Threshold 2015 - First Acts Announced for Festival in March

Threshold 2015 - First Acts Announced for Festival in March

The road to Threshold V is opening up in front of us and with less than 3 months to go we’re very excited to give you the first 20 fantastic acts to enjoy!

With London based 11 piece Dub, Afro-Beat, Hip-Hop outfit Nubian Twist heading up the bill!There’s plenty of info and links to get your gnashers into!

Nubiyan Twist

Nubiyan Twist are a 12 piece outfit based in Leeds/London, fusing groove driven music from around the world with soundsystem culture and jazz inspired improvisation. A culmination of musicians, dj’s and producers alike, the band strives to encourage artistic and social unity between different cultures and musical styles. Notable influences include the likes of Fela Kuti, King Tubby, J Dilla and Herbie Hancock.

Eliza Shaddad 

As a vocalist and writer with chart-dominating electronic outfit, Clean Bandit, Eliza appears on their UK Shanty and Mozart’s House EP’s as well as recently released debut album, ‘New Eyes’. With Clean Bandit, Shaddad has supported Rudimental, SBTRKT and Alt-J.

Her latest EP Waters was produced by Mercury Music Prize nominee Chris Bond.

The Baltic States 

CuT 

Space Punk band CuT have gained the attention of the likes of Steve Lemacq with airplay on BBC6 music and well received Maida Vale Session back in August

Inspired by the beatnik and punk movements of the 60‘s, 70’s and early 90’s, the band are picking up a lot of interest in the industry and gaining support at their intense live shows. Threshold is part of their UK tour announced on Wednesday 7th Jan.

Kids on Bridges

"Hitting up the music scene and taking up a storm with their incredible talent!" 

New-Reviews.co.uk

Felix Hagan and The Family 

"F*cking great. My new favourite band." Frank Turner

Mutant Vinyl 

“A musician of the highest calibre. A special performer” 

Huw Stephens, BBC Radio 1

Blue Saint 

Winner of Merseyrail Soundstation 2014

Also featuring...

Dominic Dunn / Mersey Wylie / Elevant / Helena Johnson / The Soul Rays / Paddy Steer / Super Fast Girlie Show / Science Of The Lamps / Dave O'Grady / DROHNE / Fidel Afro / Little Sparrow 

Liverpool band The Baltic States finish debut E.P. Boxes

Liverpool band The Baltic States finish debut E.P. Boxes

The Baltic States is a five piece indie band based in Liverpool, UK. It blends techno and haunting electronica with hypnotic, soaring vocal melodies in order to create a uniquely powerful sound. In summer 2013, the founder members of the band, Jev Maligins and Helen Morrisson, released their debut demo single, ‘Kontrol’, which was extremely well-received by both radio and social media platforms. 'Kontrol' was named as track of the week by "Best of British Unsigned" and received wide airplay across the UK which included being featured on BBC Radio 6 by Tom Robinson.

The success of the single was complemented by the popularity of the promotional video which was uploaded to YouTube and which quickly accrued over 80,000 views. The video was filmed and edited by Helen and Jev.

Shortly after the equally successful release of their second single, ‘The Fire’, Helen and Jev were invited to perform an acoustic set for BBC Radio Mersey (the only acoustic set the band has ever performed). 

With the more recent addition of drummers, Slay Janens and Vadim Sidorovs, and bassist, Laura Shea, the band performed their first live sets. So far, there have only been three such gigs but two of the venues that TBS have played include the famous 100 Club, London, in which they performed in the final of a national contest organised by Living Indie TV, and the even more prestigious Cavern Club where they performed at the request of BBC Radio Merseyside DJ, Dave Monks.

Currently, the band have locked themselves in a studio in order to record new material for future releases and live performances. The band will self-release their debut E.P. on 18 of October 2014. 

Links to Live Gigs
http://youtu.be/fHjPgDaID7c

http://youtu.be/2OkEtMjxX1E

www.thebalticstates.co.uk

www.facebook.com/thebalticstates