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“As debut singles go, Rocheman’s ‘Windmill’ is just about as intriguing as it is impressive.” - Gold Flake Paint

Windmill is the debut single from London stage music composer and sound designer Rocheman, released digitally via NX Records on 29 September.

Rocheman’s sound is an immersive exploration of post-punk, new-wave and electronica that both fights and embraces the bedroom production aesthetic.

It has multitude of layers and textures, showcasing an artistry in the sculpting of dreamy enveloping soundscapes. There’s a welcome lack of refinement and over-production that gives the work of Rocheman an otherworldly fogginess, heightened by the ‘other’ voices which drift in and out as if harmonising from another world, giving the constant feeling of someone unseen, yet omnipresent ‘off stage��. The cinematic reference is apt as Rocheman finds inspiration in the stylised uncompromising works by David Lynch, Wong Kar-Wai and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The result is a sound encompassing both a sense of grandeur and an orchestral ambition, but viewed through a hazy D.I.Y screen. Broadcast and Scott Walker have also made an impression on Rocheman’s work, the latter present in his deep baritone delivery and both in the avant-garde experimentation. On his debut single Windmill there’s a fragility and sensitivity which also recalls the work of artists like Sufjan Stevens or Julia Holter, blended with a skittish psychedelia, poured into luscious pop melodies, reminiscent of Animal Collective. All running to a backdrop of new-wave synths, a nod to the cinematic scores of John Carpenter, but narcotic-tinged and with a leftfield pop sensibility.

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NX Mixtape 2017

Presenting the NX Records Mixtape 2017, our fifth annual mixtape giving you a taste of 30+ brand new tracks from the best that Goldsmiths has to offer, creatively weaved together by La Leif. Over an hour of free, downloadable, new music.

Goldsmiths alum La Leif is an incredible composer and producer, plays in the duo ORKA as well as the Nomadic Female DJ Troupe and co-runs a collective for female and non-binary music producers/sound enthusiasts called Omnii.  She was the perfect choice to mix together this year’s amazing selection of new music and she hasn’t let us down with our most exciting mix yet.

TRACKLIST

Tracks featured: 1. Luxes- Birds 2. Remi- Grief 3. Gillie Ione- Clouds Today 4. Mar- Who 5. Genevieve Dawson- Running 6. Charles Vaughan- Green Leaves 7. Francesca Ter-Burg- Into the Woods 8. Gaspar Narby- Drawing Lines 9. Tony Njoku- Once Again 10. Fille- Queens 11. Funeral for Bird- Over Now 12. YANNA A- My Love (runs from me) 13. Journeyperson- In the Business Lounge 14. Jay Hammond- Silky White Skin 15. Rosie Everett- 60 16. Calluna- The Drop 17. NX Panther- Oh Industry 18. Insect in Plexiglas- Agressive Adoration 19. Worm Hears- Only Wanted 20. Penny Churchill- ATA 21. Gus White- Ballroom 22. bRAt- Ur Heart 23. John García Rueda- City Trails 24. Sian Miriam- Paid 25. D Parks- The Pain We Feel 26. Hol- Best Dad 27. Ordinary Noise- Pale Blue Dot (You Are Here) 28. VUDA- Bateman 29. Keúk- Water 30. CYANA- Constant MRI (feat Sam Wilkinson) 31. Amy Hollinrake- Fade Into This 32. Catherine Okada- Fix This up 33. Megan Tuck- Let Me Apologise

Artists in detail

LUXES Luxes is a London based music duo, formed by current Goldsmiths BMus Popular Music students Marco Spaggiari and Penny Churchill. Both engineers, producers and musicians, they start to collaborate on various studio based projects in November 2016. Their main aim is to explore sound in a very textural visual sense and like to create ambient sonic worlds.

REMI

19-year-old singer/songwriter from Bexleyheath currently studying his first year of popular music at Goldsmiths. Soul/R&B/Gospel-inflected music.

GILLIE IONE

Gillie Ione is a producer/ singer-songwriter, centering around an experimental pop sound, with an undercurrent of folk influenced narrative. Originally from rural South Wales.

