »
Ex-London drum'n'bass duo John Coxon and Ashley Wales, having turned their heads towards more experimental improv output
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Zavoloka »
High quality and imagination-rich re-interpretations of folk music. Exported from Ukraine with laid-back sparkling panache.
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Zoe Irvine »
Creative Scotland Award-winning Scottish sound artist (for an opera performance delivered down the phone, involving singers from all time zones.. ... !)
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Bill Thompson »
Exploratory minimalist electronica guru. Does to baroque musical instruments what Keith Moon did to hotel rooms...
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Annette Krebs & Rhodri Davies »
Investigations of the sparse, coupled with innovative Harp playing make this an intriguing duo.
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Aleks Kolkowski & Ute Wassermann »
John Cage is among the mentors of this acclaimed pioneering European duo.
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Douglas Macgregor »
Drummer for fellow Ten Tracks stars Punch & The Apostles, Doug displays a great technical ability on the guitar as well, and superb songwriting too. One of a growing number of accomplished all-rounders in a generation where only the will is the l...
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Mike & Solveig »
Engaging and humorous guitar and violin folk duo.
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The Ballad of Mable Wong »
Glockenspiel-littered math-pop.
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My Old Blue Terraplane »
Glasgow's finest blues-folk-jazz-soul-funk-rock'n'roll outfit.
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Gummy Stumps »
Gummy Stumps have an interesting performance: roaring spoken word punctuates angular guitar and drums. It certainly leaves you thinking.
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Ben Reynolds »
A distinctive and emotive voice coupled with a marvelous songwriting ability.
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Tokamak »
Beautifully/heavily strange music to groove to from an electric trio of pedal perverts and tub thumpers.
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Bronto Skylift »
There's a number of guitar/drum duos around at the moment but none like Bronto. The mammoth guitar sound is driven along by crisp, hammering drums, interspersed with hawkish, angsty bawls.
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United Fruit »
'Dried fruit is like meat'
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Soom T »
Soom T is known for her eclectic vocal stylings and diverse collaborations, including The Orb, Mungo's Hi Fi, King Creosote, and Jahtari.
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The Amazing Rolo »
The Amazing Rolo is sound designer, musician, and digital artist Yann Seznec. He specializes in interactive installations, ragtime piano, Wii music software and sound art.
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Simba »
Simba is from the new wave of hip hop artists on the UK scene. His entrepreneurial streak makes him more than just a rapper.
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Nasty P »
Successful East coast DJ, club promoter and head of the hip hop wing of Edinburgh's eclectic and tirelessly underground KFM records.
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Morphy »
DnB maestro Morphy is one of Scotland’s finest producers consistently enthralling listeners and club goers with his fortified sound. His latest release the ‘Dubtopia EP’ out now on Nerve, is only a slice of what Morphy is capable of. Off the Richter
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Capitol 1212 »
A throwback to the good ol’ days when a rap single wasn’t a rap single without a massive string sample from an old soul track over the top, Edinburgh producers Fly-T and Professa Fresh make supafine music.
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A Band Called Quinn »
A witty band with a very cute sound, forged by computers and... pieces of bark?
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Asthmatic Astronaut feat. Life Shows »
Versatile beat maker and producer known for producing a vast and varied catalogue of beats and for having a monstrous musical appetite.
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The Gillyflowers »
Ten Tracks welcomes the continuation of music in the family in The Gillyflowers, musical home to Kirsten Adamson (daughter of the late Stuart Adamson of Big Country). Again courtesy of The Garden Party 2009.
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Paper Tiger »
A melting pot (or more accurately a boiling/effervescing pot) of contemporary global musical influences to call your kettle mixed race, and jar with your normality...
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GOL »
UK & Iranian jazz electronica: 'doing that thing of crossing musical boundaries between Eastern and Western cultures'
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Bob Hillary & The Massive Mellow »
Rootsy, world and dub sounds collide in the music of Bob Hillary, former frontman of cult trip-hop group The Ruffness.
