Online music channel Ont’ Sofa bring their mission to the Leeds Corn Exchange

The online music channel known for introducing emerging talent is bringing its renowned sofa to the Leeds Corn Exchange this Friday, 23^rd May. In association with the Corn Exchange and Hirst’s Yard, Ont’ Sofa will be acquainting Leeds with some of its freshest local musical talent.

On the line-up will be Fiona Bevan, co-writer of Ed Sheeran’s number one hit “Little Things”; rock band The Dunwells, who have appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno; and York based singer-songwriter Beth McCarthy who recently appeared on BBC One hit The Voice. It all kicks off at 7.30pm and the £8 entrance fee also gets you a free drink.

Ont’ Sofa has previously worked with the likes of Luke Friend, Lucy Spraggan, Mike Hough, Lunar C, Becky Hill and many other emerging talents. The co-founders Jason Odle and Ben Davis have made it their mission to discover rising talent from all over the UK and stand up for real, independent artists and their music. “We have witnessed so many incredible talents come out of the North. When we thought about the showcases we wanted to organise all over the country, Leeds was an obvious choice”

The event is being held at The Leeds Corn Exchange this Friday, 23^rd May at 7.30pm. Tickets are £8 and will include a free drink.

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Sunset Graves new single ‘Your Ghost Is Formed’ out today. B-Side track Turquoise revealed.

 

Listen to Your Ghost Is Formed here

Listen to Turquoise here

 

 

 

 

 

Sunset Graves’ new single ‘Your Ghost Is Formed’ is released today and available to buy digitally and on limited edition 7” clear vinyl.  This is the first single from their forthcoming album ‘Form Your Ghost’ released on June 9^th and includes ‘Turquoise’ an exclusive non-album b-side which is available to listen to online for a limited time.

Sunset Graves, aka Andy Fosberry, has been described as “morbidly playful” and “cinematic” with comparisons to Eluvium, God Is An Astronaut and Boards Of Canada often coming up.

The debut album ‘Variant’ combined the likes of ambient electronic with post-rock and trip hop along with showcasing Andy’s apparent love of samples. Impressing listeners with its risky approach to mixing genres the album received shining reviews and presented Sunset Graves as a promising new producer and artist.

The ‘Your Ghost Is Formed’ single is available to buy on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/your-ghost-is-formed-single/id868629976?ign-mpt=uo%3D4

You can also buy the limited edition 7” clear vinyl single here: https://sunsetgraves.bandcamp.com/album/your-ghost-is-formed-single

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BLIZZARD covers The Smiths for Wonderland

 

At only 19, Blizzard is an artist with 8 years experience under his cap. Winning an EA competition at age 11 to feature in a professionally produced music video; Bradley ‘Blizzard’ Green won the attention of the urban scene and the respect of its critics. With his rap battles on the Don’t Flop scene racking up thousands of views and his release of ‘Sooner Than Never’ going to number 1 in the hip hop charts, it’s almost of no surprise that his latest EP, ‘Testing the Water’ did just the same – although reaching that position in just 12 hours was perhaps somewhat unexpected. 

An accomplished rap artist with intimidating freestyle skills, Blizzard strives to prove he’s even more than that; and so, when we met with him on a crisp day aboard a Thames moored boat, he chose to cover ‘This Charming Man’ by The Smiths… 

Read the full article on Wonderland Magazine here

 

 

DUKES AVENUE reveal new video and announce single ‘Beautiful Girl’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am very happy to announce that I will be working with the incredibly talented production trio DUKES AVENUE whilst they promote their brand new single ‘Beautiful Girl’, out on June 2nd.

Check out the video for the single below 

Dukes Avenue are Dutchie, Jason and Jack Moses; three friends who grew up in London. They met at college and started writing music together as something fun to pass the time. When well-known figures in the London grime scene started to take an interest, that’s when they believed that this could be more than just a distraction from real life. From those collaborations, Dukes Avenue have received regular airplay from the likes of Radio 1 and 1xtra and have seen chart successes over the past year.

With an EP planned for later in the year, Dukes Avenue are hoping that ‘Beautiful Girl’ is a good introduction for what’s to come.

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Ont’ Sofa announce new live EP collaboration with Kat Eaton

Online music channel Ont’ Sofa have announced their second live series release for 2014. The ‘Kat Eaton LIVE Ont’ Sofa’  EP will be released on June 16th via Ont’ Sofa Records. The first track from the release is titled ‘Giving It Up’ and can be listened to here

Recorded at a pop up gig at The Foundry Studios in the singer’s hometown of Sheffield, the EP boasts five tracks taken live from the show.

The collaboration came together when Ont’ Sofa booked Kat to record a session for their YouTube channel. “After working with Kat previously in the studio and for the channel it was an obvious choice to set up one of the pop-up gigs.”

Ont’ Sofa’s plan is to set up various pop-up gigs all over the country that showcase emerging talent and release a string of records throughout the year from those shows.

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New video from BLIZZARD

B L I is taken from Blizzards ‘Testing The Water’ EP, which is out now. The video for the track dropped this week. It’s directed by James Essery and is a huge slice of grime-riddled-goodness. Enjoy!

Buy the Testing The Water EP here

Ont’ Sofa Pop Up in Sunderland this Friday

Ont’ Sofa will be popping up in Sunderland on Friday 9^th May to showcase the local talent of singer-songwriter Paul Liddell. The free gig will be held at The Watch House Museum at 7pm and is one of many pop-up gigs the Ont’ Sofa team are putting on all over the country, in a bid to support emerging talent and continue their mission of “standing up for real music”.

Having previously worked with the likes of Lucy Spraggen, Luke Friend, Becky Hill and Lunar C, the platform has an eye for spotting fresh talent.

Jason and Ben, founders of Ont’ Sofa had the idea of the pop up shows last year after meeting so many  talented yet undiscovered artists. “We are always recording sessions for the channel with brand new acts that maybe haven’t had as much exposure as we think they deserve. By going around the country with the pop up tour we get to help support talent regionally and showcase them to a bigger audience, help them get some really great content, release a record, promote it and continue the search for even more new music. It’s something we are really excited about”

Paul Liddell is a working musician/singer/songwriter/recording artist based by the sea in the North East of England. His current album, the excellent ‘Milestones And Motorways’ is a proudly home-made and independent release.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The gig will take place at The Watch House Museum in Sunderland on Friday 9^th May at 7pm. It is a free gig and you are all invited.

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Bearded Magazine introduces…. Sunset Graves

Bearded Magazine introduces Sunset Graves, who according to the online magazine “conjures cinematic slabs of electronic ambience.”

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Respect Magazine put all eyes on BLIZZARD

 

 

 

Respect Magazine spoke with BLIZZARD, the artist-musician born Bradley Green about his musical influences, the cathartic experience of his new EP Testing The Water, Chris Brown, and his desire to create a timeless album.

Read the full article here