Hellsongs
www.myspace.com/hellsongs
Hellsongs started out in the early fall, 2004. After instant positive response they recorded three songs. This recording lead to more gigs and fans all over the globe. In 2006 they released the debut ep "Lounge" which consists of six tracks of haunting versions of old metal classics such as "Run to the Hills", "Jump" and "Orgasmatron". The ep got very positive response and Hellsongs has built a reputation as a most enjoyable... Read More
Video for "Symphony of Destruction" - watch now at MYSPACE TV
A&R Omer Akay - omer@despotz.se
Management Carolina Eriksson - carolina.eriksson@hagenburg.se
Booking worldwide Jesper Kumberg - jesper.kumberg@gmail.com
Scandinavia press/tv/radio Ronnie Schmidt ronnie@despotz.se
The Deer Tracks
www.myspace.com/thedeertracks
The Deer Tracks is David Lehnberg & Elin Lindfors, both children of the Swedish town of Gävle. Despite their earlier success with respective projects (Leiah, Ariel Kill Him & Twiggy Frostbite), all roads led them into this electromagnetic mist of melodies. And so, around the shift of 06/07, they met to shape electro landscapes just as sparkling as the rime that sheeted the long and hard winter nights... Read More
Video for "Slow Collision" watch now at MYSPACE TV
Video for "127SexFyra" watch now at MYSPACE TV
A&R Ronnie Schmidt - ronnie@despotz.se
UK press Jon Lawrence -jon@wastedyouthpr.com
UK radio Kat Cunningham - kat@fudgemedia.co.uk
Germany, Austria, Switzerland press
Ralph Buchbender promotion@cargo-records.de
Scandinavia press/tv/radio Ronnie Schmidt ronnie@despotz.se
Booking Finland Toni Ritonen / Backstage Aliiance
toni.ritonen@backstagealliance.com
Booking Sweden Inga Reinholdsson / Boomdock inga@boomdock.se
Booking Europe, Asia, Africa Joanna Ashmore / ITB joanna@itb.co.uk
Twiggy Frostbite
www.myspace.com/twiggyfrostbite
Like waves against a barren cliff, strongly captivating, attractingly beautiful. This is where the roaring, rumbling ocean throws itself towards the rocks and falls down in fragile, brittle drops. A wind that shifts between storm and breeze, carried by the melodies of the sunset. Twiggy Frostbite took shape in the spring of 2006 inspired by the London Underground, and evolved to something unique. The untamed tones and frosty noise of ... Read More
Video for "Heroes" watch now at MYSPACE TV
A&R Ronnie Schmidt - ronnie@despotz.se
UK press Jon Lawrence -jon@wastedyouthpr.com
UK radio Kat Cunningham - kat@fudgemedia.co.uk
Germany, Austria, Switzerland press
Ralph Buchbender promotion@cargo-records.de
Scandinavia press/tv/radio Ronnie Schmidt ronnie@despotz.se
Booking Finland Toni Ritonen / Backstage Aliiance
toni.ritonen@backstagealliance.com
Booking Sweden by Halleluja lars@hluja.se or erik@hluja.se
Kaka
www.myspace.com/kakaricky
Richard Karlsson, aka Kaka started his musical career as a guitarist, singer and songwriter in The Tambureens, the band that later became Melody Club. After The Tambureens went separate ways Kaka joined forces with a group called The Mo. The Mo toured frequently over Sweden, Europe and USA and were celebrated as an extremely energetic liveband all over the world. They released two albums and reached their highest commercial success during spring 2004 with the song “Nostalgia Locomotive” that reached position nr.1 on the swedish single chart... Read More
Video for "The Hotspurs" watch now at MYSPACE TV
Video for "What A Frame" watch now at MYSPACE TV
A&R Carl-Marcus Gidlöf - cmg@despotz.se
UK press Lisa Mcnab - lisa@10xbetter.com
UK radio/tv Mark Johnston - mark@10xbetter.com
Germany, Austria, Switzerland press
Ralph Buchbender promotion@cargo-records.de
Scandinavia press/tv/radio Ronnie Schmidt ronnie@despotz.se
O'Spada
www.myspace.com/ospada
O’Spada is a five piece based in Stockholm. Their sound is a melting pot of soul, funk, hip hop, rock and pop resulting in something that is not only original and unique but insanely catchy and extremely danceable. Read More
A&R Carl-Marcus Gidlöf- cmg@despotz.se
Scandinavia press/tv/radio Ronnie Schmidt ronnie@despotz.se
Germany, Austria, Switzerland press
Ralph Buchbender promotion@cargo-records.de
France promotion: Kevin Zavier zavierkevin@gmail.com
UK national press: Leah Stafford - Sainted PR leah@saintedpr.com
UK radio Björn - Pivotal bjorn@pivotalpr.co.uk
Booking Sweden Inga Reinholdsson / Boomdock inga@boomdock.se
Titiyo
www.myspace.com/titiyo
After the year 2001 pan-European smash success with "Come Along" Titiyo faced a too common question at career peaks: how to proceed from here?
