"If Madonna, Calvin Harris and John Frusciante jammed the night away in a hot basement club this is how they might sound. Universal You."

Since releasing two rock influenced albums the band has undergone a major transformation both in personnel and musical direction. Existing now as a two-piece Universal You has finally followed their long held ambition to find a groove on the dance floor and in doing so has allowed their guitar riffs to organically grow and blend with their affection of the current dance and club scenes.

MMXIII - I is a 4 track EP that includes two covers and two original tracks. The headline track is “Love Song” which was originally recorded by Scottish legends Simple Minds way back in 1981. Universal You has combined their own potent and diverse musical DNA to create a throbbing dance track with razor sharp guitar hooks and singer Gulzhan’s sensual vocals, while still retaining the mystic of Simple Minds original with its 80’s European electronic undertones.

“Love Song” is already destined for the DJ turntables of Ibiza this summer as re-mixes by House DJ’s Hoxton Whores and Sonny Wharton (Fat Boy Slim Producer of the Year 2012) currently weave their way through the clubs of Europe.

The band have decided to release two 4 track EP's in 2013...a sexy summertime set for dancing and grooving and then an atmospheric and epic autumn set with lush guitars and strings ... 

"..lead guitar licks occupy most of the singles like the tasty jam in "Perfect", but the real allure is frontwoman Gulzhan's vocals. She is punk, hip, yet at times heartbreaking."

"..great soaring vocals and raucous twin guitar sounds.."

"..you are hit by the vocals of Ibraveya which we have to admit are rather attractive.."

"You’ve got to admire a band with something a bit more diverse than the pop-trash norm which we normally get exposed to."

"To anyone yet to have surrendered to the seductive pop rock of Universal You, Iskala serves as a wonderfully seductive introduction to the band."


Solo artist who's Debut EP " The View " will be released mid June 2015.

My name is Becky Rose, I'm 28, and I'm a songwriter based in sunny old Worcester, UK.

I write music spanning across multiple genres, my favourites being pop and alt-pop. I produce my music on GarageBand from the comfort of my box room. In the live arena (pre-lockdown, that is) I would perform with just me and my piano, though I have been known to bring out pop backing tracks during live sets from time to time.

Between 2008 and 2013 I performed around 300 gigs across the UK, including London (Troubador Club, Edinburgh Cellars, Soho Comedy Club, The Camden Head), Manchester (Jackson's Pit, Taurus), Birmingham (The Island Bar, Actress & Bishop, The Yardbird) and numerous local hot spots (Nozstock, Leamington Peace Festival, The Robin 2, The Marrs Bar).

In addition to being carted around various venues (cheers Mum and Dad!), I landed myself a bunch of radio spots. I featured on BBC Hereford & Worcester a number of times, was played by Tom Robinson on BBC 6 Music, featured on BBC Radio 1, and had airplay on a handful of underground digital radio stations.

I had a number of amazing experiences during my stint at a music career, the most notable of which I am listing here:

2009: I performed at Amnesty International Headquarters as part of the AGM for the feminist organisation OBJECT.

2010: I was spotted by Air Management (Katie Melua, Jamie Cullum) and they mentored me for the couple of years that followed.

2011: I was selected out of 37,000 applicants to join just 40 other artists at the BBC Intro Musicians Masterclass, where I met the likes of Mark Ronson, Calvin Harris, Kissy Sellout and Pete Tong.

2012: I performed a song of mine for Her Majesty The Queen on her visit to the newly opened Hive Library. This garnered a lot of local press and radio attention.

Deviating from the conventional songwriter route in 2013, I co-wrote Theatre In Education piece which included comedy musical skits. The interactive play toured 50 high schools across the UK and won the HELOA 2014 Best Innovation & Practice Award.

From this point onwards, life stuff got in the way. I made a living in a demanding events management role, married, separated, and lived with severe depression. However, this was by no means a waste of time. I indulged my interest in gender non-conformity and female sexuality, started up a Staff Mental Health Network, ran a menstrual and menopausal health workshop at my workplace, and undertook a Masters in Psychology.

Right now, I am privileged to be working full-time at Liaison (a payroll provider for the NHS), and using the spare time that I have to reignite my music career.

I am looking to develop a songwriting career, though I am totally into live performances too. Essentially, knowing that my songwriting could be seen as kind of "eclectic" (I'm a mixed bag, I know), I have an open mind as to where this could take me.

Followers of Biba&#x27;s Dead

Followers of Biba's Dead