'So Much It Hurts' out now! http://po.st/SoMuchItHurts
Listen to 'Play it on my Radio': http://lnk.to/Playitonmyradio

Soaring freely above genres, occasionally diving into one or the other, Malin Dahlström and Gustaf Karlöf make music together as Niki & The Dove. The foundation for the collaboration is a profound love and respect for music that gives both members a hunger for the exploration of new music.

Malin and Gustaf was first brought together in Gothenburg where they played together in different bands before forming Niki & The Dove in 2010 and releasing the debut single “DJ, Ease My Mind”. As a song that tells the story of what a simple pop track can do to a human, it was a fitting introduction to the band’s outlook on the beauty of music. The songs were there before the band united, and what happened after the formation seemed like the logical progression.

The following full length album, Instinct, came one year later and consisted of chosen parts from the EP:s and previously unreleased tunes that landed Niki & The Dove a nomination for the prestigious BBC Sound of 2012.

Four years after Instinct another Niki & The Dove album was released. Under the title Everybody’s Heart Is Broken Now, thirteen pop songs are gathered, taking off from a song writing tradition where melody and the craft is focused upon. Among the tracks are the singles “Play It On My Radio” and “So Much It Hurts”, two songs that bring to mind yearning eyes meeting across a dark dance floor. As inspiration for the sound, Malin and Gustaf kept certain catchwords in mind during the creation of the record. Two of those were “Dance Romance” and “Bladerunner Disco”, fitting nicely onto the romantically futuristic album. Starting with one foot in days passed Niki & The Dove aspire to step into the future, holding the music they love near to them wherever they may go. The finished product takes what started with “DJ, Ease My Mind” in 2010 a step forward. If Instinct covered everything that happened before the formation of Niki & The Dove, Everybody´s Heart Is Broken Now is a divination regarding what is yet to come.

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Shows:
Brazil - contact@alokmusic.com
Europe - Tom Schroeder tom.schroeder@teamwass.com / Nick Matthews nick.matthews@teamwass.com
North & South America - Rob Markus:  rmarkus@wmeagency.com / Jonas Schumann: JSchumann@wmeagency.com
Asia: Samuel Wald: SSW@wmeagency.com

Berlin-based DJ-duo bringing Sweet Technonastik to your life

Born and bred from the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana, enter into the game, 20-year-old August Alsina...

With the love and hustle of the Crescent City running through his veins, August is eager to follow in the footsteps of the NOLA music legends that paved his way. His recently inked deal Def Jam Recordings looks to be a great step in the right direction, but music wasn’t always in his future. 

August learned at an early age that drugs and money could make you, or break you. With both his father and stepfather battling crack addiction, August’s mother moved their family to Houston, Texas in search of a fresh start. But Houston provided no happy ending. For years a young August endured a home life plagued by drugs and violence. At just 14, he got word from New Orleans that is father, August Sr., lost his battle with drugs and alcohol. 

In an attempt to escape his reality, August took to Youtube, where he posted dozens of homemade performance videos. His clips covering Musiq Soulchild, Lyfe Jennings and others went viral, generating millions of views in just over a month. It seemed that he was finally taking his first steps toward a bright future in music, but just a year later, reality hit home when his best friend was shot and killed in the streets of Houston. As quickly as August appeared, he vanished form Youtube, back to the real world. With tensions mounting at home, 16-year-old August was kicked out. Alone, he returned to New Orleans and took to the streets, selling drugs as a means of survival. 

With his older brother also in the streets hustling, it wouldn’t be long before August learned that the addiction to money could be as deadly as the addiction to drugs. Just days before August’s 18th birthday, his older brother was gunned down in New Orleans East, another unsolved murder in one of the nations most dangerous cities. “I never expected them [the police] to find his killer”, August explains. “People die everyday in the streets of New Orleans. Unfortunately, death has become a way of life,” but not for August. His brother’s death became his motivation to not become a statistic, but to pursue his musical aspirations on an entirely new level.

