1 August @ Big Chill Festival

Kartel presents Pick Your Own at the Big Chill Festival, Eastnor Castle Deer Park, Herefordshire. Ticket price: Adult £129 / Student £110 / Teen £60.

Pick Your Own presents the following line up from 12 till 6pm in the Big Chill club tent:
Alabama 3
The Alabama 3 make Sweet Muthafuckin Country Acid House Music. All night long. They're not from Alabama, and there's not three of them. They're from Brixton, London. They're the fellas that did that Soprano's theme tune.
Martina Topley-Bird
Martina Topley Bird is one of British pop’s great mavericks. When she first cast strange and exhilarating shadows over contemporary music on Tricky’s ‘Maxinquaye’ in 1995 no one was expecting the arrival of such a precocious young talent. The times were demanding conservative, retro-minded Britpop. Instead, the pair conjured up an intimate yet other-worldly form of down tempo, with Martina’s vocals acting as celestial foil to the blunted genius of the music, causing critics to fall over themselves and cash-till’s to work overtime.
Son of Dave
Cult bluesman who has inspired KT Tunstall, Supergrass, Grace Jones and recently Damian Albarn. SoD returns in 2008 with a critically acclaimed 3rd album called “O3”. The sound has expanded, adding guitar, piano, organ, a plucked cello and backing vocals to the staple looping harmonica, beat-box and foot stomp. The songs are themed around women, drinking, fighting and the dangers of crass consumerism for the working man, ‘03’ also features a cover of War’s classic ‘Low Rider’. "one of the most entertaining performers in the world" Dazed & Confused
Johnny Flynn & the Sussex Wit
Johnny Flynn is a proper, feature-worthy curio, more so than a modern day indie star has any right to be. One minute he’s revealing that his old man was in 'The Avengers', the next that, as a youngster, he used to work on a fishing boat and then that last night he performed with his band at the Royal Albert Hall. A few moments in his company, then, is enough to know that Master Flynn, 24 years old, will be keeping our attention for quite some time. And that's before even hearing his music.
Tom Mansi & the Icebreakers
Centre their unique take on rock n’ roll, country and blues around the steadfast double-bass and, in the words of Time Out recently, “put on quite a show” to boot. Q magazine describes their debut album as a mix of “twisted smoky nightclub balladry and dark funky rockabilly... ideally suited to a David Lynch movie”
The Mules
Co-founders, curators and resident house band of the original “Pick Your Own” night at Big Chill House The Mules play a strikingly unique fusion of stylings old and new, taking in post-punk, skiffle, country, blues and vaudeville. Their debut album, Save Your Face, was release on Kartel in March 2007 and they are currently preparing to record a much anticipated follow up record.
Richard Walters
A name to watch, Richard’s dulcet tones regularly see him compared with vocal greats Thom Yorke and Damien Rice. Inspired by his home towns’, Oxford, burgeoning music scene his songs have been describe as; “simple and stunning” Nightshift magazine, the “most haunting balladry you’ll hear outside of Jeff Buckley or Anthony and the Johnsons” Roomthirteen. In the studio he has worked with Bernard Butler, Guy Sigsworth and David Kosten, most recently completing a single “Brittle Bones” with David Kosten, to be released on Kartel in August. He has supported Imogen Heap and the Dave Matthews band.

Pick Your Own stage at Glastonbury Sun 29 June

Pick Your Own takes up residence in The Pub on the Shangri La fields for THE Sunday night party at Glastonbury. Guests include: Mystery Jets (DJ set), The Mules, The Laurel Collective, The Bleeps, Tramp Club, Tom Mansi & the Icebreakers, House of Brothers, Richard Walters and Kartel DJs. Plus special guests TBC. The running order will go a little something like this:

Threatmantics 9.00-9.30pm
House of Brothers 9.40-10.10pm
Richard Walters 10.20-10.50pm
Tom Mansi & the Icebrekaers 11.00-11.30pm
Kartel DJs 11.30-11.45pm
Micachu 11.45-12.15pm
The Laurel Collective 12.30-1.00am
The Mules1.15-1.45am
The Bleeps 2.00-2.30am
Mystery Jets(DJs) 2.30-2.50am
Tramp Club 2.50-3.20am
Mystery Jets(DJs) 3.20-4.00am
Kartel DJs - between bands and to the end of the night

20 June @ 93 Feet East

Kartel presents it's monthly live music showcase at 93 Feet East
Entrance is FREE. Venue address: 93 Feet East, 150 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL

VERY SPECIAL GUEST - TBA

SON OF DAVE / MORIARTY : Fever - Taratata
<p>TARATATA N° 274 (Tour. 20/03/08 - France 4 - Diff. le 13/06/08)</p>

Mots-clés : son fever pop rock dave 274 son of dave moriarty moriarti fiver morriarty feever the son of dave

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Moriarty
http://www.myspace.com/moriartylands

Moriarty is not only the name of the main character in the Jack Kerouac well know novel "On The Road". Moriarty is a band of 5 musicians: 4 brothers who play acoustic instruments and create a particular musical atmosphere for the deep and powerful voice of the diva. Moriarty’s music is a sweet musical anachronism. It could have been inspired by American and Irish folk, but also blues from the south of United States and even by country music. But it's difficult to describe Moriarty only with these few words, each songs tells a story, occasionally true, often false, but always intense. The band members all live in their own creative universe they called Moriartyland and we are really proud to introduce you to this great band. Over 70,000 albums sold in France to date, Moriarty are planning to release their album in their album in the UK at the beginning of 2009

