In a time when the DIY craze has taken over just about everything from car repair to recovering antiques, Alta Sky has been burgeoning under the same tenets of autonomy and exertion to produce rock music that steps outside the bounds of “mainstream”, transcending any formulas or gimmicks to a form that is truly a complete self expression.  Based out of a warehouse studio hidden in the Heart of Orange County’s industrial park, the group has been both writing and recording new songs with only their own modest equipment and flourishing clout to produce sounds that will stand up to top dollar studios and seasoned producers alike, all completely on their own.         

Formed in 2014 by frontman and primary songwriter Isaac Leland, Alta Sky is quintessentially a project of momentum, stemming from more than four years off the stage and in the studio piecing together demos and song sketches that will become this years new releases.  After reuniting with past bandmates Tony Chopp and Kevin Doyle, as well as adding newcomer Brandon Grna, the group put together money to upgrade its recording equipment and spent a few sessions hammering out the final details before pulling off their first transformation from a quick shot sloppy demo into a final polished song.  “Loosen Your Love”, a mesh of hip-hop grooves, garageband guitar leads, and a bit of musical programming, encompasses a piece of music that has both roots in the traditional four piece we all know and love while growing into some of the modern elements of electronic music that have gripped so many young fans.  It is a good indication of things to come as the band aspires to reach out to listeners throughout the year 2015, releasing one song per month from its extensive back catalog of demos.   

While Alta Sky is a neophyte on the music scene its beginnings go much further back than the life of the band.  Leland started things off forming a group in High School which he kept together for over a decade cycling through band members and musical styles until Entice became a finalized line up in 2009.  The band went on to record the Album “Let the Fire Come” in 2011 to general positive reviews.  Shortly thereafter the group started getting recognition winning live performance competitions both through the LA radio station 98.7 and the San Diego Fair.  Unfortunately subsequent touring and label talks were largely unfruitful and the group disbanded in 2013.  The band essentially went on hiatus with Leland spending the next four years off the stage and in the studio writing and recording demos.  This was the time that he began working with Grna utilizing his assistance as both a bass and keys player to continue growing the back catalog of songs he had already amassed.  After countless demos and time passed it was finally decided to push the product back to the stage.  The group re-emerged as Alta Sky, with bran new songs and a more focused, and at times modern sound playing its first show at the house of Blues Anaheim in august of 2014.  And finally after several years of writing demos and keeping them to themselves, the group is primed and ready to release its first music in January 2015, "Loosen Your Love" with many more to come throughout the year, one song at a time.      

Gianfranco of Italian origin but born and raised in the UK has been around on the DJ circuit for quite some time now. His long and distinguished career of 13 years has seen him rubbing shoulders with a fair few “A” list dance music celeb's. DJing and promoting under the guise of KOSMETIC FUNK alongside co founder Max Day, he has headlined at venues all over the UK such as 02 arena, honey club and cruise and played alongside artist such as ATFC, KATHY BROWN, LISA MILETT and SEAN ESCOFFREY and the list goes on.
 
After tinkering around in the studio for a couple of years with other artists In 2009 Gianfranco embarked on his first real production project as a solo artist and put together an astonishing remix/bootleg version of KATHY BROWN's - “GOOD LOVE” with a CHRIS LAKE instrumental underneath. TONY CARRASCO quoted “My compliments to the Production crew, for putting the right spice in the right places” so this wasn't just another sloppy bootleg, this was extremely well put together and superbly produced version. This mix received critical acclaim across the globe and support from the world's biggest DJ's including ROGER SANCHEZ, PAUL VAN DYKE, MARK DOYLE, DJ DOVE, CHARLIE HEDGES (kiss100) and OSCAR P etc... Unfortunately due to copyright issues this track was not available for general release but is still an underground anthem!
 
Over the past 12 months Gianfranco has been working like a dog in the studio and as his reputation rises so do the remix requests, latest being NINO ATHONY's – THINKING OF YOU and FLEETSIDE Feat CAROLYN HARDING – MOVIN' ON and will he be releasing his debut single “INSIDE OF ME” feat. RACHEL HANSON on Tall House Digital at the end on 2010. This will be the 2nd release for Tall House Digital and is already gathering pace gaining support from ROGER SANCHEZ, JOE T VANELLIE, JERRY BONHAM, MARK DOYLE, FLASH BROTHERS and OSCAR P to name a few and with the pack of remixes to boot there will be heads turning! Check out the releases page and read more on Gianfranco feat. Rachel Hanson - “Inside of Me”
 
You'll be hearing plenty more from Gianfranco in the near future and there will be lots happening for this man next year, developing his unique vibe & style, throwing down some pure driven house music to make you salivate!
 