Under the guidance of Noontime Unlimited (management and production company), August relocated to Atlanta in 2011 to begin carving his own musical path with his life experiences at the center of his artistry. He recently teamed up with Hoodrich/MMG’s own DJ Scream for the release of his debut mixtape, ‘The Product’, which spawned the internet and radio buzzing anti-love single, “Sucka” which features fellow New Orleans crooner Lloyd. 

Yet to reach 21 years old, with already a lifetime of experiences behind him, August is living proof that your past doesn’t have to dictate your future, and that life’s hardships can be the motivation required for success. With Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter The Dream prepping August’s debut project for release through his Radio Killa/Def Jam imprint, the path to success has been laid. Look for August to make 2013 his official coming out party.


[de] Die Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung ist eine der sechs parteinahen politischen Stiftungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Sie steht der Partei DIE LINKE nahe. 
Vorrangige Aufgabe der Stiftung ist die politische Bildung. Die Stiftung fördert mit ihrer Arbeit eine kritische Gesellschaftsanalyse, progressive kulturelle Ansätze sowie die Vernetzung emanzipatorischer Akteure. Sie agiert international im Feld der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und des gleichberechtigten Dialogs und dokumentiert mit Hilfe des Archivs des demokratischen Sozialismus wichtige Ergebnisse linker Politik. Darüber hinaus fördert sie im Rahmen ihres Studienwerks den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs mit Stipendien.

[en] The Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung is one of the largest foundations dedicated to political education in Germany today, and stands in the intellectual and political tradition of democratic socialism. Initiated in 1990 as a small political association in Berlin known as “Gesellschaftsanalyse und politische Bildung e. V.”, it has since grown into a nationwide organization encompassing political education, discussion forums for critical thought and political alternatives, as well a research facility for progressive social analysis.

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Management : matt@kidding-aside.com
Presave 'Invisible' : https://nto.backl.ink/invisible
The story behind NTO started with a match made in heaven, a kid from the South of France always hooked to his guitar, and electronic and dance music. After going to the Sziget Festival when he was 18, NTO started to hang out regularly at La Villa Rouge, and Bar Live, two legendary clubs in the South of France. At the time, German minimal techno music was booming and Anthony Favier would spend his nights listening to Stephan Bodzin, James Holden, or the very beginnings of Paul Kalkbrenner: "My biggest music crush of all time”. The evocative power of music, strong kicks and the unifying atmosphere of dancefloors: this is the triple focus that will inspire him to create and produce music without going through the usually mandatory DJ phase.

The story behind NTO is also about his friendship with Worakls and Joachim Pastor, with whom he created Hungry Music in 2013. Performing together on the Olympia’s stage to the Vieilles Charrues Festival, they learned to master the stage, and seduced a new generation that would follow them faithfully from this moment on. Thanks to his hits "Trauma" and "La clé des champs", which account for several millions of streams on DSPs, NTO's career took off internationally: from The Netherlands, to Germany, to Eastern Europe to Canada...  

Today, NTO is about to start a new chapter of his career. With deep basses and lysergic harmonies, he filters different layers of his melodies to make them sparkle even more, just as if they emerged from the water after hitting rock bottom. NTO is currently working on his first album.

Djuna Barnes (Maria Gerhardt) is a Copenhagen based Dj, Sounddesigner and Music Supervisor.  She loves to tell a story with other peoples music. She is also a writer. With her own words. Her debut novel "Hollywoodstars On My Pavement" (Der bor Hollywoodstjerner på vejen) came out in Danish in September 2014. Translation to foreign languages and international importance is a clear goal. Figthing cancer since 2011.
Emotional rescue/Mixtapes come on this page frequently.

French family electro/pop trio 

LISTEN "STARTERS" (E.P.) HERE ->> hyperurl.co/STARTERS
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Contact : juneandthejones@gmail.com

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