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The Bevvy Sisters »
Recently featured on Eliza Carthy's acclaimed 'Dreams of Breathing Underwater' album.
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Mungo's Hi Fi »
Mungo's Hi Fi are the UK’s number one reggae sound system, a world-class independent dub reggae and dubstep production unit, and record label owners.
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Gravious »
Gravious brings a fresh sound to dubstep, mixing electronic sounds with the reggae influence of more contemporary dubstep producers.
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The Blessings »
Its tough as the boss
but somehow they find time still
to make songs for girls
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Paranoise »
Polish DJ/Producer Paranoise recently signed to Z-audio. He is set to deliver his own unique brand of broken dub. If you like your beats filthy, check him out.
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DFRNT »
DFRNT is a burgeoning producer and DJ from Edinburgh residing at the deeper end of the dubstep spectrum. He also runs his own record label and collective Echodub.
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Space System »
A highly worthwhile slice of world new music. 'World' - do you hate the word, as you hate hell and all Montagues? Perhaps you'll find solace in Space System, then.
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Site Specific »
Lo-fi spectral rave
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Sugar Experiment Station »
A bit of light entertainment from heavyweight more-than-entertainers (Neil Landstrumm and Tobias Schmidt).
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Sellotape »
Sellotape play in a number of trendy genres without being afraid to bring others forward for an re-think. See them live, especially for the wild and wonderful performances of Miss Vicky Sellotape, proving that, in some cases, Edinburgh has attitude.
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Sam Smernicki »
'Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life'
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KXP »
"Spaced-out Krautrock-meets-drummy-disco dance party" (XLR8R)
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Gala Drop »
Gala Drop are an exciting and inspiring collective that make us want to go to Portugal to see what the fuss is about. Have a read of their biog.
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Divorce »
'anvil-heavy, rhythmically propulsive NAE-WAVE sound; incorporating elements of late '70s lower Manhattan art-noise and mid '80s Chicago ferocity, then embellishing the lot with their own very individual sense of intent and execution.' Optimo Music
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Cracks In the Concrete »
Scottish adult material. The most adult kind.
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Argento »
Ultra obscure late 80's italo disco / electrofunk.
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The Gentleman Losers »
'Decay and starry-eyed innocence rub shoulders with dusty strings and syrup-drenched instrumentation.'
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Masha Qrella »
A host of influences tied down by a softly yearning pop melody. A understatedly Morr-ish hit in the making, if ever we heard one.
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Dakota Suite »
The world-weary but powerful songwriting project of Liverpudlian Chris Hooson.
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Miwon »
One of the original 'laptop-battlers'. How many folk can say that?
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Antonelli »
German maestro meister of the electronic variety.
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Ursula Bogner »
Mother and pharmacist who spent her spare time reading up on esoteric science and composing blinding synth tracks in her specially kitted out room. Damn straight.
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The Seasons »
Ramshackle electronic/artistic supergroup.
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Ritornell »
Playful yet respectful, ironic yet passionate: electronic music for your complicated soul.
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Gudrun Gut »
Diverse and challenging German multi-disciplinary artist. An attractive woman with an attractive CV.
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Sin Fang Bous »
Pop-inclined producer and songwriter involved with the equally fantastic Seabear.
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Ghost »
The ghost in the machine...
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Engine7 »
Engine7 makes emotional, organic music influenced by everything that
makes him feel human, good or bad. The sounds swell like nature,
brutal and beautiful, treading the line between paranoia and peace.
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B Burg And Whys »
One of our Unique Beats links, Edinburgh's B Burg has some talent on that geetar. And the arrangements are far more than just a platform for that.
