Formed in the aftermath of 2009, as a small acoustic reggae four piece by brothers Jorj and Will Payton, Sam (Burgs) Bigmore and Matt Seeley. Those young roots have now blossomed into a ten strong family. Check out our debut CD 'Rowdy & Stoned' and the follow up 'Circus on Repeat'. Both available to purchase/download from http://thestiffjoints.bandcamp.com

for bookings etc visit either:
www.thestiffjoints.co.uk
www.facebook.com/thestiffjoints



UK based Emma Clair is a DJ and producer making serious waves with her distinctive blend of pumping house and darker edged tech house that's gained her support from artists such as; Tiesto, Jaguar (BBC Radio 1), Armin Van Buuren, Steve Angello, Claptone, Flashmob, Marco Lys, Paco Osuna, Vintage Culture, Mark Knight and R3WIRE.

A true artist with an ever evolving sound, Emma’s high energy DJ style has led to performances across the UK and Europe at festivals and events such as Beats For Love (CZ) , Boomtown Fair, Beatherder and
London's iconic Ministry Of Sound nightclub , sharing the stage with high profile names including Eats Everything, Utah Saints, N Trance, K Klass and Marshall Jefferson.

Known for delivering high-energy DJ sets where infectious house rhythms collide with the grit of techno, rolling basslines, hypnotic grooves and catchy vocal hooks, Emma is fast becoming a name to watch. From intimate club nights to major festival stages, she blends technical precision with pure, unfiltered energy.

Over the past 12 months Emma has played headline shows in Leeds and Wales, achieved multiple top 100 releases across Beatport and Traxsource, hit the number 1 spot in the Traxsource' best new tech house hype December chart and reached 2 million Spotify streams.

With a bold style that takes influence from her colourful past, Emma loves to push boundaries, and is just as comfortable playing at 125bpm as she is at 145bpm, but one thing is for sure, she’s firmly rooted in the beat that started it all: house music.

Her radio show Beats Underground airs on Data Transmission on the first or second Saturday of every month at 8PM (UK time)

Co-founder of Humble Abode (Liverpool)
Resident @ Studio Picnic and Queensway
Contact: abbie.rebecca.morris@gmail.com or msg me on insta 🌟

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email - Blantymusic@gmail.com

BLANTY is a well travelled musician (singer/songwriter) currently spending some time in the UK. 
He is always looking for gigs & interesting places to visit.

Born & bred in Rossendale, Lancashire, Blanty set off travelling with his guitar aprox 20 years ago & has become (in my opinion) one of the best entertainers around.      He is available for festivals/ pubs/ house parties/ stand in guitarist/ stand in artist/ support act, etc etc. He can often be seen playing around East Lancashire (check out his event page on facebook for gigs near you)  He can easily play for 5+ hrs & was recently called "Unbreakable Blanty" (due to him never taking a break) he was also called "the human jukebox", he's a good egg! He has lots of his own songs & also plays Spanish & Celtic songs & music as well as a never ending stream of ad lib lyric, music and covers when needed,...............Money is the preferred method of payment, but festival tickets in exchange for a good set would be fantastic for Blanty (he will keep your customers happy doing random performances around the festival site if required). He will also consider any charity events & is certainly up for any work overseas.

Very briefly.... Blanty set off travelling half his life ago & spent some time in Greece, he soon found his way to India where he stayed for 3 or 4 years (living among locals, learning lots, sharing himself & his music, extending his musical knowledge). He next ended up in Ireland (He served a 2yr apprenticeship with All Ireland Champion Piper-'Con Durham' of Kerry  (http://youtu.be/tv6Rv1BPgOA) 
Whilst in Ireland, Blanty also played with 'Groove Machine' & 'Blasket Case', made various TV appearances on RTE television & played hundreds of gigs incl. The Heineken Festival - Dingle.......
       He next ended up in The Canary Islands for a while, (he continued making music & performing in bars etc) where he became intrigued with the displaced people arriving from the West African coast, and off he went to live at the exit point of Cape Juby,in the occupied Western Sahara. He then became involved in travelling to & fro with much needed and useful goods from Lanzarote to Africa, as a gift. This work continued for months, during this time he continued playing gigs, meeting musicians & writing songs and creating music.
  Communicating by music and smiles, principally, Blanty met Khomeini El Qadi, a gifted and reknowned Saharaui musician 24 years old. Together they played at a host of gigs, cultural events, performed in schools and communities, created music for and coached a childrens choir, a local TV appearance and the Blue Man festival at Tan-Tan.  They wrote songs & preformed together whenever possible...luckily, the following recording was made....    (https://soundcloud.com/betty-beckett/blanty-khomeni-el-qadi)
 
