It all started back in 2003 on a Balearic island. We got bored one day and took a break.

Now, in our forge on Moon we have tiny bases where we're busy like bees and live rock star lifes. We deliver music releases, send our artists to Earth and create high quality music for all kind of species. Actually we created Moon. We forgot oxygen but learned to breathe sonic waves.

You can send demos by FB message. Make sure it's not on Soundcloud & Co. for public, and it has to be FINISHED work. We do not sign (or even listen to) material that hundreds of people heard already. Style/genre doesn't matter at all, as long as it isn't meaningless and dumb bubble gum "put your hands up in the air" EDM crap. The music needs to be extraordinary and technically advanced produced music. It can be a single, EP or even an album. Thanks!

With a line up that includes musicians from bands as varied as URGEHAL, PANTHEON I, UNTIME, MELCH, HALLUCINATIONS, POWERSWORD and SARKOM, TROLLFEST’s members bring with them not only a wealth of experience and the skill to make use of instruments like the accordion, the banjo and the saxophone, but also a sense of diversity that allows the band to create a sound that is distinctly its own.  Whilst “True Norwegian Balkan Metal” goes some way towards describing the TROLLFEST sound - hinting as it does at the extreme end of metal, with a good pinch of local traditional folk - it doesn’t really go the whole way towards capturing the sense of fun and sheer exuberance with which the band tackles everything it does, whether it involves playing in the studio or performing live.  

Formed in 2004, in Oslo, Norway, when a bunch of musicians became bored with the selection of party music that was available to them, and, helped along by the consumption of large quantities of alcohol, the soon-to-be members of TrollfesT decided to take matters into their own hands. One website and six songs later, a German label, which at the time was called Solistium, recognised the potential in the madness and got in touch. With the immortal words “what the heck, let’s give it a go” TrollfesT agreed to a deal and started writing new material.  By 2005 “Willkommen Folk tell Drekka Fest!!” hit the streets.  And life as we know it was never the same again. 

Containing a selection of sounds and comments, many of which you would not necessarily come across if you only frequented polite parties, “Willkommen…” displayed some unique qualities that caught people’s attention and consequently sold rather a lot of copies, so a deal for a second album was signed and in 2006 the story of Brakebein the Troll was released. “Brakebein” (not a bad choice for a title really given its subject matter), appeared in two versions - one that included a cartoon illustrating Brakebein’s voyage, and the other that included the lyrics.  

During the first years, TrollfesT never actually played live, but nevertheless the two albums succeeded in making the band a sought after addition to festivals, and the first foray beyond the planning stage occurred in 2007 as one of the headlining bands at the Ninth Barther Metal Open Air Festival.  TrollfesT then went on to headline and play various festivals and concerts around Europe during 2007/08 including the Ragnarök and Riedfest festivals.

January 2009 saw the release of TrollfesT’s third studio album “Villanden”.  A much-anticipated underground album according to feedback from the fans, “Villanden” was quickly acknowledged as one of the craziest albums to have been released in a very long time, mixing, as it did, European Balkan music with extreme metal, and spread rapidly through the viral networks like YouTube, MySpace and Facebook.   

2011 saw TrollfesT sign with NoiseArt Records for the release of the new album “En Kvest For Den Hellige Gral” which is due to hit the streets in April, and with Rock The Nation for world-wide booking. With several live and Festival appearances already set, the Trolls are up and running towards the future. 
 
So how would anyone, in their right mind, or otherwise, dare to define TrollfesT?  The closest you would come is probably True Norwegian Balkan Metal, but even then you would need to include influences from lots more genres.  The best way to put it is that this band is all about alcohol, joy and music, three subjects that draw in fans from all ages and genres, eager to listen to TrollfesT’s records and witness the exuberant and skilled live performances.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Web Site: http://www.trollfest.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/trollfestofficial
ReverbNation: http://www.reverbnation.com/trollfest 
Band Contact: trollfest_@hotmail.com 
Management: david@firebirdindustries.eu
Booking: laudi@rtn-touring.com


