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Into indie, alternative rock and metal 
Guitar, Bass, Vocalist
Looking for a band in Uk

Off-kilter tunes from Glasgow:

"Amazing band (...) Don't know much about them except that they're brilliant" Tom Robinson, BBC6 Music

"Falling Elevator” is one of several songs from their recent debut album, Dedicated, that has us utterly gobsmacked. Few bands in recent memory have stopped us dead in our tracks the way they have. If you love engaging, smart indie pop steeped in culture and off-beat fun, then put First Tiger in heavy rotation." - The Revue

"Great young Glasgow band." - Single of the Week, Janice Forsyth Show, BBC Radio Scotland

"First Tiger somehow manage to cram more variety into one song than many acts achieve in a lifetime. It’s refreshing to see a band who aren’t afraid of pursuing their own artistic course, rather than trying to jump on some popular bandwagon." - Fresh On The Net

"...total running time of just over thirty minutes it’s pleasing to find just so much packed in here. Thankfully the temptation to overcook things has been avoided and the tracks flow along with a lightness of touch that should keep the listener hooked from beginning to end." - The Barley Boat

"... musically so packed with surprising hooks and turns that it will take you a while to discover it all (...) We have here, I dare say, pop songs as they should be if the grown-up customer of the record industry was ever asked for his/her opinion.(...) Stories from inevitable everyday life, bitter sweet love stories, self-deprecating opinions on relationships, presented with immense humour and an unerring eye for detail. Tracks include the quirky, rocking, slow and saddish, but behind every note and every letter, the individuality of First Tiger jumps at you." - Offbeat Music

[For enquiries about my BBC Radio Wales music show, please email my BBC email address... you can easily guess it. Music submissions for the show should be sent via the BBC Introducing Uploader (please). I can't guarantee that I'll see messages sent via Soundcloud - thank you.]

The Immediate are a three-piece indie, power pop band from Mold in north Wales.

We release our Mold EP on Friday 3rd March 2017. The EP will be available to buy on limited edition CD and digitally via bandcamp / iTunes etc.

Mold features 4 brand new recordings, 3 of which are exclusive to the EP.

Lead track, What’s The Matter Kevin Jones?, is a song about some of the kids we went to the Alun School with, who weren’t as fortunate as us and didn’t make it into their 30’s. 

Light Dimensions is the first song we wrote when we reconvened after a long hiatus.

Manbuoy is the title track of our forthcoming debut album, however it does not feature on the album itself. It’s a mostly spoken-word piece that exaggerates all of its writer’s worst qualities.

Mold was recorded at Orange Sound Studios in Penmaenmawr, North Wales by Russ Hayes, who has worked on recordings by Peaness, Campfire Social, Kidsmoke, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Billy Bibby and the Wry Smiles.

The sleeve design was done by Paul Maurice from Wrexham. It’s a detail of Shire Hall, the brutalist former seat of Flintshire County Council that sits on a hill, above Mold town centre.

The Mold EP will be launched at a hometown gig at Theatr Clwyd, Mold on Friday, 3rd. March. We’ll be joined by our friends Campfire Social and Skellums. Tickets are £7 and available here:

https://www.theatrclwyd.com/en/whats-on/headliner-rock-night/

Mold EP tracklisting (r/d 3rd March 2017):

1.	What’s The Matter Kevin Jones?
2.	Light Dimensions
3.	Tremble
4.	Manbuoy

If you have any further enquiries, please contact:

theimmediateband@gmail.com

http://facebook.com/theimmediate
http://twitter.com/the_immediate

There is a YouTube video telling the story of the band so far, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtERsE3ihDg

We originally split in 1997 due to frustration, an argument over a mouth organ and the success of Stereophonics.

We released one single (unaccountably popular in Sweden), made every conceivable mistake in the How To Be A Successful Indie Band handbook, toured with some excellent bands (Mansun, 60ft Dolls, Dodgy) and flickered out, leaving behind the memory of some great gigs, a few fine songs, and little else.