     Blanty then traveled to Casablanca & continued to Spain, where he toured around for years, preforming & entertaining whilst embracing the culture, language & music. He played lots of venues in the Bask country, appeared on TV there & played at The Dragon Festival.......He formed two bands, 'The Rolling Gnomes' & 'The Stolen Gnomes', they toured all around Spain & Portugal, they also played at Randal Roots festival UK twice, 2009/10    -  www.myspace.com/thestolengnomes
As soon as he returned to the UK, he performed with Mim Suleimans 'la Tungi' show @  Penelopes Sheffield http://t.co/aoBZYI5db8 The show was amazing! Abass Dodoo (Ginger Baker band) was playing percussion.

Before travelling, Blanty played with lots of local bands, 'Radio Bacup Danz Band' ,'5 Pink Mammals' as well as other projects & hundreds of gigs. He often travels back to guest in or be backed by our local band 'PIE' -
Brain Eastwood -  http://youtu.be/2GpHvsSSPZs http:    www.brianeastwoodguitars.co.uk/
Boo Long -  www.reverbnation.com/boolong     www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyr5sguZKFw
Tom Winstanley aka Mrs Cakehead -  www.myspace.com/mrscakehead                                                                   www.reverbnation.com/mrscakehead      http://youtu.be/gfhem2_NorQ

Brian, Tom & Boo (above) are 'PIE' a long established local band, who Blanty has played with numerous times..........to see    Blanty backed by Pie go to................
  The Great British Folk Festival (you tube link underneath) ....... enjoy......
.All songs written by Blanty ..                                                        .http://youtu.be/CJflMolEArE     http://youtu.be/-eOQJ6mzO3s 

Blanty also has a myspace page, it is a bit dated now, but fans still use regularly.... http://www.myspace.com/blant72/music

As you can see, I could go on & on. Please contact me for further info/bookings..; Betty 07792964149
northerncockerknee@hotmail.com
or contact Blanty direct - Blantmusic@gmail.com
YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED!

1 last note, Blanty returned to Lancashire Nov 2012 after a 2yr residency in a bar/local town square in Montenegro, where he performed 6hr sets every day. He is such an amazing performer, it is hard to put into words, but I have seen the most cynical people end up saying how good he is. He has a brilliant sense of humour & fully involves his audience. FESTIVALS  WANTED ASAP  PLEASE! 

I am in the process of updating Soundcloud/myspace etc for Blanty, (due to him being overseas, he didn't realise the relivance in the UK music scene). We are also in the process of recording & re-recording his own songs..

Thanks for taking the time to read this, if you need any footage etc, or for bookings please don't hesitate to contact me, anytime.... Betty 0779 296 4149

Electro Swing Thing is a music blog, record label, mix series, YouTube channel and an Electro Swing community. We have recently teamed up with electro-swing.com, the 1st Electro Swing website worldwide (2010), and renamed Electro Swing Elite (2013) to Electro Swing Thing! 
We are curating, collecting and releasing fresh new pearls of Swing House, Neo Swing, Swing Hop, G-Swing, Classic Swing and all other vintage styles. We hosting a monthly mix series, with the latest Electro Swing sound and many other DJ mix formats. Thank you for your support so far and you can look forward to even better content and music in the future! Your Electro Swing Thing team

I'm Stu, i'm a songwriter, guitarist and singer. My songwriting ethos is "if i like it, i do it". 
Its ROCK music, with a band, without a band, whether its post this or punk that, II don;t really care much for genre classifications and such, thats for people who write about music, and describing what i do on all these websites is a fucking chore! On here is a collection of things i have recorded with the band, or on my own at home. I'm currently rehearsing with a new band, watch this space.

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