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Melvitronica »
One of Scotland's hippier hip-hoppers; more interested in the power of the music itself, the fat beats & overpowering bleeps & buzzes rather than a raging rapper moaning about whats wrong in the world. Thanks due again to www.UniqueBeats.co.uk
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Lipsync for a Lullaby »
Unusually detached from the concerns of trend, this band slips between genres in a way that calls for re-invention. At times cyberclassical, at others, pararock, this industrialfolk music gives the pigeonholers a smile and a nightingale instead.
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The French Quarter »
Brilliantly constructed Scottish instrument-led songwriting.
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RBRBR »
Muscly electro pop from an ambitious Edinburgh outfit. All kinds of fun.
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Mitchell Museum »
Indie Rock, Experimental Pop from Glasgow
Hotly tipped Glasgow four-piece MITCHELL MUSEUM create an experimental pop sound with strong hints to folk, psych, and electronica.
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HOMEwork »
Edinburgh-based forward-looking indie outfit with more ideas than time could ever allow.
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Esperi »
Beautiful material from a multi-talented (and variously committed) performer.
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Dirty Summer »
One of the most exciting young bands in Scotland, Britain, anywhere!
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Tie For Jack »
Yet another great band coming out of Edinburgh. Where did it all go right?
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Tin Man »
Support his global music project here...
http://www.tinmanmusic.com
...because he's worth it.
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Cath and Phil Tyler »
The press for these No-Fi label artists speaks for itself. See their biog section.
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Bo'tox »
Metal sheet and iron crashing, broken glass and smoking rubber. Freewheeling, lost in Indiana on Road 66, the illgetimate couple, hit by the Grace of God, is slowly giving up the ghost. Who ARE they?...
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Fox Gut Daata »
Something of a sonic anarchist it seems. Very original stuff, but that's not to say it's not also catchy. Ten Tracks recommends you have an aural peek...
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Darrell »
Another secretive talent for Ten Tracks
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Pilooski »
World leading composer/remix master and all he says about himself is 'I like pastas'? Ten Tracks concludes biography length and quality of tune are inversely proportional.
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Elite Barbarian »
This thoughtfully named and nicely attired gent has had his tunes chosen by Future Sound of London, don't you know...
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Popular Tyre »
Popular Tyre is collaboration between two musical stalwarts that have risen from the dark days of the cold war, 20 years of Tory Britain, Top Of The Pops, and Adrian Blunt.
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Moon Unit »
A new creative synergy has seen electro leaning Moon Unit tour all over Europe from Barcelona to Berlin, Glasgow to London since 2008. 'What we're doing now is so different and fresh for both of us.'...enjoy the results.
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San Quentin »
...coming up?
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Pop Campaign »
A duo. One boy, one girl: Exclamation Mark and Anna-gram...
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Paul Myrus »
Future music in the best sense. Balancing surprise and the expected, to create a memorable journey through contrasting atmospheres.
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James Yorkston and Adrian Crowley »
In Rolling Stone, Adrian Crowley was recently named by Ryan Adams 'one of the best songwriters people might not have heard of'. James Yorkston-then: singin' Gram Parsons, drunk, with the head of Domino Records; now: four acclaimed albums and count...
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Chutes »
Edinburgh's indie institution, and one of the best live acts in Scotland, Chutes now run The Depot Studios, which means they can record for free (lucky b****rds). Watch this space for guaranteed quality, every time.
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Orkestra del Sol »
Blending the best of brass with the swinging sounds of New Orleans, the rolling rhythms of the Middle East or the bouncing beats of UK ska, Orkestra Del Sol pack a punch and make mincemeat of musical categories.
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Royal Edinburgh Music »
Jo Jackson and Alec Munro's influences range wide, from Nico to Maria Callas. Add to this a wealth of life experience and you reach the thought-nudging music of Royal Edinburgh Music; specially curated for Ten Tracks by Oxjam.
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Lucky Jim »
Born in Edinburgh Lucky Jim, aka Gordon Graham, released 3 albums with THE LOST SOUL BAND (Silvertone Records, of Stone Roses fame). Since then he has signed to Ho Hum records for album #5. (Far be it for us to wish you good luck, Jim... but all t...