If you like Gianfranco's music and would like to license it or have him to remix your track and put his unique special stamp on it or you are a label and think it's the right kind of music for you why not get in touch, info@tallhousedigital.com we'll be happy to work something out!

If you have a chance check my other soundcloud accounts for other mixes and WIP's!
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Affiliates: Kikwear Industries, M.I.A. drum and bass, The HUB Productions, BPM artist network, Haphazard, Rub A Dubstep Intl & Perverted Beats?,
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Founder of The HUB Productions and a mainstay in the Midwest's EDM/IDM scene for the past 13+ years.
Joshua Renner (aka denot5 & tHe wReCk KiD) always stays true to his unique style of dark & aggressive Electronica. Josh started out as a Hardcore dj back in 1999 and quickly found himself immersed in the UK Acid/Techno/schranz sound shortly there after when he lived in Louisville, KY from 2000-2001. While in KY he made a name for himself under the alias 'dj sloppy thirds' and shared the stage with international acts from all across the globe.
After moving back to Wisconsin in the spring of 2001 he dropped the alias 'dj sloppy thirds' and 'denot5' was born. The moniker denot5 took Josh places he never thought possible. He continued to push the boundaries with his live dj sets while constantly evolving with the music of the times.
In the mid 2000's Josh expanded his sound by dabbling in break beats as well as d&b/jungle and breakcore. Around this time Josh also started spinning strictly schranz/hardcore sets under the alias 'tHe wReCk KiD'.
Fast forward to the present and it's a no-brainer that Josh has once again evolved with the music around him and is now one of the Midwest's most sought after BASS music DJ's. The styles he currently represents in his live sets are drum and bass, dubstep, drumstep, breakbeats and crossbreed/hardcore.

Soundform is a Ukrainian electrofusion band that was founded in Kryviy Rig in 2007, after a break-up of the band “DekadanZ” and later evolved into the band Practical Senses in 2009-2011.

The first album “Stonefish” was released in 2007 and after it the band actively performed on stage from 2007 to 2010. The brightest event from the band’s musical life was signing a contract with a record company “GZ Media” in Chech Republic. The result of their cooperation was a release of the second album “Radar” in 2008 on the vinyl records, that were distributed in Ukraine and Europe.

Members:
Dmytro Zemnickiy - bass
Stas Gorodnichenko - drums, handclaps, vocoder
Yuriy Baygush- synth, clarinet, flute, drum machine

Past members:
Sergiy Demidko - guitar

Discography:
2007 "Stonefish / Eternal Snow" (Audio-CD, Ukraine)[5]
2008 "Radar" (vinyl 12" LP, Chech republic "GZ Media")[6]
2010 "Sloppy Draft" (Audio-CD, Ukraine)[7]

Blu was been involved with the music scene for many years. Most of those years were doing promotion for other artist’s shows. After making the change to become an artist himself, Blu has gained gains for his open format style of trap, Bass, electro House, which can form to fit any crowd. Blu also holds 2 Blu has played with some of the top Djs in the midwest  such as DJ Kue, DJ Chris Brown, Dj Recces, Dj Arty J , Dj Deception and Slant E, Dj Micro and Atom1x and The Vokalist. Serbsican,Dj Xposure and many others.

While this was a great starting point in anyone’s career Blu wanted to reach another Level in music. Thus the start of CounterArt Music Group in 2013. In the Past year CounterArt music has signed Paulo Martin “ ½ of Goon Bags , Nick Costa, Double Dose, Dwonka, Dj Funke, The Pharmassist, Spyke, Sloppy B. CounterArt has become a growing part of the St. Louis music scene.  


Straight to VHS is an energy all its own; jittery and hook-clustered with driving melodicsm - all contained, like test-tube'd plague, inside punchy two- and three-minute rock songs.

February 13, 2013
Straight to VHS – “RewindeR” People who think of Connecticut solely as a state full of country clubs and gold-lined streets have never been to New London. And anybody who’s wondering where the spirit of punk-rock is these days can find it there.While listening to “Rewinder,” I smelled stale beer and sweat. I felt concrete under my sneakers. I saw dive bars and littered parking lots and empty strip malls. Suburbia after nightfall.
Stylistically, Straight to VHS makes use of early punk templates and can resemble pioneer groups like the Sex Pistols and the Wipers. Their production standards are relatively high for garagerock so I can understand the Jay Reatard comparisons. They’re working within the form, keeping the rough edges and apathetic attitude but it’s obvious they care how the sound comes across. They’re craftsmen.

At just over 20 minutes, the album is a sonic roller coaster ride with one song cascading into the next. The standout track that represents the whole experience is “patchwork city.” In the red vocals, sweet bass doodles, a chorus that turns the groove of the verses on its head and guitar with enough crunch to chip a tooth. The count-in alone is beautifully rock and roll.