Pheobe Killdeer
http://www.myspace.com/phoebekilldeer

At a young age Phoebe Killdeer wanted to write and create her own music, she was already listening to what would become her main influences: Tom Waits, Art of noise, Yma Sumac, Nick Cave, Carmen McRae…She began writing and singing her own compositions, and collaborating on various projects with Bang Gang, Basement Jaxx, True Stories, Ernest Saint Laurent, zero dB… In 2004 she takes part in Marc Collin's project, Nouvelle Vague's second album, «Bande à part». Its success will bring her to tour around the world for three years. The public is immediately captivated by Phoebe Killdeer’s unusual voice, strong personality and great stage presence. Phoebe Killdeer has now produced a solo album of extremes and contrast. Fragility and introspection are comfortably married to an exuberant barrage of Rock, Blues and Soul in a debut record that is startling in its accomplishment.

DJs: Border Crossing

More details coming soon...

16 May @ 93 Feet East

Kartel presents it's monthly live music showcase at 93 Feet East
Entrance is FREE. Venue address: 93 Feet East, 150 Brick Lane, London, E1 6QL

Moon Music Orchestra - http://www.myspace.com/theholymoonmusicorchestra
A couple of rooms above a little pub in Borough are the MMO HQ. Something of an East End Big Pink, the Gladstone is where the Moon Music Orchestra has gone from loose knit collective to folk-rock force. Feet firmly on the ground the band run the pub and practice above it. The walls upstairs are lined with banjos, guitars, and mandolins, while a well-worn tape recorder resides on the coffee table, ready to roll. Strictly operating as a six or seven piece, the extended Moon Music family is many and varied- including some time collaborators Findlay Brown and Simon Lord (Simian, Black Ghosts) alongside a gaggle of non-musical creatives. Always inclusive, the resounding Moon Music attitude resides somewhere between the summer of love and a good old-fashioned knees-up...

Moon Music Orchestra at Moseley Folk Festival


Tom Mansi & the Icebreakers (album launch) - http://www.tommansi.com
Centre their unique take on rock n’ roll, country and blues around the steadfast double-bass and, in the words of Time Out recently, “put on quite a show” to boot. Q magazine describes their debut album, Love On The Rails, as a mix of “twisted smoky nightclub balladry and dark funky rockabilly... ideally suited to a David Lynch movie”. Click HERE to buy the album.

Tom Mansi & the Icebreakers "Holly" video


Richard Walters
A name to watch, Richard’s dulcet tones regularly see him compared with vocal greats Thom Yorke and Damien Rice. Inspired by his home towns’, Oxford, burgeoning music scene his songs have been describe as; “simple and stunning” Nightshift magazine, the “most haunting balladry you’ll hear outside of Jeff Buckley or Anthony and the Johnsons” Roomthirteen. In the studio he has worked with Bernard Butler, Guy Sigsworth and David Kosten, most recently completing a single “Brittle Bones” with David Kosten, to be released on Kartel in August. He has supported Imogen Heap and the Dave Matthews band. As well as working on his debut album Richard is recording a side project with Noel Hogan (The Cranberries) called Arkitekt.

Jason McNiff - http://www.jasonmcniff.com
Recent review in Uncut describes Jason as follows; Polish-Irish Yorkshireman Jason McNiff was bitten by wanderlust at an early age. Having busked his way round eastern europe and Egypt in his late teens, he wrote third LP Another Man (WONKY ATLAS) in Spain before landing a job as a Vatican tour guide in 2004. It's suitably weathered too. Hills Of Rome, In our Time and Pilgrims soundtrack his restless travelogue in the vein of a post nashville skyline Dylan. But there are warm echoes of Peter Bruntnell and Martin Stephenson in Mcniff's soft strumming, particularly on Berries.
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DJs: Border Crossing

Kartel presents Pick Your Own

Kartel and The Mules established "Pick Your Own“ as a weekly live residency at Big Chill House during the Summer of 2007. The residency ran for over 2 months and featured performances from a new wave of British artist including; Johnny Flynn & the Sussex Wit, Noah and the Whale, Emmy the Great, Lightspeed Champion, Eugene McGuinness, Florence & the Machine - alongside Kartel bands; The Mules, Fireworks Night, Richard Walters, Tom Mansi & the Icebreakers & Son of Dave.

Such was the success of the night that Kartel released a compilation of new and exclusive songs from some of the PYO performers. A common thread runs throughout the compilation which gives a nod to the current folk and Americana revival which is a distinctive taste of independently crafted pop music. Artists featured are some of the UK’s most exciting prospects. Preview tracks on the website: http://kartelcreative.com/player/pickyourown




In March this year Kartel took Pick Your Own on the road to Austin, Texas with a showcase of British talent at this years SXSW Festival featuring performances from Emmy The Great, Johnny Flynn & the Sussex Wit, Son of Dave and Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man.

“tremendous fun, laudable DIY spirit… in a league of their own”
The Guardian describes a "Pick Your Own“ event