Fair Play Guide for Musicians

The Musicians’ Union has published a Fair Play Guide, a good read for all those gigging musicians out there!

CowFest @ Spitalfields City Farm this Sunday

We are supporting the CowFest @ Spitalfields City Farm this Sunday even when it is raining ;) Music will be in a tent. 

Heydon Hohaia's EP "Two Corners" released

"Two Corners" - the debut EP of Heydon Hohaia - has been released last Sunday. 
Head over to https://heydonh.bandcamp.com/album/two-corners for a free download (Donations are welcome though!) or listen to it here.

[Press Release] Heydon Hohaia releases Debut EP “Two Corners”

“Two Corners” is the debut EP of singer/songwriter Heydon Hohaia. The name links to Heydon’s time writing and recording the EP (in New Zealand & the UK) and moments within a relationship. His soul influence mixed with his fascination by Hip Hop Beats and RnB melodies have influenced his writing. Heydon says: “The EP is an introduction into things that have influenced my life and me exploring different sounds to create something new.” Producer of “Two Corners” is Regan McKinnon.

https://soundcloud.com/heydonh/two-corners-ep-preview
 

Heydon Hohaia is a London-based singer and songwriter. Originally from New Zealand, he moved to London to work on his solo project. Back in New Zealand he was a member of several bands and collaborated with hip hop artists PNC and David Dallas, who had two Top 10 Albums and received several awards, such as Best Urban/Hip Hop album.     


Heydon’s foray into the film business not only gave him the opportunity to play a leading role but also to write the original score for the upcoming film “Finding Honk”.  

Since moving to the UK, Heydon has collaborated with STRIKE live and on recordings and was part of the “Brought To You Tour” in 2013 which was organised by the participating artists themselves.  

“Two Corners” will be available as free download from Heydon’s website on May 25th.
There will also be a small release celebration at Proud Camden that same day. The video to “Turn Me Out” will be shown the very first time.  

For more information about Heydon Hohaia, visit one of the following links: http://www.heydonhohaia.com
https://www.facebook.com/heydonhmusic
https://twitter.com/HeydonHohaia  

If you want to review the EP - or need more information - contact Rebecca @ Rock Hippie Management & Music to receive a link to the EP.
Rebecca@RockHippieM.com 

Live Dates

4th May - Proud Camden, London
9th May - Hogarth Health Club Bar, London, Chiswick
14th May - The Library, London, Islington
25th May - Proud Camden, London  

Links
Collaboration with David Dallas - https://soundcloud.com/thedaylightrobbery/tdr-rollercoaster-remix-ft
Finding Honk - http://www.findinghonk.com
Collaboration with STRIKE - https://soundcloud.com/strikeofficial/do-for-you-featuring-heydon-h  (As recently played on BBC Introducing Berkshire)

Strive To Revel In Kind Emotions (a.k.a. STRIKE) - Debut EP "Buildings On Sounds" released

“Building on Sounds” - the debut EP of artist, producer and Songwriter  STRIKE - has been released on Saturday.  It is available as a free download from http://www.strikeofficialmusic.com  or as stream on soundcloud.  

The EP has also been played on Phoenix FM;  RawRoots says that the “Music will dazzles your senses”. 

We are glad that we had the chance to support Strike on this journey. 

If you want to catch him and his band live, then check out the following   dates: 

Live Dates 

April, 18th - Roof Gardens - Kensington, London 
April, 22nd - Ronnie Scott's - Soho, London 
April, 26th - Are You Listening? Festival - Reading
May, 13th - Ice Bar, London 


Radio Dates 

May, 17th - BBC Introducing, BBC Berkshire 

[Press Release] Debut EP // Strike - Building On Sounds

Strive To Revel In Kind Emotions (a.k.a. STRIKE) releases debut EP "Buildings On Sounds"

"Building on Sounds" – the debut EP of STRIKE – will be a mix of 
broken beat and hip-hop with an old school vibe presented in a 
new school way. Each of these tracks will feature a guest singer. 
Among the guest singers are Heydon Hohaia, Albert Gold and 
Daniel James, who was support act for BRIT Award winner Sam 
Smith at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire earlier this week.  The EP will be released on April, 12th. 

Strive to Revel in Kind Emotions – a.k.a. STRIKE – is a British born artist, producer and songwriter. The winner of the UK Music Student Awards 2012 in the category Best Live Act started as club MC for TwiceasNice, where he worked with the likes of Wiley, N-Dubz and Skepta and hosted for a number of underground DJs. Not only is he rapping but he plays also keyboard (which he started playing a year ago). On stage he is backed by his live band and a singer. 

