Formed around 2006 in Conon Bridge in the North West Highlands of Scotland, The Leonard Jones Potential pretty much blew audiences away the very first time they hit the live circuit supporting the Cuban Brothers to a packed Inverness Ironworks. Gradually, as new band members were added and the numbers grew, so did their reputation as a red hot, tight and exciting funk, soul and pop outfit.

Led by the young and charismatic front person and singer Michelle Newell the band charmed and played their way into a number of high profile engagements and collaborations. Highlights so far include a live BBC6 session on the Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show, several national radio interviews and record plays and support slots to the man himself both in Scotland and England. The band were also invited to play by Carl Cox for his private birthday party in Brighton after he saw the band play at a private engagement in the Highlands. On the night of the party, the band played on a bill that included The Brand New Heavies, and DJs Gilles Peterson and Danny Rampling and of course Carl himself.

Building on the original influence for the band - Corduroy, original members took influence from original funk and soul legend such as The Meters, James Brown and the Motown sound through to modern funk heavyweights such as Speedometer, The Bamboos and The Federation of the Disco Pimp. 
The LJP’s sound is an authentic, fresh journey into modern funk, soul and power pop that seems to strike a harmonious chord with audiences across the country.

The band play all their own material combining both instrumental and vocal led numbers, built around a powerful and tight rhythm section which now includes a recently added percussion dimension. The brew is further added to with a warm Hammond and Rhodes sound and then laced with sharp biting brass. The line up currently sits at a hefty nine piece meaning that live audiences get a show and a half.

The LJP have a CV which reads playing at various festivals throughout the nation including the main stage at Belladrum, Rockness, Wickerman, Shetland Blues Festival (to name a few) and headlining at Jocktoberfest; Hoochie Coochie (Newcastle) and frequent guests at the Edinburgh Jazz Bar.

This band is a team and it plays like one.

Scottish, London-based guitarist, keyboardist and producer, perhaps least unknown as guitar slinger in various groups across Scotland 1998 - 2007, including The Needles and progressive rock band Electric Tibet.  In addition were collaborations with Dundee based visual artist Andrew Maclean and uncredited lead guitar for Ubisoft Reflections’ 2009 Wii game Monster 4x4 Stunt Racer.  More recent projects include jazz rock trio Detail, an indie solo album under the name "How Deep is The Valley" and an entirely imaginary, all-asian surf band.

Hardcore Carnivore is an album recorded mainly in 2007 in a psychiatric hospital, which was lost, recovered and completed five years later in 2012.  I used to play in bands, and other things.

An indie band from Aberdeen, Scotland, ET were founded on the idea of having no fixed genre or sound, with sudden shifts between punk, surf, jazz, metal, alt.country, mariachi, show tunes and post-rock.  They gained a small local following, released two EPs, supported some higher-profile Scottish bands and played two sessions for BBC Radio Scotland.  Their high point was playing as Phil Elverum's backing band for one gig as "The Microphones".   After the original group dissolved post-university, the band was briefly reformed with a new lineup for a one off gig in 2005 before going on hiatus.  They never disbanded.

http://soundcloud.com/futuregalloway later played with Sweetheart, Bad Man and The Bad Men and Detail, released an album in 2012 as http://soundcloud.com/how-deep-is-the-valley and now makes music as Health Saws.    http://soundcloud.com/ewansimpson and Lachlan www.myspace.com/lachlanayres have their own solo recording projects. Andy Gajda played in Inverness R&B band http://soundcloud.com/theljp

personnel:
(2001 - 2004)
Lachlan Ayres - guitar, keys, bass
Ewan Simpson - guitar, bass, vocals
Future Galloway - vocals, guitar, keys
Chris Lindsay - drums
Kyle McGregor - decks
Sam Mansfield - sax (2003)
Andy Gajda - bass, guitar (2003)
Philip James Johnstone - sax (2004)


(2005)
Future Galloway - vocals, guitar
Andy Gajda - bass
Keith Lorelei - drums
James Boynton - guitar
Roz Galloway - keys
Philip James Johnstone - sax

Bonjour tous le monde, je suis Mr Pops. I am shit at French and write, record and produce strange pop songs.

Tomthenoisemonger presents noise in varying states of completion. also available in red

The Bugle is the ultimate pan-global audio home of international satire. The show is a weekly eruption of comedic comment about the world’s most, and least, important news stories.

Ian Simpson is following