We proudly announce Left Boy playing at BeatPatrol Festival 2012!
http://www.beatpatrol.at/?show=lineup
Jim Kroft will be the tour support of Sunrise Avenue.
Tour Dates:
17.02.2012 – Braunschweig Stadthalle (w/Sunrise Ave.)
18.02.2012 – Leipzig Auensee (w/Sunrise Ave.)
19.02.2012 – Rostock Stadthalle (w/Sunrise Ave.)
21.02.2012 – Hamburg Sporthalle (w/Sunrise Ave.)
22.02.2012 – NL-Utrecht Tivoli (w/Sunrise Ave.)
24.02.2012 – Düsseldorf Mitsubishi Electric Halle (w/Sunrise Ave.)
25.02.2012 – B-Brüssel VK (w/Sunrise Ave.)
27.02.2012 – L-Luxemburg den Atelier (w/Sunrise Ave.)
28.02.2012 – F-Paris La Maroquinerie (w/Sunrise Ave.)
01.03.2012 – CH-Bern Bierhübeli (w/Sunrise Ave.)
02.03.2012 – CH-Pratteln Z7 (w/Sunrise Ave.)
04.03.2012 – CH-Herisau Casino (w/Sunrise Ave.)
05.03.2012 – A-Linz Posthof (w/Sunrise Ave.)
06.03.2012 – HU-Budapest Dürer Kert (w/Sunrise Ave.)
08.03.2012 – SK-Bratislava Majestic Music Club (w/Sunrise Ave.)
09.03.2012 – CZ-Prag Palac Akropolis (w/Sunrise Ave.)
10.03.2012 – Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle (w/Sunrise Ave.)
11.03.2012 – Münster Halle Münsterland (w/Sunrise Ave.)
Exciting news…new single "Given Up" comes out on 6th February!!
"Given Up" comes close to encapsulating what could be considered Sanguine’s core strengths across their eclectic debut. Formed around a relentless riff – which literally never gives up driving at the lugholes, and a Trojan horse hook – which really will get into your head and require some force to evict, it exemplifies the song craft which shines at the centre of even the band’s heaviest moments.
We're proud to annouce that Jim Kroft will support the great band: Martin and James
Tour dates:
01.02.2012 – Hamburg Knust (w/Martin and James)
02.02.2012 – Bremen Lagerhaus (w/Martin and James)
03.02.2012 – Köln Luxor (w/Martin and James)
04.02.2012 – Osnabrück Rosenhof (w/Martin and James)
05.02.2012 – Darmstadt Centralstation (w/Martin and James)
06.02.2012 – Dortmund FZW (w/Martin and James)
07.02.2012 – Berlin Magnet (w/Martin and James)
08.02.2012 – Dresden Beatpol (w/Martin and James)
09.02.2012 – Saarbrücken Garage (w/Martin and James)
11.02.2012 – Göttingen Nörgelbuff (w/Martin and James)
12.02.2012 – München Ampere (w/Martin and James)
WithGuitars.com vote Sanguine's "For Love" No.6 best single of the year out of their named top 50 singles 2011! Sanguine's single "For Love" beat Radiohead and Enter Shikari if you can believe it!
Tarin Kerrey features the new album of Primal Rock Rebellion (Adrian Smith's (Iron Maiden) and Mikee W Goodman's (Sikth) ). The first track of the album is available to listen to on the Iron Maiden website. This interesting fuse of musical backgrounds is promising to be an epic tribute to old and new metal styles, including some new twists vocally, as a given, produced by vocal god Mikee W Goodman and that's without mentioning Adrian's guitar work which is second to none…
Tarin and Nick have been invited to work with Jesper Strömblad (ex-guitarist In Flames) in Sweden! We'll get results soon!!
Check out Left Boy's new video "Outro".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVvwcNgCh5E
Black Velvet magazine has given Sanguine's single For Love 5 stars (or 5 hearts as printed in this glossy mag!).
http://sanguineband.com/#/gallery/reviews/4f0384ad-c00c-4ac7-b378-5ae00a000001
Come and join the Tunics on the 26th November at Lido. (Cuvrystraße 7, 10997 Berlin)
Check out the Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=218598508203982
Dance on the Tightrope sind Newcomer der Woche auf putpat.tv
We L.I.K.E!
