melodic

<body> <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0" align="center" width="760" height="100%"> <tr><td colspan="6" align="right" valign="top"> <img src="../images/melodic.gif" width="321" height="59"><br> <a class="nav" href="homepage.html">home</a>   <a class="nav" href="news.html">news</a>   <a class="nav" href="buyit.php">shop</a>   <a class="nav" href="guestbook">guestbook</a>   <a class="nav" href="contact.htm">contact</a></td></tr></table> <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" border="0" align="center" width="760" height="100%"> <tr><td colspan="6"> <p>The melodic label began in September 1998 after receiving a demo from James Rutledge. Label founder David Cooper had been to a gig at Manchester's In The City Festival where Twisted Nerve had a night featuring D.O.T, Mum & Dad and Badly Drawn Boy playing live. David explains, <em>' I watched D.O.T and was blown away by their ramshackle punk/post-rock. They were like a Tortoise/Durutti Column hybrid and it gave me faith that young people in the UK [they were all around 19] were listening to some decent music at last! '</em> <a href="melo001.htm">Pedro's EP</a> was subsequently released in June 1999.</p> <p>Since then melodic has signed Minotaur Shock, Topo Gigio, Baikonour and Lucky Pierre. <em>'I've read that many major label A&R people rarely sign acts on the strength of a demo. Every act melodic has signed was down to receiving a brilliant demo tape or CD.'</em> says Cooper.</p> <p><b>Minotaur Shock</b> had <a href="melo009.htm">'Chiff-Chaffs and Willow Warblers'</a> become the first album to be released on melodic and was greeted with high praise. <b>Topo Gigio</b> (Adrien Rodes) and <b>Baikonour</b> (Jean Emmanuelle Krieger) are good friends who hail from Versailles, France but live in Brighton, UK. They bought the first three releases on melodic and decided it was one of their favourite labels so melodic were lucky enough to get their demos before anyone else. <b>Lucky Pierre</b> Lucky Pierre is surrounded in mystery (he's an established recording artiste) but an incredible album called 'Hypnogogia' will be released in July and all should be revealed.</p> </td></tr> <tr><td> <a href="melo001.htm">melo001 : Pedro - Pedro EP </a><br> <a href="melo002.htm">melo002 : Minotaur Shock - Bagatelle EP </a><br> <a href="melo003.htm">melo003 : Empire State - Why Climb The Highest Mountain </a><br> <a href="melo004.htm">melo004 : Minotaur Shock - Motoring Britain EP </a><br> <a href="melo006.htm">melo006 : Topo Gigio & Baikonour - Topo Gigio vs. Baikonour EP </a><br> <a href="melo007.htm">melo007 : Pedro - Chapel Was My Dream </a><br> <a href="melo008.htm">melo008 : melodic T-shirt </a><br> <a href="melo009.htm">melo009 : Minotaur Shock - Chiff-Chaffs & Willow-Warblers </a><br> <a href="melo010.htm">melo010 : melodic V/A - A room full of tuneful </a><br> <a href="melo011.htm">melo011 : Lucky Pierre - Angels on your Body </a><br> <a href="melo012.htm">melo012 : Minotaur Shock - Rockpoolin' EP </a><br> <a href="melo013.htm">melo013 : Lucky Pierre - Hypnogogia </a><br> <a href="melo014.htm">melo014 : Baikonour - Bake Your Tape EP </a><br> <a href="melo016.htm">melo016 : Gavouna - warm industry EP </a><br> <a href="melo017.htm">melo017 : Psapp - Do Something Wrong</a><br> <a href="melo018.htm">melo018 : Pedro - Pedro LP</a><br> <a href="melo017.htm">melo019 : Lucky Pierre - Lucky Pierre vs Minotaur Shock vs Pedro</a><br> <a href="melo017.htm">melo020 : melodic V/A - Tracks for Horses</a> </td></tr></table> </body>