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King Creosote »
In the late nineties one man with a healthy cynicism for music industry set out to make home-recorded music in as stress-free an environment as possible. The heels were dug in and N.E. Fife would become home to Fence Records. We proudly present th...
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The Real Tuesday Weld »
To mark the end of another successful year for the Oxjam festival 2009, The Real Tuesday are featuring with a true delight from their 2007 boxful of gushingly praised songs, 'The London Book of The Dead'. Read all about it!
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Vacations »
Vacations was conceived while Bobby, Greg and Jeremy were wandering around Europe somewhere, on tour with their old band Chin Up Chin Up. They decided it would be fun to start a new band without any guitar.
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Text Adventure »
Text Adventure are from Glasgow, Scotland and feature a member of Danananaykroyd. They make little songs on guitar and computers, with singing and glockenspiel and a bunch of keyboards.
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Love of Everything »
In September 1999 Bobby Burg was in Chicago- his roommate, Drew Wilson, helped him record an album entitled Green- they were called Love of Everything.
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Jonquil »
Jonquil is an Oxford, United Kingdom bedroom recording project turned band, centered around 20 year old Hugo Manuel.
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Pennines »
Pennines play intricate guitar based indie-rock with great emphasis on melody changes and time signatures.
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Jesus H. Foxx »
Jesus H. Foxx have two drummers. Jesus H. Foxx play glockenspiels. Jesus H. Foxx are better, cooler and more 1994 than any of you.
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Hot Club de Paris »
Hot Club de Paris listen to bands like The Minutemen, Joan of Arc, Don Caballero, Owls, Storm and Stress, Pavement and Black Flag. If you met Hot Club de Paris, they’d probably tell you to do the same.
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Crimesss »
Crimesss are Mark, Neil and Si. They are in other bands you love (Picture Books in Winter, Los Campesinos, Attack + Defend). They like to swap instruments.
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Copy Haho »
Copy Haho (pronounced cawpee-hahoe) are from Stonehaven in Scotland. Debut EP ‘Bred For Skills & Magic’ is out now on Big Scary Monsters.
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Calories »
Calories are a three-piece rock band from Birmingham. All three members of the band previously served in underground noise pop heroes Distophia.
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Repeat Repeat »
Too good to last. Luckily some magical remnants can still be found, as here.
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Percy X »
Stalwart of the Glasgow scene. Talented.
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My Robot Friend »
High-spec techno pop with an artistic leaning, from a larger-picture solo operation you'll do well to look into further.
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Master H »
A touch of future-funk class from France (via, you know, St Tropez).
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Lee Van Dowski »
Minimal maestro. Another of those 'should be so much bigger than they are' types. Seriously, listen and you'll hear the sound of talent, oozing.
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Hystereo »
Fresh-sounding duo who combine hefty beats with a rare ear for a catchy hook.
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Polyester »
With a shared affinity for bass, interesting melody and quirky percussion, Ten Tracks and Polyester are getting on just fine here.
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Mr Raoul K »
Combining the techniques from Europe with sounds from Africa, dance music on Ten Tracks doesn't get more worldly than this.
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Over the Wall »
...inflicting euphoric pop music on others since 2006. One of The Skinny's 10 acts “..on whom to put your house on” this year.
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Daragh Byrne »
Ten Tracks is convinced Daragh Byrne uses a ping pong ball as part of the creative process. The result is industrial yet cheeky dance music. A rewarding combination.
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I Am Blip »
A young Glasgow based techno producer, with a penchant for filth.
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Hatchback »
A Californian with the ability to capture hope in sonic form.
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JL Williams »
An interesting and varied array of talents has Edinburgh artisan JL Williams. This space will always entertain, should you watch it.
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Profisee »
Profisee is an emcee's emcee. He is currently working on his solo album, which will include an eclectic production palette.