Check it out: http://www.putpat.tv/news/2011-11-14-dance-on-the-tight-rope-newcomer-der-woche
JIM KROFT: Reviews for the new album "The Hermit & The Hedonist" coming in daily now. have a look anf have a listen:
http://www.plattentests.de/rezi.php?show=8881
"Capital Of The Sun" official video came out last week. Presented with a great review on the band's EP at musikexpress.de
http://www.musikexpress.de/news/meldungen/article121580/dance-on-the-tightrope-interview-und-videopremiere-zu-capitol-of-the-sun.html
Big Cheese review Sanguine's For Love single featuring Anger Song:
"this searing single artfully bridges aggression with anthemic choruses that tread a varied line between stadium rock and Maiden-esque power metal. Having long played by their own rules, these refreshingly different rockers have carved out a truly unique path that looks set to continue into increasingly exciting territory."
Sanguine were one of three bands entertaining the Miss Alternative UK event at Newquay's Walkabout in Cornwall on the 28 October. The event raised funds for the S.O.P.H.I.E foundation that focuses on creating respect for and understanding of subcultures in our communities.
Beginning from Monday 10th October, Jim Kroft will be releasing a series of acoustic performances exclusively filmed with bands from Berlin. The songs will be released through his website and a new performance will be released every day until “The Hermit and the Hedonist” is released on 21st October in Germany. Check it out: www.jimkroft.com
We are proud to announce that Dance on the Tightrope won the BERLINVISION SONG CONTEST 2011 – Well done boys!
Check out the new Video "I want to". Click here and enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od1iVRmvCIc&feature=player_embedded
Free download at www.leftboy.com
Fast Forward Magazine's video of the week: Jim Kroft – Waiting For A Healin'. We agree – big time!
http://fastforward-magazine.de/?p=12425
Dance on the Tightrope is headlining the "Pfotenklang" Charity Event at Lido on September 27th. Support animal rights and be there!
Dance on the Tightrope is headlining the 8th Birthday party this thursday September 22nd @ Rosi's in Friedrichshain. Come and Dance with us!
On June 21st, Left Boy gave us a summer pirates-of-the-caribbean-flavoured treat: his first official unofficial video, "Jack Sparrow". Since it got on YouTube, it's made the rounds on the internet blogs and picked up over 70,000 hits…a good sign of things to come!
DANCE ON THE TIGHTROPE will be releasing their eagerly awaited second EP "paste" on september 9th.
Make sure you get your limited presale ticket for the record release show on Saturday, September 10th featuring an special aftershow event with exclusive DANCE ON THE TIGHTROPE DJ-Set.
Get your ticket here: http://www.danceonthetightrope.com/
Dance on the Tightrope is headlinging the launch party fo PAWN PARTY @ KTV in Berlin Mitte tomorrow! Event:
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=199667173428976
Sanguine got invited to play at the Bloodstock Festival 2011, one of the biggest metal festivals in England.
Here are two interviews… Enjoy!!
Cravemetal TV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DReQxnaaTqo
GetYourRockOut:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=kVHA3WCrdbA
Damian at the Brave Music Agency is the Tunics new booking agent for the U.K. and Europe ex-GSA. Check it out: http://www.brave-music-agency.co.uk/
Jim Kroft will be playing at Bergfunk Festival this summer. Mellow Sunday Acoustic Set on August 14. All infos: http://www.bergfunk-openair.de/
DOTT will be featured on the annual compilation "Listen to Berlin" this year. It's one fantastic track of the upcoming EP. The Compilation will be presented at Berlin Music Week in September. http://www.berlin-music-commission.de/192-1-listen-to-berlin-201112.html
The judges made their call – DANCE ON THE TIGHTROPE will be playing at Berlin Vision Songcontest in October!
Are you a citizen of the Capital Of The Sun or Capital Of The Moon? Check out the competition and vote for your favorite song: http://www.danceonthetightrope.com/
The physical format of the upcoming Album "The Hermit And The Hedonist" has arrived today. It is looking fantastic!
Livingston played a packed open-air show in Frankfurt's Flussbühne, right on the river Main, opening for the Women's Football World Championships
June 24th & 25th – Livingston played alongside pop superstars Roxette at the Audi Rock Pop Days. It must have been love…
On June 22nd, Left Boy release his first video "Jack Sparrow" this year. It's ill its dope its fresh its tight.
June 23d the Tunics will be performing a charity show at the the Temple Walkabout in London to raise funds for the victims of the Japanese Tsunami earlier this year.
June 20th – June 21st
Performing at Berlin's Magnet and Koln's Luxor in support of Cage the Elephant. Promise to be well attended if not sold out shows where the band will be looking to gain new fans.
Manta Ray is proud to announce that we now manage UK Singer/Songwriter Jim Kroft. We are seriously amazed by this guy's energy.
