Freedom Screech are a Manchester lo-fi noise project consisting of Andrew Beswick (guitar/ voice) and Sam Turner (drums). 'Making tunnels of fuzz, clattering drums and lyrics about staying in eating minestrone soup sound like the scuzzy rock n roll rebellion of Sonic Youth.' - The Shrieking Violet
This Morning Call – aka Ben Heyworth - is an electronic/pop producer from the UK. Mixing traditional indie balladry with electronic quirks, glitch and ambience, he draws a somber line under the increasingly creative goings on in the electro scene, whilst putting a quiet rocket under the traditional guitar band set-up. Based in South Manchester, Ben’s unashamedly eclectic and often downbeat style borrows from the likes of Keane, The Postal Service, and A-ha. It’s a new direction in a city already blessed with a rich musical inheritance, an independent spirit and an international reputation.
Many moons ago Dave met Andrew and Andrew met Dave, at about the same time. Both had things in common; an addiction of music, enjoying the occasion bite of jazz and a love of being slightly different from the rest. This then took the form in the first song 'The Moon is Made of Cheese'. With Dave on drums and Andrew on guitar/vocals they lacked one instrument, the bass. Conveniently after a few years Oli appeared; Dave saw him, Andrew saw him, both saw him playing the bass and playing it well, this was perfect so Oli was soon ushered into the band.
Denis Jones is a Lancashire born self-taught guitarist. His music is a strange concoction of working man blues vocals entwined in, some would say, 'future folk'. For me it's the music that draws the listener into the songs. The sometimes quirky lyrics are wrapped in strange loops and bleeps through use of a sequencer and deft use of pedals, often played in stockinged feet. His music builds , slowly , into a many layered 'orchestral' piece, yet his main instruments are his voice and a slightly beat up looking guitar....His repertoire is likened to John Martin in his One World time.
Lynskey is solo artist Paul Henty from UK. In 2004 he released his EP "The Complete Guide To Spacefolk" on Manchester based label Valentine Records. He continued to produce new tracks on thesixtyone.com, but removed his account in 2008 in protest at their new design. His current residence is www.lynskey.bandcamp.com, where he released Walk and Wake in 2009 and his latest album "Idea Prime" in November 2011.
The Freshies is the name of a band from Manchester, England formed in the mid 1970's. Their first single, The Freshies EP, was released in 1978 on the RAZZ record label. Their biggest selling and best known song is 1980's "I'm In Love With The Girl On The Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk" renamed as "I'm In Love With The Girl On A Certain Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk" on request from Virgin Records, which reached number 54 in the UK charts in 1981.
We play music and sing over it. Hopefully you'll like it.
Mount Fabric are a four piece rock/pop combo from Manchester. They met in 2007, and after a change in drummer, the line up now consists of Alex Marczak providing vocals and guitar, Joel Godfrey on lead guitar, Duncan Robjohns on Bass and Ryan Cowburn on drums. With a wide range of influences from Radiohead, Muse, Explosions In The Sky to Counting Crows, Tapes N' Tapes and Modest Mouse, the band have always sought to produce a varied selection of songs.
Lucy and The Caterpillar is a female singer / songwriter from Manchester
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