Award-winning Sea Dance Festival Partners With UKF And TheSoundYouNeed

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Following last week’s Best Medium-Sized Festival Award win for Sea Dance Festiavl at the European Festival Awards, it can now be revealed that they will be partnering with London-based media company AEI and its global music brands UKF and TheSoundYouNeed.

The team behind Exit Festival’s success will be working with AEI across the planning, artist line-up, ticketing and marketing of their beach event which is a part of 10-day Exit Adventure package that begins at Exit Festival in Serbia. Sea Dance is a premium festival event that is held on one of the most beautiful beaches of Adriatic coast, Jaz Beach in Montenegro, Europe’s best kept secret. Both sides of this newly founded partnership see it as a natural progression of their earlier collaboration and a way to further develop Sea Dance as one of the leading events in Europe.

Watch the Sea Dance Festival Video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gwpGy-6ypY

Founded originally as YouTube channels both UKF and TheSoundYouNeed boast impressive fan engagement figures and with masses of experience in electronic music events in UK, US and across Europe, this partnership will present Sea Dance to an even wider global audience. TheSoundYouNeed is one of the fastest growing music brands in Europe, amassing over 2.5 million YouTube subscribers over the past two years. Representing the best in bass, UK house, future garage, lounge music, hip-hop, minimal and more, the carefully selected tracks receive well over 1m views each from the hyper engaged audience, and has become a sonic sanctuary for electronic dance music.

UKF has almost 9 million subscribers across its network, almost 2 billion views, and a champion of electronic music’s most talented, creative artists online and live: the brand is trusted by a huge international audience. The first channel of its kind to hit over one billion views and win two prestigious Google Gold Play Awards, UKF’s position and globally renowned brand excels at video content, global events, best-selling compilations, podcasts, merchandise and ticketing.

Exit CEO, Dušan Kovačević welcomes the new partners: “The collaboration on Sea Dance Festival will build upon the solid relationship we have formed working with AEI and UKF over the past years. We both believe that this will develop into a long-term partnership which will further raise Sea Dance as part of the Exit Adventure, the most unique festival experience in the world. For the fans this means a 10-day adventure starting at the medieval fortress of Exit festival and continues on to Sea Dance at one the most beautiful beaches in Europe”.

Jenni Cochrane, AEI’s head of events and tours commented on the news: “We have been heavily involved in Exit Festival in Serbia for the last 2 years, and it is great to be able to bring all our successes from that experience to this partnership for Sea Dance Festival. We are incredibly excited to make this festival a truly memorable weekend for our fans”.

Following on from the Exit Adventure, which kicks off at Exit Festival in Serbia from 9th to 12th July, this summer’s Sea Dance Festival will be held from 16th to 18th July at the gorgeous Jaz beach near Budva, Montenegro, with a special event happening on the 15th July.

Tickets
Tickets for Sea Dance are on early sale at 44£ (54€) + b/f and can be purchased at seadance.tsyn.co. For those who seek to experience the whole Adventure and save up to 40% with both Exit and Sea Dance included, can buy joint ticket at 105£ (130€) + b/f. Plenty of additional options for packages that include travel and accommodation options with more info can be found at www.exitfest.org/en/tickets and www.exittrip.org.

Meltdown By Code Indigo Is A Contemporary Instrumental Rock And Electronica Music Album Taking A Musical Swipe At The Global Economic Crisis

Code Indigo is regarded as one of Europes premiere electronic music bands and with MELTdown, they've delivered an apt follow up to their 2007 release Chill that takes a lyrical swipe at the global economic meltdown.



The band continues its tradition of producing imaginative and thematic keyboard/guitar based electronica and chill-out music.



While comparisons have been made with instrumental Pink Floyd and Art of Noise, the Code Indigo sound and style remains totally original, unique and above all, contemporary.



MELTdown is an epic, concept style musical journey. There are 16 beautifully conceived and highly evocative interlinked tracks that cleverly pay homage to all previous Code Indigo albums while remaining inventive and original.



It is moody and topical electronica featuring some of the most atmospheric and thought provoking chill out style instrumental music youre likely to hear anywhere.



Helmed by veteran UK synth maestro David Wright, co founder and sole survivor from the original 1994 line-up, and producer Dave Massey, the new look Code Indigo is completed by Neil Fellowes (aka Geigertek) on keyboards, and guitarists Nigel Turner-Heffer and Dave Bareford.



