SCOTLAND AT FOCUS WALES
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SCOTLAND AT FOCUS WALES -
09-11 May, 2024
Wrexham, Wales
We’re back in Wrexham flying the flag for Scotland at FOCUS Wales 🏴
Full details below, and drop us a line if you’re at the event and want to connect 👋
Bee Asha & The Band Tees
(presented by PITCH Scotland)
Friday 10 May
18:35 | Penny Black (Room 1)
The Big Day
Thursday 09 May
21:50 | Wynnstay Hotel
Creating their own trajectory and tearing up the rulebooks come The Big Day. Pushing the parameters of their sound and vision, The Big Day are gradually becoming one of the most identifiable and iconic acts in the Scotland. The ambitious and unafraid four piece have released only three singles to date but are fast becoming the name on the tip of everyone’s tongues. Creating spirited indie-pop bangers taking influence from the likes of The Killers, U2 and Bleachers, The Big Day are emphasising quality over quantity.
Conscious Pilot
Friday 10 May
21:50 | Wynnstay Hotel
Kryptik
(presented by PITCH Scotland)
Saturday 11 May
19:00 | Old No.7
Paisley-based emcee, Kryptik, started out as a beatboxer and graffiti artist, performing at local events in his early teens. This naturally transitioned into production in 2006, before heading on to study Sound Engineering and carving out a reputation as a Drum ‘n’ Bass DJ and events manager in Glasgow.
Attracting critical acclaim with recent singles, ‘Ayahuasca’ and ‘Sinner’; Kryptik kicked off 2024 with his latest release, ‘Roses N Daisies’. A deeply emotive track which has seen support from The National, BBC Introducing, SAMA Top 10, Resonate “Artist of the Week “ and British Airways in-flight entertainment playlist, “Next Big Thing” by Tina Edwards.
With a wide range of influences, his sound is diverse and energetic with passionate and authentic lyrics. He is a natural performing artist and leaves a memorable impression wherever he goes.
Psweatpants
(presented by PITCH Scotland)
Friday 10 May
19:10 | Penny Black (Room 1)
Psweatpants is a 24 year-old artist from london based in Scotland and is strongly known within the Edinburgh and Glasgow rap scene presenting his hard vocal, Pswatpants ability to bring you into his song writing by his realistic metaphors and conceptualised delivery, drawing inspiration from life and artists herein the UK and Stateside such as Slowthai, Skepta, AJ-Tracey and Vince Staples.
Psweatpants has been nominated for best hip hop 2022 at The SAMA’S (Scottish alternative music awards) and for the sound of young scotland 2022 at the SAY awards, he has also been played on Radio 1, Radio 1xtra recently being part of the 20223 BBC INTRODUCING X BBC 1XTRA RAP CYPHER, as well as having track of the week on BBC introducing scotland and BBC 1Xtra.
Psweatpants has also supported Bemz at his sold-out event at King Tuts and had also supported such acts as pinty, the mouse outfit, stanley odd, Nova, The Snuts, Declan Welsh, Master Peace, Vlure and Hak Baker.
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