The answer never really arrived. After having failed with an attempted follow up album in 2004 she even seriously considered folding her career.
She'd growned tired of the label "The Queen of Swedish soul". Hey, she hadn't even been focused on soul since the early Nineties!
Luckily enough the final decision was to re-start from the very beginning.
Titiyo bought herself a home studio equipment that was in every sense "intentionally cheap" - a very dimentary Casio synth and a Portacorder. With these simpe tools she spent a winter in her Stockholm apartment and tried out her new pop visions. The song "X" on her just released fifth studio album "Hidden" is one result of these solitary headphone sessions.
Later on Titiyo spent som time in Chelsea, New York, and at different places in her native Sweden to find yet more inspiration for for her newfound enthusiasm. In the end she had a collection of songs that she dared to present to producers and musicians she trusted.
A&R Ronnie Schmidt ronnie@despotz.se
Scandinavia press/tv/radio Ronnie Schmidt ronnie@despotz.se
GSA promotion: Ralph Buchbender promotion@cargo-records.de
France promotion: Kevin Zavier zavierkevin@gmail.com
Booking Europe Emil Larsson / Live Nation Emil.Larsson@livenation.se
Terry Lynn
www.kingstonlogic.com
Terry Lynn was born and raised in Olympic Gardens, otherwise known as Waterhouse, an impoverished area in Kingston, Jamaica. She captures with words a sense of Kingston’s environment and Jamaica’s struggles the way a camera captures images with a lens.
The sound is distinctive, hard and impassioned unlike anything heard from the sunny shores of this Carribean hotspot.
A&R Carl-Marcus Gidlöf cmg@despotz.se
Scandinavia press/tv/radio Ronnie Schmidt ronnie@despotz.se
Booking Sweden Richard "Sejka" Ardermark / Live Nation
Richard.Ardermark@livenation.se
Booking Europe Andy Duggan / Primary www.primary.uk.com
PINTANDWEFALL
www.pintandwefall.com
This band was supposed to break up after their first gig. But the gig at a high school party in early 2006 was a blast! Who would have thought that these mysterious masked girls could achieve so much in such a short period of time.
Crazy Pint, Cute Pint, Dumb Pint and Tough Pint form a group with unprecendented energy. Visual mystery, spontaneous energy on stage and the best songs of the 21st century have taken the girls this far... to the Despotz family!
A&R Ömer Akay omer@despotz.se
Scandinavia press/tv/radio Ronnie Schmidt ronnie@despotz.se
Booking Sweden Mattias Albinsson mattias@headstomp.com
The Sonnets
www.myspace.com/the_sonnets
Do you remember the first time?
The excitement you felt from the tape you stole from your older sister?
The moment when you first fell in love with pop music.
We wanted to make something that bright and pure. A pop music still blue-eyed, naive and and oh so young at heart. We were inspired by the things that brought us back to that feeling. The Style Council. The first summer with Charles and Sebastian in »Brideshead Revisited«. Prefab Sprout. Jimmy Connors last serve game against John McEnroe in the Wimbledon final in 1982. Emily Brontës »Wuthering Heights«.
These things have together coloured the Sonnet's debut album »Western Harbour Blue«.
A&R Carl-Marcus Gidlöf cmg@despotz.se
Scandinavia press/tv/radio Ronnie Schmidt ronnie@despotz.se
GSA promotion: Ralph Buchbender promotion@cargo-records.de
Booking Europe Florian Lippmann/Stagents Konzerte fl@stagents.eu
Petter & The Pix
www.myspace.com/petterandthepix
Petter is the brother of Pontus Winnberg, otherwise known as one half of Bloodshy & Avant. Whilst his brother worked with the likes of Britney Spears (notable on ‘Toxic’), Petter moved to Iceland and recruited school friends - alongside members of Múm and Gusgus - to force his own creative vision into life, this manifested into Petter & The Pix.
A&R Ömer Akay omer@despotz.se
Scandinavia press/tv/radio Ronnie Schmidt ronnie@despotz.se
Disco Ensemble
www.myspace.com/discoensemble
The finest alternative indie/rock comes from Finland.
A&R Ömer Akay omer@despotz.se
Scandinavia press/tv/radio Ronnie Schmidt ronnie@despotz.se
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