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Ross Campbell »
7hings' BAFTA nominated composer's experimental sampling that makes David Lynch's early work seem somewhat mainstream - the question of whether this is live or not may be part of the art... Lossless download highly recommended for a good speaker s...
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Yusuf Azak »
'Occasional flurries of brilliance filter through, equating to tracks that are both eccentric and often delicately original'
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Sileni »
One of Edinburgh's notorious Chemical Poets, Harlequinade, and soundsmith GungWho combine to create a genuinely terrifying blend of electronic noise and lyrics wrought as if by the devil himself. Brace yourselves.
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The Foundling Wheel »
Ambitious solo project / renaissance man.
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Northern Xposure »
Geoff Schumann, BBC Radio London : 'Outstanding and inspirational!'
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Freemoore »
Freemoore is an Edinburgh-based producer creating 'epically fragile soundscapes'... and some.
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Urban Farmhand »
'It started out as a few tunes that didn't fit so we made some more. We're about to start making it live. So watch this space...'
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North Atlantic Oscillation »
Soaring harmonies, loud guitars, dreamy synths, heavy drums, strange effects and unexpected changes-of-mind. One of a kind, and label sought-after Edinburgh dwellers, here to make you feel and think.
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Laki Mera »
Lush, almost cinematically visual soundscapes build from spaced-out synths and carefully controlled percussion into spectacular ambient audio bliss.
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Stórsveit Nix Noltes »
Far too loud. They should tone down.
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Brakes »
Much-loved folk/punk fourpiece here to win your heart.
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The Balky Mule »
Great name for a great act.
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The Mightly Roars »
In this age of modesty and irony, it's a treat to come across a band who call themselves The Mighty Roars, and who do indeed roar, mightily.
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Kill It Kid »
Smart and scruffy, youthful but mature - Kill It Kid are quite the new blues proposition.
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Kelli Ali »
Heady folk songs from the unmistakable voice of the Sneaker Pimps lead.
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Jesse Malin »
Careers in music are hard-earned, and Malin has shown a talent for both attrition and reinvention on a journey that has made him one of the most respected of songwriters.
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HK119 »
HK119 is a message from the future for today. You have been warned.
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Björk »
Legendary performer, unique musician, international super viking.
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Austen George »
Not only does Edinburgh-based singer/songwriter Austen George have honest and musically ambitious songs (a combination few can claim), he also has a one-in-a-million voice to sing them with.
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My Kappa Roots »
We are proud to have Pablo Clark, a co-founder of the DIY music collectives Fife Kills: Collective and Tracer Trails releasing via Ten Tracks.
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Amplifico »
Amplifico self-released their debut album 'See Heart, See Muscle' (partly funded by thousands of pounds from hundreds of people around the world) last year to critical acclaim.
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Panda Su »
Steve Mason's pal Panda Su is the one of two one-woman bands on the February '09 compilation. She's also one of several on the same compilation who have roots in Fife. Pandas live on roots... or is that shoots..? d'Oh.
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Miri »
Announcing Miri's self-penned debut album, 'The Briney Deep'. Witty and playful, eclectic and dark, the album follows in song-cycle the arc of a relationship, from its giddy beginnings to its sombre end. Look out for live dates soon.
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Emily Scott »
Emily performs on double bass and guitar, and writes in an eclectic, whimsical style but with roots in folk and Americana. Truly great rhymes at times...
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Nuda Veritas »
Thanks, Rebecca Kopycinski, for playing all the instruments, writing all the words and giving the world a very lovely album-to-do-the-dishes-to indeed!
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Tokyo Knife Attack »
His storming live set is becoming the stuff of legend since he first performed last October; TKA should not be missed...
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Jason Edwards »
Low-fi, subtle Parisian blues and folk, from this Kill The DJ signed troubadour.
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Hidden Masters »
Sorcerers. See below...
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Galaxy Toobin' »
'The cold and beautiful synths of Galaxy Toobin’ Gang’s ‘Entering Snake Pass’ are transmitted through the same faeric wave-spaces as those of Laurie Spiegel, Terry Riley or Tangerine Dream...'