Code Indigo will premiere MELTdown at the e-day festival in Oirschot, Holland on 6th April 2013.


http://www.admusiconline.com/main/CodeIndigo-Index.php

First Acts Announced For EXIT Festival 2010

Website: http://www.exitfest.org

The Chemical Brothers, Mika, Royksopp, Crystal Castles, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Ricardo Villalobos, Moderat live, Josh Wink, Crookers, Boys Noize, Erol Alkan, Ed Banger's SebastiAn, Busy P, DJ Mehdi

Kicking off the new decade in style, EXIT is excited to announce the first acts to be confirmed for the 2010 edition of the festival.

Heading up the line-up for one of only three European Festival shows this summer is The Chemical Brothers, Their exclusive live shows have never been anything less than staggering and this time around with the promise of something very special up their collective sleeve it's bound to be one of their most incredible gigs yet! Also taking the stage by technicolour storm will be Mika, with his striking poptastic productions, Norwegian duo Royksopp with their beautiful melodic electronica and rising stars Crystal Castles and Does It Offend You, Yeah?.

The Dance Arena kicks off on Thursday with electro kings Crookers, Boys Noize and Erol Alkan. Friday sees the long awaited arrival of the don of techno Ricardo Villalobos, a highly anticipated show from Moderat live, and Josh Wink celebrating 15 years of Ovum. Sunday will be full of fun with Ed Banger's SebastiAn, Busy P and DJ Mehdi, with Saturday's line up and even more acts to be announced in the coming months! The Dance Arena is regarded by many as the best in Europe - if not the planet - and the experience of dancing with 20,000 people as the sun rises over the fortress walls is truly mind blowing.

Taking place from Thursday 8th - Sunday 11th July, in the magical Petrovaradin Fortress overlooking the river Danube, EXIT has a variety of stages to appeal to absolutely everyone, cheap food and drink onsite and the best campsite entertainment whilst bathing in the hot Balkan sunshine. EXIT festival ticks all the right boxes and is still the best value festival ticket around!

"We still can't believe that EXIT attracts such a great audience from all over the world and consider ourselves very lucky. Seeing so many people enjoying themselves at our festival over the years is truly mind blowing. We appreciate the support of all our fans and will continue to make the festival better each year. We've also had some amazing artists performing for us over the years and we are excited to offer another diverse and exciting line up this year." Says Bojan Boskovic, EXIT General Manager

EXIT is one of the most highly regarded festivals in Europe, being nominated for 'Best Overseas Festival' in the UK Festival Awards for the past 3 years and winning the coveted title in 2007. In addition EXIT was nominated for 'Best Major Festival' in the inaugural European Festival Awards that took place in The Netherlands in January 2010. Exit's 10th Anniversary was also one of the most spectacular events of 2009 with all advance four day tickets selling out in advance.

Launched 11 years ago as a student initiated protest against the communist Milosevic regime, EXIT has proved that music is a universal language that can connect and bring people together to make the world a better place. EXIT continues to evolve and bring like minded people together and although it gets bigger each year, the sentiment and unique vibe remains the same.

TICKETS ONSALE NOW!
All early bird tickets at last year's prices have now sold out!

But don't worry as the standard price per weekend ticket is only GBP 85 until the end of May, then increasing to GBP 99 in June. So to get the best deal buy early and save!

EXIT & eTickets.to continue to deliver the best value festival ticket around, with pre event ticket redemption and fast entry through their own entrance.

Jan - May
4 day festival ticket only GBP 85+ b/f
Camping ticket GBP 20 + b/f

June onwards
4 day festival ticket only GBP 99 + b/f
Camping ticket GBP 25 + b/f

Buy tickets from;
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www.lastminute.com
www.eufest.com/exit/tickets

SELECTION OF COMMENTS FROM ARTISTS AT EXIT 2009

"It was great honour to be back at EXIT Festival for the second time and play to the Serbian people. They made it something to remember for us , it has a crazy wild side that only very few festivals have. Bring us back again, we fukin' luv it. Come on!!!" The Prodigy

"It was an honour and a privilege to play such an important festival especially on its 10th anniversary. The crowd and the location were stunning. We hope we will be invited back." Love from Manic Street Preachers

