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Casiokids - Aabenbaringen Over Aaskammen
Choir Of Young Believers - Rhine Gold Clock Opera - Ways To Forget Einar Stray - Chiaroscuro Michael Kiwanuka - Home Again Mirel Wagner - Mirel Wagner The Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather WhoMadeWho - Brighter |
As a sign of the plethora of thoroughly excellent acts appearing on the line-up at this week's SPOT Festival, we decided that there was nothing we could do but go for a couple of Featured Artists rather than the usual one favoured act. And we have come up with two crackers for you to take a look at.
We've been fans and followers of I Got You On Tape for a couple of years already and included their latest album, Church Of The Real, regularly on our list of recommendations. We've seen the band live on several occasions in Scandinavia, Germany and during SXSW this year and they always, always deliver so we have no problem at all making sure we catch them again in Århus this weekend. Schultz&Forever is more of a new discovery for The NMO, having come across the debut EP, Odd Stories, during the lead-up to this year's festival. Schultz&Forever is essentially 17-year old Jonathan Schultz and a group of friends who join in onstage and we're super excited to see how it works out in a live environment. You can check out more about SPOT Festival and follow The NMO's adventures on Facebook and Twitter over the weekend......
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Jesper Borup (Spot Festival)
name: Jesper Borup
company: Rosa – The Danish Rock Council, KulisseLageret (local venue south of Århus) job: Nordic booking – SPOT Festival plus booker at KulisseLageret city: Odense, Denmark working on: Planning SPOT 2012 and looking for bands for SPOT 2013, Booking at local venue favourite artist(s): The Kills, Uzi & Ari, Bob Dylan, Tool, John Coltrane, Tom Waits, The Whitest Boy Alive, Slayer, The Low Frequency in Stereo, Wildbirds & Piecedrums, The Doors, Radiohead, Grinderman, Jeff/Tim Buckley, Midlake, and many more... first gig: Personal: Sepultura 1992, 17 years several nosebleeds and a torn shirt, perfect first gig / Promoter: Figurines (dk) – 2003 Voxhall Århus highlight(s) of the last year: Festivals: Insomnia in Tromsø (no) 2011, Iceland Airwaves(ice) 2011 / Bands: Nordic concerts and albums - I Got You on Tape (dk), Fossils (dk), Deathcrush (no), Hedvig Mollestad (no), Jonas Alaska (no), The Megaphonic Thrift (no) Mugison (ice), Sóley (ice), LCMDF (fin), Siinai (fin) / World – Albums: Bon Iver - bon iver; Beirut - the riptide; Bill Callahan - apocalypse; J. Mascis - several shades of why. Havent had muCh time to go to gigs with non nordic bands this year. Finally got me a new turntable to rediscover the vinyl sound musical hero: Dead: Jim Morrison / Alive: Jamie Hince and Alison Mosshart of The Kills listening to: On the train listening to new stuff from norweigan band Ungdomskulen Meet Jesper HERE |
Tigerspring Records
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SPOT Festival, (04-05 May)
SPOT Festival is an annual music festival in the city of Århus, Denmark, showcasing up-and-coming Danish and Scandinavian talent. Around one hundred artists and bands from most genres of contemporary popular music - such as rock, hip hop, electronic music - play various stages in and around the Århus theatre and music venue, Musikhuset.
The event has built a reputation of being instrumental in helping launch the international careers of Scandinavian acts such as Kashmir, Sigur Rós, Outlandish, The Raveonettes, Junior Senior, Kaizer's Orchestra, Múm, Mew, Oh No Ono, Spleen United, Shout Out Louds, and Kellermensch for example. SPOT also hosts a music industry conference, covering pertinent topics to help artists and companies reach more international business. |
The NMO recommends the following artists:
full line-up ➤ |
....testimonials for the NMO"..... a very useful tool to keep track of bands that could be showcased at SPOT Festival"
- Jesper Borup, Booker, SPOT Festival, Denmark "If I want to find out what’s happening up north I always turn to the NMO...." - Dietmar Schwenger, Editor, MusikWoche, Germany "....new Nordic music has a lot to thank The NMO for". - Jonas Holst, A&R, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Scandinavia, Sweden "The New Music Office is a fantastic source for new talent....its knowledge and network are priceless..." - Carsten Stricker, CEO and founder, Verstärker PR, Germany "....a great platform for new artists to showcase to industry professionals...." - Jonas Fjelding, 3rd Tsunami Agency, Denmark “....a great marketing tool and....a great place to discover new music.” - Carolina Eriksson, Saturday Enterprise, Sweden |
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Users of The NMO include very smart people from companies that include: Universal Music; SonyATV, Live Nation, United Stage, Skandinavian, 3rd Tsunami, Warner Music, BMG Rights Management, EMI Publishing, Eurosonic Noorderslaag, by:Larm, SPOT Festival, Volcano Management, Musikwoche, Verstärker, Playground Music, Electronic Beats, The Agency Group, Trinity Music, Oktober PR, Kompakt, Nuclear Blast, Pirate Smile, Musex, The Orchard, ITB, Four Artists, Sinnbus Records, SSC Group, Melt! Booking, Sony Music, Berlin Music Week, Reeperbahn Festival, Berlin Festival, The Great Escape, Luger, Creative Talent, Saturday Enterprise, Tallinn Music Week, Projekta, Brainlove Records, The Reykjavik Grapevine, The Musebox, Clash Magazine, The Line Of Best Fit, Rough Trade, Beatbox Booking, Spinefarm, PIAS, Black Lamb, Sziget Festival, Nordic by Nature, ASS Concerts, MLK, Solar Penguin, Tigerspring, White Trash Berlin, Frannz Club, Postbahnhof Berlin, BBC Radio, YLE Radio, Flux FM, Universal Publishing, MBO Group, Capitol, 25 Media, Rolling Stone, Musik Express, NME, Radio Helsinki, RBB, FKP Scorpio, AllScandinavian, Popkomm, c/o Pop, Paper-clip, Goldstar, Nokia, Random House, Vice Magazine, Pitchfork, Midem, SXSW, CMJ, New Fall Festival, Sweden Sweden, Polar Artists, Volvo, Levi's, Sonar, Gaffa, 4AD, Pollstar, VIP Booking, Snowhite, MXD, CMU, Intro, Fullsteam, MADE, Karrera Klub, Astra, Lido, Magnet, Comet, Molotov, Tavastia, Ruisrock, Provinssirock, Record Of The Day, + many more......
The NMO is an independent music enterprise and has no official connection to any music export office or similar organisation, unless stated. |
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