MAR

GENEVIEVE DAWSON

Genevieve Dawson is a singer-songwriter originally from Edinburgh and now based in South-east London. At the heart of her songs is an arresting honesty, a directness and warmth that has caught the attention of London’s alt-folk scene.

CHARLES VAUGHAN

producer, musician, performer, DJ, programmer and technician and current Goldsmiths Music Computing student. Charles has been producing music for 6 years now, first being signed at 16 introducing EDM, and now moving on to more intricate electronic music, hip hop and also ambient and experimental music.

FRANCESCA TER-BERG

Francesca Ter-Berg is a cellist, composer and sound recordest based in London. She is one of the leading Klezmer cellists of her generation and has studied with internationally renowned teachers including Ahmed Mukhtar, Tcha Limberger, Dr. Alan Bern and Dr Jyotsna Srikanth. She has collaborated with many of the UK’s top artists including acclaimed folk singer Sam Lee, The Unthanks, Talvin Singh, Portico and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Francesca has recently completed her Masters Degree in Popular Music at Goldsmiths where she started developing her interests in film composition, phonography and electroacoustic composition, resulting in her developing a live performance approach that encompasses some of these elements with playing the cello.

TONY NJOKU

Tony is a British-Nigerian electronic music producer and singer-songwriter from London. His self-penned and produced songs have been described as ‘strikingly evocative soundscapes, managing to make even the shortest pop songs sound like epic adventures.’

FILLE

Fille (‘girl’ in French) is a third-year Goldsmiths pop music student originally from Northern Ireland, a project started when she lived in Marseille - becoming influenced by French electronic music there, producing her own tracks after mainly playing classical music before. She likes to merge her classical background with electro and pop influences and also composes music for film.

FUNERAL FOR BIRD

An 18 year old singer/songwriter. It’s indie folk, but with elements of electronic and and rock, and more ecclectic influences from soul, ambient music and hip hop.

YANNA A

DARK/ALTERNATIVE, 20 yr old songwriter/musician based in North London. Currently studying at Goldsmiths and influenced by artists like Pj Harvey, Tori Amos and Hole.

JAY HAMMOND

Singer, musician and visual artist using foley and manipulating sounds of found objects alongside creative vocal techniques. ROSIE EVERETT

Starting as an acoustic singer / songwriter Rosie Everett’s soulful voice has always been at the forefront of the mix. Even as her sound has developed we can still expect to be captivated by her melancholic melody lines and deeply emotional lyrics. Now creating mesmerising dark pop, Rosie’s voice demands your attention by pulling onyour heartstrings and singing into your ear with a catchy and beautiful sound. Her Debut E.P. ‘A Change of Perspective’ is now available on Spotify and iTunes

NX PANTHER

NX Panther is the pseudonym of singer, songwriter, rapper and visual artist Alia Pathan. Fusing hip-hop/grime with world samples and home-made beats about cinema, dead technology, legacies and sightings of a mythical panther.

INSECT IN PLEXIGLAS

I am a 19 year old songwriter from Belfast currently living in South East London, I like making songs in my bedroom using old keyboards and cassette tapes.

WORM HEARS

A Three piece queer punk/noise pop band based in South East London, influenced by bands like Beat Happening, Pixies and Weezer. Writing songs about a lot of different things but often they are at least partly influenced by experiences of growing up as a transgender person.

PENNY CHURCHILL

A conceptual Producer, Artist, Sound creator (Musician?). Explores and uses songwriting as a medium, platform to reflect and create the internal thoughts of the ‘glass thinker’/human as a vessel. Their purpose is to create sonic worlds which bring to life the storyline narratives which their lyrics carry. Penny creates surreal moments within the music as a way of reflecting how thoughts, ideas and processing may sound in a musical context connecting the music and the body together in performance. Music as an extension and amplifier of the limbs, reflecting sonically the thoughts encountered by a human being.