Check out his profile on this site: http://www.mantaraymusic.co.uk/artists/jim-kroft/
Website Link: http://www.jimkroft.com
Livingston kicked off their summer tour supporting Unheilig, Germany's best selling artist of 2010. They played two rocking shows in Bonn and Fulda to over 10,000 people
Dance On The Tightrope is playing at the Fête De La Musique this tuesday: July 21st, Fête De La Nuit, Lido (Berlin). Your way to further details: http://www.danceonthetightrope.com
Livingston supports Three Doors Down
After spending the first half of 2011 locked in a studio, Livingston played their first show this year supporting US rockers Three Doors in Stuttgart's legendary Porsche Arena. What a way to kick off 2011
Media City Tour with The Tunics in Cologne (28.5. Underground), Hamburg(29.5. Indra) and Berlin (30.5. Magnet Club).
Recorded at Studio East and ML Audio Berlin together with Ed East (Brian Jonestown Massacre, I Heart Sharks, The Tunics) and Sebastian Basi° Becher (Wir sind Helden, Jan Delay, 2Raumwohnung).
Manta Ray Music is proud to announce that we now manage LEFT BOY, the sickest thing since the Beastie Boys.
Check out his profile on this site: http://www.mantaraymusic.co.uk/artists/leftboy/
March 8th: The Tunics new single "I'm broke your bored" has been released. Check out the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo-llIbNlpw
Livingston has returned to the studio to begin recording their second album. They have holed up in the UK at Fisher Lane studio with three time grammy winner David Bottrill (Muse, Placebo, Tool).
The second album by The Tunics, entitled Dabbler's Handbook, will be released in GSA on March 25th and in the UK on March 28th.
Chalet Girl / Powder Girl: Livingston is featured with two songs and a scene (performing) in the hollywood production "Chalet girl" with Sophia Bush, Bill Nighy and Ed Westwick.
English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYkVRi5Vuq8
German: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzmuqC6IjNY
Manta Ray Music is proud to announce that we are now the management for Dance on the Tightrope, an exciting new band from Berlin that balances on the thin line between edgy electronica and a state of the art epic-alternative-indie-rock. You can sample their emerging sound using the links below.
Check out their myspace: http://www.myspace.com/danceonthetightrope or their profile on this site: http://www.mantaraymusic.co.uk/artists/dance-on-the-tightrope/
Livingston will be touring Western Europe from October to November with unique metal act Apocalyptica. The tour will take them through Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Poland, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg!
The tour begins October 12th, see here for the full listing http://www.livingstonmusic.co.uk/en/community/blogs/post/admin/2010/09/european-support-tour-with-apocalyptica/
Livingston will be supporting Simple Minds on the 29th of August in Jüchen.
Manta Ray Music is proud to announce that we will now be managing Ben Mercer of Right Click Save As. Right Click Save As is a fresh new one man indie pop acoustic/electro act from London, listen to their terrific demos here or on his myspace.
Check out his myspace: http://www.myspace.com/rightclicksaveasband or his profile on this site: http://www.mantaraymusic.co.uk/artists/right-click-save-as/
Livingston will be playing more than 30 festivals this summer, giving everyone across Germany and neighboring regions a chance to see their spectacular live act. The non-stop touring schedule will keep the band busy all the way into September.
View their website for full details http://www.livingstonmusic.co.uk/
Paul Bolton of X-Ray Touring is now the exclusive booking agent for Livingston, for all territories excluding USA. We are very pleased to be working with Paul Bolton and X-Ray.
Livingston will be playing Rock am Ring and Rock am Park this year, two of Germany's biggest rock festivals. The band will be taking the stage along side mega acts like Muse, RATM, Them Crooked Vultures, 30 Seconds To Mars, Kiss, and many more.
Hit Livingston track 'Broken' has been featured in Til Schweiger's (Inglourious Basterds, Keinohrhasen) hit film 'Zweiohrkuken', which to date has grossed $39 million, making it Warner Bros' biggest local language title of 2009.
Manta Ray Music has successfully placed Livingston and The Tunics, with tracks 'Broken' and 'Shine On', respetively, in Til Schweiger's (Inglourious Basterds, Keinohrhasen) hit film 'Zweiohrkuken', which to date has grossed $39 million, making it Warner Bros' biggest local language title of 2009.
The Tunics track 'Shine On' has been featured in Til Schweiger's (Inglourious Basterds, Keinohrhasen) hit film 'Zweiohrkuken', which to date has grossed $39 million, making it Warner Bros' biggest local language title of 2009.
