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Foreign Echo

329 Montague Street

Albert Park

VIC 3206 Australia

info@foreignecho.com

Archy Stranger

Archy Stranger is a producer, vocalist and songwriter based in Melbourne. Experimenting with a variety of musical styles, his production palette reflects influences from house, ambient electronic, hip hop and new wave to deliver a unique brand of pop electronica.

Initially gaining attention as a versatile session songwriter and producer, being a vocalist in his own right was not always his intention. Favouring processed or sampled vocals in his works, he began to slowly incorporate his own voice after creating several promising reference tracks for other artists and brought forth his own unique sound. Recent collaborations in the studio include the likes of Tkay Maidza, as well as Triple J Unearthed favourites Tobiahs and Austen, with the latter’s 2018 stomping alt-pop anthem Too High To Cry and forthcoming debut EP wholly produced by Stranger. His own latest single, Rumours, is available 9th May ahead of a debut EP later this year.

Nasty Mars

Nasty Mars is a unique singer, songwriter and performer based in Melbourne. From the age of 19, he began recording and releasing music under the Nasty Mars moniker, drawing influence from a wide variety of musical styles including, Soul and RnB music, as well as poetry and contemporary art. In 2016, he met his current band-mates and collaborators The Martians, and have since begun captivating audiences together in a series of must-see shows across Melbourne.

With a shared love of Jazz and Soul, Nasty Mars & The Martians have gone on to create and release their first single, Soul Island and double A-Side, Heaven/You, and are set to release a conceptual debut EP later this year.

In a short period Nasty Mars has cemented himself as one of the most exciting upcoming artists and performers in the country.

Sebastian Roca

Sebastian Roca is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in Sydney finding the spaces between alternative jazz, latin and soul.

Roca received his first guitar at a young age as a Christmas present from his mother and has been quietly writing ever since. Taking inspiration from sounds he grew up with at home, from the jazz crooner Chet Baker to bossa nova and latin fusion greats like Joao Gilberto and Jorge Ben, he began developing his own signature style.

With a keenly anticipated second record on the way, he is currently hard at work developing a live translation of his sound and feeling on stage. The currently untitled new project promises to further explore boundaries of genre and style.

Skin On Skin

The enigmatic and illusive SKIN ON SKIN burns all night through a mix of smoked-out techno, 909-soaked classic house and the best of early Memphis rap to deliver dance floor anthems straight to your brain. After joining Mall Grab on sold out stops in Sydney and Brisbane last summer, his bone-shaking debut EP dropped in February via iconic Newcastle label Steel City Dance Discs, home to the likes of Loods and Nite Fleit. Opening track and lead single, Multiply, with its screaming sirens and unmistakable TR-909 toms, exploded online and became an instant hood classic across the UK long before its official release on SCDD009. Ready to burn the club to the ground, SKIN ON SKIN is hitting the road in 2019 with a string of headline dates across the country before letting loose overseas, starting with a highly anticipated European run later in the year.

Tkay Maidza

Tkay Maidza is undeniably one of the most recognised names, faces and sounds in Australian music. Despite her age the Zimbabwean-born rapper, singer, songwriter and designer has already been in the music business for the best part of a decade. She exploded onto the scene in 2014 as a teenager fresh out of Adelaide, and discovered there was a world ready and waiting to hear the versatility of her voice.

Her first releases instantly won a loyal following and secured a record deal, and she hasn’t looked back since. Early hit singles such as M.O.B. (achieving Gold Record status in 2017) and Simulation were followed by critically acclaimed debut album TKAY, an ARIA nomination and a string of collaborators including Martin Solveig, Killer Mike, Troye Sivan and JPEGMAFIA.

Tkay has proven to be an explosive talent not only in Australia but across the globe, winning an MTV European Music Award in 2018, being nominated as a Viewer’s Choice Best New International Act at the 2016 BET Awards, as well as performing at Governor’s Ball in New York and being part of an international advertising campaign for Mumm Champagne alongside the world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt.

On her latest EP, Last Year Was Weird (also the name of her own recently-launched fashion label) Tkay reflects on growing up, finding herself and finding a level of confidence and courage that she believes she needs to take her to the next level. Flexin’, the first single from the EP was a hard-hitting comeback statement, with Tkay showing off her eclectic flow with a feature verse from a guest in career best form Duckwrth, the two artists combining to produce one of the most electric songs of 2018.

Tobiahs

Melbourne based producer Tobiahs, combines elements of house, pop and garage to deliver his unique vision of lyric driven dance music.

Having created music since the age of 15, Tobiahs has skilfully crafted and established his sound, initially gaining attention from the likes of What So Not and Hayden James through a series of remixes shared online. His debut single, Through To You, a garage-inspired story of troubled relationships, was released in 2017 to critical acclaim and has since garnered millions of streams across Spotify and Apple Music.

Two follow up singles, To Be Honest and Sculpted, further established Tobiahs as one of the country’s most exciting and in-demand young producers, with Sculpted receiving high national radio play and leading him to make his festival debut alongside the likes of Mura Masa at FOMO in 2019. Extensive writing and experimentation has since gone into the development of a debut project, due to be released later this year, encapsulating his signature aesthetic, vision and soundscape.

UV boi بنفسجي فوق

The enigmatic sound of UV boi بنفسجي فوق, a combination of eclectic and bass-driven sounds, has seen the producer gain a cult following.

As a teenager he began producing and releasing tracks out of his bedroom onto sites such as Soundcloud, developing loyal followers both locally and overseas with an emotive and engaging blend of hip hop, pop and electronic songs. His breakout single, Luv, earned him national award nominations, and a co-headlining tour with fellow Brisbane producer Young Franco saw a string of sold out shows across Australia.

His 2017 sophomore EP, Returned Alone was followed by a headline Australian tour, with international dates across South East Asia and North America.

He has since been crafting a highly personal and eagerly anticipated debut album.

VILLETTE

VILLETTE is a producer, singer and songwriter based in Auckland, New Zealand. A member of the Red Bull Sound Select program in New Zealand, VILLETTE has skillfully crafted a multifaceted and genre-fluid style.

With a dark production palette of RnB, Hip Hop, Soul and Electronic, offset by smooth and serene vocals, she has garnered international attention from the likes of Kaytranada, AlunaGeorge and Soulection’s Joe Kay, as well as features on Apple Music and BBC Radio 1.

At home in New Zealand, her debut headline performance was sold-out, while she has played several major festivals since 2016. From the conception of her debut mixtape, Drip Crimson, VILLETTE has been pushing the envelope with her own production and visual output including a ground-breaking Virtual Reality video for her single, Money.

After taking a short personal break from music in 2018, she has since returned to the studio and has been hard at work crafting her next record, a stunning return to form due to be released later this year.