Purple PR Ones To Watch 2012

Archeo

21-year-old London based singer, songwriter, producer and fully-formed popstar Archeo releases his debut single ‘Mr General’ on 28^th November. ‘Mr General’ is a 3minute rollercoaster ride of 90s era Max Martin and Dr Luke pop, the funked up dancefloor grooves of Rick James, the cool edgy swagger of Justin Timberlake and the futuristic robo-pop of Gaga. All centered around Archeo’s hugely distinctive voice, it is as unique as they come, massively exciting and very, very now. Born in Bombay but raised in London and with a Panama-born Mother, Archeo is unique and exciting and is set to take the pop world by storm in 2012.

http://www.archeoofficial.com/

http://www.facebook.com/archeoofficial

http://twitter.com/#!/archeoofficial

Archeo - Mr General by PurplePR

Azari & III

 Torontonian quartet Azari & III are currently the hottest property in house and the biggest break-out electronic act of the year; responsible for the cult club hit ‘Hungry for the Power’ for which the bands self-made controversial video sent the blogosphere into meltdown. Comprising of power-production duo Dinamo Azari & Alixander III and the doom-ladden diva’s Starving Yet Full & Fritz Helder, Azari & III have become a dance-floor necessity across the world, blending ultra-slick production with retro vibes and dark soulful vocals. Emerging as one of the must-see festival acts of 2011 hitting the stages of Glastonbury, Lovebox and Sonar to name a few, Azari and III are taking their show on the road in the UK throughout November. January 2012 see’s the release of the bands highly anticipated debut album “Azari & III”.

http://azariandiii.com/

http://www.facebook.com/AZARIANDIII

http://twitter.com/#!/AZARIANDIII

Azari & III - Reckless (With Your Love) by PurplePR

EJ

‘Anything that makes you the individual you are?’ say’s EJ - ‘Keep it. Own it.’ EJ was born Edwina Johnson in Stockholm, Sweden. Her single, Barbadian doctor mother uprooted her to spend time with an extended family in Gothenburg. ‘We had a great musical community there. And the racial mix really mixed. Iranians, Turks, a big Somalian community. It all worked together.’ She attributes her musical genealogy to her father, an Afro-Cuban guitar wizard. ‘But music has been in me since day one,’ she adds. Her initial musical awakenings were a mix of the sacred and the secular, something that you can hear perfectly attuned in the irresistible gospel-inflected semi-accapella of her debut single Mama, I’m Gonna Sing. ‘My grandmother took me to church every Sunday. The house was swarming with grandchildren. I had that mix of church singing and then getting back to her house and seeing cousins breakdancing, listening to Michael Jackson and Neneh Cherry. Moving to London at the age of 12, EJ found a whole new set of experiences and influences. “I absorbed it all” she says. Expect to be blown away from her future anthems “Bangers & Mash” and “Supersize”.

http://soundcloud.com/purplepr/ej-mama-im-gonna-sing

EJ - Mama, I’m Gonna Sing by PurplePR

Fallulah

Danish star Fallulah debuted her fun and effortless indie pop in the UK in August with the release of her first UK single ‘I Lay My Head’ and a host of packed out headline dates. Fallulah combines the eccentricity of Bat for Lashes, the musicality of Kate Bush and the spirit of Lykke Li, all amidst a uniqueness that makes her hugely fresh and exciting. Already a star in her hometown of Copenhagen and native Denmark, Fallulah is ready to make her mark on the UK and will be releasing her debut album in 2012.

www.fallulah.dk/

www.twitter.com/fallulahmusic

http://www.facebook.com/fallulahmusic

Fallulah - I Lay My Head by PurplePR

I Am A Camera

It was a chance meeting while escaping from the burning wreckages of their former incarnations - Ian and Francesca collided and sparked an idea for a new band –  I AM A CAMERA.  It grew and grew in more discussions over multiple drinks in Manchester’s dive bars and London’s clubs of disrepute. They were both over everything and wanted something more: Melancholy machines and hard beats. Inspired by the likes of John Carpenter / ‘Assault On Precinct 13’, Robert Mapplethorpe, Spike Jonze, Brian Duffy and HAL from “2001:Space Odyssey”, the electronica duo deliver Torch Songs for the 21^st Century. Serving up stories of illicit affairs, bitter trophy wives, betrayal and revenge, I AM A CAMERA are ready for their own close up. The band will be releasing “Commuter Love” as a free download with a bundle of mixes on December 5th, followed by their first single release in early 2012.

www.iamacameraofficial.com

www.twitter.com/@IAmACameraUK 

http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-am-a-Camera/158095124232609

