Scotland returns to The Great Escape in Brighton from 11-14 May in Brighton, with 16 acts showcasing across the 3-day festival!

Alex Amor
BEMZ
Blair Davie
Dead Pony
Dylan Fraser
Gallus

Hamish Hawk
Kathryn Joseph
Bonnie Kemplay
MEMES
Medicine Cabinet

Retro Video Club
Swim School
Taahliah
Tamzene
Vlure
Voodoos

Scottish Showcases

Thursday 12 & Friday 13 May | 12.00-17.00
One Church, Brighton (1 Gloucester Pl, BN1 4AA) Map

Scotland’s Networking Reception at The Great Escape

Thursday 12 May | 17.30-19.30 CST
The Old Ship Hotel (Kings Road, BN1 1NR) Map

Connect with Scotland's music industry and showcasing artists and enjoy a selection of Scottish delicacies at the Old Ship Hotel!

Join Wide Days and Creative Scotland at the Old Ship Hotel on Thursday 12 May from 17.30-19.30, to connect with key figures from the industry and the Scottish artists showcasing at One Church on Thursday and Friday! 

Deep-fried confectionary and haggis will be served, along with soft drinks made from girders and a whisky tasting hosted in a smuggler's cellar. 

TGE Showcases:

Thursday 12th May
18:30 Coalition

Friday 13th May
15.00 One Church

After setting up a studio in a cupboard under the stairs at her parents’ house in 2018, singer/songwriter/flautist Alex Amor spent two months in creative self-isolation and used technology to work remotely with producers.

She studied textile design at art school, but her compulsion to make music led her to London. Embarking on a creative partnership with producer/remixer Karma Kid. Amor’s conversational songs, inspired by Big Thief, Tame Impala and The Staves, are a vehicle for connection as much as they are personal reflection. 

“Sophisticated dreamy pop infused with a hint of 60s chic.” - Scotland on Sunday.

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Artist Contacts

Management - JP@north.managment
UK/EU Booking - natasha@motherartists.com
Record Label - tamsin.sharp@believedigital.com
PR - bree@yesplease.fm

TGE SHOWS

THURSDAY 12th
13.00 One Church

Jubemi Iyiku AKA Bemz is one of several artists helping to establish Scotland as a bona fide hotbed for Black music, proving that rap’s cultural reach stretches way beyond London. Having first fallen in love with music through childhood influences, Bemz began experimenting with making his own sounds. 

His craft is a form of therapy and self-expression, so every theme explored in his recent EP, 'M4', and within the media has been in relation to situations he has experienced first-hand. Bemz’ sound is unique, his versatility is what makes him stand out as he dabbles in and out of different styles from old school hip hop to drill to grime. 

After previously scoring support slots with The Snuts and being nominated for Scottish Album of the Year, his 2022 promises to be even bigger. From being selected to perform at the BBC Introducing Scottish Artist of the Year final to showcasing at Focus Wales to being a recipient of the Tennents Spotlight Fund and also about to embark on the Tenement TV Discover Tour, Bemz continues to strengthen his standing in the Scottish scene.

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Artist Contact

Management - liam@musicbynatives.com / brendan@morsecodemanagement.com
PR - jenn@electricshores.com

TGE SHOWS

THURSDAY 12th
13.00 One Church
19.30 Unitarian Church

Blair Davie hails from Perth Scotland. He started his career as a solo artist, recording his first record at just 12-years-old before becoming the frontman in several bands throughout his teenage years: learning and honing his talents alongside his peers. Inspired by his love of emotional, heartfelt music from artists such as Dodie, Dermot Kennedy and Bon Iver, Blairs music is his way of presenting the most honest and passionate version of himself to the world. Blairs music deals with coming to terms with his own bisexuality, loss and heartbreak; but also, the beauty that life can offer. After a particularly challenging time in 2020 he realised he had so much more to say as a solo artist and began writing with friend and collaborator Kyle Fummey in their home studio

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Artist Contact

Management - natasha@motherartists.com
UK/EU Booking - jon.ollier@onefiinix.com
Publisher - mark@secondsongs.co.uk
PR - rick.moreno@whiteboardpr.co.uk

TGE SHOWS

Saturday 14th May
19:00 Inn on the Square

Calum Bowie is an Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter from Aberdeenshire. His presence amongst the Scottish music scene continues to grow exponentially, fuelled on by his captivating melodies and authentic lyrics alongside his charismatic on-stage presence.

Calum has an ever-growing social media presence, with over 70K+ new followers on TikTok, since creating his account in 2021. His videos are absolutely everywhere, with over 16M+ views and 2M+ likes, which has helped explode his streams across multiple platforms.

He has enjoyed airplay on Amazing Radio, Original 106FM, BBC Introducing Scotland as well as being championed by Janice Forsyth on BBC Radio Scotland’s Afternoon Show. Calum is building a consistent and loyal fan base, with over 25,000 monthly listeners on Spotify.

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TGE SHOWS

Friday 13th
14.00 One Church

SATURDAY 14th
19:00 Prince Albert

Dead Pony depart from Glasgow’s fertile punk/post-punk movement with a grunge infused sound akin to Wolf Alice, Queens Of The Stoneage and Bikini Kill. Dead Pony’s sonic aggression is matched only by a no-nonsense attitude and infectious battle ready choruses.

