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LIVE AND UNSIGNED 2011 WINNERS

THE TRINITY BAND

Live and Unsigned 2011 winners The Trinity Band first had National success through Sky One’s Must Be the Music, and now the five-piece from Derby are already creating waves since winning Live and Unsigned 2011 with exposure with top names across the national media. Click the links below for publicity samples;

The Trinity Band formed in 2006 after cousins James and Craig Dawkins met founding member and rapper Obe Watson (nicknamed Rukus) at a musical church workshop he was facilitating. The group soon recruited singer Dwaine Hayden and bassist Pete Sharpe. Although formed in 2006, the guys decided to take their hobby seriously in 2010. Their sound crosses the genres of hip-hop, soul, R ‘n’ B and rock with the result described by the band as ‘Trinatronic’

The Trinity Band on Sky One’s Must be the Music

In 2010 the band were also finalists of Sky One’s Must Be the Music, impressing judges such as Sharleen Spiteri, Jamie Cullum and Dizee Rascall, who said, “That was impressive… the energy, the swagga was live, the playing ability was wicked as well.”

They have an impressive individual and collective repertoire, and have worked with many of the music industry greats including Mark Ronson, Jay Z and Sway.

To check out The Trinity Band, visit their website www.thetrinityband.com

LIVE AND UNSIGNED 2010 WINNERS

THE LOTTERY WINNERS

Formed in October 2008, Indie band The Lottery Winners are certainly making big waves in the music industry. The fresh and funky four piece are well recognised for their original and quirky image and draw their inspiration from the Rock and Roll era of the 50's. They have cited Morrissey, The Smiths, the Beach Boys and Paul Simon as a few of their musical influences.

The band won Live and Unsigned 2010 which since then the band have been busy! They've been heavily featured in National and Regional media including Zoo magazine, The Fly, Kerrang, Q and Mojo. They've been performing at festivals up and down the country and even in Italy, on the main stage of one of Europe's most recognised festivals for new music, Tour Music Fest.

You can check out The Lottery Winners here www.myspace.com/thelotterywinnersmusic

THE DETOURS

Glaswegian five piece band The Detours formed in 2006, citing Metallica, Iron Maiden and Bullet for my Valentine as their influences. As a result of winning Live and Unsigned The Detours signed an exclusive sponsorship deal with Extreme Clothing and worked with top producer Romesh Dodangoda at Long Wave studio - who has worked with Funeral For A Friend and Twin Atlantic.

Unfortunately, months after winning Live and Unsigned lead singer Danny Shah decided to leave the group in order to pursue a solo career.

KIDDO 360

Kiddo's style is confidently distinct; the music is quite simply alive with energy. The band generates an energetic fusion of Funky-Electro, Soul, Rock, Hip Hop and Techno - something they like to call 'Hip Rock Funk Hop'. Kiddo 360 has supported many established artists including The Wombats, The Bloodhound Gang and The Scratch Perverts.

After winning Live and Unsigned, Kiddo360 also went on to pick up the Best Unsigned Music Award at the prestigious Vodafone awards, collecting the award live on Channel 4 from Steve Jones and Juliette Lewis. Held at the Carling Academy in Brixton, London they won an award alongside Kate Nash (best female), The Ting Tings (Best live Breakthrough act) and Mark Ronson (best male).

As a result of winning the competition, the band have been featured in NME, Channel 4 and XFM. They have also recorded with award winning producers Animal Farm who have recently finished work on the new Muse album.

You can check Kiddo 360 out at www.myspace.com/kiddo360

B-KAY & KAZZ

B-Kay and Kazz are Malawian/Zimbabwean born brothers, who are singers/songwriters, originating from Southern Africa and now currently located in Milton Keynes.

Their UK debut single "You know its right" released by Future Music went to Indiestore number 1 from March to May 2008 and Top 5 in the DMC World Hip hop chart in June. Their video achieved playlist on Soundnet, Flava, Channel Fizz, Music Choice, Channel U, Sky News showbiz, Sky news active and Bubble Hits which all helped their debut single released on 21st July 2008 enter the UK Top 40 National charts peaking at number 30.

Following on from their success with their debut single and a UK wide tour in 2008 the brothers have been establishing themselves within the UK urban scene by supporting top entertainers such as Ne-yo, Day 26, Omarion, Jay Sean, Nathan, Sean Kingston & Lemar.

You can check B-Kay and Kazz out at www.myspace.com/BkayKazz

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