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I HAVE A TRIBE
Agent: Chris Meredith, ATC Live After recording his debut EP with Rob Ellis (PJ Harvey/ Anna Calvi) and Conor O’Brien of Villagers, Patrick O’Laoghaire aka I Have A Tribe, was hand-picked to tour Europe with Anna Calvi, opened for Villagers’ Irish homecoming show and performed at Electric Picnic and CMJ in New York gaining praise from the likes of NME, Pigeons & Planes and The Line Of Best Fit. Other gig highlights include The Great Escape, Reeperbahn Festival, and headlining The Button Factory and The
Workman’s Club in Dublin recently to stunning reviews. I Have A Tribe has just signed to Groenland Records and released his new EP No Countries on 4 December, with a debut album scheduled in 2016.
Abi Wade (UK) Chris Meredith, ATC Live Apollo Junction (UK) Debra Downes, Dawson Breed Music Banff (AU) Alex Bruford, ATC Live Barney Kahn (DE) Ben Start, Elastic Artists Bent Knee (US) Rob Berends, Paperclip Agency Beverly (USA) Chris Meredith, ATC Live Big Deal (UK/USA) Chris Meredith, ATC Live Bill Baird (US) Jack Cox, X-ray Touring Boris Werner (NL) Alasdair Howie, Elastic Artists Box Of Light (UK) Chris Meredith, ATC Live Bugzy Malone (UK) Myles Jessop, Echo Location Talent Cam Cole (UK) Jamie Wade, X-ray Touring Camo & Krooked (AT) Obi Asika, Echo Location Talent Charlie Sloth (UK) Myles Jessop, Echo Location Talent Charlotte Carpenter (UK) Chris Meredith, ATC Live Culture Shock (UK) Obi Asika, Echo Location Talent Dancing Years (UK) Clementine Bunel & Cecile Communal, ATC Live Denis Sulta (UK) Ben Coghill, Elastic Artists Eat (UK) Amber McKenzie, ITB Elijah Simmons (GR) Rebecca Lander, Elastic Artists Agency Erosion Flow (DK) Charlotte Dunckley, Echo Location Talent Fatherson (UK) Steve Zapp, ITB Fenne Lily (UK) Alex Bruford, ATC Live Geko (UK) Obi Asika & Myles Jessop, Echo Location Talent Giggs (UK) Obi Asika & Myles Jessop, Echo Location Talent Gillbanks (UK) James Simmons, ITB Grace Lightman (UK) Clementine Bunel & Cecile Communal, ATC Live Hannah Lou Clark (UK) Chris Meredith, ATC Live Hannah Trigwell (UK) Chris Meredith, ATC Live Honey Soundsystem (US) Alberto Mombelli & Jim O’Regan, Elastic Artists Agency Howie Payne (UK) Jamie Wade, X-ray Touring Hudson Scott (UK) Jack Cox & Jamie Wade, X-ray Touring Jalen N’Gonda (US) Clementine Bunel & Cecile Communal, ATC Live Jeff The Brotherhood (US) Stuart Kennedy, ATC Live Jinjé (UK) Rebecca Lander, Elastic Artists Agency JJ Hodari (UK) Jack Cox, X-ray Touring Kaki King (US) Chris Meredith, ATC Live Kris Wadsworth (US/DE) Charlotte Dunckley, Echo Location Talent Lazy Day (UK) Chris Meredith, ATC Live Lexis (CA) Jodie Fischer, Elastic Artists Love Ssega (UK) Liam Keightley & Chris Payne, ITB
THE LAFONTAINES Agent: Steve Zapp, ITB
Hailing from Motherwell, Scotland, The LaFontaines’ debut album, Class, melds together a diverse array of musical influences to produce a sound that is characteristically, unmistakably theirs – rock, hiphop, pop, drum and bass... pretty much everything but country, swirling around and emerging with a strong Scottish accent and a healthy dose of rage. Already enjoying a reputation as a powerful live act, The LaFontaines opened the main stage on the Saturday
at this year’s T in the Park festival – a performance that only added to their growing fan base. “We love it, for us that is what it is all about so it’s what we have spent the last five years doing,” says front man Okan. “You can do tricks in the studio but live there’s no hiding: if you are good, you’re good, if you’re fucking shit then that’s what people will see. Come see us and judge us for yourself.”
LV (UK) Jodie Fischer, Elastic Artists Mim Suleiman (UK) Ollie Seaman, Elastic Artists Alice Gilfillan, Elastic Artists Mono/Poly (US) Mozes & The Firstborn (NL) Chris Meredith, ATC Live Natalie Prass (US) Clemence Renaut, Elastic Artists New Carnival (UK) Jamie Wade, X-ray Touring Beckie Sugden, X-ray Touring NxWorries (US) Clemence Renaut, Elastic Artists Porches (US) R3LL (US) Jodie Fischer, Elastic Artists Redlight (UK) Obi Asika & Hannah Shogbola, Echo Location Talent Reg Naylor (UK) Rebecca Lander, Elastic Artists Agency Rita Maia (UK) Jodie Fischer, Elastic Artists Alex Bruford, ATC Live Saint Sister (IE) Sasha (FR) Christophe Quemin, Get Your Acts Together Alasdair Howie & Jim O’Regan, Elastic Artists Sassy J (CH) Walter Laurer, Georg Leitner Productions Sean Paul (JM) Seven Davis Jr (US) Charlotte Dunckley & Hannah Shogbola, Echo Location Talent Seratones (US) Alex Bruford, ATC Live Teengirl Fantasy (US) Ollie Seaman, Elastic Artists The Black Tambourines (UK) Chris Meredith, ATC Live The Hacker (FR) Rebecca Lander, Elastic Artists Agency Liam Keightley, ITB The Hunna (UK) The Island Club (UK) Jack Cox, X-ray Touring The Parrots (ES) Clemence Renaut, Elastic Artists Chris Meredith, ATC Live The Pearl Harts (UK) Tight Pants AKA Tyson Ballard (DE) Ben Start, Elastic Artists Trends (UK) Jodie Fischer, Elastic Artists Twerps (AU) Clemence Renaut, Elastic Artists Ulrika Spacek (UK) Clemence Renaut, Elastic Artists Walter TV (CA) Clemence Renaut, Elastic Artists Wesley Gonzalez (UK) Joe Ogden, X-ray Touring Whitney (US) Will Church, ATC Live Will & Held (UK) Rebecca Lander, Elastic Artists Agency worriedaboutsatan (UK) Rebecca Lander, Elastic Artists Agency Wovoka Gentle (UK) Sally Dunstone, X-ray Touring Olivia Sime, ITB Youth Club (UK) Yukon Blonde (CA) Chris Meredith, ATC Live Yungen (UK) Obi Asika & Myles Jessop, Echo Location Talent
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