GUS WHITE

Growing up in a small village in wiltshire, Gus began his career as a choir boy. He studied sonic arts at Queens University in Belfast and is influenced by Jeff Buckley, Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake.

bRAt

“Classically trained musician writing pop music”

John García Rueda

Colombian producer, improviser and tiple performer exploring cultural heritage from contemporaneity.  He has composed music and designed sound for film documentaries, dance works and multimedia installations.

SIAN MIRIAM

From the Isle of Anglesey in North Wales, a combination of darkly comic and openly emotional stories are brought to life through song and spoken word in both Welsh and English. The focus is on honest and brave direct storytelling developed through insecurity. Unaccompanied singing is integral to this work. However a string quartet enhances the various textures, dissonances and clashes in the stories - but the empty space of just one voice tells bold truths.

D PARKS

Until now, D has been sweet, humble, trusting, passionate, patient and kind. Now that she has finally grown up, been through shit, opened her eyes, D is now officially vexed. In her music, she reveals some home truths, empowers, and stir up some emotions, using her creativity as the tool.

HOL

Hol is the project of Luke Jackson, working within the creative community of South East London. His songs explore stories of confusing, lonely romance with explicit sexuality and blunt introspection.

ORDINARY NOISE

Colchester indie 4 piece, as heard on BBC 2, BBC 6, and BBC Introducing Essex and Suffolk.

VUDA

VUDA is a singer, songwriter and producer based in East London. She fuses electronic synth sounds with trip-hop inspired beats to create haunting and ethereal pieces of work. She has been likened to Banks, FKA TWIGS and Lana Del Rey and her visuals and her live shows are just as haunting and mysterious as her music. VUDA has also been writing for other artists over the last few years and has written four short films to accompany her solo debut EP VOLUME I to be screened this Summer. She will be releasing VOLUME II this Autumn.

KEÚK

British born Kyle Fairhurst AKA Keúk is the pseudonym of 21 year old Goldsmiths student in London. These are experimental projects inspired by the juxtaposition of electronics and nature. Before studying Creative Writing, Keúk has been writing and producing their own tracks since the age of 14. Even though ‘Water’ was recorded on a phone, it has recently received airplay on BBC Radio Introducing in 4 different locations. Keúk is in the middle of recording their debut EP named ‘Vessels’.

CYANA

This is CYANA’s first piece exploring sound design and is inspired by her epilepsy and the disorientation pre and during having a seizure. The sounds are from the machines in hospital used after having a seizure (EEG machine) and the harmonies and form play with the confusion and dream state the brain goes into to recover after the ordeal of a seizure.

AMY HOLLINRAKE

Vocalist and songwriter.

Session vocalist. 

City University BMus.

Goldsmiths University MMus (current).

Debut EP ‘fade into this’ 2016.

CATHERINE OKADA

Catherine Okada, an independent artist, supported James Blake for numerous dates in 2011 in London and Japan, as well as collaborating with Airhead on “Callow”, featured on his debut album “For Years”. Expect to hear scatterings of nostalgia and strong hooks married with contemporary, alternative songwriting, often with dark lyrical undertones and powerful imagery. Having recently self-released her debut EP “Hourglass” in 2016, she has more releases lined up in the year ahead.

MEGAN TUCK

Megan Tuck is a singer-songwriter based in London, who’s powerful vocals are accompanied by her band and electronics which are also inspired by her EDM background. She also records and produces her own alternative pop tracks, while her band sets have more of a rocky vibe. Inspired by a vast amount of genres and people, her influences range from Beyonce and Lady Gaga to FKA Twigs and Bon Iver.

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SUBMIT YOUR MUSIC

We're opening for submissions from the 1st of February to the 28th of February 2017.

Thank you for your continued support of NX Records. We're really looking forward to exciting plans for more individual artist releases, our live album release plus all the amazing events that come with that and a whole lot more! The very first thing we did as a label, was to release a mixtape, mixed by Crewdson. In our 2nd year the mixtape was mixed by King of Hearts, then Bunki and finally Semi Precious. It is our favourite time of year- getting to hear so much amazing, new music, expanding our artist roster and showcasing the incredible talent on offer. You can listen to all of our previous releases here.