Manta Ray Music is proud to announce that we are now the management for The Virgin Tongues. Their profile on this site will be updated with their material soon: http://www.mantaraymusic.co.uk/artists/virgin-tongues/
The Tunics have been chosen to share the stage with UK Indie staples Bombay Bicycle Club on their UK tour.
The band will open up for Bombay Bicycle Club in Liverpool, Birmingham, and Newcastle.
Livingston's debut album, Sign Language, hit number #1 on Germany's newcomer chart. The album, which was released on the 9th of October also placed at number #16 on the overall album charts during its release week.
"Broken", the first single off of Livingston's debut album Sign Language, maintains a strong presence across German radio, entering the Top 20 Radio Airplay charts at #19. On SWR3 Radio, Broken hit #1 on the listener voted charts on the week of its release.
The Broken music video continues to perform well, breaking into the Top 25 VIVA Top 100 Charts and reaching #2 on the MTV.de Video Charts.
Livingston has landed their first top 20 success, debuting in the charts at #16, making them one of the most succesful newcomer bands in the market. Thanks in large part to a tremendous campaign put together by Universal Music which has been rocking air waves and televisions across Germany, Switzerland, and Austria with the bands soaring rock sound, the band is now a rapidly rising star.
Livingston's debut album, Sign Language was released today in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. The album can be purchased online or at any good music store. International shipping is available from amazon.de. The album has been many years of hard work in the making and has required a lot of work from a lot of great people, including our friends & partners at Universal Music. A massive congratulations to Livingston, this is just the beginning!
The first single off of Livingston's debut album Sign Language, entitled "Broken", entered the Top 25 German singles chart. The album will be released on October 9th, this Friday.
Whilst on their European tour the band has received confirmation that Steve Strange from XRay Touring (Coldplay, Elbow, Pixies) will act on the bands behalf in booking all future UK and European shows. We are excited to be working with Steve Strange and XRay.
The first single off of their debut album, Sign Language (October 10th), entitled "Broken" is out today! Available in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, the single can be purchased online or from any good music store. International shipping is available from Amazon.de.
Legendary TV presenter Ray Cokes has personally selected the Tunics for an acoustic performance and interview at the Reeperbahn Festival (25.09.09). Having chosen only 5 bands a day (Biffy Clyro, Dinasour Jr…) Ray has asked the band to come in to his meet and greet at the Schmidt Theater. The band are delighted to attend.
http://www.reeperbahnfestival.com/rahmenprogramm.php?lang=en&prog_id=90
Livingston will be appearing on THE DOME show on RTL II on Saturday Sept 5th. The band will be playing "Broken", their upcoming single. Check out the THE DOME website for more details: http://www.thedome.de/start
Livingston returned, tanned and happy after shooting the video to their upcoming single, Broken (Sept 25th), in the desert outside LA. Watch the video below!
The band will embark on a European club and festival tour this September with shows in Spain, Germany and Russia. This will be the first time they tour Europe and has come as the result of fan's requests in these countries.
Dates
August
28th Sala Costello (Madrid, Spain)
29th Bestialc Festival (Castellon, Spain)
September
5th GirlGuide Festival (Shugborough, UK)
7th The Water Rats (London, UK)
12th The Edge (Croydon, UK)
19th Backstage (Munich, Germany)
20th Beatpol (Dresden, Germany)
21st Shocken (Stuttgart, Germany)
22nd Zum Teufel (Heidelberg, Germany)
23d Hazelwood Studios (Frankfurt, Germany)
24th NBI (Berlin, Germany)
25th Reeperbahn Festival (Hamburg, Germany)
October
3d Tinkoff (Moscow, Russia)
4th A2 (St.Petersburg, Russia)
Livingston's debut album, Sign Language, will be released on October 10th by Universal Music/Vertigo. The first single off of the upcoming album, Broken, will be released on the 25th of September.
Tunics headlining show at the O2 Academy 2 in Islington on the 23d of July is now officially sold out. The band will be performing a 90 minute set including tracks from their debut album and a new tracks from the upcoming recording of the 2nd album.
Manta Ray Music is proud to announce that it has signed an exclusive license to Universal Music Germany for Livingston. Universal plans to release the bands debut album in the fall on its Vertigo sublabel.
The boys will be heading up to sunny Scotland in July to play the always terrific T in the Park. You can catch them playing the Futures stage on July 12th.
Livingston played the last show of their club tour of germany last night in Berlin, at the Magnet Club. The tour was very successful and we would like to thank all the hundreds and hundreds of fans who made each night such a special occasion.
The Tunics will be playing Club NME Brighton at the Coalition on April 1st.
The Tunics will be playing Club Fandango at the Dublin Castle on March 24th.
