Hello and welcome to Urbanscot. Urbanscot is an organisation dedicated to developing and promoting urban music and talent in Scotland. We aim to act as a platform for Scottish artists helping to bridge the gap between Scotland’s vibrant underground scene and the mainstream music culture. Our goal is to showcase Scotland’s talent to the world and develop a voice to represent our diverse cultures, putting Urban Scots on the map!
Urban music comes under a wide spectrum ranging through, Hip Hop, Rap, R’n’B, Dancehall, Reggae, Jazz, Soul, Gospel and African. One of the beautiful things about Scotland’s urban culture is that it has developed from all of these influences, yet is truly unique due to our artists drawing inspiration from Scotland’s surroundings. However the wealth of our talent is not confined to music as Scotland is producing more, producers, artists, writers, poets, dancers and actors on the urban scene every day.
Scotland is famous for producing some of the hottest bands on the planet like Travis, Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol, Mogwai and Idlewild. Of course let’s not forget The Proclaimers, Aztec Camera, and The Bay City Rollers! However Scotland is yet to produce a successful urban act. This is not due to a lack of talent; rather, there is no established route for Scottish artists to break into the mainstream. Urbanscot aims to combat this by providing support, advice and development to artists thereby providing them with the tools and the contacts to succeed, capacity build and hone their skills.
We believe the next big urban artist is coming from Scotland and Urbanscot will be the organisation to deliver them to the world.
Check out www.urbanscot.com for more info.