In March 2016, we reconvened to repair friendships and renew tinnitus. New songs came much more easily than the old ones, probably because we are playing to please only ourselves - with no thoughts of success or acclaim - for the first time in our existence.

There is more truth and resonance in our songs now than ever before. And power. And invention. We write songs about hope and love in the face of the moribund, daily grind. 

You will possibly hear fragments and echoes of the following artists in our sound (The Jam, Wire, XTC, Pixies, Badfinger, REM, Dr Feelgood, Small Faces, Husker Du, The Who, Ride, Big Star, The Cure, Joy Formidable, The Go-Betweens, Teenage Fanclub), but nothing has been plagiarised or misappropriated to mask a deficiency of our own ideas.

About A1(M) Records
Send us Your New Music - We are on Radio each week - Indie Rocks Radio

Independent record label & artist development company, “Passionate about sounds that make a difference”. Inspired by the DIY ethos of Wilson and McLaren & born of the post punk, electronic noise, emanating from 80's & 90's.

Producers & Collaborations (Our Team)

Since 2012, we have built an international network of collaborators & partners that get the most out of your music. These include; award winning, producers, engineers, re-mixers, world class recording and mastering studios all who have worked with artists that have has both commercial chart success across; indie, dance, funk, soul & EDM.

Our producers, re mixers and studio partners and have worked with the likes of, Gorillaz, Black Grape, Rhianna, The Charlatans, Johnny Marr, Tori Amos and New Order, even Ed Sheeran, Bombay Bicycle Club, Hercules & The Love Affair, Bob Marley and Grace Jones, to name but a few, so you’re in good hands!

﻿We have also teamed up with Bafta award winning film makers, cutting edge video editors and production companies, London and Regional based national digital and physical PR companies, national radio pluggers and pitch to Spotify and iTunes playlists to give our music a chance.

Why the Name?

We left Madchester, behind in 1997, and landed in rural Cambridgeshire. The next 13 years were spent traveling back North, up and down the famous A1 (M) "great north road" as we worked in Manchester, Salford and London. During this time, we worked with many different bands, genres and styles from the North to South of our great country. 

The A1(M) label takes its identity from "Great North Road". Where, since the 1950,s, bands have travelled the length and breadth of this backbone of English music, London to Edinburgh, playing live and building a fan-base. ﻿The A1(M) is "more than just a road", it connects the heartlands of UK with the Music Capital of the world."

Plans for the label?

Our aim is to provide a vehicle for independent bands to take on and compete with established indie labels by having a passionate team behind you offering an affordable formal structured resource to; record, release, sell, promote and gain exposure for their music" – We are looking to add new artists to our roster in 2019.

Inspiration- & Background

Passionate about indie music, played in bands, 1979, early 80’s, & promoted indie live gigs since 2005. Starting the label seemed the next logical step". Our own musical journey playing in bands from 1979-84 and working at a famous Manchester live venue the Mayflower during the second wave of punk and Oi. After being away from music for the "Madchester years" a chance hearing of single by a young Cambridge band "Inkus", in 2005, it rekindled a love of music, that had never really gone away". Music can and does make a difference.

Past Collaborations & Releases

Since 2005, we have collaborated and organized gigs for over 300+ bands in Manchester, at venues in, Salford, Cambridge and London, including the world famous 100 Club, Barfly, Sebright Arms, Nambucca, FAC-251, La belle Angel, Metropol, Zanzibar Club, Band on The Wall & the 1000 capacity Cambridge corn exchange.

From 2005 onward we organized and self-released 3 independent compilation albums & Live music DVDs, featuring Indie bands that played our Teenage Kicks Charity gigs in Cambridge and were also “In The City” official fringe event organizers from 2007-2010.  

We have collaborated and encouraged many new photographers and live music film makers and are proud to have hosted the Salford Debut Book Launch of Kevin Cummins, "Looking for the Light Through the pouring Rain". We have also worked in collaboration with DJ sets from; Dave Haslam, Peter Hook and worked with Happy Monday’s singer Rowetta and had events hosted by John Robb.

