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niamhjmckinney@gmail.com 

We now have some of our tracks available to buy on bandcamp 
https://niamhandstephenmckinney.bandcamp.com/

Niamh McKinney is a singer-songwriter from Wicklow. Having kept notebooks of poetry since childhood, she didn't start writing songs until one day in 2015, when songs suddenly started pouring out. Unsure as to the nature of what she had composed during this first creative burst, a form of validation came a month later when she won the Allingham Songwriting Competition with one of the first songs she wrote.
      Poetically rich - both lyrically and melodically - her heart-rending songs draw on stories and life experience, captivating by way of their ethereal sense of urgency and foreboding.
     Niamh writes her songs a capella. Her musical partner and husband Stephen McKinney (who has previously played guitar and synths with prog rock fusion band Leo Drezden) then crafts evocative guitar accompaniment which interweaves seamlessly with the songs, complementing their haunting quality. The two are currently working on producing their debut album.


Uncompromising, infectious and original, Lazy Habits are ready to take their place amongst the growing stars of the UK Urban Music Scene. 

Inspired by New Orleans jazz, soul, hip hop, Big Bands of the 50’s and soaked in British Culture their eclectic sound packs a lasting and unforgettable punch, with the band describing themselves as "Beats, Rhymes and Brass of the highest calibre”

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Formed in 2005 and originally the brainchild of one MC, the Hackney based outfit now stand as a full eight piece band who’s onstage energy is a colossal live experience that will keep you buzzing long after you’ve left the venue.

Having notched up shows at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, The Roundhouse, KOKO and venues up and down the UK, supporting the likes of Mos Def, Soulwax, The Specials, Bonobo, Chali 2Na (Jurrasic5) and Beardyman, Lazy Habits have won hearts and blown minds, proving they can take on any stage.

 They've smashed Glastonbury with their live performances, hosted and DJ'd on “The Other” and “Jazz World” stages, ticking off slots at Bestival, Secret Garden Party and Edinburgh Festival along the way.

2011 sees them travel even further afield including festival performances in Latvia, Croatia, Taiwan and The French Alps as well as a full UK tour.


Their debut self-released EP “On the Wagon” put the Habits on the radar of Taste Maker Huw Stephens, and blew up on the underground scene, selling out on pre-orders alone. Their follow up single “Even Out” introduced them to a wider audience and was used on commercially released cinema and TV productions both domestically and Europe wide. 

Championed by Eliza Doolittle, Paloma Faith and a host of BBC radio DJ’s, including Huw, this lot will defy you not to be on your playlist in 2011.

You’ll thank them for the memories.

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Agent: Rob@empireagency.com

Music producer/ graphic designer/  Chef /

new Release!!
https://parametric.bandcamp.com/album/iii

Some old & closer projects, below. Also contacts

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Contact: gonzojfrances@gmail.com

The music is mostly on the YouTube channel - occasionally it has found its way onto BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Orbit, BBC Radio  Nottingham, BBC Radio Derby & BBC Radio Leicester

"Killer groove" & "irresistible jam" Tom Robinson (legendary songwriter, musician & BBC Radio 6 Music broadcaster)

"Heady stuff; an intoxicating international groove" Adam Walton (musician and BBC Radio Wales presenter)

“Banging beat”  Dipesh Parmar (President - Ministry of Sound Records)

“Super unique!”  Jaguar (Broadcaster, Journalist & DJ BBC Radio One & Mixmag )

“Gritty and authentic...makes me want to hear more” Emerald Rose Lewis (DJ & Presenter @ BBC Radio 1Xtra & Rinse FM)

"Dystopian Psychedelic Jazz" Lyonsy (host of SLE Radio's Punk and Indie Show & Asonica Radio)

“Nice down tempo vibes” Steven Braines  (co-founder of HE.SHE.THEY. collective)

Music played on Johnny (Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs) Hedley's Base Frequencies; Asonica Radio: SLE Punk & Indie Show; The Psychedelic Jukebox; In The Moog; etc

And very proud to have been the very first track on Signal Committee’s Eclectic Picks at Fresh On The Net – plus other triumphant returns! 

Reviewed as a Fresh Fave at Fresh On The Net five times -- "The Permissive Footpath Society" & "Weird? No!" & "Parasite Lost" & "Profane Disco" & also our sonic collaboration with The Gorstey Lea Street Choir: "The Dragons of Mont Blanc" 

Music featured on GongPlanet

Junkyard of Silenced Poets are Memorial Device Alternative National Treasures

A small amount of chaos is now on Twitter  (although the rancid horror of that place under the repellent owner will force a relocation, with BlueSky looking the most likely...)

We got thrown off TikTok because the 52 second runtime of our track Big Band Theory was quite correctly perceived as being of 'prog-rock dinosaur proportions'; chastened by this, we are now here instead.