
Crowned best live act by the Scottish Alternative Music Awards and awarded the title of best international act by Pure M Magazine, UK festival favourites Colonel Mustard & The Dijon 5 are due to release their long-awaited second album, The Difficult Number 2, later this year. The forthcoming release from the album, This Is Your House, features dance music icon Mary Kiani and Dopesick Fly frontman Ant Thomaz and is a testament to the Glasgow-based band’s reputation as joyful, genre-hopping purveyors of music to move your feet to. 


Big, warm and immediately uplifting, the forthcoming single was born out of the eleven-strong outfit’s love for dance music, with the universal message to look after the planet that we are unified in calling “Our House”. Inspired by nights spent in legendary Glasgow nightclub, The Arches, This Is Your House is the sound of this year’s summer. 


The album, which is due to be released in April, marks a sonic evolution for the band. Produced by Paul Gallagher - front of house engineer for synth-pop pioneers, CHVRCHES - The Difficult Number 2 is a mixture of developed, tried and tested fan favourites combined with some brand spanking new tracks featuring the band’s signature singalong magic. The lead single, G.T., has been championed by BBC 6 Music’s Amy Lamé as was follow-up single Ted Dancin' which reached number 7 in the Scottish Charts. With album guests as eclectic as Larry Love(Alabama 3) and Gavin Mitchell(Still Game) there is something for everyone. 


Since the Dijon 5’s 2014 album, Party To Make Music To Party To Make Music To Party To Make Music To Party To 1, the cult favourites have striven to create an album that fans will love just as much, while taking them somewhere new entirely. John McMustard, aka the Colonel, said: “There’s no filler. Every song works well individually, but as a whole the album takes you on a musical journey into the different genres that we love.


“What’s remained is the spirit of unity and community that lies at the heart of all the music we make. Gals’ studio is tied to the Castlemilk Youth Complex so we’ve even had the local kids’ choir in singing on a couple of tunes which is brilliant.”


Live, the band are famed for throwing some of the most outrageous parties in venues and festivals across the UK and beyond. Subject to lockdown restrictions, the band are gearing up to play a whole host of festivals including Eden Festival, Playground, Boomtown, Party At The Palace and Beatherderder.


The album launch will take place as an online event on Sat 1st May 2021 in the world renowned Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom where they were previously inducted into the Barrowland Hall Of Fame. This will be the 5th time the band have played the famous stage and to mark the centenary of the Barras market, they will be filming part of their set within the market , as well as in a number of areas no band has gone before within the iconic building. Expect an online party where the 6th Dijon can interact with the band and enjoy the communal experience, in a new exciting way together. 

We are the flagbearers of The Yellow Movement. A creative movement with a DIY ethos aiming to affect positive change, bring people together and make them happy. This is our manifesto:

"Laugh until you no longer know what it is to hate, release your soul, determine your own fate, lose your self consciousness, find anonymous awesomeness, in bottomless thoughtfulness, lose your inhibitions, forget the distractions, take non-violent direct action, be your own improvement, use your illusion. You are never alone, anyone can happen, be the best you, you can be. This is the blueprint, we are the nuisance, the fluent union of amusement. The Yellow Movement, the evolution revolution, a symbiosis of (un)conscious and conscience... do join us."

Spread the Mustard love and join The Yellow Movement. Your Colonel needs you!

You ARE the 6th Dijon! We love you! Thank you for being a friend.

Peace, love and Mustard.

Robert Maitland - singer/songwriter and composer, writing in many styles.
Co-owner of EM Records and Smart Indie.
Top ten hit song in December 2013 in Holland with the song 'Hoo Hoo Christmas' sung by 'Byentl'. The same song is called 'Once Upon A Christmas' in the UK. Many artists have cut his songs in the past 3 years and more are set for release in the coming months.
His current project is the new musical ‘Taking Care of Business’, or TCB for short. 
Taking Care of Business is set in Edinburgh, in the year 1947. The music and drama all take place in a jazz club called ‘TCB’s’. 
When he's not songwriting he arranges for other artists and has recently been project 
Tutor for Scotland's national body for developing and promoting songwriting he recently led the national songwriting competition called 'Dumb Ways To Think'. Following a government initiative to highlight the problems caused by sectarianism, and funded through the VAF and Burnsong he set up the the competition. 
Born in Scotland to an Italian mother & Scot’s father. He has successfully led his own band for many years, and it was a natural progression to start writing about the many characters he met and the stories he heard.
MA Songwriting & Performance
BA (Hons) music
Ad, Dip. Film & TV Music

Jonni Slater’s music ranges from intimate and heartfelt to uplifting and cinematic, mixing a love of dramatic soundscapes with classic songwriting.

“Slater is onto something special” NeverEnoughNotes.co.uk

“Plays with the mind and heart while refusing to sit still long enough to be pigeonholed.” Jamsphere.com

"A fascinating debut. Her voice and folk melodies mesh with electronic sounds, warmly drawing you in"  Jude Rogers, The Guardian

"A message for our times" Tom Robinson, BBC 6MUSIC

"One to watch . We’re predicting big things in the year to come" Nick Luscombe, The Late Junction, BBC RADIO 3

"A moment of reflection"  Steve Lamacq, BBC 6MUSIC

"A beautiful debut album from a rising Scottish music star. Superb, ethereal & distinctive"  Janice Forsyth, the Afternoon Show, BBC Radio Scotland

"Listening to The Möbius Kiss is a deliciously unnerving experience. The songwriting is superb"  Folkradio.co.uk

"An exquisite debut. A rich and rewarding listening experience" Fatea Magazine

Andrew Howie (ex-Calamateur) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer & prison/community group music tutor. He combines confessional & empathetic lyricism with acoustic instruments, noisy electronics & ambient textures to create introspective, hook-laden songs about uncertainty, doubt & love. You'll find him either holed up in his home studio or playing in your living room.

"A talented writer of intensity and integrity" The Musician Magazine

"Take heed of her flame red hair as the fiery Glaswegian unleashes her wrath and emotion on us all." Louder than war

www.rosiebans.com

Recently found wandering through Glasgow's Victorian cemeteries, Dora Lachaise produces dark and otherworldly music.

Dutch singer-songwriter Maaike Siegerist relocated to the UK to study music after an inspiring songwriting retreat in Dumfries and Galloway in 2013. Now based in Glasgow, she blends acoustic jazz, folk rock, and electronica, writing vivid, story-driven songs about travel, love, fascinating people, animals, and outer space. Her work has picked up multiple songwriting awards and praise from BBC Radio 6’s Tom Robinson for her “delicate vocal, poised production, gorgeous chord changes.”

She’s also the vocalist for Scottish prog rock band Long Earth and releases haunting and otherworldly music as Dora Lachaise.

“Maaike’s voice is butterflies-inducing.”
– Neil March, Trust the Doc

All music is available from: https://maaikesiegerist.bandcamp.com/
EPK: https://maaikesiegerist.com/epk/

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