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Just to say the first podcast from unsigned exposed is now up and embedded below

Swin Deorin

In recent years it seems there has been a trend surge within electronic music and its sub genres with each being very popular with the general public. Although this may be true for the masses there are still some who go under the radar one of these artists is Ayrshire’s rising talent Swin Deorin.

Swin Deorin crosses the barriers within electronic music and delves into the experimental side of the genre, “It started out as experimentation on computer programs and evolved into something else entirely”

With an impressively varied collection of influences ranging from Aphex Twin to Tom Waits and also including such artists as The Prodigy, Autechure, Bjork, the Allman Brothers, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and the Dust Brothers. Swin manages to create a unique sound which has started to become more popular with fans even having people within Mexico and as far away as Japan checking out his recent remix of Lady GaGa. He has also managed to rack up over 3000 downloads of his album “Dank Infestor” which for an unsigned act is rather impressive. Swin has managed to go global.




The thing that truly makes Swin different from others is his attitude to music. Even when there is such a debate going on about illegal music downloading and the slow collapse of the major record labels and indeed the music business itself he continues to put his music up for free to download. Swin now had a back catalogue of 10 releases so far of which more will be added in the future.

Even though he has only ever played one gig in his career he still works tirelessly at his music and has future hopes of more shows including a tour of the UK, Europe and possibly the USA. Swin has also worked with such underground artists like Endometrium Cuntplow, RedSK, Soni Jimm and many more.

Although his music may not be to everyone’s taste there is no denying that Swin has started making waves in the underground and indeed the local scene. Praise must be given for this accomplishment.


You can download all of Swin’s work at the below links
For single tracks
http://swindeorin.official.fm/
For full albums
http://www.myspace.com/swindeorin

Martin McLaughlan

In March 2007 Ayrshire music almost lost one of their most promising and loved artist Martin McLaughlan. Thankfully with the support of his now fiancé, he picked his guitar back up and gave it another go. Martin quite openly said that if it wasn’t for her then he still wouldn’t have thought about it. From this rebirth into music as it where Martin managed to play one of his best gigs in the 02 Academy in Glasgow.

With musical influence ranging from Jon McLaughlin and Newton Faulkner to Dallas Green and Eric Clapton, Martin breathes new life into acoustic music by provided it with a rocky edge which is not always seen within this genre.


When asked about what makes him unique Martin states that “I’m me, I don’t try and be anyone else and I don’t try to sound like anyone else. My style might not be unique, but the way I feel about my music is something that not a lot of musicians have.”



It is this feeling about music that does make Martin stand out from other artists within the area. His focus and passion for the music he creates and performs is outstanding, unlike most artists who want only money Martin cares deeply about his art -a bit of financial gain from it wouldn’t go a miss for him though since he now has a wedding to pay for. He believes firmly though that as long as he is still making music and has those closest to him in his life then he would be happy regardless of anything else.

Within a discussion concerning the local music scene within Ayrshire he feels that “It’s dire, the music is there, the acts are there and the commitment is there, it just needs nurtured into something we can be proud of.”

At present Martin is focusing on the upcoming recording of his eagerly awaited debut EP yet unnamed later this month (23rd of August to be exact), which is going to be recorded by his close friends from another local band The Underdog Theory.

For any future gigs and any other information concerning Martin, you can check out his pages on Facebook and MySpace of which the links are below.

www.myspace.com/martinmclaughlanuk
www.facebook.com/martinmclaughlanuk

Photography by Martin Bone Photography
http://www.facebook.com/martinbonephotography#!/martinbonephotography?v=wall

Reclaimed Review on Glasgow Music

So I wrote a review a good few months back for Glasgow Music and I have now realised its been kinda put into the stored file per say so I have reclaimed it and going to put the whole thing on here below, Enjoy





THISFAMILIARSMILE - Red Wine

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Since the release of their 2008 EP "What kind of monster am I ?" Glasgow/Ayr four piece ThisFamilarSmile have been on a fast track to success.Not only have they gained a massive fan base but have toured the UK and parts of Europe playing festivals and general shows.

Their latest offering is their new single "red wine" from their new debut album "Ribbons,Regards and The More Machine" which is out later this year.

The song includes all the usual complexed melodies expected from the band with well blended vocals and the outstanding passion that seems to be in all their songs. Essentially ThisFamilarSmile are a band who put a new spin on an already saturated genre of music and have managed to keep a sense of individuality about them.

With rave reviews from publications like Rocksound the band are sure to be very successful in the future and with the release of their album later this year I can only imagine their popularity growing even more.

http://www.myspace.com/thisfamiliarsmile