Brighton is set to come alive once again as The Great Escape 2025 — the UK’s leading festival for new music — returns from 14th to 17th May 2025, bringing together over 500 emerging artists from around the world across more than 35 iconic venues. Celebrated as Europe’s premier showcase for discovering the next wave […]
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HENGE ARTS CLUB, LIVERPOOL (17/04/2025) There was a lot of Henge virgins amongst the lively, packed crowd, tonight, having been dragged along by friends who’d seen this band of intergalactic ravers before and promised them a gig unlike any other, as the band consists of a human, an android, a Venusian, and an amphibian. The […]
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Biography MXY is a Pioneering Music Artist, Songwriter, Producer, and DJ from the UK, one of the first-ever female British Indian DJs from the north of the UK, to write and produce all of her own Music in the Dance Music scene. MXY was signed at twenty-two by the ‘Godfather of House’ Todd Terry. She […]
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Rising hip-hop star OneDa is swapping Glastonbury for a cosy cafe in the heart of Cheshire as part of the UK’s Independent Venue Week. AIM Independent Music Awards 2024 winner OneDa headlines at The Granary Arts Cafe, in Nantwich on January 31. OneDa is one of the most exciting artists coming out of Manchester’s hip-hop scene. She […]
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New single out 15th January 2025 with EP and tour dates from February “milkshed. just have this raw anthem feel to them” KERRIE COSH, BBC INTRODUCING “milkshed. are reintroducing a generation to grunge-fuelled anthems.” FOREVER LOUD “milkshed. are shaping up as an act to keep on your radar with their powerful & fresh style […]
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Eternal Mind and Balens Klerede just released their first full-length project –The Algorithm’s Anomaly is a bold and thought-provoking exploration of human boundaries, delving deep into the complexities of modern existence. Clocking in at just nine songs, this unique and introspective album fuses electronic glitches and metal elements to create an effect that is impressively […]
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An indie/folk duo comprised of Robert Griffin (U.S) and Chloe Danz (New Zealand). The two met by pure luck over the internet in November, 2017. Not long after meeting online, they sparked a friendship and shared love for acoustic, pared back and honest music. From their unlikely meeting, the two began the journey of writing […]
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Independent Venue Week (IVW), the UK’s annual 7-day celebration of independent music and arts venues and the people that own, run and work in them, will return next year from January 27th to February 2nd 2025. Our Artist Ambassador for IVW2025 is the acclaimed jazz musician, broadcaster, philanthropist and author YolanDa Brown OBE DL, who […]
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After successful careers in the music industry, what inspired you to start your own label, and how did you come up with the name? Jon: It all began when the three of us—Martin, Mario, and I—were managing two brilliant jazz/soul artists, Lois Levin and Bette Schindler. We quickly realised that if we built a label […]
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Instagram | Facebook Founded in 2024 by friends Jon Withnall (Rhianna, Coldplay), Martin Tibbets and Mario Anastasiadis (Rise Records), ‘New Retro’ have hit the ground running with first signees ‘Lois Levin’ and ‘Bette Schindler’ With Lois Levin already achieving plays on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC 6 Music, BBC Introducing and Jazz FM, […]
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