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| Brighton Artists and Bands |
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| Artist/Band | Brief Information |
| Chaser | Chaser is a four-piece Indie outfit from Brighton UK, which was formed in January 2001 by singer/songwriter Sharky (not Fergal Sharkey). Their music has been likened to many things including 'The Doves', 'Badly Drawn Boy', and even 'Elvis Costello'. Well whatever it sounds like it's a mature, original, disgustingly infectious, beautiful noise. Since conception, Chaser has spent most of their time writing and thrashing out new material in the studio. What came out of this was a 4-track EP recorded during the summer of 2002, which is due for general release in August 2003 on Mirror Disc Records. |
| Chimp | Chimp are a six piece band specialising in their own unique brand of orchestral pop. Formed in 1998, they have a unique sound, from a wide variety of influences, combining - guitar, bass, drums, strings, toys, samples and vocals. Chimp have released the EP's - 'fulllife' & 'country air' and a single 'Waiting for the ice to melt'. Fulllife got chosen for the Steve Lamacq 'session unsigned'. Their debut album 'Lowfer' was released in June 2002 and the live shows are picking up great reviews. |
| Drink of Approval | Drink of Approval are a Brighton based band who play - Alternative / Indie / Grunge / Pop. |
| Eat Static | Eat Static are techno heads and analogue synthesizer mega masters. |
| The Elevators | A Brighton based band gigging regularly in Brighton. Bluematter Magazine described them as "playing some of the finest and most authentic Chicago style blues you're likely to hear". |
| eVa | A Brighton based 4-piece band formed in 1997 by Jeef and Dave, consisting of Jeef(bass), Dave(guitar), Phil(drums), and Annelies(vocals). They have their own studio in Brighton. Dave is also a DJ whos gigs have played in Italy, Japan, France, Germany, The Ministry of Sound and the Jazz Rooms. |
| Ewigkeit | Their music started out as simplistic and quite brutal death metal with keyboards, but has become detailed and even mellow at times. They could be described as ambient metal. |
| Exstatic | An interesting mix of rock/pop/indie from a group of 17/18 year olds. As opposed to most "teenage" bands, they have a more mature style, and think about what they create. |
| Fatboy Slim | The famous Norman Cook, ex of the Housemartins and Beats International. Norman has been involved with Loaded Records (Brighton's premier label) under the name Pizzaman. Now under the name of Fatboy Slim, he plays regularly in the Beach Club. Skint Records has been given a free reign by Sony and with ol' Fatboy around Brighton's music scene looks to get a whole lot better. |
| The FiyaWater Band | A Brighton based band who have a regular monthly slot at The Gladstone. They have released an album and will be putting MP3 files on their web-site as soon as they are finished. |
| The Fold | The Fold are a Brighton based Folk/Rock band who have been playing for many years and gig all over the UK [including major festivals]. They have released two albums and an EP. The band were formed by two ex-members of Altogether Elsewhere [The legendary Brighton band who played in Brighton during the early 90s] along with The Levellers and McDermotts Two Hours. |
| Genesis P. Orridge | Genesis P. Orridge is one of Peacehaven's finest. Other pursuits have included Psychic TV. He now lives in the United States of America. |
| Hazardous Funk | Hazardous Funk play a mix of Hip Hop, House and Acid Jazz and live for the sole determination to make you get up and dance. They have released their second album 'Point of Presence'. |
| The Hippy Corporation | The Hippy Corporation were formed in 1976 and exist today as an Internet music project bringing you music without the help of the corporate fat cats! Complete with newsgroup and plenty of their own examples THC remains the home of good music and hippy vibes! A mix of great British pop and traditional country music makes this band one of the more original acts on the scene at the moment. |
| Hive | Hive are a Brighton based, female fronted 4-piece band who have a web-site by Paul Vincent. |
| Jambience | Jambience have played at The Concorde, Komedia and the Sussex Arts Club. They have a CD out entitled 'Jambience: Live at the Concorde'. |
| Jason Smart | Jason writes catchy tunes with intelligent lyrics and performs with natural enthusiasm. |
| Kaspur | Kaspur are a Brighton band who were formed in 1996. They play a kind of alternative indie metal punk grunge rock mix. They have an EP out entitled 'John Peel ate my homework' ! |
| The Lanes | The Lanes play a kind of indie Pop-Rock music. They are now well known, have a huge following, and people love their tunes and keep coming back to see them again for more. |
| Luke Slater | A dance music man who records under the name Seventh Plain and who used to run Brighton's coolest hard core techno music shop [Jelly Jam]. Luke can be seen DJ-ing at Brighton's best clubs. |
| Mezzrow | Mezzrow are a 9-piece Indie/Funk band whose influences include - The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Radiohead, Supergrass and Frank Zappa. |
| Nine Lines | Nine Lines play a fusion of sentimental and throw away pop with an alternative edge. |
| Oecken | Oecken are a 6-piece Brighton/Worthing band who play Rock/Indie/Funk. They have produced a video and have a few samples of their music available to download from their web-site. |
| Peter Simmons | Peter [aka Harbour] has been described as 'Billy Bragg meets Nick Drake'. His debut album is out and a track can be downloaded from his web-site. |
| Phatfish | Phatfish play a kind of acid jazz but are funky with a huge line in bass. |
| Phinius Gage | Phinius Gage are a 4-piece skate punk band from Brighton. They formed in Jan '01, and later recorded their first EP in April '01 at the Metway studios in Brighton, under the experienced hands of Al Scott. They have been playing packed out shows. |
| Pressure Drop | Their pieces have included the remarkable 'Woman in Blue' Catskills remix as well as one of the best remixes on the Sugar Hill compilation and the remix of Leftfield's 'Dusted'. They are signed to Sony. |
| Red On The Edge | Red On The Edge is a three-piece Indie/Rock band based in Brighton UK. They are influenced by bands like Led Zepplin, Jimi Hendrix, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Nirvana and more. |
| Veldt | Veldt is a three-piece Brighton based band who record and perform songs in their own unique style, with influences ranging from sixties film scores (Morricone, Barry, Budd) to the loops and samples of the darker corners of modern pop. Vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Lloyd Wadey, guitarist/producer James Waterland and 'cellist/keyboardist Mike Alexander combine to create a textured, multi-layered sound, evocative of the melancholia-tinged urban landscape which their lyrics reveal - a world in which mornings are full of regrets, and paranoia threatens to engulf everything; in which no-one can quite function; a world where obsessive desire pursues its fatal logic, but at the same time salvation seems tantalisingly close. Yet, despite a strong sense of landscape and atmosphere, there's always a human emotional truth at the core of veldt's songs. |
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