Hidden Treasures

Artists these days get a lot of stick for not being up to scratch, especially when in comparison with   music that been produced in generations gone by, and, if you look in the charts, that is a point that could be easily justified. However, contrary to popular opinion, an unlimited supply original innovative music is indeed out there, the UK TOP40 just isn't the place to find it. Here in "Hidden Treasures" I hope to introduce you to some fresh new artists that are under the radar but not short on talent..



Sleigh bells here with "Tell 'em". The American Synth-Punk duo here giving us a taste of their ability to make a what sounds like lazers, a scorched bass mixed with angelic vocals fit together harmoniously in a disco trance rave that epitomises, and discards the pressures of youth conformity and oppression. Whilst all the while makes you want to get up on your chair and jump.

Imogen Heap has been in the industry for over ten years now and with the exception of  singles "Hide and Seek" and "Goodnight and Go" that did reasonably well after featuring on TV programmes, she has not had much commercial success to speak of. Despite this in my opinion Heap is one of the UK's most underrated artists. Only recently did she speak out over the struggle faced by fringe acts to stay commercially viable in this cut- throat industry, especially when it comes to funding tours and live events. "Speeding Cars" is just another stunning example of Heap's production of a genre of music that you cannot quite classify. It's electronica that doesn't sound like electronica, personal but not intrusive, the type of music that you could sit looking out of your window and listen to all day.

If it's a good old fashioned guitar band you're after, Glasvegas are another majorly underrated British export to check out. It's difficult to believe that a band of this calibre has recently been dropped from their label, but it's not entirely surprising given the cut throat nature of the music business today. Nonetheless.. Glasvegas are a force to be reckoned with and this track being no exception, with James Allan seemingly getting more Scottish as the song goes on, it does nothing to take away from the modern heartbreak and heart soaring rifts encapsulated here, it has to be something rather special.