"It was my first time in Serbia and didn't know what to expect, but the EXIT audience was amazing!" Lily Allen

"The EXIT festival stands as a monument to the trans formative power of people and music. Getting the opportunity to play and help celebrate the 10th anniversary is something that will stay with me forever." Damian aka Pink Eyes Fucked Up

"Playing for EXIT this year was something of a very special party and the way all the DJs got to play back to back was absolutely amazing! It gave the crowd something completely unique and very special for the celebration of 10 years of EXIT. I had an amazing time and thought it was absolutely exceptional the way the crowd stayed with us until the morning and had a celebration. I felt honored and proud to be asked to do this and I hope that I can get to play at EXIT a few more times in the years to come." Carl Cox

"EXIT was one of the most memorable shows so far this year for me, made even more exciting by playing with Adam Beyer which proved so successful. The crowd was amazing & the organisation as always was fantastic - love you Serbia, see you next time!" Eric Prydz

"EXIT is hands down the most amazing festival I have ever played at and this year was extra special because I got to play with my homeboy Justin Martin. It was electric and a memory that will stay with me forever" Heidi

"Once again EXIT proves to be one of the best festivals in the world!!!" Nic Fanciulli

CONTACT:
For more information and press accreditations contact Nikki @ Global Publicity nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk

First Acts Revealed For EuroSonic Noorderslag

Url: http://www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl

EuroSonic Noorderslag is Europe's biggest and most important live music industry conference and showcase festival and following on from the success of artists such as Ida Maria and Casiokids this year's edition will focus on Norway. Taking place in the Netherlands from 14th – 16th January 2010, EuroSonic Noorderslag will transform the city of Groningen into a melting pot of Europe's best new European talent, ready to be discovered by both music lovers as industry professionals.

Each year EuroSonic Noorderslag focuses on a particular European country featuring performances by the best artists and dedicating conference topics to its music industry. 2010 will be the year of Norway. With its vibrant music scene, Norway offers a wide variety of the best music, ranging from hard rock to pop, from indie-dance to Norwegian metal. Confirmed artists so far are: Audrey Horne, Bernhoft, Donkeyboy, Monolithic and Rockettothesky.

In addition to the Norwegian focus, over 200 bands from all over Europe are scheduled to play at the event, all hoping to impress the festival promoters and booking agents in the audience. Confirmed acts include; Agent Fresco (IC), Choir of Young Believers (DK), Deolinda (PT), Everything Everything (GB), Go Back To The Zoo (NL), Gösta Berling Saga (SE), Jasper Erkens (BE), Joensuu 1685 (FI), Lee Everton (CH), Lucy Love (DK), Moke (NL), Rigby (NL), Sliimy (FR), So I Watch You From Afar (IR), Svjata Vatra (EE), Tim Knol (NL), Waylon (NL) and Wickeda (BG).
As the exchange and support of new music in Europe is one of the main goals of EuroSonic Noorderslag, the special European Talent Exchange Program (ETEP) was introduced in 2003. Each year ETEP brings together the leading European festivals, radio and other media and stimulates them to ‘exchange' a selection of artists. 2009 set a new record! 214 shows, with 75 European artists from 18 countries performing at 54 ETEP festivals in 20 countries. A grand total of 965 shows by 346 European artists since 2003. More information at www.etep.nl

Acts that have gone onto success and gain numerous festival gigs after performing at EuroSonic Noorderslag include; Blood Red Shoes (GB), Goose (BE), Kaizers Orchestra (NO), Lykke Li (SE), Pete Philly & Perquisite (NL), Seeed (DE), Yelle (FR) with the White Lies (GB) clocking up a massive fifteen bookings from ETEP member festivals.