The Tunics have chosen the incredible Joe Blanks to be their new drummer. They are very excited to be working with Joe, who in between breathing fire and drumming on the Cirque de Glace has also appeared on ITV as a teenage drumming prodigy.
Joe on ITV: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1GuoEQBxTA
Joe's Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/joeblanks
Livingston will be touring Germany in May for their first headlining Club Tour. They will be playing the following dates:
Do, 07.05.2009 Leipzig, Moritzbastei
Support: Tim Neuhaus
Fr, 08.05.2009 Bremen, Kulturzentrum Lagerhaus
Support: Tim Neuhaus
Sa, 09.05.2009 Worms, Kultursommer
FESTIVAL
So, 10.05.2009 Oberhausen, Zentrum Altenberg
Support: Tim Neuhaus
Di, 12.05.2009Frankfurt, Nachtleben
Support: Cloudberry
Mi, 13.05.2009 Hannover, Musikzentrum
Support: Bitune
Do, 14.05.2009 Koelln, Die Werkstatt
Support: Bitune
Fr, 15.05.09 Lahnstein, Lahneck Live 2009
FESTIVAL
So, 17.05.2009 Hamburg, Marx (Markthalle)
Support: Lorenz Theuer (The Rain)
Mo, 18.05.2009Berlin, Magnet Club
Support: Tim Neuhaus
Livingston begins their nine date tour of Germany today with artist Thomas Godoj.
Cost of Living was released today as a digital single and a 7inch vinyl. The video has been playing across E4 and NME TV while the single has been getting airplay on XFM and BBC London Radio.
Cost of Living, the first single by The Tunics has been playlisted on E4 and NME TV.
If you still haven't seen it, check out the video here: http://www.mantaraymusic.co.uk/artists/tunics
The Tunics will be playing Club NME Swansea at Sin City on November 28th.
The Tunics were selected as the Pick of the Week in NME today, for their upcoming gig at Club NME Swansea. Thanks guys!
Livingston wrapped up their very succesful tour with Ich + Ich, having won tremendous support across all of the shows and selling hundreds of EPs at each show.
The Tunics have invited all their fans to come down and be a part of their first official video, to be shot on a madly packed hired routemaster bus and at a gig that night.
Livingston has been chosen by Ich + Ich to tour with them on 10 dates in November. We are extremely proud to be supporting Germany's biggest selling and record breaking act as they tour Germany and Austria.
Livingston were invited to play Revolverheld's annual hometown gig at Stadtpark in Hamburg. The show was tremendous, thrilling more than 4000 cheering fans.
Manta Ray Music have launched our publishing arm, Manta Ray Music Publishing, enabling us to further extend our portifolio of services and opportunities that we offer to our artists. MRM Publishing will also focus on new catalog and bringing our offerings to artists who have existing management and label deals with other providers. For more information please contact publishing@mantaraymusic.co.uk
Manta Ray Music has expanded our worldwide reach, opening an office in Berlin to bring us closer to the dynamic German market. The new office is located at:
Mariannenstraße 31/32
2 Hof 1.OG
10999 Berlin
t: +49 306 981 9328
The Tunics have been invited to play ZXZW after rapidly climbing a dutch alternative top 40 chart, all the way to #6.
The Rain have released their debut album Involver in Germany. The album is available from most digital and physical retailers in Germany.
The Tunics announce their first major UK tour, to take place from the 27th of June to the 12th of July. They will be touring with fellow London band, The Piccadillys.
The Tunics have released their debut album, Somewhere In Somebody's Heart, in a limited edition form. It is available from most digital and physical retailers in the UK, and thetunics.co.uk.
Livingston sets out on their third German tour with UK band The Duke Spirit. The tour will be from the 28th of May to the 5th of June.
The Rain release their first single "I Wish" in Germany. The single is available from all major digital retailers, including iTunes.
The Rain begin touring Germany to support the German release of their album "Involver". The band will be on tour from the 10th May – 31st May.
The Rain has released a new video for their single "I Wish". The video is available on the bands websites and youtube.
The Tunics have relaunched their website, thetunics.co.uk. Check out their new site to download exclusive content and purchase the album when it is released.
To promote their upcoming limited edition album, Somewhere In Somebody's Heart, The Tunics have announced a special regional campaign to thank their fans. Every two weeks, starting March 5th, two tracks from the upcoming album will be given away for free on their website. At the end of the campaign a special edition of the album will be released, containing a blank CD so that fans who have collected all the tracks can burn their finished copy for a fraction of the price of the retail album.
Starting the 4th of March and continuing through the 20th, Livingston will be touring Germany with hard rock band Blind.