WHAT DO WE LOOK FOR?

Every week Signal Committee present an Eclectic Picks playlist. All tracks are selected from the full inbox of 200 tracks that are submitted each week to Fresh On The Net.

Our playlists are orientated to the alternative music fan. Lyrics are not essential, abstract ideas are embraced and the fusing of different genres is encouraged. If you used to write band names on your pencil case at school, you’ll probably like our playlists.

A FEW WORDS

Wise man once said, “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture”… so if you’ve got this far, just give the playlist a listen and let the artists know if you dig it.

LISTEN

You can listen to this weeks playlist using the player below, or click here to open the Soundcloud playlist in a new window. For the best listening experience… crank up the volume and immerse yourself in the music!

 ARTISTS SELECTED THIS WEEK

1. MILD HORSES – Gotta Light?
2. KOKO BER – Three Little Ducks [feat. Renn and The Zeropoint Projects]
3. THE FANTOM MAN – Jazz On Mars
4. OLIRICS – T’ang8
5. PALE BLUE EYES – Tv Flicker
6. ESSLEMONT – Feathers
7. PINK CLIFFS – My Body Says
8. DISTANCE LEFT – Blame
9. DENNY LLOYDS – Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner?
10. CHARTS AND GRAPHS – Mind Control
11. MELV!S – Provisionally Yours
12. JACK SPICER – Retrograde
13. PRIEST OF BEARDS – Erm…
14. COLOUR SERGEANT – Diving For Pearl
15. TATTY TUGS – Shadows of Former Selves
16. HANDSOME RAT – Tide
17. FABIÁN SANHER – Vilhelm
18. AGENT STARLING – The Cordwainers Lament by Agent Starling
19. SUSAN’S BOY – Hold Off On A Hero
20. LOLITA TERRORIST SOUNDS – Prison Song
21. JOSH SEMANS – Winter Heart / Relentless Gesture
22. MATTHEW JAMESON – Track 6
23. GOMRUND – Sir Simon
24. SYREL – The Firm Main Theme

RADIO OPPORTUNITIES

We all have ambitions to get on national radio, but in the meantime there are loads of great, independent radio stations that are always looking for new music of the alternative variety. They offer no promises, but the following hosts tell me they that, if you made this list, they’d like you to get in touch to be considered for their show:

• Chris Watts, presenter of “In The Moog” online on NCCR (UK) (Twitter: @chriswatts1965.  Electronic/synth-based tracks (mp3 &/or WAV) to chrisinthemoog@gmail.com, together with artwork &/or band pic and your Twitter handle).
• Lucas Gil, presenter of Supernova on Glitterbeam Radio (Twitter @lucasgil, apply by his website here)
• Joe Figueira of North Manchester FM (Twitter @moretonguy, apply with MP3, short bio & twitter handle by e-mail to joefigueira@yahoo.co.uk)

POLITE REQUEST TO ALL ARTISTS

If you’re on Twitter, IG etc make sure you put a link to your social media pages on your soundcloud profile. It’ll save curators, moderators, radio folk etc lots of time letting you know you made the cut. On the other hand, maintaining anonymity might lead to a cult following in a remote location that you don’t find out about until someone from Svalbard FM hunts you down 20 years later to do a Searching For Sugar Man-esque documentary.