I Am A Camera - Commuter Love by PurplePR

Jagga

Jagga’s own brand of high-octane, cross-genre floor stompers & signature charismatic vocal have propelled him from the streets of Hackney to the forefront of the UK’s underground music scene. Jagga signed to Major Label Records earlier this year and is currently writing his debut album, with tracks such as ‘Modern Day Romance’ (written with Ant Whiting (M.I.A)) and a collaborative track “I Need You” where Jagga featured alongside West London’s power-production trio TMS, both  received incredible specialist support. Following on from a string acclaimed gigs and headline support slot with Katy B on her UK tour throughout May, Jagga has proven that live he’s a force to reckoned with.

http://jaggamusic.com/

http://www.facebook.com/Jaggamusic

http://twitter.com/#!/jaggaofficial

Jagga - Love Song by PurplePR

Jodie Marie

Raised in Narberth, Wales - isolated and disinterested in the pop charts - Jodie Marie was brought up on a diet of blues and Bonnie Raitt, leading her to a soulful and genuine sound which, whilst bringing to mind the work of the greats such as Joni Mitchell, Tim Buckley and Carole King, hordes an original style and the emotional depth of her writing belies her mere 20 years of age. Discovered by Transgressive management, when Toby L’s father was staying in a B&B during a trip to his hometown in Wales.Overhead speaking of his son’s involvement in the music industry over breakfast, he was instructed by the landlady to check out the local plumber’s daughter’s music, and found a spell-binding voice which he couldn’t ignore. Now signed to Decca to re-launch the classic Verve record label, Jodie Marie follows a strong lineage of artists - from Nina Simone and Billie Holliday to the Velvet Underground - and is set to transcend trends and convention with her debut album that is due out in March 2012.

www.jodiemarie.co.uk

http://www.facebook.com/JodieMarieMusic

http://twitter.com/jodiemariemusic

Jodie Marie - On The Road by PurplePR

Lana Del Rey

Describing herself as the “gangsta Nancy Sinatra” and her music as ‘Hollywood Sadcore’, with a look she describes as ‘Lolita got lost in the ‘hood’, Lana Del Rey has already caused a major stir on You Tube with her self made videos. Just as her D.I.Y video for ‘Video Games’ hit around the 500,000 hits mark it was promptly banned. Lana’s songs, including  ‘Video Games’ and ‘Blue Jeans’, come out of a mixture of her love of David Lynch, Black and White 50’s movies, Coney Island, Hip-Hop and heartbreak. With her first UK live dates selling out in minutes and an album pencilled for 2012 Lana Del Rey seems set for musical stardom. With “Video Games” a Top Ten hit, Q Magazine voting her the “Next Big Thing” at their recent awards and a fabulous debut album to come, Lana is ready for her close up.

http://lanadelrey.com/

http://www.facebook.com/lanadelrey

http://twitter.com/#!/LanaDelRey

Lana Del Rey - Video Games by PurplePR

Modern Faces

Scottish five-piece Modern Faces are bringing classic indie rock back. Having already acquired quite a fanbase in Scotland and their hometown Dunfermline, along with gathering supporters touring with Kasabian and The Charlatans, the band will release their debut Double A Side single Pravda Scrolls/Cocaine Eyes in February 2012. With modern influences ranging from Oasis to The Enemy and The Seahorses to The Verve but with a fresh and exciting rock ‘n’ roll sound, Modern Faces are set to become one of the most exciting new bands of the moment.

www.myspace.com/modernfaces

http://twitter.com/ModernFaces

Modern Faces - Pravda Scrolls by PurplePR

Oh My!

The love children of the mouthiest boy in pop, Example, and super cool label 679 - home to front line pop acts such as Plan B, Marina and the Diamonds and The Streets, Oh My! are Alex, a 19 year old Leicester native, and Milton Keynes born Jade, 20. It’s been a big summer for Oh My! who took over pop blogs and forums with singles ‘Run This Town’ and ‘Kicking and Screaming’.  This and an appearance on the Hollyoaks music show, regular Club Oh My! DJ nights with special gusts including Little Boots and a DJ stint at the swanky DKNY store for Vogue’s Fashion Night Out are making them the most wanted duo in pop right now!  The girls are currently writing tracks for their debut album with Example, superhot producer Amir Amor and MNEK; it promises to be filled with futuristic pop-hits.

http://www.ohmyofficial.com/

http://www.facebook.com/ohmyofficial

http://twitter.com/#!/ohmyofficial

Oh My! - Dirty Dancer by PurplePR

Pepper

“One day sitting at home watching TV, the next I’m sitting in the studio with Dizzee” 

