PROJECT FRESH SOCKS & JOE ATARI (RE:MODEL) PRESENTS: INCIDENTALLY, NORDIC #2

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Following the storming response to their maiden voyage at Roundhouse Rising Festival earlier this year - Incidentally Nordic is back. This time around The Queen of Hoxton has been taken by the siren songs of the north, and enlisted Project Fresh Socks along with local music whizz Joe Atari to unleash this second wave of a night by and with all things Nordic.

CASA MURILO

Casa Murilo are well on their way to building a loyal and enthusiastic fan base in Norway, something they proved at the Scandinavian showcase-festival By:Larm, held in Oslo, playing to a crowd of 1000+ in February 2012. At the moment they are hard at work on their second album, to be released by Sony Music Norway in Autumn 2012. Musikknyheter.no wrote of their debut, ”Lifting Ships” (released 2011) that it contained ”wonderful, pop-rock songs, to be both loved and adored”. This charm is also evident whenever they play live and we are sure that they will deliver a fantastic atmosphere when they play on the main stage at Norway’s biggest festival ”Øya” on August 9th 2012, where after a rapturous gig in 2011 they were labelled ”The Best Band In Norway” by music magazine Plan B. Those lucky enough to watch them are in for a joyous musical experience of the highest class. The band was started by two Englishmen who, via two Norwegian girls they met in Brazil, miraculously found themselves in Oslo, Norway in 2008. The 6 man, eclectic band quickly created a buzz on the indie underground scene for their catchy songs and energetic show and, with their first ever single playlisted on the country’s biggest radio station ”P3”, their reputation has only grown. They have won fans at festivals and clubs all over the country for the last 3 years. Now is the time for them to charm music lovers all over Europe.

http://www.casamurilo.com/
http://soundcloud.com/casa-murilo/casa-murilo-breaking-ranks

BAARD WATN

Vocalist and Multi instrumentalist Bård Watn is an artist with a very exciting array of talents. Those who have been fortunate enough to experience one of his live shows will leave at the end struggling to find superlatives to describe what they have just seen.

Intelligent, funny, witty and always charming, Bård has wowed audiences throughout Norway with his raw vocal talent and incomparable onstage personality.

With his trusty loop station at his feet, Bård sings flawless harmonies on top of his own vocals as his songs take the audience on a wild, uninhibited journey through one of Norway's most talented minds.

Always connected to his public and as entertaining as any performer you will find in Norway today, Bård Watn delivers a performance that simply has to be seen.

He played at Molde International Jazz Festival in 2011, and opened Polar Jazz, in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, in 2012. He will record his debutalbum later this year.

http://www.bardwatn.com/

ULLA NOVA (DNK)

Ulla Nova is a female fronted music duo, formed in early 2011, consisting of Danish songstress/musician Ulla Nova (who the band take their name from) and British producer/composer Chris Thomaidis. Their music could best be described as alternative electronic pop.

Raised in a small coastal town an hours drive west of Copenhagen, Ulla’s bleak and desolate Nordic upbringing is often apparent in the themes of their songs, from the darkly majestic “Prey”, a widescreen piece about reverse psychology between the hunter and the hunted, to tracks like “Echo Boy”, a dancehall beat-driven attack on the empty words of a small-minded society. In stark contrast to the somewhat rural background of Ulla, Chris had a thoroughly urban childhood, growing up in an anonymous London suburb, well away from the glamour and affluence usually associated with the English capital. Could it be that the genre-embracing sound of ULLA NOVA is less of a happy accident and more a direct result of the juxtaposition between the differing roots of the 2 members? Highly likely. However, regardless of whether or not one can accurately pinpoint the source of their lustrous synergy, there’s no doubt that the duo have poured all of their influences into the melting pot and with craft, care and attention, have managed to fashion what is ultimately an incredibly compelling, modern sound, that any contemporary music makers would be proud of. More importantly, a sound that their growing fan base clearly approves of.

http://www.facebook.com/UllaNova
http://soundcloud.com/ullanova/sets/ulla-nova