Just Handshakes have enjoyed support slots with The Mystery Jets, Teen, Veronica Falls, Shout Out Louds and Still Corners. They have also performed a live session for Marc Riley and received airplay from Steve Lamacq, Tom Robinson and Gideon Coe. 

For more information visit: http://justhandshakeswerebritish.tumblr.com or email justhandshakes@hotmail.co.uk 

Douga is a band based in Manchester, formed by multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Johnny Winbolt-Lewis. Douga have grown from wide-eyed, exploratory experimentalists to become a BBC 6 Music-featured act, who have now created a record gripped with a gentle but firm sense of cohesion and clarity. The group have built their album on the foundations of Johnny’s love of kosmische music, through rhythmic repetition and psychedelic drones.

"Douga serve up a mind-melting blend of traditional songwriting and endless, restless experimentation"
City Life

"There is an enigmatic beauty in the compositions Douga make with beautiful orchestrations which live and breathe alongside distortions and more aggressive arrangements"
http://stipe07.blogs.sapo.pt/douga-the-silent-well-510451

"Psych-flecked Americana from Manchester"
http://www.clashmusic.com/news/premiere-douga-partly

"Douga produce eerie atmospheric indie which exhibits a dreamy quality...[Mono No Aware] An utterly beautiful collection of songs from a frankly lovable band" http://barrygruff.wordpress.com

"Douga consistently reinvent themselves....perhaps the closest reference point I can give you here is that of Syd Arthur, who are similarly uncategorisable, and I mean that in a good way." 
http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2017/12/11/douga-hidden-tapes-golden-tide-make-merge/

"Combining elements of Americana, psychedelia and an unmistakable tinge of Manchester grit, Douga go to great lengths to get their sound just right."
http://www.forfolkssake.com/news/36388/exclusive-album-stream-douga-hidden-tapes-and-the-golden-tide

"charming, chiming and occasionally unpredictable jams with clever lo-fi pop twists and understated arrangements."
http://www.thisistruluv.com/douga-kids-tomorrow/

"Nuanced, intelligent and ambitious"
http://www.whisperinandhollerin.com/reviews/review.asp?id=11204

"rich in sonic textures and psychedelic influences"
http://www.ameliasmagazine.com/music/the-silent-well-an-interview-with-douga/2014/06/30/

"the debut record by Douga is a minor scale gem. By turns gentle, languid, distorted, and psychedelic, The Silent Well will remind listeners of bands like Yo La Tengo, and feels like a trip into a haze of psych-rock bliss."
http://symbioticreviews.com/2014/07/17/symbiotic-recommends-10-albums-june-2014/

"Douga are a band for musicians and real music lovers. They’re no “flash in the pan” indie act with their debut feeling like a solid statement going forward. We look forward to hearing more from these guys."
http://www.thevinyldistrict.com/uk/2014/04/uk-artist-week-douga/

"The songs are brilliantly conceived, with pretty melodies and seductive chords, the rhythm section is as fine as any you’ll see and the beautiful washes of delayed noise and dreamy psych that bookend each song are the key ingredient that turn this band into the top-notch entertainers that they are. It’s aesthetically comparable to ‘A Storm In Heaven’-era Verve, but there’s something new here too. Go find em." 
http://dbhmusic.wordpress.com/page/2/

"It’s hard to say exactly what sort of music Douga make, and if this is not necessarily by design, it’s no real accident either. Former Plank! drummer Johnny Winbolt-Lewis has formed this foursome of like-minded experimentalists to explore his love of kosmiche music and sonic textures, with some intriguing results"
http://www.forfolkssake.com/song-of-the-day/28006/447-douga-blue-is-nothing

"Their melancholy and smouldering output seems to fit into the Neil Young territory, somewhere between After the Goldrush and before Like a Hurricane"
http://www.manchestermusic.co.uk/live/archivelive.asp?item=2144

New Label with Genre House, Deep House, Tech House, Nu Disco, Electronica

Liks: 
http://www.beatport.com/label/flipside-recordings/32701

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Flipside-Recordings/1442551979384513

Writing and recording songs on inadequate equipment for 26 years!

“We’re a Salford based post-punk dark-electro duo. We exist at the edge of the analogue-digital divide, sometimes dreaming, always dancing. Cork at heart.”

Factory Acts are a Salford-based post-punk dark-electro duo. They exist at the edge of the analogue-digital divide, sometimes dreaming, always dancing. 

They are SoS (aka Susan O'Shea) on vocals, synths and analogue digital devices, and Matt Davies covering bass, beats and magic mixes. Factory Acts was born following the accidental creation of a new sound, and a hastily written two song instrumental debut at Salford Lad's Club. They hit the local gig circuit in 2012 self-releasing two singles, 'Senseless' and 'Fantasy', both of which have received repeated air play on BBC Introducing Manchester, Ireland's 2FM, Salford City Radio and numerous internet stations worldwide. Since then they have performed live from Manchester to Doncaster, from Leeds to London, taking in Cork on the way. Factory Acts has played the Salford Music Festival, headlined the 'Pussy-Whipped' festival in Edinburgh, and played alongside bands such as Salford legends Kill Pretty, plus Vile Electrodes, Tom Hingley, Ste McCabe, Naevus, The Witch Hunt, and the Jan Doyle Band to name but a few. 

Two years after their live debut, Factory Acts release their first EP, Thirst, on 4th July 2014 via Manchester-based independent label AnalogueTrash Records. Featuring four stand-out tracks of analogue-electronics that combine SoS's esoteric and haunting vocals with the pulsating, otherworldly beats and rhythms of Matt Davies. If you have a thirst, Factory Acts will leave you wanting more

Contact: factoryacts [at] gmail [dot] com

Video up on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvp6xO1Hgkw

Singed with AnalogueTrash Records - http://www.analoguetrash.co.uk/

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