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Artist Contact

Management - rosie@kingdommgmt.com
UK/EU Booking - Jamie@xraytouring.com
Record Label - mark@labrecs.com
PR - hayley@goodasgoldgroup.co

TGE SHOWS

Thursday 12th May
20:30 Brighthelm

Dylan Fraser is a small-town kid with wide-eyed ambition. Born and raised in Bathgate, Scotland, he had his sights set on a career in music from early childhood. First picking-up a guitar at just 12 years old (a hand-me-down from his mom, who, subsequently, taught him his first four chords), Dylan would reimagine his favourite songs, by his favourite artists, in his bedroom — everyone from Radiohead to Phoebe Bridgers to Kanye West — dreaming of city lights and plotting a path out of his small, satellite town.

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TGE SHOWS

Thursday 12th May
19:30 Chalk

From the moment they formed in a pub in Glasgow of the same name, Gallus have been on an unrelenting assault on the country’s fertile music scene. They quickly garnered a reputation as one of the best live acts in Scotland and soon took to filling venues everywhere they went. In the space of 12 months they went from filling a 200 cap to a 600 cap venue in Glasgow’s Tenement Trail Festival. Their notoriety for live exciting live shows also saw them sell out the famous King Tuts and receive a nomination for Best Live Act in the Scottish Alternative Music Awards.

However on top of their live prowess, Gallus have been making an impression in the music industry with their varied and adaptable approach to songwriting. Their catalogue stretches across the broad church of punk and post punk music as they meander into new and exciting musical territory with each release.

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Artist Contact

Management - gallus@lockback.co.uk
UK/EU Booking - Stuart.vallans@marshall.com

TGE SHOWS

THURSDAY 12th
22:30 Brighthelm

FRIDAY 13th
16.00 One Church

Rich of voice and even richer of imagination, the singer-songwriter from Edinburgh creates musical pen-portraits as vivid in lyric as they are in melody. In all the wholly best ways, these are chamber pop songs that have swallowed both a dictionary and a compendium of modern urban (and island) fairy tales. And, on Heavy Elevator, his first fully-formed album, this prolific artist presents a perfect ten tracks packed with characters, incident, emotion, geographical/artistic references and tunes to hang your coat on.

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Artist Contact

Management - james@postelectricartists.com / rod@postelectricartists.com
UK/EU - graham@atc-live.com
UK PR - james@prescriptionpr.co.uk

TGE SHOWS

THURSDAY 12th
15.00 One Church

FRIDAY 13th
22.15 Fabrica

Intimate, fearlessly frank and with a fathoms-deep emotional resonance, Joseph’s highly individual expression was first heard on 2015’s Bones You Have Thrown Me And Blood I’ve Spilled which bagged her the Scottish Album of the Year award. Her follow up From When I Wake The Want Is, is of an equally devastating, understated intensity in terms of her heavily rhythmic piano work, striking vocals and vivid lyrics, but with a newly muscular edge and textured depth. Her new album for you who are the wronged will be released worldwide on 22 April 2022.

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Artist Contact

Manager - ray@craftmgmt.com
UK/EU Booking - shane@progressiveartists.co.uk
Record Label - nic@rockactionrecords.co.uk
PR - adrian@insideout.agency

Kapil Seshasayee is an Art Rock / Indian Classical / R&B musician and visual artist from Glasgow, Scotland. His debut LP - “A Sacred Bore” is a concept album about the oppression of the Indian caste system both in India and its diaspora. A high profile collaboration between Kapil and Rap legend LIL B against caste was profiled by The Guardian and Rolling Stone India in 2021.

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Artist Contact

Manager - aarti@konamusic.co.uk
UK/EU Booking - steve@ITB.co.uk

TGE SHOWS

TBC

Bonnie is a current student at the Royal Northern College of Music. She began nurturing her love of performing aged just 11 when she joined a community music club who supported her to explore different instruments and build her confidence. Now aged 19, she has received support from BBC Music Introducing in Scotland for her self-described brand of ‘indie sadcore’, and counts artists such as Soccer Mommy, Julien Baker and Clairo among her inspirations. - BBC Music

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Artist Contact

Manager - mark@allonred.org

TGE SHOWS

THURSDAY 12th
18.15 Chalk

FRIDAY 13th
13.00 One Church

Medicine Cabinet is a band-come-collective based in Glasgow, making raw and dancefloor-ready pop-rock. Despite having no music released, and being virtually untraceable online, the band has developed a strong following in a flash, with fans already singing the words, keen to know more.

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Artist Contact

Manager - aimmi@kingdommgmt.com
UK/EU Booking - mike.greek@caa.com

TGE SHOWS

THURSDAY 12TH
14.00 One Church
19.15 Green Door Store

Hailed for their frenetic, furiously-infectious brand of indie-punk, MEMES are cousins John and Paul McLinden. Formed in 2019 with a name that adeptly mirrored the sardonic sense of fun to be found in their laptop-rock creations, the band released their self-titled debut EP on Fierce Panda Records less than a year later and have been twisting heads ever since.

Performing virtually at festivals from SXSW, to The Great Escape, Wide Days and c/o pop in Germany, MEMES have quickly earned a reputation for their sensory blitzing shows and unconventional stylistics; earning praise from key supporters including Pitchfork, The Skinny, BBC Radio 1, BBC 6Music, KEXP, Amazing Radio, BBC Radio Scotland and many more.

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Artist Contact

Management - michael@amodernway.com / ailsa@amodernway.com
UK/EU Booking - colin@atc-live.com / steve@atc-live.com
UK PR - thom@sonicpr.co.uk
UK Radio Plugger - liv@they-do.com

Rianne Downey

Swim School

TAAHLIAH

Tamzene

Vlure

Voodoos