Yup, the spirit of punk is alive. I’m not sure if it’s well but when has it ever been? One thing’s for sure: it takes equal amounts pain and love to play this kind of music. -Max Mercy of Mexican-Robots.com

“Let me out, Let me out of this town” opens up “Rewinder” by New London garage punks. After a crunchy, fuzzy guitar intro singer/guitarist Jon Young screams that line that most suburban heartbroken kids can relate to. ” Don’t call it love” its a song about a love gone wrong and a girl who has lied. The second track starts out like something The Thermals would do and keeps in that lo-fi garage/punk sound that i love with “Untitled”. ” It’s not the money” sounds like something from Black Flag’s ” The first four years” record when Keith Morris was still in the band. Complete with a nice drums and bass breakdown. ” Yea, shutup” slides more into the “Slip in in” area of Black Flag. Great intro in this song. Classic old hardcore/punk guitar riff but staying within the that garage sound that makes this band so good. Deeper into the record is “Patchwork city”. This is the song that drew me into this album ( the band released it earlier as a single). This song is pure garage/punk bliss from the sound of the vocals to the drum rolls to lyrics that seem like the band just wants to go out and have a good time. “One thing” has the catchy “whoa’s” with a beat that will make you get up and dance. After what sounds something like Jay Reatard mixed with early to mid 1990’s Sub Pop with the song “Stuck in transit” “Rewinder ends with “Your face” a song that builds up and hits you with pop sensibility mixed with that pretty basement sound and just may give you a peek inside what has happened in the two year hiatus Straight to VHS has taken. All the songs on “Rewinder” are around the two minute mark and each song leaves you wanting more. The band has been through alot in the past and its nice to see they are back making great garage music. If you like stuff like The Kinks, Jay Reatard, The Thermals, and maybe even The Cramps this record is for you.
-Jeffrey Thunders via jeffreythunders.tumblr.com

“It used to be that too few bands sounded like The Wipers—other than Hot Snakes and early Nirvana—but like Ready the Destroyer, StV has Greg Sage’s unrelenting riffage prowess in spades on this five-song debut EP produced by Fatal Film’s Matt Potter. Having also rocked Cosmodemonic’s double-CD Powers New London, CT sampler harder than any band this side of 30-year vets The Reducers, the trio bust a fuzzy, sweaty garage punk with nasty bass in an early punk-ish attack, with 70’s Detroit tough guy vocals. It’s only five songs in 11-and-a-half minutes, but its rough and ready, full of piss, vinegar, and vigor, ripping it up like an update on The MC5’s “American Ruse.” And like an MC5, Radio Birdman, early Damned, or Wipers record, when they chant “Hey” every few seconds, you chant with them, fist in the air.  - The Big Takeover Dec.’10 Edition – The Big Takeover [ JACK RABID ]
“Straight to VHS has wasted no time getting their name out as the hot new thing in New London. They’ve been playing shows, shaking hands,and now they’re releasing their debut EP Self Titled.The production values are somewhere between Jay Reatard (R.I.P.) and Times New Viking. As for what catches your ear… the vocals and the bass completely rule the tone of this record. The overdriven bass cuts through absolutely everything and socks you straight in the gut. The vocals, though melodic, are multi tracked so that it sounds like there is a large gang of people singing at you…. (and by the way, that actually happens too, thanks to Matt Potter and second Fatal Film guitarist Sebastian Coppotelli on backing vocals on tracks “Hey!” and “Have You Gone”). There will be a lot of comparisons to ’77 style punk when people talk about this record but the snarl and swagger of this record is much more rock n’ roll.In short Self Titled is 5 simple and well crafted rock songs. ”     - WailingCity.com   [ Adam Wujtewicz ]
“There’s something almost intangibly arresting about the defiantly scuzzy, 11-minute, five-song debut EP from this New London garage rock trio, something that glimmers through the bare-bones songwriting, rough-edged (at times flat-out sloppy) musicianship and bargain-basement production values. In fact, in a certain light, the raw, urgent spirit Straight to VHS exude increases in power when they’re at their wildest and least professional: the chorus of “Hey,” which is actually just a quick, shouted, “HEY!” The bit on “Self-Titled” that probably should be a chorus, but instead remains a frantic ascending/descending chord progression. The disproportionately loud overdubbed power-chord that ends that song. The mere fact that they named one of their songs “Self Titled.” The many times when it sounds like the members of the rhythm section are falling over each other. This stuff swaggers and staggers, and it’s likely to engross people who like their rock music loud, sweaty, grimy and simple. Why, exactly? I dunno; rock ’n’ roll’s magic that way.” - New Haven Advocate  [ Brian Larue ]