This year we're thrilled to announce that La Leif will be mixing the mixtape. Especially after hearing her remix of FEMME's ‘Romeo’.

TO SUBMIT

Just send us your track in a downloadable link to nxsubmissions@gmail.com with the subject 'MIXTAPE 2017'.

Submissions will only be counted if they are received between the 1st and 28th of February 2017 (midnight) and...

- original, with all samples used cleared for copyright. - recorded to a high standard of production and quality - .wav format - no longer than 5 minutes long - Previously unreleased and from an unsigned act unless you have permissions from your label

- DOWNLOADABLE

Please also include relevant information about your track/band such as:

- biog

- social media links

- photos

- live set up (we have a few exciting and high profile events lined up and will be looking for suitable acts to perform)

In submitting to the mixtape, you must be aware of the following: - A Goldsmiths student or recent alum (past 3 years max) must be a main creative contributor to the track. - Tracks will be creatively mixed into a continuous mixtape and therefore may be changed and certainly shortened. - We are expecting a high volume of submissions and will be choosing the best of these based on what we feel is new, interesting and well executed. The decisions will be made by the NX Creative team, including experienced industry professionals, Simon Deacon - as Director of Popular Music Performance at Goldsmiths (and one of the NX Creative Directors) and Matthew Herbert. We have no "genre" preference. Decisions will be made based purely on merit and what is felt appropriate for the label.

The deadline for submissions is midnight on 28th of February 2016.

We will be following up this release with a series of high profile events featuring some of the artists chosen.

Please be aware that we will also be choosing artists to feature on this year's compilation release from this mixtape. If you submitted to the mixtape last year, please do submit again in order to be considered for the compilation.

If you have any questions, please email: nxsubmissions@gmail.com

We look forward to hearing your music!

Ruthie & the NX team

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310NXRD: NX Records’ Pop Up Shop 310 New Cross Road, Weds-Sat 12-6pm until Nov 19. For the fourth consecutive year, NX Records’ Pop Up Shop is back with an array of products from independent labels (Drag City, Wagtail, Because, Hyperdub, Slowfoot…), local artists (Charles Hayward, Ashley Paul, FEMME…) and Goldsmiths students and alumni including, of course, the latest releases from Accidental us, NX Records. If you have vinyl, CDs, tape of your band/act, we'll happily stock them for you.

Our hugely popular in-store live sessions are also back. So beautiful and consistently creative are these performances that we have decided to record and film them this year and will be releasing our first ever ‘live compilation’ as part of our annual ‘Crossing Lines’ series. You can find out about these performances on our facebook and make sure you’re signed up to our mailing list or enrolled on our VLE page if you’re a student/staff member (just search ‘NX’ in courses)

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NX Needs creative people...

NX Records (www.nxrecords.co.uk, a collaboration between Goldsmiths and Matthew Herbert's Accidental Records) needs writers, designers, visual people, film makers, photographers and more... We have global distribution through Caroline International, ties with all sorts of industries and run successful marketing campaigns which have had attention from Vice to The Independent and beyond. For the opportunity to make something cool, work with other amazing creatives and develop your professional network, contact us now: hello@nxrecords.co.uk

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NX Records MIXTAPE 2016... OPENING FOR SUBMISSIONS ON 1ST FEBRUARY

Happy New Year! Thanks for all your continued support of NX Records. We have lots of exciting new plans for this year including more releases, events, panels and more! Firstly, every year we put out a mixtape and this is your chance to submit your music to our panel for consideration for the label.

You can listen to all of our previous mixtape releases as well as our compilations and artist albums here. It all starts with the mixtape so read the following information very carefully if you'd like to be an NX Records Artist. This year’s mixtape will be released at the end of April and submissions will be open on 1st February. Tracks must be: - original, with all samples used cleared for copyright. - New or unheard (i.e. if it is a track you have been working on for sometime but have not played live or released to the public, you may submit it) - recorded to a high standard of production and quality - .wav format - no longer than 5 minutes long - named using the following formula: band/artist_song name and in the comments, please write your name, email address and band members - Previously unreleased and from an unsigned act.

