Future Bubblers, a new artist development programme from Brownswood and Gilles Peterson, has unveiled the first successful acts to receive a year of one-to-one mentoring.
Funded by Arts Council England, the project aims to break down the barriers for emerging musicians from cities across England and encourage artists making innovative and left-field music.
The first year has focused on Nottingham and Salford and selected nine artists from almost 300 applicants. The likes of Earl Zinger, LV and Anushka will be among the mentors.
Amy Frenchum, project lead, said: ‘The artists we have selected are a varied spread musically and geographically.
‘They epitomise the values of the Future Bubblers project, which is to find the best in new music, specifically that which falls between the cracks ... stylistically speaking.’
She added: ‘The music industry is a scary place, that is ever changing and it’s hard for a young music maker to understand their place within it, especially if they are making music slightly off-centre and if they are based away from London where it all seems to be going on.’
Help Musicians UK is offering a £10k bursary fund, which will be divided among the Bubblers and invested in developing their careers.
Read our interview with the Future Bubblers team on the initiative.
The nine confirmed bubblers and their mentor pairings are:
Congi (Nottingham)
A production duo representing the bassier end with a distinct ‘UK’ vibe that draws on jazz, soul, hip hop and grime influences.
Mentor: Swindle aka Cameron Palmer (Artist)
Snowy (Nottingham)
An incredibly talented Grime wordsmith.
Mentor: Sway (MC and music business exec.)
Thru Colours (London)
Infusing the sounds of dancehall & dub with techno to create 'dancehall techno'.
Mentor: Max Wheeler (artist and producer, ‘Anushka’)
Yazmin Lacey (Nottingham)
A beautifully gifted singer songwriter out of Nottingham
Mentor: Victoria Port (artist, ‘Anushka’)
Three Body Trio (Nottingham)
Free jazz meets electro from this brave musical trio out of Nottingham
Mentor: Simon Goffe (Managing Director of Brownswood Music)
Medikul (Loughborough)
A young beats driven producer
Mentor: Alex Patchwork (Project Manager for Ninja Tune and Brainfeeder)
Kid Katharsis aka Abdus (Manchester)
A glitchy dream pop singer songwriter.
Mentor: Rob Gallagher aka Earl Zinger (artist)
Revenu (Hull)
Influenced by the Detroit techno world delivering innovative sounds through the prism of the UK underground.
Mentor: Alex Patchwork (Project Manager for Ninja Tune and Brainfeeder)
Munro (London)
Representing the housi-er end of the spectrum for someone making music for such a short time, Alex shows lots of promise.
Mentor: Will Horrocks (artist, LV)
Future Bubblers continues for a further two years with Hull already confirmed as a focus city for year two. The scheme is open to all musicians from across England, further details will be announced early 2016.
futurebubblers.com
Funded by Arts Council England, the project aims to break down the barriers for emerging musicians from cities across England and encourage artists making innovative and left-field music.
The first year has focused on Nottingham and Salford and selected nine artists from almost 300 applicants. The likes of Earl Zinger, LV and Anushka will be among the mentors.
Amy Frenchum, project lead, said: ‘The artists we have selected are a varied spread musically and geographically.
‘They epitomise the values of the Future Bubblers project, which is to find the best in new music, specifically that which falls between the cracks ... stylistically speaking.’
She added: ‘The music industry is a scary place, that is ever changing and it’s hard for a young music maker to understand their place within it, especially if they are making music slightly off-centre and if they are based away from London where it all seems to be going on.’
Help Musicians UK is offering a £10k bursary fund, which will be divided among the Bubblers and invested in developing their careers.
Read our interview with the Future Bubblers team on the initiative.
The nine confirmed bubblers and their mentor pairings are:
Congi (Nottingham)
A production duo representing the bassier end with a distinct ‘UK’ vibe that draws on jazz, soul, hip hop and grime influences.
Mentor: Swindle aka Cameron Palmer (Artist)
Snowy (Nottingham)
An incredibly talented Grime wordsmith.
Mentor: Sway (MC and music business exec.)
Thru Colours (London)
Infusing the sounds of dancehall & dub with techno to create 'dancehall techno'.
Mentor: Max Wheeler (artist and producer, ‘Anushka’)
Yazmin Lacey (Nottingham)
A beautifully gifted singer songwriter out of Nottingham
Mentor: Victoria Port (artist, ‘Anushka’)
Three Body Trio (Nottingham)
Free jazz meets electro from this brave musical trio out of Nottingham
Mentor: Simon Goffe (Managing Director of Brownswood Music)
Medikul (Loughborough)
A young beats driven producer
Mentor: Alex Patchwork (Project Manager for Ninja Tune and Brainfeeder)
Kid Katharsis aka Abdus (Manchester)
A glitchy dream pop singer songwriter.
Mentor: Rob Gallagher aka Earl Zinger (artist)
Revenu (Hull)
Influenced by the Detroit techno world delivering innovative sounds through the prism of the UK underground.
Mentor: Alex Patchwork (Project Manager for Ninja Tune and Brainfeeder)
Munro (London)
Representing the housi-er end of the spectrum for someone making music for such a short time, Alex shows lots of promise.
Mentor: Will Horrocks (artist, LV)
Future Bubblers continues for a further two years with Hull already confirmed as a focus city for year two. The scheme is open to all musicians from across England, further details will be announced early 2016.
futurebubblers.com
