SCOTLAND AT SXSW
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SCOTLAND AT SXSW -
11-16 Mar, 2024
Austin, Texas
We’re back in Austin presenting a lineup of diverse Scottish artists at the world’s leading new music festival SXSW 🇺🇸
Full details below, and drop us a line if you’re at the event and want to connect 👋
Scottish Networking Mixer
Wednesday 13 March 2024
7.30pm | The Creek and The Cave (indoors)
Meet the Scottish delegates and artists, while enjoying complimentary drinks and veggie haggis tacos ahead of the official Scotland at SXSW showcase.
MOGWAI’s Stuart Braithwaite will be playing his favourite Scottish records, and you can meet the team behind their new documentary ‘If The Stars Had A Sound’.
Scotland at SXSW Showcase
Wednesday 13 March 2024
8.20pm - 2am | The Creek and The Cave (indoors)
Showcase line-up
+ Mama Terra
+ Iona Zajac
+ Neon Waltz
+ Spyres
+ Humour
+ The Ayoub Sisters
+ Rory James
MOGWAI:
If The Stars Had A Sound
The evening before the Scotland at SXSW showcase, a new feature documentary following legendary Glaswegian band MOGWAI from their inception to the present day will have its world premiere at SXSW on 12 March as part of the Film & TV Festival.
MOGWAI - ‘If The Stars Had A Sound’ is filmed and directed by Antony Crook and produced by Kyrie MacTavish (Super Special, Anna and the Apocalypse), along with Naysun Alae-Carew for Blazing Griffin, Marco Colombo and Mattia Della Puppa for Adler Entertainment.
The film is produced with funding from The National Lottery through Screen Scotland. The film is Executive Produced by Antony Crook, Ray Black, Mark Thomas, Lauren Lamarr and Orian Williams.
Artist info
Humour
(alternative)
Humour live together in Glasgow and formed across the 2021 lockdowns, writing and recording their material at home, with the music intended as a backdrop to Andreas' lyrics.
Sometimes they’re about letting people down, sometimes they’re about pets dying, sometimes they’re about trying to say something when you don’t have anything worth saying. They're usually just trying to paint a picture, with Andreas drawing sketches to go along with each of their songs, including last year's EP cover, and the artwork and visuals behind the lyric videos for previous singles.
They hope that each song looks the way that it sounds.
Iona Zajac
(alternative / folk)
Iona Zajac is a formidable presence, particularly when it comes to her live performance. Her music seamlessly blends folk, indie and alternative genres with an authentic grit that has captivated audiences across Europe.
There is an uncompromising ferocity that courses through her songs; fucked up love affairs, weird dreams and wild sex, delivered with a tender, powerful voice and impenetrable stare.
2022/23 was spent mainly on the road, touring with the likes of LANKUM, Billy Nomates, Arab Strap, Anna B Savage, The Cinematic Orchestra, Hamish Hawk and Idlewild.
Mama Terra
(jazz / soul / spiritual)
From Glaswegian Pianist, Composer & Producer Marco Cafolla & Saxophonist Konrad Wiszniewski, Mama Terra are hotly tipped by JazzFM. ‘The Summoned’ is a conceptual journey through life and the universe – a new and invigorated take on spiritual jazz and is focused on Melody, Pocket and Sound.
Released on legendary London label, Acid Jazz Records. Debut single ‘Ruptura’, from debut album ‘The Summoned', went straight in at number one on the iTunes Jazz chart, playlisted for 6 consecutive weeks and single ‘A Mind Supreme’ was track of the week on Jazz FM.
Neon Waltz
(indie)
Hailing from the northern tip of mainland Scotland, Neon Waltz are a four-piece indie band with a rich, melodic sound calling to mind their '60s influenced forebears.
Recorded primarily in a Castle in collaboration with Tarek Musa (Spring King) and the legendary Edwyn Collins, the bands 2023 sophomore album 'Honey Now' showcases the grand, sweeping sound that typifies Neon Waltz and is out via Fierce Panda.
Rory James
(electronic)
Edinburgh-born Rory James creates electronic music with an edge. Think Caribou meets Jamie XX, with hints of James Blake. Influences ranging from Paul Simon and Elvis Costello to Talking Heads and Orange Juice are deliciously fused and intertwined with his love of all things house.
In 2023 Rory performed at Connect Festival, as well as DJing the main stage (Fred Again, Young Fathers, Roisin Murphy); sellout first two headline shows in Scotland (King Tut’s in Glasgow and Sneaky Pete’s in Edinburgh); and support slots for the likes of Hot Chip, Joesef, Sam Gellaitry and Barry Can’t Swim.
Spyres
(alternative rock / indie)
Meet Spyres, a dynamic Indie-Rock quartet hailing from a vibrant music scene in Glasgow, Scotland. Since their formation in 2019, the band has quickly gained attention for their infectious hooks, big choruses and introspective lyrics.
With influences ranging from Courtney Barrnet to The Jesus and Mary Chain, Spyres has honed a sound both the spirit of classical and modern indie-rock mixed with flurry’s of shoegaze. Their breakout single ‘Otherside’ close to 2 million streams on Spotify and shared stages with favourites Nothing But Thieves and the Murder Capital.
(classical crossover)
The Ayoub Sisters
Scottish/Egyptian instrumentalists and composers, The Ayoub Sisters rose to stardom after their debut album premiered at No.1 in the Official Classical Charts.
The sisters are recognised internationally for their chemistry on stage, as well as their ability to unite different musical genres and cultures together through their unique compositional style.
(electronic / post-punk)
VLURE
VLURE defy the rules, they rip up genre trends and create new ones. With a certain honesty and a visceral vulnerability, they confront you and get under your skin. They make you feel things, the way music should. The Glasgow five piece, made up of producers, poets, instrumentalists and multidisciplinary artists blur the lines between live electronics, modern production tech and the performance sensibilities of their post-punk contemporaries. Influenced by, and taking cues from everything from UK rave and trance to happy hardcore and leftfield pop, all packaged in a punk laced wrapper, self producing everything they have released til date, Vlure move genre around as if it was indeed fluid.
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