"We didn't feel any pressure at EuroSonic Noorderslag this year. At the end of the day, it doesn't matter what job title each member of the audience has, they are still potential fans and still have the ability to be moved and excited by your music. The whole event is in the beautiful town of Groningen and has a great vibe that comes with all early shows in bands careers. It just so happened that after our show, some of the audience became fans and thus asked us to play on some of the festivals and shows that they book and that was very flattering. From that show we were allowed to discover some beautiful areas of Europe over the summer. Parts of Southern Norway, Sweden and even as far as the Czech Republic and Poland. We feel lucky to have played, and proud we won some new fans." Charles Cave, White Lies (GB)

'EuroSonic Noorderslag is an important event for any band who wants to get gigging in mainland Europe. Tonnes of fun and seriously worthwhile.' James Yuill (GB)

"EuroSonic Noorderslag is one of those weird showcase things you do but feel uncomfortable about because it's crawling with music industry types and not many real people, a bit like SXSW. But much like SXSW, if you do a good job of it, you get some way cool stuff out of it. We found that we got offered a lot of good festival slots and started to sell out our Dutch club shows really quickly after doing it, so I reckon it was worth it. It's also in a really fucking cool town." Blood Red Shoes (GB)

"It's quite simple: we made a car called De Staat, and EuroSonic Noorderslag was our ticket to the freeway. Sure, we've done our share of dirt roads, playing local bars and small festivals. People might have heard of De Staat, but EuroSonic Noorderslag really got the thing moving. After our showcases we started playing clubs, and before we could hear one bird whistle, we were set for the summer. Festivals like Pinkpop, Lowlands, Dour, The Great Escape and Sziget are now gigs we can proudly brag about." De Staat (NL)

For more information, please visit www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl

Kerchoonz Social Network And Streaming Service Signs Key Independent Labels: 4AD, Matador, Rough Trade, XL Recordings

Social Networking and music streaming site Kerchoonz announced an agreement with Europe's largest independent music label group, Beggars Group. The deal will allow users of Kerchoonz free access to around 20,000 tracks from Beggars' significant catalogue. Beggars Group represents the labels XL Recordings, Rough Trade, Matador, and 4AD and whose acts include a diverse selection of award winning artists such as Bon Iver, Jarvis Cocker, Vampire Weekend, British Sea Power, Cat Power, TV On The Radio and Grammy Award Winning 'Adele' to name but a few.

The agreement with the label group represents a major boost to Kerchoonz growing catalogue of top-notch independent music. The Beggars Group catalogue will be available on demand and for free through Kerchoonz ad-funded model that allows labels and musicians to be paid for their media streams. The deal includes music from all labels and artists. Fans will be able to stream and build music playlists and interact with the artist's through the Kerchoonz.com social networking portal.

"This deal will allow us to provide an even broader selection of great independent music for all music lovers." says Indiana Gregg, co-founder of Kerchoonz. "We are honored to be working with the Beggars Group and look forward to doing our part to help grow their digital business."

"It really is a pleasure to welcome the Beggars Group to Kerchoonz," says Ian Morrow, director, "The depth of talent and quality in their repetoire and commitment to the independent music scene, really is second to none."

"We're committed to making our catalogue available through as wide a range of services as possible" says Simon Wheeler, director of Beggars, "Kerchoonz was constructed with artists rights in mind and they are exactly the kind of company which the industry should support"

About Kerchoonz
Kerchoonz, founded by Indiana Gregg and Ian Morrow in 2008, is a forward thinking, multi-media company conceived to help level the playing field for artistic people through the democratizing power of the internet and freedom of choice for the artists and the public.

Kerchoonz.com is a social networking platform that allows free exchange of music, art, ideas and entertainment. It enables fans to search and discover new music, play games, meet people, watch and upload video, keep up with news, post blogs, and a whole lot more. It is an ad-funded model that allows artists and musicians to be paid for their audio and video streams.
http://www.kerchoonz.com

About Beggars:
In 2009, the labels that form the group are 4AD, Matador Records, Rough Trade Records and XL Recordings. Artists currently working with the above labels include Adele, Anthony & The Johnsons, Atlas Sound, Basement Jaxx, Beck, Belle & Sebastian, Beirut, Blonde Redhead, Bon Iver, The Breeders, Cat Power, Jarvis Cocker, Dizzee Rascal, The Hold Steady, Jay Reatard, Mogwai, M.I.A., My Morning Jacket, The National, The Raconteurs, Scott Walker, Sigur Rσs, The Strokes, Stereolab, Super Furry Animals, Thom Yorke, TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend, Voxtrot, The White Stripes and Yo La Tengo.