“Straight to VHS released their “Self Titled” debut EP a few weeks ago on Cosmodemonic Telegraph. I don’t know about you folks, but krautrock beats, lo-fi fuzzy guitars and earnest vocals are all I need to rock the hell out. I find myself revisiting this one whenever I need a good shot in the arm, it’s just as good as black coffee. The whole thing just sounds perfectly unwashed and covered with grime, just like those jeans you’ve had hanging in the closet since 1993. ”
- CTINDIE.com

Im Ed Clayton-Jones. I am a Songwriter, I play the guitar, the Bass, the Piano,lots of things but I haven't mastered the drums yet although I love playing them. I have played professionally since age 17 when punk rock was changing everything. Ive played with lots of people, notably Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Wreckery, Rowland S. Howard, Mick Harvey and Noah Taylor and the Sloppy Boys. The Solo groups i made were Clayton-JonesTown, Good Men Down and The Swordsmen. Ive been playing with my drummer Gene Maynard as Chordblood for the past few years. Im recording new Solo material for release later this year with engineer and Producer/Collaborator Marc Scully of Omegaman fame. I'll post teasers from the album as the release date looms closer but for now Im sharing all sorts of great old demo's and anything interesting I can think of. A web page is in the works, should be up soonish. I hope you enjoy these tracks as a bit of history before new material becomes available. Thanks for Listening.

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The entity known as Dirwood was originally conceived as a concept album named Darren in the year 1977. Though popular rumors abide that he was raised by wolves, Darren’s shaggy appearance and roguish charm are actually the result of an idyllic childhood spent indulging a deep, abiding love for music and practicing pick-up lines.

From an early age, he was a classically trained trombonist and certified band geek. After a time, young Darren grew- and grew- into a lanky lad of the world, shedding his pubescent geek chic for the seedy underbelly of Buffalo’s punk rock scene. Inspired by such musical acts as The Misfits and Dr Teeth and Electric Mayhem, after graduating high school Darren joined up with the local punk outfit To Be Announced, playing trombone for the writhing masses in a manner that could hardly be described as classical.

In the spring of 1999, Darren experienced an event that would completely change the course of his life, one that touched his soul and played deeply upon his mental tapestry:

He went to his first rave.

Clearly, the heavy bass emanations and piles of wide-eyed, wide-legged kids left an impression on him- within the year, Darren found himself behind the decks with one hand pressed to his headphones, playing out at assorted venues around the city of Buffalo. Moreover, mild-mannered Darren had become Dirwood- a devoted DJ providing deep, chunky, funky house beats to the local electronic music community.

In 2002, Dirwood released his first mix CD, 4 am. In October of that year, he joined forces with Buffalo breaks DJ Flux to start a weekly club night called Drop The Beat. The night, which later became known as Thursdays at the Lounge and included well-known local DJ Jubei, became a prominent fixture in the electronic music scene in Buffalo and attracted a faithful audience each week. Over its year and a half run, the Lounge showcased a variety of local talent as well as feature names such as Eric Davenport, Vitamin D, and Robb G.

Following the success of Thursdays at the Lounge, Dirwood was courted to a new gig playing Friday nights at Iberia, a sophisticated, dimly lit locale with expensive drinks and expensive women. Disproving the theory that you can have too much of a good thing, he invited his close friend Twist to join him on the decks, and Buffalo house music history was made. Together, Dirwood and Twist established a tag team that would become one of the most sought-after duos in the region, playing parties, drinking heartily, dropping impromptu sets at exclusive after-hours events, and generally leaving a trail of merrymaking, revelry, and funk in their wake. In the midst of all the tomfoolery, Dirwood somehow managed to crawl into the studio and record a 2004 mix, Sloppy Seconds.

As Iberia came to an end in 2005, Dirwood was asked to join old friends Ryan Lidell and Jubei as a resident at Jade Nightclub in downtown Buffalo’s popular Chippewa District. At Jade, Dirwood played to large crowds alongside major names such as Johnny Fiasco, Jason Hodges, Slater Hogan, Q-Burns Abstract Message, and Robbie Hardkiss.

After playing in, around, and all over the region, as well as recording and releasing his third mix, Soul Searchin’ Vol 1: Far Past Obsession, Dirwood set his sights on a larger goal: conquering the rest of the country. Though Buffalo was reluctant to bid him adieu, Dirwood departed for Orlando, Florida to pursue his career.

After attending the Recording Arts/Music Business Program at Full Sail in Orlando FL, he moved across the country and now resides in the Los Angeles area where he works in the film and television industry.  Time permitting, he is heavily involved in lowercasesounds.com and also writing music.

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