I’ve tried writing a few bio’s for this band so far and to be frank I think most of them have been, well a bit, you know average. So tonight I’m sitting at my laptop watching Aliens and drinking beer whilst attempting to come up with a definitive bio for the Vin’s, so please do bear with me if I wander into drunken ramblings at some point.
 The band was formed by frontman Jme and drummer Jay sometime ago as a punk rock covers band as well as featuring a guy named Paul on bass duties. (I’ve met him a couple of times since joining, he seems alright.) Now Jme would say something like “a constant stream of songwriting led to The Vindickers becoming an originals band.” Personally I think they just got bored of playing the same old covers all the time and decided the band could be more than that. They managed to get enough songs together to record an album in Jme’s bedroom, 2 main reasons for this was that it was cost effective and secondly it was really close to Jme’s fridge. Before The Fall was released and received some pretty good press but the time had come for Paul to leave the band, which in turn left the band on hiatus until Jay and Jme managed to find a replacement.
 Fast forward pretty much a year from that point and a night out on the town led to Jme asking a very drunk, kebab munching me to attend a few rehearsals and see how things went. Those early rehearsals in Jay’s attic (no-one wanted to fork out on a proper room until I was a definite fixture) obviously went very well and in next to no time I was sworn into Vin-hood. We started playing a bunch of gigs but something was still missing, we decided it was another guitar which we could use to drown out the vocals at live shows. Trials were held and we eventually settled on Rob cos his amp head is really heavy which obviously means he’s really good.
 With the band now fully operational and kicking ass we felt Before The Fall was due for a re-release, we even put it on iTunes because you have to do that nowadays in order to appear “cool”. This time round it received glowing reviews with two awarding it 4/5 and one of those saying “...they’ve really pushed themselves to make their debut record as impressive, diverse and unique as possible and are meant for success.” So once again we started hitting the gig’s and soon we were supporting touring bands such as Madcraft, Third Place Victory & ScreamDontWhisper as well as hitting our first outdoor festivals Battfest (which was streamed live to a million internet users) & Eastbourne Extreme. Of course all this gave us the thirst for more so at the end of 2012 we bought our first van so we could finally take this show out on the open road and get a few funny stories about sleeping in a van together and farting at each other.
 All of that pretty much brings us up to now, 2013 which is hopefully gonna be our best year to date. We’re (finally) going to release our 2nd album IMBA, after going on about it for the past year and blow your minds (or at least your load)with it. Keep your eyes and ears on us we’re more than your average band and soon we’re coming to a town near you armed with dickies shirts, white ties and musical awesomeness.

PRESS:

The Vindickers – Buddy Song
 
Set for a good year, with lots of gigs and an album on the way (iMBA), The Vindickers have once again graced us with their presence, and another great track. Infecectiously catchy with plenty of flair and breakdowns, ‘The Buddy Song’ deserves to be played loud, and often. The track is more of a blur than the last one we featured (Before The Fall), but it is by no means inferior; better in some areas, it’s got some awesome lyrics, and we love the bass.
 
--Andrew J C Nicholls, SQ Soundcloud Showcase.
 

“...If being a geek is as fun as this sounds, sign me up for some plaster-fixed specs and a Star Trek boxed set... (Not The End Of The Pier CD Review - The Vindickers: I Wanna Be Geek 4/5 stars)”
— Richard Morris, Hastings Observer

“(The Vindickers songs)... can hold their heads high within the genre.”
— Stuart Huggett, Eastmag

“Before The Fall is a mature, passionate song carried by equally gifted musicians and unique, emotive vocals. Fast paced and catchy, especially the chorus, the track is proof that not everything sucks about Hastings."
- Andrew JC Nicholls, SQ Soundcloud Showcase

Discovered deep within the Duran Duran vaults, TV Mania’s Bored With Prozac and The Internet? blends television samples and looping rhythm tracks to create a sonically sophisticated collection of songs that serve as the perfect soundtrack to the Facebook age.

Conceived in the mid-‘90s by Duran Duran’s keyboardist Nick Rhodes and guitarist Warren Cuccurullo, Bored with Prozac was culled from a collection of tunes recorded when the band were on hiatus from their day jobs. Using samples from such disparate sources as The Outer Limits and the British TV show Planet Fashion, TV Mania’s pastiche of cool beats and melodic hooks proved more prescient than its creators could anticipate at the time.

“It was innocently masquerading as an art rock project, but there was a deep concept behind it all,” explains Cuccurullo. “We were envisioning a world where a family would give up their day-to-day privacy and allow their existence to be televised to the masses, and this was two years before Truman showed and four years before Survivor. Now everyone is giving away their most intimate details online and on reality TV.”