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FH »
FH stands for the Greek 'Fantastikoi Hxoi' (Imaginary Sounds). FH remixes music from the Greek pop & rock scene of the ’60s and ’70s.
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Grackle »
Texan sultry disco. Don't believe us? Oh, you will.
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Congregation »
The future of the blues (we shit you not), is coming out of New Cross.
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Brain Machine »
'a current of supra-conscious cosmic electricity transposed into sound'
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Betamax Warriors »
If you're going to fight over anything, it might as well be obsolete technology. This lot's weapons of choice are clearly synths and vocoders. And they're tooled up.
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Ben Butler & Mousepad »
'Ben Butler & Mouse Pad is Joe Gay vs You/Germlin's new project. Anyone exposed to the furious shake & pop of pixelated DIY dance fury from either act should expect excellence.'
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Yasushi Yoshida »
Melancholic ambient music from a committed artist.
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TVO »
Multi-faceted Glasgow producer making electronic para-funk like nothing you've heard before.
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Trippy Disco »
"Trippy Disco" is the combination of deep space and movement: the beats drive you forward, and out the window you hear the whooshing of passing galaxies.
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Third Man »
Solo artist inspired by the gloomier band of classic techno: cavernous sonics and crystalline melodies. Third Man also takes honorary track artwork prize, February '09, for 'Lisbon'. Applause.
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The Niallist »
At the forefront of the No Rave death cult, The Niallist is God's answer to the idea that the world is beautiful because of music. Only, he also makes beautiful music.
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Remember Remember »
Overdubs, loops and intricate structures allow Remember Remember to create contemporary instrumental work of reflective beauty.
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Jasper TX »
Guitar-led lo-fi soundscaping, ambitious and calm at once.
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The Happy Particles »
Sweet song-making project functioning as an offshoot to Text Adventure.
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TOOB »
Dynamic dance duo, due massive props around the time the world wakes up.
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ZNTN »
Dreamy electronic textures with an organic feel from our first contributor from Portugal.
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Stranger Than Kindness »
Weird and eerie, yet strangely inspiring soundscapes form part one of this ongoing experimental project from Optimo's JD Twitch.
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Older Lover »
Cranky guitar sonics and a generally eccentric/hurt/dark vibe, from one man and his demons.
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Naum Gabo »
Intense trance-like rhythms and synths with an Optimo stamp of class.
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Muslimgauze »
Eastern-influenced ambient from Manchester
Hugely talented politically-motivated musician and ambient specialist.
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Magic Daddy »
Glitch-bitch-step-pop-house from Glasgow
If there's 'intelligent dance music', which is pretty much electronic music that you can't dance to that is also boring, then there's also daft dance music (like Magic Daddy's), which is dance music you'd struggle to dance to but is a whole world ...
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Lakes »
Electro from Manchester
Disco for dancing with bent knees to. A serious party groove you'll find it impossible to resist.
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Dosimat »
Weird collages of influence and sound held together with a singular sense of creative purpose and fun.
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Crazy Girl »
Crazy Girl collects bicycles.
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Allez-Allez »
"Percussive, dreamy krautrock beats from the Kompakt approved London duo"
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The Paranoid Monkeys »
Colder than the arctic kind.
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Your Loyal Subjects »
YLS list their influences thus: Black Sabbath, James Brown, Nirvana.
100 per cent whole wheat, musically speaking.
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We Hung Your Leader »
Unashamedly anthemic rock from the Weej.
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The Fatalists »
Promising 'dischordant rythmo-jives' is one thing, being Scotland's answer to Queens of the Stone Age is another. The Fatalists deliver on both.
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Conflict Diamonds »
Hard-edged yet beautiful, with a background of violence: ladies and gentlemen, we bring you Conflict Diamonds.