The EP release - which will be available as a free download from his website - on April, 12th will be supported by a mini tour around London.

You'll find a preview of "Building on Sounds" here or you can watch an acoustic performance of "Four Letters" feat. Daniel James on YouTube   

For more information about STRIKE, visit one of the following links
https://www.facebook.com/Strikeofficial
https://twitter.com/strikeofficial

http://www.strikeofficialmusic.com/

Press contact:
If you want to review the EP - or need more information-  contact Rebecca @ Rock Hippie Management & Music to receive a link to the EP.
Rebecca@RockHippieM.com


Live Dates
March, 3rd - Freedom Bar - Soho, London
March, 4th - Ice Bar, London

April, 18th - Roof Gardens - Kensington, London
April, 22nd - Ronnie Scott's - Soho, London 
April, 26th - Are You Listening? Festival - Reading

May, 13th - Ice Bar, London 


Radio Dates
April, 13th - Phoenix FM
May, 17th - BBC Introducing, BBC Berkshire

Links
http://atomlive.co.uk/atom-live-events/industry-events/135-the-uk-music-student-awards-2012

[Press Release] Half The Universe (is missing) / An insider's view - from the outside

London artist reacts to the trauma of 22.07.11 and gives away a

song for Norway.

Neal Hoffmann is a London based singer/songwriter who, after touring in

Norway with Ephemera in 2003, fell in love with the country and its people. He

has since been back several times and thinks of himself as "an insider on the

outside."

He managed to teach himself Norwegian by reading Norwegian books and

articles on NRK.

When the events of July 22nd 2011 unfolded, he was following the

developments online and, like thousands of others, could not believe what

was happening in Norway.

A lot has happened since. People have struggled with it in their various and

different ways. Neal did what songwriters do, he wrote a song.

He wanted to talk about the event but not about the perpetrator. He imagines,

that if you lose someone close, a part of your world disappears. The pain

cannot be put into words. It cannot be explained. An artist, however, can try to

approach it with his/her own view and understanding and see what will

happen. What happened in Neal's case, was a song called, 'Half the

Universe (is missing)'.

The song was recorded at Neal's house in London, using a Mac, guitars, reed

organs, basses and pianos. Drummer Jari Salminen recorded the drums in his

studio in Finland. Ephemera, (the lovely Christine Sandtorv, Jannicke Larsen

and Ingerlise Størksen) recorded the backing vocals at Tinnitus Recording

Studio in Bergen using their own intuition and creativity to record what felt

right to them.

Neal wrote the string arrangement, which was then recorded by Antonia

Pagulatos (violin and viola) and Celine Barry (cello) in London.

The mixing session was completed recently and Miles Showell was entrusted

to put the finishing touches to it by mastering the song at Abbey Road studios

in London. The reputation of the studio is, of course, legendary.

Half the Universe (is missing) will be released on 05.11.13, as a free

download and on various streaming services, including Spotify and WiMP.

The song can be heard here:

https://soundcloud.com/amphibic/half-the-universe-is-missing

The whole thing would not have possible without a little help from these

friends. Big thank you goes to:

Ephemera are a Bergen based band, consisting of Christine Sandtorv,

Ingerlise Størksen and Jannicke Larsen. They have won the

Spellemannprisen (Norway's Grammy) in 2002 and 2003 as well as the

Alarmprisen in 2003.

Antonia Pagulatos has played for George Harrison, Damon Albarn, Madness,

Tom Jones, Mark Ronson, Duran Duran and Leona Lewis.

Celine Barry, is an Irish cellist, she has played with Amphibic, The Divine

Comedy and the Tonic Fold and performs with various London orchestras and

quartets.

Jari Salminen works as a drummer in Helsinki. He plays with 'Poets of the

Fall' and various others.

Tinnitus Recording Studio is a recording studio in Bergen, run by Bjarte

Ludvigsen.

Josh von Staudach took time out and helped with some good ideas

concerning the arrangement.

Sascha Høvring took the picture of Neal in Bergen.

Additional info:

Neal Hoffmann's song 'Hungry Man', from Amphibic's second studio album,

was used on the American TV series, Switched at Birth.

Neal Hoffmann has recorded two albums for German Indie label Haldern Pop

Recordings. The albums were released with his band Amphibic, in 2004 and

2008. He has a current self produced EP called 'Fleetwood Road Session

Tasters' and is working towards releasing another album soon.

Contact:

Neal Hoffmann

amphibic@gmail.com

www.amphibic.co.uk

Terje Øye

terje.oeye@gmail.com

Press photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/amphibic/