Check out a video showcasing some fine lighting skills from our resident lighting guru Sam Jones.  We highly recommend him to anyone out there looking for a lighting crew - he's a true pro and a fine gent too!

Unique Beats' super web portal machine (laptop) died hence the lack of updates but we're back and just in time to let you know about some amazing electronica events taking place in Edinburgh very soon.

We can't recommend highly enough the immense band The Bays, electronica legends and a band that manages to draw huge crowds and headline festivals without ever releasing an album. eh?  Because they improvise every single live gig they've ever done. Immense.  They are playing the Edinburgh Caves on the 1st of August supported by The Hidden Orchestra (formerly Joe Acheson Quartet) and Asthmatic Astronaut - who have both played at previous Unique Beats events and are amazing.  All Edinburgh (and beyond) fans need to be there...we certainly will.  Click here to buy tickets before it's too late.
Check out The Bays in the following video:

Click this word and you'll magically be taken to Unique Beats mystical 140 character heaven full of tasty insights from our electronica filled minds.

So it's been a long time coming but Unique Beats has finally started collecting tracks from the artists that have performed at one of our events to appear on our first free compilation.  We've started receiving tracks and if the quality stays this good (which it will) this compilation may literally blow your face off...in a good way!

We hope we can release it sometime in July and it will be released through Unique Beats netlabel and a number of other websites and netlables so hopefully, in keeping with our events, we'll be getting our artists some fantastic exposure and much deserved recognition.  We'll keep the updates coming but for now we've just received Anchorsong's submission so we're off to have a listen...

Well what can I say?  It happened - it was amazing!  Pictures and videos to come very soon as well as details of our plans for a show during this years Edinburgh Fringe.

There are 3 stages at Unique Beats festival and not only will each stage be showcasing an eclectic line-up of performers they will also have their own visual artists,

Unique Beats stage will feature visuals from Robert Motkya of www.weedogmedia.co.uk:

The Ten Tracks stage will feature visuals from the chaps over at www.two5studios.com:

Laptop Lounge vs. Vinyl Club Stage will be joined by the Laptop Lounge resident VJ's:

Join www.TenTracks.co.uk for free and get tickets to both Unique Beats Fesitval (midday - 1am) and the Departure Lounge @The Caves (feat.Bass Clef/Hypnotic Brass Ensemble 10pm-3am) both running on the 24th of April for just £15.  A ridiculous bargain I'm sure you'll agree.

The venues are really close to each other so you can come and go as you please!

Follow THIS LINK to join www.tentracks.co.uk for free and be able to purchase the tickets at this massively reduced price.

Companies:
* ABLETON
* AKAI
* ALESIS
* BOSS
* CAKEWALK
* DIGIDESIGN
* KORG
* M-AUDIO
* MOOG
* NORD
* NOVATION
* NUMARK
* PRESONUS
* PROPELLERHEAD (REASON)
* ROLAND
* UNIVERSAL AUDIO
* YAMAHA

Acts:

Unique Beats (hall) stage:

Anchorsong (live)
Engine 7 (live)
Bit basic (live)
LeKtroiD (live)
Alex Tronic (live)
Melvitronica (live)
noi! Input (multimedia live show)


Ten Tracks stage:

Frog Pocket (live)
Lamplighter (live)
Asthmatic Astronaut (live)
Chief Of Belize (live)
Ibitron (live)
Cracked World Foundation (live)
Deaf Professor (live)
Iliop (live)
Monosyth Orchestra (live)
Anklefink (live)
Federology (live)

Laptop Lounge vs Vinyl CLub Stage:

Guga
Project Dataline
Anonymi
3rd Mountain
Phiktion
Plan29
Spectralisis
Psience
Swede
+ LL vjs.
Slo Mo DJ's
Pulse DJ's (Darrell Harding/Andy Hay/John Gerard)
Dee-Mond
James Carroll
+ more to be announced...

Ten Tracks have released the headline act for their stage...FROG POCKET! 
Frog Pocket is a regular on the live circuit and friendships with other labels ensures he always keeps himself busy.  His manic, physical sets are a spectacle that can only impress.  Incorporating backing beats, live fiddle, guitar and vocal, Frog Pocket has maintained his credibility both as a musician and contemporary electronic performer.(taken from www.benbecula.com)

We are also pleased to announce Glasgow synth pop maestro Tokyo Knife Attack will be taking the journey eastwards to join us on the main stage.
Here's what Pest Control Records has to say:
"Tokyo Knife Attack is the work of Glasgow resident Craig Bell who's musical influences cover a broad spectrum, but most notably electro hip-hop, disco and synth pop.

Craig started making music as a kid in the 80's by putting cassette recorders inside cardboard boxes and battering them with wooden spoons, a technique he still advocates to this day... although he has developed a few extra skills over the years, we think you'd agree.

His chunky beats and friendly melodies swim gleefully against the current tide of dark and bassy electro, although he has been known to indulge in a spot of darkness himself with the brooding debut EP 'Generic Signal' for his Ditone project in 2006."

More info including details of when and where tickets will be on sale coming very soon...

We're hugely proud to announce that Ten Tracks, the Laptop Lounge and Leith FM's Vinyl Club will be joining us at the festival to run the 2 downstairs stages. 

Ten Tracks is a revolutionary music download service where each month they ask those in the know to create a 10 track compilation album.  The music is varied, new and exciting and with the likes of Soma Records, Fat Cat Records and Optimo curating the release you're guaranteed quality music all the time...oh, and each 10 track compilation costs just £1 or subscribe for £10 and receive 120 tracks!  Check them out now!

The Laptop Lounge is " A unique monthly event bringing you the finest in contemporary electronic music.

Exclusive live acts and VJs make laptop lounge your eclectic melting pot of all things electronic. Laptop lounge is broadcast live on the internet.

Turn on, boot up, zoom out..." 
More info at: http://www.laptoplounge.co.uk

The Vinyl Club was formed by The Disfunktional Residents, a group of friends with a desire to hear quality electronic music on their community radio station Leith FM.

The show now in it’s 5th year has developed to include a guest mix each week with many established artists both local and international supporting The Vinyl Club, giving you, the listener, a sample of their forward thinking, our aim is simple: To provide quality underground electronic music in it’s many forms. This has always been what we pride ourselves on regardless of current trends, past fads or future flavours, we always aim to give you a memorable soundscape and most of all, one you will tune in to week after week.

The Laptop Lounge are joining forces with the Vinyl Club to run one of our stages and it's going to be absolutely sublime.  they are keeping all details quiet at the moment but expect the unexpected as two of Edinburgh's best purveyors of electronica join forces for one night!