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Vector Lovers »
Synth-tastic beats from a master of the style, who also makes his own kit. Talented bastard.
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The Black Dog »
Leaders in the field of electronic music for twenty years. A bit good, then.
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Slam »
Glasgow techno legends.
Are we proud to have them on Ten Tracks? Oh yes.
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Silicone Soul »
They turned down Top of the Pops.
How many cutting-edge house acts can say that?
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Mr Copy »
His tracks are peak-time destroyers that will get any dance-floor moving and shaking.
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Octogen »
Italians are fucking mental.
Whilst Glaswegians dole out exotic levels of passionate mayhem.
So please meet Marco Bernardi. A hybrid of these two energies and one of the most boisterous sonic sorcerers ever to forge such epic, lysergic tower...
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Let's Go Outside »
Laurent Garnier – 'Well experimental. Some pure Soma quality shit.'
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Harvey McKay »
Drop any one of his productions at peaktime and the crowd will go off the hook.
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Funk D'Void »
Funk D’Void is going to make you freak.
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Alex Smoke »
techno from Glasgow
This from Tiga: 'Tell everyone involved that the Alex Smoke album is so good it scares me. [...] Thanks so much, and tell Alex he has rekindled my love of music... I REALLY mean it... rare I get so excited about an album. Respect.'
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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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Chris Dooks »
Frankly? Weirdness. But good, northern weirdness.
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Sparrow and the Workshop »
New find Sparrow and the Workshop play a stripped-down drumkit, a crashbox, a very white bass, a smallish acoustic guitar, a mellow yellow electric slide guitar and an old French violin alongside boy/girl vocal duets.
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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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Frightened Rabbit »
Scottish indie stars-in-the-making.
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Hauschka »
Experimental pianomusic from German composer Volker Bertelmann.
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Max Richter »
Leading contemporary composer with a growing number of Ten Tracks contributions. His recent works have included the score for landmark 2008 Israeli film 'Waltz with Bashir'.
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Eagleowl »
Postfolk from Edinburgh
Eagleowl are a lo-fi postfolk ensemble from Edinburgh, Scotland. Eagleowl believe in doing things right, rather than doing things fast. Eagleowl thank you for your time.
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Araya »
New release due 26th October
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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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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 simply winning melodies inspire unhesitating devotion among thousands.
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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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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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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. Here Ten Tracks showcases music from the band and Iona's own solo material.
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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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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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The Twilight Sad »
Inspirational Scottish four piece bursting with heart-stung confidence.
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Vetiver »
Consistently excellent, bright songs from Andy Cabic and his freewheelin' band of indie beatniks.
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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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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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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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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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Official Secrets Act »
Upbeat art pop freshly signed to OLI - keep an eye/ear out for these future stars.
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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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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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Land of Talk »
Barbed and impassioned pop, backed up by a reputation for fierce live performance.
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Asobi Seksu »
Uplifting, dreamy popsters give shoegaze the extra dose of sex it was always craving.
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Alabama 3 »
London's rave-and-western outlaws on the best form of their career.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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C-Biscuit »
Did you hear about the fight in the biscuit tin?
...with a bit of help from Neil Landstrumm...
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Ali Renault »
Long-serving, evergreen talent currently exploring the best of electro.
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William Douglas »
These recordings are 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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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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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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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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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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Popolo »
Popolo are a wonk pop instrumental band originally from Dundee who specialise in funky romps and concise chunks of math rock jungle rhythm.
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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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They Came From The Stars I Saw Them »
There's only one TCFTSIST!
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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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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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Detachments »
Atmospheric post-punk groovers deservedly winning plaudits from the most cutting-edge producers in the land.
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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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Findo Gask »
Why not Gask Findo?
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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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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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Big Ned »
Johnny-Tom-Anton Cash-Waits-Newcombe
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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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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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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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King Biscuit Time »
Steve Mason is dead… Long live Steve Mason!
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The Aliens »
Songs in the key of Fife.
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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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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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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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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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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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