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Blind Summit

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***** GIG UPDATE ***** GIG UPDATE ***** GIG UPDATE

Friday 12th Oct - Aikmans, St Andrews

Wednesday 24th Oct - The Ark, Edinburgh with The Vacant Tourists and The Planes

Friday 16th Nov - Po Na Na, Edinburgh

***** BLIND SUMMIT VOTED WINNERS ON XFM *****

Blind Summit were selected as one of 3 featured unsigned acts on XFm, and were voted winners by listners to the Music:Response show. DJ Martin Bate hailed us as, "clear winners...another accolade for a band that are already turning heads..." Thanks to everyone that voted for us - we're all really chuffed with the win, especially given the level of competition.

***** NEW GIG NEWS ***** NEW GIG NEWS***** NEW GIG NEWS*****

Blind Summit will be supporting The Hussys for the Homeless World Cup gig on Spetember 7th in Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh. Tickets are £7 (commission free if bought from the venue), TICKETS NOW ON SALE! BS will also be playing gigs over the festival, with new tracks out around August.

******** ABOUT BLIND SUMMIT ********

Hey peoples.. we couldn't think how to describe ourselves, so here's what the Scotsman had to say:
We... "trade in a funkier strain of rock, punctuated by technical fireworks galore: tight rolling drums, effect laden guitar workouts and even the odd tastefully clipped bass solo" -Malcolm Jack
After a pretty busy 2007 so far, we're busy writing and recording new material before a volley of gigs starting with the Edinburgh Festival. On top of the new material, we're also considering a second run of our previous ep which has now simply run out but still seems to be in demand. It was on the basis of this recording that we were voted winners of Potential Energy 2006 set up by Project Scotland for unsigned Scottish artists. Here's what some of the judges said:

"Distinctive sound, especially the vocals…nice guitar lines running throughout…" - Michael MacLennan, The Herald

Clear winners" - Stuart Nisbet, Unique Events

"A chunk of something [people] can remember. Nice vocals and great drumming. Really got an idea of dynamics. Nice one!"- Mark Robertson, Music Editor, The List

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 06/01/2006
Band Website: www.blindsummit.net
Band Members: Alex Bunten: Bass Mucky Stewart: Drums + Percussion Simon Cox: Guitar/FX + Vox
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Type of Label: Major

My Blog

HWC Review @ Cabaret Voltaire (Scotsman 10-08-07)

Alright folks??! Thanks to everyone that came along to support a good cause on Friday - I think it all went down pretty well, and we certainly had a good time, as did the guys from Atlantic - pos...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:04:00 GMT

Busy busy

Well well, fancy seeing you here. Been rather lax of late with the old blog, but in our defence we've been pretty damn busy recently, just trying to play as much as we can. Some of the highlights incl...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:30:00 GMT

Upcoming Gigs still broken so here they are

Hi folks - just thought I'd post a wee blog to let you know, primarily, that the four black lines in our upcoming gigs section do actually represent gigs (believe it or not). The myspace techno-type p...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:33:00 GMT

Radio Ga Ga

I know what you're thinking - how many radio-related puns can I come up with? Don't worry, there's plenty more where they came from.... Anyway, just to let you know that the lovely folks at Fresh Air&...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:12:00 GMT

Podcast, gigs, new tunes.

Well, the podcast has finally arrived - thanks to Mark from Tartan Media for that, and to Jen for the lovely interview. There should be a second episode coming out in a couple of weeks, and it also&nb...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 02:09:00 GMT

Stew-Art Cogle

Just thought I'd let you folks know that the fella who kindly contributed his artwork 'The DJ' to our most recent e.p. has got his own site up and running.Check out www.stewartcogl...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:38:00 GMT

Radio, rattle and hum

Hello - been a while since I've stuck anything up here. Mainly because not a whole lot has been going on. No gigs played (had to turn down 3 or four dates - some down south for real money as well)&nbs...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:33:00 GMT

Gas Lamp demo

Guess what? Yep - PC is once again broken. However, before it did (just before it did), I managed to get a really rough version of Gas Lamp onto my mp3 player, and thought I'd put it up here for you n...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Nov 2006 10:22:00 GMT

Grrrrrr!

Ok - the PC is back. It's taken 3 weeks and a whole lotta frustration but it's here. And it works. Kinda.Spent the entire day today re-loading all the audio software (cos the guys at the factory wiped...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 12:29:00 GMT

Comments and everything that came after...

OK - so we've got this nifty CD out, and we won a Scotland-wide competition, played a great (if slightly short) gig at the ABC and had a generally great time. We just got some comments back from some ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 05:26:00 GMT