Twenty Five Radio Stations Add 'Triptych. Shulgin's Songbook' In February

As a result of AirPlay Direct's selection of Russian Composer Alexander Shulgin as their Marquee Artist for the month of February, twenty five radio programmers and DJs downloaded tracks from the 3-album compilation "Triptych. Shulgin's Songbook" for airplay in over eight states and eight nations in three different continents. The jazz compilation, being released by Familia Entertainment, was initially made available to broadcasters/webcasters through AirPlay Direct in anticipation of its distribution to major online retailers through The Orchard in March.

INTERNATIONAL RADIO STATIONS

Austria
* Rainbow-Stream
* KKG ECMA-Radio
Australia
* Highland FM (107.1 FM)
* Nambucca Valley Radio (105.9 FM)
Canada
* CFLX Radio Communautaire de L'Estri (95.5 FM)
China
* Apple-FM
Norway
* Radio Sentrum Trondheim (FM100 FM)
Germany
* Wernis Western Welle
Italy
* Radio Web Italia
UK
* Radio Six International (88.5/9 FM)
* Radio Gets Wild

SELECTED US STATIONS

Broadcast (US)
* WTGE Country Legends (107.3 FM) [Louisiana]
* WSLM (5,000 FM) [Indiana]
* CKWR-FM (98.5 FM) [New York]
* WMTC Mountain Gospel (99.9 FM) [New York]

Internet Radio (US)
* WICR Broadcast Country Radio [New York]
* Le Jazz Affair [Colorado]
* Sound Machine Radio [North Carolina]
* Smooth Groove Phoenix.com [Arizona]
* ARIES' ERA [New Mexico]
* WWRG Radio Galactica [Florida]

Radio programmers and DJs can stream and download broadcast quality tracks from the complete Triptych compilation:
* Triptych. Alexander Shulgin's Songbook Part I
http://www2.airplaydirect.com/music/bands/24334/
* Triptych. Alexander Shulgin's Songbook Part II
http://www2.airplaydirect.com/music/bands/24876/
* Triptych. Alexander Shulgin's Songbook Part III
http://www2.airplaydirect.com/music/bands/24892/

"'Triptych, Shulgin's Songbook, Part 1' is simply a phenomenal album! It's a jazz lover's paradise. This album is a fusion between jazz and easy listening, suitable for every situation - background music, cozying up with your lover, or just chilling out and relaxing." Michele Morris, MusicDish magazine

Produced by the successful DWB stable of writers and producers, the "Tryptych" compilation features Shulgin's music, melodies and instrumentals that have yet been played before. With inventive use of the Spanish nylon strung acoustic guitar as a main lead instrument, it conjures up sunsets in Spain and peaceful sunshine bathed fields swaying in the breeze. There is a blend of modern Chillout styles and some more Urban sounding Jazz tinged opuses on this album - music to have a warm bath in. The compilation brings together an impressive array of talent, raging from producers Paul Drew and Richard Niles to nitable jazz names as Gary Husband, Martin Taylor, John Patitucci, Simon Rushby, Bob Mintzer and Jon Howell to name a few.

Alexander Shulgin is a leading executive in the new Russian music industry, having worked with such iconic artists as Valeria, Mumiy Troll, Dima Malikov, Gruppa.fm and many others. Mr. Shulgin owns and operates Familia Entertainment, a record label, and Familia Publishing, a publishing company. His catalogue includes not only top-10 songs but also a diverse array of rare releases, including hundreds of the best-known Russian gypsy songs, Songs of Siberian Exile and Best Songs of WWI, all of which are part of a Russia's unique musical heritage.

His latest project is a three-album compilation titled "Tryptych" that contains new music. melodies and instrumentals from the composer's works that had yet to have been performed. The albums were recorded by an impressive line-up of artists including legendary drummer Billy Cobham, pianist Gary Husband, bassist John Patitucci and guitarist Paul Drew to name a few, uniting their various styles on the three albums in a harmony.
http://www.myspace.com/shulginalexander
http://alexandershulgin.musicdish.net

AirPlay Direct is an easy to use digital file transfer system that was developed to streamline radio / artist promotion activities for today's music industry. AirPlay Direct's FREE services replace the unnecessary time and expense of putting together and sending out costly traditional artist packages and press kits via snail mail. Utilizing the AirPlay Direct system also allows an artist to positively impact the environment by eliminating needless packaging.
http://www.AirPlayDirect.com