Life is not about who you once were. It is about who you are now and who you have the potential to be.  About having fun. 
Throwing out the rule book! Thrilled to have had some lovely support from various unexpected quarters.
Teaching Darkness How To Fly was a lovely pastoral excursion, where I set some prose by Ian McMillan to local found sounds. It found a home on BBC Radio 3 (thanks to Elizabeth Alker on her Saturday morning show), and on Cery's Sunday show on 6 Music, who also shared my first 'bird as soloist' experiment Song Thrush Serenade on national radio.
These two tracks are on my debut album, Nature's Grace.

'Who Do You Wanna Be' attracted the kind attention of Tom Robinson and was honoured to make it into his broadcast mixtape on 6 Music. 
BBC Intro Channel Islands (a remix I did for Michael Donoghue) and featured in Fresh Faves from Fresh on The Net as well as on the super independent shows such as WorldWideFM thanks Nitin Sawhney, Anna Phoebe and Kayla Painter, Tim Willett's New Music Generator, Neil March's Trust The Doc show (who have both invited me to share my music at their events,) Andy Sharman's KYN Show, Amazing Radio, Rich James Electro Show, Chris West's The Tripwire, Slava and Trev's show, Russ Evans Electro show and more, many of whom play me week after week and have me as their opening or outgoing show tracks. I am so grateful. 
A collaboration with THE Jackie Weaver earlier in 2021 resulted in national TV, newspaper and radio coverage, which was huge fun.

I'm creating a range of music, from what could be viewed as classical for a modern era I guess? telling a story through notes rather than words. I also love a beat, prose and some simple phrase work (either my own voice, samples or spoken prose) and I love a bop!  so my genre is not really defined or fixed BUT people say they can tell it's my work. I've also been honoured to be asked to do remixes by a number of artists and these have been going down well.

This piece for the Featured Artists Coalition was fascinating to research and write - Ageing and Raging: https://thefac.org/news-directory/fav-insights-by-helen-meissner

Grateful to LA based magazine for this comprehensive interview!: https://shoutoutla.com/meet-helen-meissner-music-producer/

How did it all start?
A glitch in the matrix meant that Garageband ended up in my lap! (I have since moved to Logic)that's Lockdown for you!! never had any desire to write or produce before but love what's coming out in the mix and hope you do too.  
Supermassive black holes in my production knowledge of course. Happy to be guided by anyone who cares to get in touch!
It's a bit like having a baby without realising you were pregnant! There's plenty more where that came from, from other dance to more chill. The world is my oyster. (Boring bits, based in Herts, legend in my own lunchtime). Wrong side of 50, right side of life, left of centre, off of the strip. 

Old enough to know better, young enough not to care

Bring it on!!!

https://www.runninwithmyrhythm.com/2020/08/midlifemix.html?fbclid=IwAR0Ea41vTdcZ8EppwnX2BXqTIBEMW0l5f3s1osUp1wR0_fcbkn2A9C-a1Bc

Email : helefonix@gmail.com

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/helefonix/
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7xXiGIzlyGqrl91hDNb66i

“Beneath the cheery and sickly-sweet pop melodies lies a wry smile and a dry sense of humour” – Listen With Monger

 “Something sweet and cloying in a good way, combined with that darkness. Loved it!” – Sarah Gosling, BBC Introducing in the South West

"A wondrous indie-pop masterclass" - Indie Rocks Radio

"It may only be April, but this song has such an infectious spring in its step it can surely turn an existential crisis into a feel-good-hit for the summer" – God is in the TV

“British singer-songwriter Nell Davies has a knack for coming up with catchy, sunny side up songs… This DIY effort is utterly charming” – Here Comes the Flood


Nell Davies is an indie singer, songwriter and guitarist, based in rural west Cornwall. She began making music in 2020, when reading Viv Albertine’s autobiography inspired her to buy a guitar and write her first song. She records in a converted pigsty in the garden of her house.

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