Originally created for the Broadway stage as the music to a “bizarre TV soap opera,” the tracks tell the tale of Cathy and Ray (named from the cathode ray tube) and their two children Sassy and Snoop, a fame-hungry family who gives away their freedom to scientists in exchange for reality show fame. Depressed and obsessed, Cathy indulges in a diet of pharmaceutical pills, while her religious husband is plagued with nightmares and visions manifested in a game show hosted by the devil. Their video game-addicted hacker son and fame-hungry daughter are along for the ride, inspiring songs such as “Beautiful Clothes,” “I Wanna Make Films” and “People Know Your Name” in the process.  The songs aligned fortuitously with the family’s story to become pivotal plot points to the family’s lives.

At the time, the Internet was in its infancy, as was the concept of pharmaceuticals as a solution to everyday problems.  Reality TV existed in the form of MTV’s hit The Real World, but the concept of bored housewives, teenage moms or overly tanned denizens of the Jersey shore starring in their own series seemed the stuff of science fiction, as did ordinary citizens sharing their daily thoughts and passions via Twitter, Blogspot or Flickr.

“In 1996 the Internet was still in its infancy but I anticipated it was the start of a rather big phenomenon,” Rhodes explains. “I was fascinated by communication and how things were becoming more instant and this was decades before all the sites we have now to communicate in different ways. “

A few months after Rhodes and Cuccurullo were done recording Bored with Prozac, a little show called Big Brother hit the airwaves, and nothing was ever quite the same. “We looked at each other in absolute disbelief,” says Rhodes, “It was an idea that was in the ether at the time. We decided to lock it in the bottom drawer whilst we changed the story.”

As time went on, a fortuitous discovery of the original tapes proved songs such as the dreamy trip hop-tinged “Euphoria,” the guitar-grooved “Beautiful Clothes” and the exotically soundscaped “Grab the Sun” sounded as modern today as the time they were recorded.

Says Rhodes, “When I found my DAT tape of masters I thought ‘Wow, this sounds unbelievably contemporary.’ It’s literally like finding a painting and blowing the dust off of it. Times have certainly changed since we made the record, but the subject matter that inspired this album happens to be at the forefront of today’s world, so the songs have weathered the test of time in a strangely beautiful way.”

Bored With Prozac and The Internet?, with creative direction by Andrew Day and front cover illustration by Vania Zouravliov,is being released in a vinyl boxed and gatefold edition through The Vinyl Factory and digitally via The Orchard/Beatport on March 11, 2013. The boxed limited edition will include exclusive Polaroid photographs shot and signed by Nick Rhodes, screen-printed artwork, a personally authored note by Warren Cuccurullo, and an oversized glossy booklet featuring exclusive imagery. The Vinyl Factory collaborates with musicians and artists to create premium vinyl editions. In 2012 the label released records by artists including Florence + the Machine, Roxy Music, Massive Attack, David Byrne and Martin Creed.

SYNOPSIS
In America, social scientists and anthropologists are searching for answers to why family life has degenerated so badly in recent times. After studying online national census forms, they randomly choose one family, from over a million volunteers, to be Test Group101.

The family are secretly transported and installed in an isolated, futuristic, intelligent designer home, where they have every modern convenience at their fingertips. There is no need to ever leave, according to all previously gathered data, as life inside the house is ideal. The family are monitored 24 hours a day, Big Brother style. They are allowed virtual friends, under controlled conditions, but must remain within the house, continuing to live their lives as if nothing has changed (in reality not much has). All food and supplies are ordered online; deliveries arrive hermetically sealed, and the family have absolutely no physical contact with the outside world, which is now considered the ultimate contemporary luxury. They also benefit from having a full virtual staff, who are generally extremely efficient, and cater to the family’s increasingly eccentric requests.

Most things in the house are operated by voice command, or can be activated via the internet. This usually runs smoothly, but if the system goes down chaos prevails in the house, as no one knows how to perform any of the simple tasks anymore. They do have computer access to the outside world, although news coverage and social networking are prohibited.

The dysfunctional family pretend to live out the dream life in front of the scientists, but the flaws are astounding and make compelling viewing. Although the GMRA (Genetic Modelling Research Association) had promised to keep all information entirely confidential, due to a phenomenal financial offer from a network, after seeing the results of the fi rst couple of days, they relinquish their former agreement and license the daily footage for TV and internet rights, completely unbeknownst to the family. The show attracts more viewers than any other in history; it is translated into 30 different languages and causes intense international debate.

Much of the discussion is about why the family would have allowed their lives to be put under the microscope (the producers decided not to inform the public that they did not have an agreement with the family or the rights to use the footage for anything other than research purposes). Others marvel at whether it may be possible to rehabilitate the family and return them to normal life after the ordeal is over.

