EXIT STATE - BURNLEY'S FINEST ROCK/METAL BAND RELEASE THEIR DEBUT SINGLE.

The band describe the release as 'Truly Awesome', as did the record company that snapped it up. Roy Bright of Exit State, chose Calder Recordings after using the studio as a pre-production facility on the new Maxi Single.

"I was totally blown away by the quality of the material that we did there..as such we chose to record and produce with single at Calder to compete with the big boys"

Shortly after sending the release to a number of labels, it was snapped up and now goes on worldwide release on June 29th.

"Working at Calder, we were able to have the flexibility and utilise the gear they've got there to produce a top quality result. The engineer (Steve gligorovic) and Producer (Steve Fenton) really knew there stuff and helped us no end."

for more detials on the release check out Exit State at their site.

Shortly after Widgykeff, THE psychedelic-prog-rockers, completed their debut studio album, it was snapped up by King Prawn Records.

The album 'A Town Of Alcoholic Children' features 11 tracks of pure genius including 'Made In Korea', 'Snagglepuffs' and the mighty 'Sex Pest'. It goes on worldwide release on the 16th February.

The band, who formed a few years ago, have gone from strength to strength and recently won the Keighly Musician Centre's prestigious Battle of the bands competition beating off 40 other bands to take the top slot.

The band pull influences by Mogwai, Incubus, 65 Days of Static, RHCP, Muse and many more.

Band members include Sam Champagne (Guitar), James Halliday (Vocals), Alex Thompson (Bass), Arthur Halliday (Drums).

For more information about these guys take a look at their website www.myspace.com/widgykeff.

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Manchesters Finest 'Jealous' record 5 track release now complete!

Fresh from a killer gig, headlining 'In The City'! Manchester's 'Jealous' booked the studio to record 5 tracks for for immenent future release. Tracks included 'Looser', 'Stardust' and the beautiful 'Blind' featuring a gospel choir!

With a loutish swagger and a glitzy glam snarl, jealous are cutting loose from Manchester. With guitars slung low and arms held high, they kick out the jams with loose limbed rock n roll. There are echos of Hendrix, T-Rex and the Stones, but this is no retro outfit, this is right here, right now and jealous burn with a devilish lust and smoulder like James Dean.

The boys have been gigging round the North West on the back of the release and are gettin some groovy review's. With continued support from Notting Hill Music and a Manc label on a mission, Jealous are going to do big things with this release.

For more information about this tremendous band check out..

www.myspace.com/jealousworld

We've just exanded our mastering facilities and now offer an online mastering service.

Mastering is a process often overlooked by many bands. In a nutshell, its the process which gives the finished recordings extra punch, presence, sheen, stereo width and finally overall loudness to compete with other commercial releases. It's akin to sprinkling of angel dust on your creation to enhance it's natural beauty!

For more information about these services take a look at our mastering page.

After a successful run of four studio albums Lost Weekend have chosen Calder to record their new 'fifth' album.

Such was the quality of the 'demo' album that the band recorded with us, they decided to keep the material and work on it to form their new album, due for release later this year.

Paul Uttley describes the new material as having influences from the classics that Thunder, UFO, Scorpions and Whitesnake are best known for, which is far removed from anything that LOST WEEKEND have done previously. With a twin guitar line-up, the band feel that they can stretch their creative muscles further than in previous incarnations of the band. "New" boy, Paul 'Squiz' Surrall, has helped mould a new and improved version of the band and has injected a renewed enthusiasm into the existing band members.

The band will continue to work on new material and hope to announce details of their forthcoming album very soon. In addition to the writing and recording process, the band are also lining up live dates to present the new material and to dust off the old classics. These dates are to be announced shortly.

For more information about Lost Weekend visit their website at www.myspace.com/lostweekenduk

Following the recording of a 5 track E.P, talented young Soprano Lucy Watmough secured a support to none other than Natasha Marsh.

Organisers of this years Grassington Festival were blown away by Lucy's performance on the E.P, produced by Steve Fenton here at Calder, and asked her to perform. We confident that you'll see and hear much more of this talented young soprano in the future.

For more information about Lucy and her future performances please visit her website at www.lucywatmough.co.uk