Artists

Peter Cox is one of the greatest voices and performers to emerge from the UK and lead singer of Go West. After signing a deal with Chrysalis Records, their first single, "We Close Our Eyes", was a Top 5 hit in the UK Singles Chart. Other singles included "Call Me" and "Don't Look Down." The following year, Go West were named 'Best Newcomers' at the 1986 BRIT Awards.

In 1990 they successfully cracked the other side of the Atlantic when they released the single, "The King of Wishful Thinking", a song which featured on the soundtrack of the film Pretty Woman. Subsequent releases from the band received several awards based on airplay in America.


Peter and his partner in the Band Richard Drummie are still performing live shows and have a tour planned for December 2011.

Jimmy Edgar is one of the most talented artists to have emerged from the new worldwide wave of electronic producers - 22 years old and based in Detroit, Jimmy has been making music since a very young age, and was playing Detroit raves alongside the motor city techno royalty by the time he was 15. His music contains elements of Detroits'Techno and soul heritage, combined with a modern minimalist aesthetic and some devastating programming skills.

Deano George Project is a tight threesome of talented, accomplished, award-winning rock professionals: Deano George - songwriter, lead guitarist, and lead singer who unleashes deeply passionate vocal work and exciting guitar mastery throughout the album; Ed De Four - drummer who infuses every song with controlled force and a dynamic sensitivity; and Michael Paige - bassist who grooves his lines to the max.

Deano has won several awards for his work, including a "Billboard Songwriting Achievement" award, and he's developed a solid reputation as an amazingly versatile guitarist.

Peter Keller works at the Hamburg School of Music as a producer, arranger, writer, composer and musician. Not only an awesome guitarist, Peter is a gifted lyricist and composer adept on numerous instruments. He became a first-call arranger by coincidence and then a hit record producer by working his way up the ranks in the local music scene. He has arranged and co-produced a top 3 single for A-Ha; was lyricist on the multi-platinum debut by Juli; produced the current hit single by norwegian Apoptygma Berzerk; co-produced and played guitar on Peter Maffay's #1 selling album; produced the current radio-single by De-Phazz; created sounds and programming for music-software giant Native; and is responsible for the smash success of his own band Wunder.

The Riot Tapes were formed in 2009 by Chris O’Brien and Elaine Doyle. From the first time they started recording a few songs, they both knew, 'this was it'. Within 3 months Chris had arranged to move his life to Dublin, to facilitate the collaboration. By April 2010, Jim Carroll from the Irish Times had heard early demos and had already dubbed their rough home recordings, “sparkly, twisty gems”.

This small review was seen by London producer, Tim Clarke, who had been scouting for new acts to work with. ”I was sent thousands and thousands of demos, but only heard two or three worth pursuing… at the top of that stack was The Riot Tapes.“ Tim and Chris quickly realised that they shared similar goals and a tireless work ethic, and so decided to work together on a record.

“Recording of the debut began in earnest in the summer of 2010.By then there were about 20-21 songs in the mix to choose from. We roughly demoed 17, decided on the 10 strongest and started working 4-5 days a week – recording all the music in various studios we could sneak into; be it home studios, mixing rooms in Dublin and London, or anywhere we could find some space to create,” says Chris.

The demos and early iterations of the recordings were shared online, by bloggers, music fans and friends and soon the demand for a release grew to a critical mass. In January Ronan Hunt-Murphy (from prominent Irish music magazine ‘Swear I’m Not Paul) called their forthcoming record, ‘one of the most anticipated Irish records in a long time″. By the summer of 2011 Phantom FM in Dublin was calling them, "the most talked about Irish band in years," while the NYC based 'le cool magazine' called them, "one of the biggest breakthrough bands of 2011".

In the fall of 2011 the band was dubbed "one of the best unsigned bands in Ireland by the Irish Daily Mail and were prominently featured on the Apprentice Ireland. They were also featured on a compilation CD of the "Best Irish Unsigned Bands," 100,000 of which were distributed my The Daily Mail in Ireland.

They will be finishing their record and playing extensively in Ireland and the UK in 2011-12.

Phil Shiell has played bass in a number of bands (mainly progressive rock) since age 14. An enthusiast of active Status basses and also, more recently, the Chapman NS Stick, an eight string, multi-mode instrument. He is currently using the instrument in the Dusseldorf-based band Banataba X who perform a mix of avant-garde music, jazz and other musical elements - complex compositions, which are very rhythm oriented. Phil uses the PC-2A compressor to tame and sweeten the signal from the onboard active electronics in his basses which can be challenging to record.

Frank Sullivan is one of the founding members of Survivor, and has been the only constant member of the band since their formation in 1977. The band's big break came in 1982 when Sylvester Stallone commissioned them to write the theme to Rocky III. Along with former bandmate, keyboardist/vocalist Jim Peterik, Frank co-wrote "Eye of the Tiger" which became an instant hit, holding the #1 spot for seven weeks on the Billboard charts. Frank uses the PC-2A compressor and is looking forward to getting hold of a Tube-Drive and Vibra Chorus as soon as they are available.

The history of THE BASEBALLS began in 2007 in Berlin. Sam, Basti and Digger met by chance in a recording studio and started doing cover versions of songs from the Fifties and Sixties. But soon they discovered the appeal of transforming modern songs into a rock’n’roll style, or in the band’s own words: “We take good songs and lead them to their true destiny”.

The release of their debut album “Strike!” in May 2009 ignited BASEBALLS  mania all across Europe. The band held top positions in the European charts for weeks, achieved record-breaking sales: 4x platinum in Finland, platinum in Sweden, Norway and Holland, Double-platinum in Switzerland, silver in the UK and gold in Germany.

On April 15 the winners of the German Echo Award 2010 for Best Newcomer release their new album “Strings’n’Stripes”.