The world watches as the situation in the house becomes increasingly unmanageable, but at a crucial point when things are reaching meltdown, the entire broadcast system crashes and all screens go blank. At this time, the mother is suffering an overdose incident, and the father is having an hallucinogenic episode, where he believes the family have all turned on him and he has no option but to submit to the Devil, who is the only one powerful enough to overcome their problems.

The daughter is dressed as a super sexy starlet; obliviously living out a melodramatic scene from a Hollywood movie; and the son is hacking into the scientist’s system to find out the truth about the results so far, in a desperate attempt to understand his family and himself…In an operatic crescendo the scientists enter the house in panic, fearing public outcry if anything bad happens to any of the family, and a massive lawsuit from the family themselves once they find out the truth about the broadcast.

The TV lawyers are first to arrive and approach each member of the family to tell them what a huge success they have become, brushing over all money and broadcast issues, asking them to sign waivers to fi nalize all paperwork and conclude their time in the house. The father suddenly realizes that people know who he is and in his deluded state, wanders out of the house to greet the adoring public…It is cold, flat and empty, but not in his imagination. The mother is thrilled that people have seen her suffering and rushes outside to beg for help and forgiveness. The daughter is elated that she may already be famous and prepares herself for her grand exit from the house and entry to the world of red carpets where she hopes to receive instant movie offers. The son is still in front of his computer, barricaded into his room and is watching the whole thing unfold live as the feed has been restored. He puts on his gaming gear and slowly walks outside, where he realizes that he is in the centre of a giant video game, he fi nds himself absolved from his isolated world and able to relate to people outside his room for the first time. The family all bond over their desire to be famous for being what they are.

A world designed with you in mind.

Sick YG, the nephew of San Francisco pioneers DJ Big Bob and DJ Toney Tone, was born and raised in the infamous Fillmore District via Turkwood home of the foundation entitled: The Boogie Basement.  YG was heavily influenced by the Hip Hop scene in its infancy.  At a young age, Sick YG was counseled and mentored by world renown artist, Lenny Williams.  Mr Williams set him on the right path for the better.  As an Emcee from the Bay Area, YG has been noted as one of the best kept secrets by Bay Area hard hitters such as: Andre Nickatina, Cellski, Rappin 4Tay, Equipto, DenGee, and array of many more.  In addition, YG has worked with lyrical talents like: Chunk, Equipto, San Quinn, Big Rich, Gigalo Gee, Hugh E.M.C., Bored Stiff, Akil, S-Five, Mint Rock, and many more.Also, YG has shared the stage with artists such as: Ice T, Rodney O & D.J. Joe Cooley, Marvelous and D.J. Cash Money, Too $hort, M.C. Ant, Andre Nickatina, Hugh E.M.C., Rappin’4Tay, San Quinn, Equipto, Mike Marshall, and a host of others.  YG has earned a reputation for being one of San Francisco’s Mixtape Legends with material reaching the public of Japan, Russia, Switzerland, and all over the United States.  Although YG's mixtapes contained some mature language, his recording entitled "Delicate" was actually the last time he ever used profane lyrics in any of his tracks which broadens his listening audience to everyone.  To thicken his position, YG was the last artist ever to record in the legendary Data Stream Studios at Hyde Street Studios where legends such as Paris and Spice 1 have recorded and produced gold hits.  As if his resume wasn't impressive already, Sick YG has recorded three songs for the video game by PLATINUM GAMES and SEGA for the NINTENDO Wii console entitled: MADWORLD, one of the first mature titles on the Wii.
Sick YG has been scouted upon by many labels for some time now. He states, " I felt like I had a lot to offer the industry but didn't feel like the time was right to sign to any labels. I made a personal vow to hit the industry hard when I was ready.  And now I'm ready!"  With the potential to be amongst the greats, Tokyo's number 1 radio station took notice and contacted Sick YG.  Not only until YG showed and proved his ability to be ranked amongst the elite did Joint One Radio setup a meeting to actually sign Sick YG.  To add to his already impressive resume, YG was one of the first Bay Area artists to be submitted into heavy rotation on the radio in Japan and actually has his own radio show now, The Sick YG Show on The Beat of Tokyo, Joint One Radio which airs every Tuesday and streams 24/7 on www.jointone.com and definitely solidifies his legendary status. Currently, Sick YG is signed to Shima Sounds/Joint One LLC. which holds its headquarter office in Japan with sublet offices in South Pasadena, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.



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