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the blueskies

electro indie pop

About Me

the blueskies are mike fawcett, kelwen cooke, darius alexander and ben chandler. formed in late 2006 and based in brighton, we make upbeat electropop/indie type stuff.

we do remixes and club tracks under the name blueskies at night.


"Brighton based The Blueskies have put together a demo EP so skillfully produced it puts many an acts finished products to shame...Each track is instantly affecting, irresistably catchy and oddly uplifting despite the sometimes dark lyrical content."
Latest 7 Magazine, 2008

"The Blueskies' blend of upbeat electro-driven indie-pop jumped out at us on first listen of this track...This hints at a band with a knack for sharp songwriting and an ear for a catchy tune, so it's little wonder that label interest is building nicely."
Recordoftheday.com - editorial choice, May 2008

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Member Since: 4/3/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/theblueskies
Band Members:

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MIKE - vocals/guitar

KELWEN - bass/synths/programming

DARIUS - guitar/backing vocals

BEN - drums

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Influences: This is some of the music we listen to, in no particular order...
Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark
Postal Service
The Smiths
Joe Meek
Blink 182
The Police
Simian
Ultravox
Air
Duran Duran
The Knife
Gary Numan
Death Cab For Cutie
Devo
Pixies
Electric Light Orchestra
Death From Above 1979
Royksopp
Ratatat
Nirvana
Imogen Heap
Kings of Convenience
The Shins
CSS
Kraftwerk
The Vaselines
The Human League
Talking Heads
Nick Drake
Dntel
John Frusciante
De La Soul
Radiohead
The Neptunes
Cinematic Orchestra
Boards of Canada
The Black Ghosts
TM Juke
Vitalic
Daft Punk
London Elektricity

the list goes on......
Sounds Like: you tell me
Record Label: NONE!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

more new things for you all

we finally managed to pull ourselves away from recording on the g5 to update the myspace with some photos and a new track for you to listen to called 'catch my breath'. let us know what you think!we'v...
Posted by the blueskies on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:04:00 PST

i wish there was a more interesting title than ’new song and dates’

hey hey heywe've got a new song for you to listen to (click the one called matthew if it's not playing RIGHT NOW) and some new dates for you to come along to, which incidentally are also ALL free. the...
Posted by the blueskies on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:12:00 PST

long time no talk!

hello everybody!we've been rather busy writing songs and expanding our live set and as a result we've neglected the myspace for a little while!so to make up for it we've rehauled the entire page with ...
Posted by the blueskies on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 08:11:00 PST

gig cancellation!

hey everybody!unfortunately due to unforseeable circumstances the show on 8th June at the pressure point with fallen avatars has been cancelled!keep checking our myspace for upcoming shows!much love,t...
Posted by the blueskies on Wed, 16 May 2007 08:47:00 PST

our first gig

hey everybody,we played our first show last night with the x-certs and paul steel who were both great, and it was busy as! we had a great time so thanks to everyone who came down and didn't bottle us!...
Posted by the blueskies on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:58:00 PST

okay so we're finally playing a gig..

ANOTHER BLOG!But this time it's important! we're playing a gig (our first) at The pressure point, Brighton on Saturday 31st March, supporting our good friend Paul Steel and The X-Certs who are also gr...
Posted by the blueskies on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:36:00 PST

new songs and photos

hello from the blueskies! we've put up our recordings from our weekend session at metway studios, you can now listen to the re recording of less than stars and the latest track, daggers, on our myspac...
Posted by the blueskies on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 06:19:00 PST

"There's Daggers on the floor"

! New Stuff ! Daggers, the new song fromthe blueskiesis currently being mixed and mastered,and will be uploaded soon! Along with the new studio version ofLess Than Stars Sweet dreams, and best wishes...
Posted by the blueskies on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:15:00 PST

new material and band members super party fun extravaganza!

New band members ahoy!As the January transfer window draws to a close, and the bustle of the new year begins, the blueskies make a couple of late signing that are bound to bring smiles to people's fac...
Posted by the blueskies on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:13:00 PST

brighton podcast+new tracks

we've been featured on the Brighton Podcast radio show, so go check it out on their myspace, those guys are cool www.myspace.com/podcastbrighton Also, theres a couple of new tracks in the making tha...
Posted by the blueskies on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:22:00 PST