As a general rule, the last place you’d expect to find the future of British pop would be on a TV talent show. But from the moment it was announced that contestants on Sky 1’s talent quest Must Be The Music would be performing their own songs, and that the judging panel would include E3 microphone ambassador Dizzee Rascal, it was clear that a few surprises were on the cards. From there Katie Pepper found herself forging a unique songwriting partnership with one of the most respected - and formidable - figures in British dance music. Dizzee Rascal’s manager and mentor Nicholas “Cage” Detnon - a man with a production pedigree going back to the early days of UK garage, and co-founder of Dizzee’s trail-blazing independent label Dirtee Stank.  Soon finding herself in the studio with Dizzee, Pepper has been on the European circuit with Dizzee this summer performing with him at festivals as she prepares to release her debut album next year.

http://www.pepperofficial.com/

http://twitter.com/#!/pepperofficial

Pepper - Wish It Away by PurplePR

The Civil Wars

The Civil Wars are a magical new band fresh out of Nashville whose debut album ‘Barton Hollow’, will be released in the UK early in 2012. The band set the ‘Later with Jools’ studio alight recently with their debut UK TV performance which can be seen at http://youtube.com/watch?v=A-DB2btV2oQ .The stunning acoustic performance led to the band trending worldwide on Twitter immediately after the show and a huge surge in sales of the US import version of the album. Following a sell-out Union Chapel performance in September the band have announced a headline show at Shepherds Bush Empire on 19th March 2012. 
The band is an enigmatic duo comprised of California-to-Nashville transplant Joy Williams and her Alabaman partner, John Paul White. They are a huge DIY success in their homeland having independently sold over 200,000 copies of the ‘Barton Hollow’ album already through touring and word of mouth. The album reached Number 1 on the iTunes chart in the US to widespread critical acclaim for their music and live shows. 
Adele personally chose the band to support her on her recent US and UK tours and says ‘The Civil Wars are by far the BEST live band I have EVER seen.’ With flavours of blues, folk, Americana, country and classic singer-songwriter their sound is firmly rooted in the gothic American South.

http://thecivilwars.com/

http://www.facebook.com/thecivilwars

http://twitter.com/#!/thecivilwars

The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow by PurplePR

The Knocks

Hotly tipped New York duo The Knocks released their debut single ‘Dancing with the DJ’ earlier this year which was a completely infectious slice of electro dance pop. The pair of beatmongers aka ‘B-Roc’ and ‘JPatt’ have been making a name for themselves producing tracks with fresh undiscovered talent as well as remixing some of the biggest names in the game, including Katy Perry and Passion Pit. They recently toured the UK with Sleigh Bells and supported Ellie Goulding on her American tour along with starring as DJs in a Corona advert featured across the US. The producer/DJ duo recently released a taster track ‘Brightside’ from their new EP and are currently working on their debut album in New York which will feature a host of exciting artists and will be released in 2012.  The will also be supporting DJ Shadow throughout his UK tour in December.

http://www.myspace.com/itstheknocks

http://www.facebook.com/theknocksnyc

http://twitter.com/#!/itstheknocks

The Knocks - Brightside by PurplePR

The Tricks

London based indie pop band The Tricks will be releasing their debut Double A Side single ‘Just For The Summer/Remember Me’, in February 2012. After establishing themselves gigging in and around London, The Tricks were flown to Los Angeles to sign with Unison Music. They then spent a lot of time in LA recording their album with label head and Grammy nominated producer Bruce Witkin and playing gigs at the likes of Whiskey-a-Go-Go and the Silverlake Lounge. Their debut album will be released in 2012 and they are currently playing a host of headline shows around London.

http://thetricks.co.uk/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Tricks/101638053232925

http://twitter.com/#!/itsthetricks

The Tricks - Just for the Summer by PurplePR

Tyson

Tyson’s enigmatic presence on the music scene so far has had the critics raving and the dancefloors pounding. The release of the 70’s disco infused ‘Out Of My Mind’ and ‘Die On The Dancefloor’ which hoarded reviews on blogs such as Too Many Sebastian’s and Harder Blogger Faster and a spot on HypeMachines ‘most blogged’ list have paved the way nicely for his debut album out next year. Tyson’s overpowering disco beats will be taking over dancefloors from London and Milan to New York and Berlin.

http://www.t-y-s-o-n.com/

http://www.facebook.com/Tysonofficial

http://twitter.com/#!/tysonofficial

Tyson - After You’re Gone by PurplePR