- DOWNLOAD ENABLED In submitting to the mixtape, you must be aware of the following: - Only 1 track per artist/band may be submitted, with a maximum of 2 projects per person (if they are a main creative contributor) - A Goldsmiths student or recent alum (past 3 years max) must be a main creative contributor to the track. - Tracks will be mixed into a continuous mixtape and therefore only sections of the songs will be used, not the entire song and may have the beginning and/or end slightly changed by the previous and/or following track and transitions used. - If your track is on soundcloud, you will need to remove it or make it private between confirmation of the track being used and for a short time after the release of the mixtape. - We are expecting a high volume of submissions and will be choosing the best of these based on what we feel is new, interesting and well executed. The decisions will be made by the NX Creative team, including experienced industry professionals, Simon Deacon - as Director of Popular Music Performance at Goldsmiths (and one of the NX Creative Directors) and Matthew Herbert. We have no "genre" preference. Decisions will be made based purely on merit and what is felt appropriate for the label. How to submit:

Send us a private message with the track on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/nxrecords

Please name it "[artist/band]_[track name]" and include a short bio or description of who you are (for example what you study/when you graduated etc), credits and anything else you think we should know! The deadline for submissions is midnight on the 29th of February 2016. The expected release date is the end of April. Successful submissions will be notified by the end of March. We will be following up this release with a series of high profile events (at the Southbank Centre, amongst others) featuring some of the artists chosen. Please be aware that we will also be choosing artists to feature on this year's compilation release from this mixtape. If you submitted to the mixtape last year, please do submit again in order to be considered for the compilation. If you have any questions, please email: ruthie@nxrecords.co.uk We look forward to hearing your music! Ruthie & the NX team

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NEW RELEASE! Semi Precious’ EP ‘When We Talk’, in collaboration with Squareglass. Available as digital download AND Limited Edition 7″ vinyl! Buy now directly from us on our bandcamp page!

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We are extremely excited to announce our collaboration with Squareglass with a stunning new track from Semi Precious‘s EP ‘When We Talk’. Listen to the track and read Semi Precious’ interview with Notion Magazine here: http://notionmagazine.com/track-premiere-semi-precious-when-we-talk/ We can’t wait to share with you the rest of this beautiful work which will be released in July, co-produced by Matthew Herbert.

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Our third annual mixtape is OUT! Stream in full on DIY now...

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PureGold - The Launch!

Friday 8 May, from 5.30pm at 
Festival Village, Southbank Centre SE1 8XX


PUREGOLD: A FESTIVAL OF MUSIC FROM GOLDSMITHS

An annual celebration of eclectic and innovative music coming out of Goldsmiths, University of London. For the 4th year running, we return to London’s Southbank Centre for our PureGold launch. From gamelan, opera and contemporary works to singer-songwriters, bands and electronica, audio, video and installation, discover the future of music at the PureGold festival as part of Friday Tonic, to include special guest appearances.

Previous artists and musicians who have performed at the PureGold festival include: Ultraísta vocalist and upcoming artist FEMME two of the Guardian’s bands of the day, Bat and Ball & Semi Precious and artists from our own independent record label, NX Records, who will be releasing their 2015 mixtape featuring many of tonight’s artists.

for more information www.gold.ac.uk/puregold

This event is free and un-ticketed - come and join us!                        

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NX Records MIXTAPE 2015... OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS UNTIL FEB 28TH!

Thank you for your continued support of NX Records. We hope to continue the successes of our 2nd mixtape, Crossing Lines II, first album release from These Ghosts, pop up record shop and various related events in 2015. We're really looking forward to exciting plans for more individual artist releases as well as another compilation release plus all the amazing events that come with that and a whole lot more! The very first thing we did as a label, was to release a mixtape, mixed by Crewdson. In our 2nd year the mixtape was mixed by King of Hearts. We're planning another one for this year - see below for more info.

