Reginald Torian Sr. is a dynamic singer, songwriter, and public speaker from Chicago, IL who has been the lead singer for the legendary Impressions for decades. He was tapped to step into the shoes of soul icon Curtis Mayfield as The Impressions' falsetto singer in the early seventies, and helped fuel some of the group's huge hits including "Finally Got Myself Together (I'm A Changed Man)," "Sooner Or Later," and "Same Thing It Took."

Formed in 2007, Dinosaur Pile-Up are an English alternative rock band who broke out of the thriving Leeds rock scene of the time and instantly drew favourable comparisons to the cream of 90s US college rock. Founded originally as a solo project by songwriter and frontman Matt Bigland, the line up is completed by drummer Mike Sheils and bassist Jim Cratchley. Named after Matt saw the scene in Peter Jackson’s remake of King Kong where a stampede of dinosaurs pile up at the foot of a mountain, “DPU” put out their first official release, The Most Powerful E.P In The Universe, in 2009 and have gone on to record two studio albums, 2010’s Growing Pains and 2013’s Nature Nurture. 

The project was initially a handful of demos that Bigland had recorded on an 8-track recorder in his basement and at Leeds' Brudenell Social Club, performing and recording the drums, guitars, bass and vocals himself. These demos were hosted on a Myspace profile named 'Dinosaur Pile-Up' and quickly gained interest from the local scene and soon the UK music press. Due to offers for shows Bigland enlisted the help of friends in a 'revolving door' policy and began touring in late 2007. Since then DPU have toured extensively through the UK, Europe and the USA supporting acts such as Pixies, Cage The Elephant, Feeder, Twin Atlantic, You Me At Six and Middle Class Rut. In 2010 Mike Sheils officially joined DPU on drums, after meeting Matt on tour and famously bonding over Weezer's blue album. In late 2013 long standing friend Jim Cratchley officially joined DPU on bass after his previous band Tribes disbanded.

Speaking of the band’s first EP, which was initially recorded as an experiment, Bigland said "I wanted to go into a studio and see if I could record something that actually sounded like an album, and not just some sh**ty 8-track demo's I'd recorded in my basement. I knew how I worked best and what I wanted to create, but I didn't know if I was competent enough to record an entire album, so I used recording the E.P as kind of an experiment and didn't take it too seriously, thus the stupid name." Upon successful recording and release of the 'Most Powerful E.P...' recorded with local Leeds producer James Kenosha, Bigland went in to the studio again to record DPU's debut full length album "Growing Pains", again performing all instruments and vocals himself and again produced by James Kenosha. Growing Pains was recorded over a period of a month and a half and upon its release in October 2010 received widespread critical acclaim and radio support including UK Radio 1 taste maker Zane Lowe who has continued to support the band ever since. Between 2011 and 2013 DPU toured extensively in the UK and Europe, taking in many festivals including Leeds and Reading Festival, Oxygen Festival and T In The Park. After two years solid touring Bigland went in to studio again, this time with producers Ian Davenport and Tom Dalgety to record DPU's second full length album. Again Bigland recorded all the instruments himself split between Rockfield Studios in Wales and Courtyard Studios in Oxford. The album took two months to record but what he emerged with was one of the brightest, most bruising rock records of 2013 “Nature Nurture” which was described by Zane Lowe on its release as “Nature, nurture, two of the greatest words in existence, now neatly compacted together for an album that could be one of the greatest albums ever in existence”.

Nature Nurture proved to be the band’s first inroad into the American market where their sound proved to be a perfect fit for US radio on its release in early 2014, leading to several tours including their biggest to date supporting Brand New.  With the album set to be released in Japan and the Far-East in 2014, world domination is still on the cards.


Klassik und Jazz erfreuen sich immer größerer Beliebtheit. UNIVERSAL MUSIC Stars wie etwa Anna Netrebko oder Till Brönner unterstreichen diesen Trend und sind beste Beispiele für den Erfolg des umfassenden Engagements auf diesem Gebiet. 

Neben der intensiven Arbeit sowohl mit jungen Talenten als auch mit etablierten Künstlern entwickelt UNIVERSAL MUSIC CLASSICS & JAZZ als Marktführer in den jeweiligen Genres kontinuierlich neue, innovative Marketing- und Promotion-Strategien, um alternative und zeitgemäße Zugänge zur facettenreichen und spannenden Welt von Klassik und Jazz anzubieten. Die Unit baut hierfür nicht nur junge Künstlerinnen und Künstler auf und begleitet sorgfältig und verantwortungsvoll ihre musikalische Entwicklung, sondern sorgt vor allem auch kontinuierlich für die Erschließung und Pflege neuer Zielgruppen. Mit grenzüberschreitenden Projekten wie der „Yellow Lounge“, die Klassik an ungewöhnlichen Orten präsentiert, oder auch dem „Verve Club“, der die ganze Vielfalt des Jazz präsentiert, leistet UNIVERSAL MUSIC CLASSICS & JAZZ hier und auf manch anderem Gebiet seit langem wertvolle Pionierarbeit. Diese und weitere Aktivitäten bringen die unendliche Vielfalt der Genres einem stetig wachsenden Publikum näher, das musikalische Entdeckungen als Bereicherung seines Lebens zu schätzen weiß.

Established 1999. Releasing newfangled and archival sounds. 

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RuN RiOT is a multi-award winning Electronic music producer and live performer from Suffolk, UK. For 10 years RuN RiOT has gained critical acclaim from the likes of Mixmag, DMC, DJ and Clash magazines, achieved widespread UK radio coverage from Radio 1 and 6 Music, and has been supported by Annie Mac, Diplo, Noisia and Doctor P. Previously signed to legendary electronic label Skint Records, RuN RiOT has multiple Beatport top 10's and has featured on major computer game franchises including Need For Speed. Known as a dynamic live performer, RuN RiOT has performed at major venues across the UK including London's O2 Arena, Bestival, Wireless and Latitude festivals.
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"Barnstorming, brave and superb" Mixmag
"Phenomenal" Your EDM
"Highly-original" iDJ
"Propulsive and explosive" Clash
"Everything the man touches is gold" Noiseporn
"Absurdly good. Transcends genres flawlessly" Run The Trap
"Astounding" EDM Boutique
"Vibrant and magnificent" POPMUZIK
"RuN RiOT is on a mission to bring back Big Beat and it rocks" Eddy Temple-Morris
"So much energy, love him!" Annie Nightingale
"Genre-smashing... a breath of fresh air" Myspace 'Artist of the Day'
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Doctor P / Crookers / Diplo / Noisia / Skream &amp; Benga / Zeds Dead / R3hab / Laurent Garnier / The Crystal Method / Groove Armada / Dirtyphonics / Filo and Peri / Matt Darey / Stanton Warriors / Jaguar Skills / Le Castle Vania / Bar 9 / Utah Saints / Blank &amp; Jones / 16bit / Danny Byrd / Krafty Kuts / Reid Speed / The Japanese Popstars / Far Too Loud

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