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JOSEPH BELL

Joseph Bell picked up a guitar at age 13 and began performing around his hometown of Shrewsbury the year after. By age 18, Bell was producing music from home. After moving to London, Bell released his debut EP ‘Dancing Days’ in November 2020, with his song ‘Overload’ gaining radio play from Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1. In 2021, Joseph released another single ‘Lost Souls’, which led to a live session and interview for BBC Introducing Shropshire. Joseph’s new EP is set for release in 2023, and focuses on finding identity in the digital age. The first single ‘Head Straight’ was released in February.

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JOHANN TM

Johann TM (Johann Theo Meux) is an alternative pop artist with melodic songs that are as tender as they are attitude-filled, taking influence from every great artist you’ve ever loved. He writes songs that make him feel a lot, and he hopes this can be the case for others as well (especially if they’re powerful music industry people).
He knows that this is the bit of the bio where he should show off how much the music industry loves him, but no platform has shown much interest in him. “I do worry a bit what people reading this bio will think”, he meekly declares, “as I have no industry credibility to speak of.” He goes on to naively, and quite falsely, exclaim: “All I have is my obsessive work ethic and an absolutely titanic level of self-belief. That should set me apart from all other artists!”

Although he knowingly uses the jokey sarcasm illustrated here as a marketing technique, Johann TM is intensely serious about the music he makes. He has been fighting through 10 years of Muscle Tension Dysphonia and mental health problems such as OCD, and is not planning on ever giving up. “Despite all the self-doubt and fears of failure, I know that I have something special to offer the world, and I’ve written close to 100 songs to prove it. I want to be massively successful, and I have no shame in saying that. But what is genuinely most important is making music that emotionally moves me.”

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BASTIE INGRAM

Bastie is a former ‘BBC Introducing Artist of the Week’ who has received extensive airplay from BBC Introducing and Amazing Radio. Recently, he was a finalist in the UK Songwriting competition (judged by Brit and Grammy award-winning artists). Bastie used the last year to hone in on his songwriting; the songs which emerged caught the attention of producer Brett Shaw (who previously produced UK No 1 albums with Florence + the Machine and Foals). They began work on Bastie’s debut E.P. last month. His previous release “Lullaby Highs” saw Hot Press Magazine describe him as an “artist to watch”. With a string of successful festival slots under his belt, including Boardmasters, Carfest North & South and headlining Pub in the Park alongside Mcfly and The Lightning Seeds, Bastie is set to play the main stage at this year’s Lakefest. Meanwhile, Bastie recently played the track “Handbags and Gladrags” in an upcoming Netflix show.

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JO ELMS

Jo Elms is a singer, songwriter whose dynamic acoustic style blends together her love of jazz, folk and soul music.
Born in the U.K and raised in New Zealand, her first single Closest Thing to Heaven, was released through Warner Bros Music NZ, and went to number 5 on the NZ pop charts. She now resides in Australia but comes back home to the UK regularly to tour and perform. Her performances have seen her grace international stages; Pizza Express in Chelsea, The Claridges Hotel with Dame Edna Everage, London’s legendary live music venue The Bedford, with London power-show ‘The Battle of the Divas’, and as part of the London showcase for Australian talent based in the U.K ‘Sunday At The Apartment’ alongside Australian star Tim Minchin. In New York, she performed at the city’s famous venue ‘Arlene’s Grocery’. She’s won awards for her original compositions in the 25th Australian National Songwriting Contest and the Musicoz awards and has given electric performances at The Manly International Jazz Festival, The Darling Harbour Jazz and Blues Festival, The Norfolk Island Jazz Festival, The New Zealand International Jazz and Blues Festival and the Java Jazz Festival held in Jakarta Indonesia alongside Chaka Khan, Jamie Cullum and Level 42.

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ANOUSKA ASSISI

British born Anouska Assisi is an 20 year old award winning
singer – songwriter and guitarist whose music is a compelling hybrid of folk rhythms delivered with soul and lyrical authenticity. Musically literate from a young age Anouska has already amassed an impressive body of work and prior to the pandemic was wowing audiences with her live performances. She has a growing fan base internationally and is on the radar of A&R executives on both sides of the Atlantic.

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