You can listen to all of our previous mixtape releases as well as our compilations and These Ghost's album here. This year’s mixtape will be mixed by Bunki and released at the end of April. Submissions will be open on 1st February. Tracks must be: - original, with all samples used cleared for copyright. - New or unheard (i.e. if it is a track you have been working on for sometime but have not played live or released to the public, you may submit it) - recorded to a high standard of production and quality - .wav format - no longer than 5 minutes long - named using the following formula: band/artist_song name and in the comments, please write your name, email address and band members - Previously unreleased and from an unsigned act.

- DOWNLOAD ENABLED In submitting to the mixtape, you must be aware of the following: - Only 1 track per artist/band may be submitted, with a maximum of 2 projects per person (if they are a main creative contributor) - A Goldsmiths student or recent alum (past 3 years max) must be a main creative contributor to the track. - Tracks will be mixed into a continuous mixtape and therefore only sections of the songs will be used, not the entire song and may have the beginning and/or end slightly changed by the previous and/or following track and transitions used. - If your track is on soundcloud, you will need to remove it or make it private between confirmation of the track being used and for a short time after the release of the mixtape. - We are expecting a high volume of submissions and will be choosing the best of these based on what we feel is new, interesting and well executed. The decisions will be made by the NX Creative team, including experienced industry professionals, Simon Deacon - as Director of Popular Music Performance at Goldsmiths (and one of the NX Creative Directors) and Matthew Herbert. We have no "genre" preference. Decisions will be made based purely on merit and what is felt appropriate for the label. How to submit:

***UPDATE*** Previously, we asked you to upload your track to our soundcloud dropbox: http://soundcloud.com/nxrecords/dropbox like last year! However, soundcloud have now removed this feature! You will now have to send us a private message with the tracks included.

Please name it "[artist/band]_[track name]" and include a short bio or description of who you are (for example what you study/when you graduated etc), credits and anything else you think we should know! The deadline for submissions is midnight on 28th of February 2015. The expected release date is the end of April. Successful submissions will be notified by the end of March. We will be following up this release with a series of high profile events (at the Southbank Centre, amongst others) featuring some of the artists chosen. Please be aware that we will also be choosing artists to feature on this year's compilation release from this mixtape. If you submitted to the mixtape last year, please do submit again in order to be considered for the compilation. If you have any questions, please email: ruthie@nxrecords.co.uk We look forward to hearing your music! Ruthie & the NX team

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NX Discusses: Navigating the Contemporary Music Industry

5th Feb. 5pm. Goldsmiths. Free.

Major labels are no longer the only option. Independent artists and labels have more opportunity than ever to release music, gain attention and develop an audience. This does mean, though, that artists and labels have to find new ways of existing and breaking through the noise. How can an artist hope to make a living when they are expected to give away their music and play for free? Why would the music scene need yet another independent label? NX Records is a collaboration between the Department of Music at Goldsmiths and Matthew Herbert’s Accidental Records. NX has a policy of insisting artists always own their own music, offer a 50/50 profit split and ongoing creative development and advice for artists. It has run projects such as a pop up record shop and professional development/ industry workshops and has a number of well-received releases to its name. Despite being attached to a university, NX Records is a professional label and exists alongside and in competition with other independent labels. This discussion hopes grapple with issues relating to the changing face of the music industry, new models of practice for artists and labels, getting started in the industry, NX’s role and agency in this... We will be joined by the NX core team, including co-founder and creative director Matthew Herbert, manager Mike Gillespie, FEMME, VV Brown  and more (including representatives from NX and Accidental records) to open up the discussion and hear from artists who aren’t directly involved in the label as well. All welcome - this is a public event! Let us know you're coming! Any Questions, please email us. (ruthie@nxrecords.co.uk) Time: 5pm Venue: Ian Gulland Lecture Theatre, Witehead Building Goldsmiths University of London

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NX Records MIXTAPE 2015... SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN!

