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Read More A Scottish new music TV show. Or, a new Scottish music TV show.
Either way, it’s not on TV, cause TV’s old fashioned.
There can be no doubt that Scotland loves music. Every year, 1 million
Scots go to see live music, an immeasurable number consume music as
part of their daily lives, and the small nation continues to punch well above its weight producing globally recognized acts of all genres.
But, somehow, there is no Scottish music on TV.
Having been credited with Gig of the Year (The List 2011), being named
as part of NME’s Top 5 UKs Hottest Scenes (May 2012) and one of their presenters hosting the most vital new music show on BBC Radio 1, Detour have their hearts set changing the game.
The fairly ambitious debut episode, released online Sunday 3rd June
2012, features performances from rock monsters United Fruit, fresh from their recent European Tour, alongside newly formed Alarm Bells - who count members of former band Dananananaykroyd amongst their line up.
The episode also crams in a collaborative session at a games arcade, with Edinburgh hip hop MC Profisee teaming up with Chemikal Underground’s new synth-pop signing Miaoux Miaoux. There’s an interview with Australian two piece garage band DZ Deathrays as they are introduced to some Scottish cuisine, and a new voice in the Scottish music industry is born, with ‘Mr News’ reviewing three brand new tracks.
All recorded from a live gig, all squeezed into 30 minutes, and all aiming to bring Scotland’s vibrant new music scene to a wider audience, with a DIY ethic and a blatant disregard for what has gone before.
Watch Detour Episode #1 now at www.detour-scotland.com
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