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HAFDIS HULD



Hafdis Huld was born in Reykjavik, Iceland. She was a former member of Gus Gus and erstwhile collaborator with electro-outfit FC Kahuna and Tricky. Her debut soloalbum, 'Dirty Paper Cup' won Best Pop Album at the 2007 Icelandic Music awards and featured songs co-written with Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys), Pascal Gabriel, Boo Hewerdine (Natalie Imbruglia, Eddi Reader) and Chris Corner (Sneaker Pimps). The album received considerable acclaim from the world's music press and brought her to the attention of national radio in the UK.



Her second album, 'Synchronised Swimmers' was released in 2010 and licensed to independent labels across Europe and the USA. Produced by French Grammy award winning producer Calum MacColl and Alisdair Wright, the album gave Hafdis three Icelandic number one singles and raised her profile worldwide.



Hafdis has played venues and festivals across the UK and Europe, taking in Glastonbury, The Secret Garden Festival, The Big Chill and Camden Crawl in the UK, Hultsfred in Sweden, Airwaves in Iceland, Spot Festival in Denmark, Les Femmes S'en Melent and Europavox in France and The Midnight Sun Festival in the Czech Republic. She has supported major pop acts such as Paolo Nutini and Mika and played music industry conferences In The City in Manchester and South By South West in America. In 2010 alone she completed an official Midem showcase, two international tours, UK and European festivals, over 20 live radio & TV s essions and signed a worldwide publishing deal with the highly respected independent publisher, Bucks Music.



In between writing and performing, her recordings have been used for several TV ad campaigns and she appeared in a viral video campaign for Reyka Vodka. She was also a featured vocalist on Tricky's 'Knowle West Boy'.



Home for Hafdis is Mosfellsdalur in Iceland - a beautiful place surrounded by mountains which is perfect for writing and recording music when she's not travelling. Hafdis is currently working on her third studio album.



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TIM TEN YEN



tim (the biblical boys name)



Ten (the number after nine)



YEN (the Japanese currency)



tim’s a one-man poptastic broken beta male rollercoaster car stuck upside down on the corkscrew section, hanging on for dear life waiting for the Female Fire Brigade to arrive and rescue him.



tim Ten YEN is the ultimate, nay the only fully-operational conduit of quality, super-sonically fast-food music, served with a nervous smile! Girls, women, ladies, bears, foxes, cats, dogs – he has INCREDIBLE SONGS about them all.



tim’s been all around the world with his music, including Iceland, Germany, Denmark and Wales. He couldn’t find Lisa Stansfield’s baby either, and just like Lisa, underneath the euphoria there is a depth that only a soul who has stared into the abyss can fathom.



tim stares into said abyss, though rather than seeing blackness, light shines back forming 10 words in capitals as bright as flashing red ‘Danger – do not press’ buttons:



GET UP LAZY POPSTAR IT’S TIME TO GO TO WORK.



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ELOISE REES



22 year old Eloise Rees describes herself as “a small blonde singer-songwriter with a helium voice” but don’t be fooled, she is a force to be reckoned with. Eloise was born and bred in Oxford, began her music career at the age of 14 in an all girl rock band. Six years on and she is now a solo act belting out modern melodic folk music with a contemporary country twist.



Many of her songs are played in a range of alternative tunings, which gives her music a style of its own.She cites her influences as renowned folk-artists such as Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, but also aspires to the likes of Ben Howard and Lisse. It might not be too long till Eloise is one of their peers after supporting indie heavyweights ‘The View’ on tour recently, creating a real buzz around her.



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