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BBC 6 Music Round Table winners and former members of Norwich art-rock/indie-pop outfit Bearsuit.

Mega Emotion are the robe-wearing cult that build dense layers of sound looping both live and electronic drums against synths and scuzzy guitars. 

They have won Steve Lamacq’s Roundtable on BBC 6 Music, seen their demo material play-listed as a 6 Music Recommends track of the week, and been championed on XFM and by BBC Introducing.

Live, they have played for John Kennedy’s Remedy showcase in London, and supported the likes of Acid Mothers Temple, Shonen Knife, Melt Banana, Thumpers, Lonelady and Yuck.

Their debut single Uncomfortable was released on cassette by Post/Pop Records – who have released cassette tracks by Everything Everything, Pulled Apart By Horses, Ash, Johnny Foreigner and We Are Scientists.

Their split debut vinyl album 'Move Motherf*cker' (with their grunge alter-egos Lady Di) is scheduled to come out this summer. 

"Death Star dance action" - Steve Lamacq

"Underground-mainstream indie-synth-pop... Human League goes lo-fi" - Electronic Sound

“Part Pixies noise-fest, part 80s synth sunset. I fucking love this song. It makes me want to rip out my shitty broken spine and flop around on a dance floor having fun.”
The 405 (single of the week)
 
“Mega Emotion aren’t your standard synth-pop proposition. They may weave webs of slick electro beats that nod out to Blondie, but they also have a thing for excessive layers of noise.”
The Fly (names to watch)
 
“A tasty jellybean of guitar embellished, smart electro pop”
The Music Fix (single of the week)
 
“Sounds like: A mad genetic experiment between Casiokids and Blondie.”
Click Music (track of the day)

Everybody has secret weirdness, Pete Holmes gets comedians to share theirs.

Animals in the Form of Spheres are a Norwich, UK based band who channel synthpop, indie, prog, disco, jazz and everything else into soaring 4 minute fables. Think Talking Heads, Eno, Depeche Mode, Steely Dan.

Royal rock from the makers of Bearsuit and Mega Emotion – inspired by Dinosaur Junior, Urusei Yatsura, The Breeders and Sonic Youth. Norwich trio Lady Di promise dumb-ass slacker rock, drunk summer nights, chaotic noise, cherry lip balm & hearts on fire.

The band have just released a new album ‘The Phantom Forest’, produced by Gareth Parton (The Go Team, Foals, Breeders) on Fortuna Pop (Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Crystal Stilts).

They toured the UK in February and March 2011, before heading to SXSW to play a showcase slot curated by Huw Stephens (BBC Radio 1), The British Music Embassy and The Guardian, alongside Bombay Bicycle Club, Little Comets, Esben and the Witch, and Gallops.

The band have just played at Primavera (Spain) and Liverpool Music Week and will be touring Europe this summer, with festivals including Contempopranea and  Razzmatazz (Spain) and the Cosy Den Festival (Sweden).

Bearsuit have previously played various festivals including Latitude, Bestival, The Great Escape and Offset, as well as several abroad including SXSW, Emmaboda (Sweden) and CMJ in New York, where they were voted ‘Best Breakthrough Act’ in a New York Times poll of badge-holders and received shining reviews, including Pitchfork.

The band have also supported the likes of Factory Floor, Crystal Castles, Melt Banana, Future of the Left and Hot Chip.

They have previously released records on Fantastic Plastic Records (Ash, Ikara Colt, Futureheads, The Guillemots)

Bearsuit have been championed by BBC radio DJs including Steve Lamacq, Huw Stephens, Zane Lowe, Rob Da Bank, Phill Jupitus, Marc Riley, John Peel, Tom Ravenscroft, Tom Robinson, Colin Murray, Gideon Coe and John Kennedy on XFM.

Accolades include scooping ‘Vinyl of the Week’ in the NME, ‘Pick of the Week’ in The Guardian, and ‘Album of the Fortnight’ in Artrocker, as well as reviews in Rolling Stone and Pitchfork.

As well as touring extensively in the UK, the band completed a 16-date tour of the US in 2008, taking in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago, Grand Rapids, St Louis and Pittsburgh.

“Twelve tracks of fevered pop glory” CLASH MAGAZINE
“A colourful pop hotchpotch” NME
“Louder than an explosion in a fireworks factory” ARTROCKER
“Cinematic doodlings, screamy art punk, and many twists and turns” THE INDEPENDENT

Instrumentation
Lisa Horton – vocals, keyboard
Iain Ross – vocals, guitar, keys
Jan Robertson – guitar, keys, vocals
Charlene Katuwawala – bass, keys, vocals
Joe Naylor – drums, percussion, vocals

Discography
ALBUMS
- Cat Spectacular! (Fortuna Pop!, 2004, UK & Micro Indie, 2005, US)
- Team Ping Pong (Fantastic Plastic, 2005)
- Oh:io (Fantastic Plastic, 2007, UK & Happy Happy Birthday To Me, 2008, US)
The Phantom Forest (Fortuna Pop!, 2011)

British comedian Adam Buxton talks with interesting people. The rambly conversations are sometimes funny, sometimes more serious with funny bits. Adam records the intros and outros for most episodes while walking with his dog friend Rosie in the East Anglian countryside where he lives with his wife and three children. 

Adam has appeared in films such as ‘Hot Fuzz’, ‘Stardust’ and ‘Son Of Rambow’ as well as a variety of TV shows in the UK. Since 2007 he has hosted ‘BUG’, a live show that combines music videos and comedy that became a TV series on Sky Atlantic in 2012. From time to time he also does live shows featuring just his own material. Along with lifelong friend Joe Cornish he also is one half of award winning TV, radio and podcast duo Adam & Joe who have worked together since 1995. 

You can find many of the insanely catchy jingles Adam makes for the podcast as well as amazing bonus material, beautiful merchandise and a selection of his incredibly funny and brilliant YouTube videos on the free Adam Buxton app.

Adam is writing this himself using the third person.

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