"We are old, we are young, we are in this together"

Formed in Bradford in 1980, New Model Army’s beginnings were inspired by Northern Soul, Punk Rock and the incendiary atmosphere of the times. Since then, they have had a long, creative and eventful journey. They have been massively influential in ‘post-punk’, ‘folk-rock’, ‘political-rock’, ‘goth’, ‘metal’ and all kinds of musical sub-cultures but they have steadfastly refused to belong to any club or style.

Without a specific ‘genre’ audience, and never having had a massive worldwide hit single, New Model Army still have album sales in the millions, have attracted some of the biggest producers on the planet (Glyn Johns, Tom Dowd, Andy Wallace, Bob Clearmountain, Joe Barresi) and have built up an almost religious devotion amongst fans.

They have been perfectly placed to withstand the changes in the Industry and have outlasted most of their peers - while maintaining a worldwide following and all without making a single artistic or commercial compromise.

Recent years have also seen a revival in the band’s critical and commercial fortunes. The “Between Dog and Wolf” and “Between Wine and Blood” (2013/14) and “Winter” (2016) albums have all returned the band to the mainstream charts and they are currently working on a new project expected late summer 2019.

Originally formed as a three piece, the current five piece features Justin Sullivan on main vocal and guitar, Michael Dean on drums, Dean White on keyboards and guitar, Marshall Gill on guitar and Ceri Monger on bass.

Clique is a clubnight and remix crew from Manchester. Club Clique ran for seven years at Joshua Brooks, Mint Lounge and Deaf Institute, bringing in record crowds to each venue. We were voted the best DJs in Manchester by the Manchester Evening News, twice.

Since then we've DJd at multiple venues across Manchester, from underground bars to the city's biggest nightclubs. We've provided DJ support for Nile Rodgers & Chic as well as performed the opening set at Creamfields festival, plus played high profile sets at other great UK festivals such as Kendal Calling, Festival #6 and more.

As remixers, we added John Tatlock into the mix and produced a series of hugely successful remixes for acts like Lana Del Rey, La Roux, Saint Etienne, Bombay Bicycle Club and more. Our music has three million downloads to date, and has been featured on Pitchfork, Gawker and many other major publications. Our tracks have been used on TV adverts, become radio hits across South America, and much more. 

Llive guest DJs at our club events have included: LCD Soundsystem, Florence & The Machine, Aeroplane, Foals, Hot Chip and more. 

We're experts at DJing everything from laid-back bar sets to big-room party events. If you'd like to book us to play, please contact Ian at https://twitter.com/IanDJonesnet or Damien at https://www.instagram.com/sandamianoyeah/ xxx

Fältsånger, the band that's not quite sure how to pronounce their own name (it’s felt songer).
Bringing psychedelic electronica your way

Summing the band and music of Buswell is an enigma in itself. Shaun Buswell is a singer/songwriter with a band larger than a football squad. He scores all the written musical parts himself but cannot read a note of music. He performs with a line-up that is in double figures and includes classical string, brass and woodwind sections but makes them play indie folk in the spirit of Captain Beefheart. It’s something akin to taking a movie filmscore and condensing it into a folky pop song.

The result of which in the last few years has seen them support or be supported by acts such as Foals, Amy MacDonald & Frank Turner, whilst completing three full UK tours, getting playlisted on MTV, reaching number 1 on the Amazon Hot 100 CD singles chart, as well as being heard on XFM and BBC’s radiowaves.

"The lush orchestral pop-with-a-purpose of singer-songwriter Shaun Buswell sent shivers down my spine...and the vocals of Zoe Mead – the Lisa Hannigan counterpoint to his Damien Rice" - The Independent Newspaper, UK

A band from Canterbury, Kent. Writing original songs, usually for people to listen to.

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