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DAM.G

DAM.G (pronounced “damage”) is a rock band based in north west England with music influenced music is heavily influenced by the anime/Japanese rock.

They mix these influences with modern metal subgenres to create something new.

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DrØnes ’72

Fuelled by a mutual passion for rock, in all its expressions and variations, the four members of Drønes ’72 (three Italians with a German drummer) started to play together in 2015. All members of the expat community in Brussels, they first met up by chance in a rehearsal studio. After some hours of loud improvised music with a very fuzzy and distorted sound, it became clear that there was something to pursue further and a sound to share.

Without much need to reflect further, they had already become Drønes ’72 and started to play gigs in Brussels and around. The name of the band brings together a retrospective look (1972 is the year of the Munich Olympics, symbol of great expectations, broken dreams and great resilience) and a forward look to the new frontiers of human knowledge – with the underlying idea that music should try to synthesise opposites, sew ties between past memories, dreams, and wishes for the future, and reach out to the widest possible public.

The band members quickly consolidated the respective musical backgrounds and inspirations to define a new original sound and release their first studio work: “Whispers never stop – Vol. 1”, available on major music portals (iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, BandCamp, SoundCloud) since September 2017. Whispers never stop – Vol. 1 is an ode to resilience. It contains four original tracks and two live bonus recordings. The lyrics intersect different feelings and perspectives, for the most linked to life at the Brussels latitude. Songs explore a variety of sounds, swinging between indie and alternative rock, which sometimes fall into sweeter rock melodies that then go up loud again, ending into a more aggressive beat and fuzz-hinged sound.

The songs were written during the crazy days of the Brussels “anti-terrorism lock down” and were recorded right then, at the Zinne Studio in Ixelles, while the rest of the city was holding its breathe for the terrorist hunt by police, military and special forces, after the attacks at the Bataclan. In “Bubble Capital Town”, truly a hymn to resilience, the band describes the days of the lockdown and the efforts to keep living life as nothing was happening around, with people very slowly getting back to the streets and in their offices, in what had become an all-of-the-sudden militarised city. The second EP, Whispers Never Stop – Vol. 2, was recorded at the Jet Studio in Brussels in December 2018 and was released on 1 March 2019. In May 2019, a live recorded single was published with the original song “Walking on a Wire”. In 2022, the band released a radio live recorded unplugged “Panik. Sweat. (Live acoustic at Radio Panik, Brussels)”.

The artwork of all the band’s albums is by kind concession of internationally awarded photographer Giulio Zanni. Band logos and merchandise drawings are by Chinese-ink artist Slavo Lalik. 

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Wall To Wall Music Livingston

Your friendly neighbourhood music shop and coffee place!

Offering instruments, amps, effects & accessories from both big names and independent makers…Cal & Sarah) opened the shop after years of feeling that the music shop experience was either a) all a bit same-y or b) one where you were pressured into buying things that you didn’t necessarily see as the ‘one’ to take home….You won’t get that here!
Try out a new toy, grab some fresh ground coffee or come along and enjoy one of the many FREE instore gigs we host all year round!

www.walltowallmusic.co.uk

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Break the Machine

THE PEOPLE

We are a UK based, family run company retailing guitar effects pedals and accessories online. We don’t work for the man and are not part of a bigger machine. We are dedicated to tone and love what we do. Like what https://daisyslots.com/ does, for giving us online games we can appreciate and play.

 

THE IDEOLOGY

We are 100% convinced that by owning a musical instrument and plugging it into one of the effects we sell, or maybe using the accessories we offer, the world beyond your front door will become a better place.

CONNECT

We are humans and answer the phone and reply to email. (Please try email first, you will get the quickest response that way).

connect@breakthemachine.co.uk

01484 682 302

https://www.breakthemachine.co.uk

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Northern Stompboxes

“Northern Stompboxes is a specialist guitar effects pedals retailer based in Leeds in the North of England. Founded in 2016, we offer the best and most innovative effects pedals made by small independent suppliers who are as passionate about guitar fx as we are. All our pedals are handcrafted in the UK.”

https://www.northernstomps.com

https://www.facebook.com/NorthernStomps

https://www.instagram.com/northernstomps