Thank you for your continued support of NX Records. We hope to continue the successes of our 2nd mixtape, Crossing Lines II, first album release from These Ghosts, pop up record shop and various related events in 2015. We're really looking forward to exciting plans for more individual artist releases as well as another compilation release plus all the amazing events that come with that and a whole lot more! The very first thing we did as a label, was to release a mixtape, mixed by Crewdson. In our 2nd year the mixtape was mixed by King of Hearts. We're planning another one for this year - see below for more info.

You can listen to all of our previous mixtape releases as well as our compilations and These Ghost's album here. This year’s mixtape will be mixed by Bunki and released at the end of April. Submissions will be open on 1st February. Tracks must be: - original, with all samples used cleared for copyright. - New or unheard (i.e. if it is a track you have been working on for sometime but have not played live or released to the public, you may submit it) - recorded to a high standard of production and quality - .wav format - no longer than 5 minutes long - named using the following formula: band/artist_song name and in the comments, please write your name, email address and band members - Previously unreleased and from an unsigned act.

- DOWNLOAD ENABLED In submitting to the mixtape, you must be aware of the following: - Only 1 track per artist/band may be submitted, with a maximum of 2 projects per person (if they are a main creative contributor) - A Goldsmiths student or recent alum (past 3 years max) must be a main creative contributor to the track. - Tracks will be mixed into a continuous mixtape and therefore only sections of the songs will be used, not the entire song and may have the beginning and/or end slightly changed by the previous and/or following track and transitions used. - If your track is on soundcloud, you will need to remove it or make it private between confirmation of the track being used and for a short time after the release of the mixtape. - We are expecting a high volume of submissions and will be choosing the best of these based on what we feel is new, interesting and well executed. The decisions will be made by the NX Creative team, including experienced industry professionals, Simon Deacon - as Director of Popular Music Performance at Goldsmiths (and one of the NX Creative Directors) and Matthew Herbert. We have no "genre" preference. Decisions will be made based purely on merit and what is felt appropriate for the label. How to submit:

***UPDATE*** Previously, we asked you to upload your track to our soundcloud dropbox: http://soundcloud.com/nxrecords/dropbox like last year! However, soundcloud have now removed this feature! You will now have to send us a private message with the tracks included.

Please name it "[artist/band]_[track name]" and include a short bio or description of who you are (for example what you study/when you graduated etc), credits and anything else you think we should know! The deadline for submissions is midnight on 28th of February 2015. The expected release date is the end of April. Successful submissions will be notified by the end of March. We will be following up this release with a series of high profile events (at the Southbank Centre, amongst others) featuring some of the artists chosen. Please be aware that we will also be choosing artists to feature on this year's compilation release from this mixtape. If you submitted to the mixtape last year, please do submit again in order to be considered for the compilation. If you have any questions, please email: ruthie@nxrecords.co.uk We look forward to hearing your music! Ruthie & the NX team

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You can now stream in full our new compilation 'Crossing Lines II' via The Line Of Best Fit here, featuring tracks from Semi Precious, Matagot, These Ghosts and many more!

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CROSSING LINES II LAUNCH PARTY FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER

To celebrate the release of our second compilation, Crossing Lines II, we're having a party, in the form of our biggest event of the year!

Situated in the beautiful St James' Church, Hatcham (St James Street, New Cross), we present 4 of the artists from the compilation:

Semi Precious

Tweed & Hyenas

Matagot

Leiik

7.30pm

£3 advance / £5 on the door

A bar will be available as will an opportunity to purchase Crossing Lines II and some more merchandise from 310NXRD. our pop up record shop.

Let us know you're coming on the facebook page

Buy your (cheaper, advance) tickets and/or the compilation here

See you there!

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Another premiere from our brand new compilation 'Crossing Lines II'. This time we have the powerful Matagot track titled 'Britney'. And, in case you were wondering, the answer is yes: the title refers to that Britney, 'evoking its pop-princess namesake and turning her on her head in the chorus, “If you hit me one more time / baby / I’ll die.”'

Read the full feature and stream the track here.