Introducing... The Amateurs

The Birmingham based rock group is comprised of: Matthew Colley (vocals/piano), Andrew Fletcher (bass), Jim Holliday (drums) and Alex Wesley (guitar).

The guys have toured extensively throughout the UK, playing alongside artists such as Eliza Doolittle, Robert Plant, Athlete, Guillemots, Cage The Elephant and Reverend and The Makers.

Last year the group was invited exclusively by Oxfam to perform at Leeds Festival and this year the Canadian Music Week in Toronto, Canada. They recently completed a host of national UK tour dates with Eliza Doolittle.

The Amateurs have taken the long road to success, playing hundreds of shows together, honing their talent, building a fan base and perfecting their songs; their latest offering, The Rebel, accompanied by a brand new action packed ‘spy movie’ music video, is the culmination of that work and looks set to establish the band in the mainstream.

http://www.theamateurs.co.uk/

Introducing Umatic

...Take an incredibly light, high-pitch vocal, combine it with a heavy melodious productions and you'll get an idea of how Umatic sounds.  The band comprises of siblings Mathilde & Lukas.

In previous constellation they have played more than 300 concerts, gained lots of airplay on Danish National Radio and performed at the Roskilde Festival twice.  Not to mention, released several CD's (including Japan), contributed on film soundtracks such as Bille August's movie Return to Sender, and not least the main force behind their own songs and productions!

Mathilde and Lukas have their roots firmly planted in the musical soil.  She is a piano playing songwriter and the voice of 4 octaves.  He is an experienced hip hop producer - together they create Umatic's unique pop sound.

Umatic performed at this year's Start Festival, Musik i Lejet and Copenhagen Songwriters Festival.

Their track “Stay” is currently available for FREE download via http://www.last.fm/music/Umatic

 This will be the first of many bands we want to highlight. If you fancy a mention, get in touch.

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It's an awesome feeling to post our first blog. We could go on and on... and on and on and on about ourselves but we're more excited about you guys - the atists - so we'll just get on with trying to get you great exposure.

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