Recently we’ve been working with noisy northern English angst rock band The Chapman Family on their free single ADULT and February 2013 tour.

Mainly dealing with their online PR we were able to secure the video premier on Artrocker Online and features on Line Of Best Fit, There Goes The Fear and London On The Inside amongst others.

We also gave the campaign a boost with plays from Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1, Steve Lamacq on BBC 6Music and our good friend John Kennedy over at XFM.

While the guys were on the road, AMP worked on securing previews and reviews of their show all over the land, dates including:

TOUR DATES

07/02 THE HOP, WAKEFIELD
08/02 THE STUDIO, HARTLEPOOL
10/02 KRAAK GALLERY, MANCHESTER
11/02 FRUIT, HULL
12/02 HOUSE LIVERPOOL, LIVERPOOL
13/02 CLWB IFOR BACH, CARDIFF
15/02 ELLIOTS, ABERDARE
16/02 JOINERS, SOUTHAMPTON
17/02 THE WESTCOAST, MARGATE
18/02 GREEN DOOR STORE, BRIGHTON
19/02 ARTS CENTRE, COLCHESTER
20/02 SURYA, LONDON
22/02 THE RAINBOW, BIRMINGHAM
23/02 THE COCKPIT 3, LEEDS
24/02 THE CLUNY 2, NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
08/03 GEORGIAN THEATRE, STOCKTON

First up were some T-Shirts for our dear friend Ach at Killing Moon Limited who was representing Worship, Strangers, Bluebell, Duologue, Dan Croll and Draper.

Next we made some yummy T-Shirts and slinky black Tote Bags for Loose Music and all their amazing artists such as Dawes, Deer Tick and Jim White.

With a cracking design by Mr David Lemm, Matthew at Song By Toad got us to make him some T-Shirts and Tote Bags with lots of different colours including a bespoke swampy green that we absolutely love. You could also get beer from Matthew, he’s such a generous man.

Finally we made some beautiful Tote Bags for Tape Club Records which perfectly summed up the ethos of the whole event… ‘Have Fun Making Records’.

To all the independent record labels involved, we salute you!

As revenue streams shift away from actual music sales within todays ever changing industry, merchandising is not only a great way to strengthen the image and identity of your band / project, but also an all important way to generate income to support touring, recording, video production and more.

We work with a range of clothing suppliers to source our t–shirts and other garments meaning you have a huge choice of colours, styles, and fabrics. For more information on t shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, vests and other garments including soil association accredited organic cottons, bamboo, fair trade and carbon trust endorsed options just drop us a line on printshop@amp-publicity.com and we’ll give you a friendly call back to talk you through what is available.

To celebrate the new merchandise side of AMP we’re running a special offer on T-shirts from now until Christmas. For more details click the T-Shirt Printing link at the top of the page to see why we already have customers coming back for more!..

If we’ve worked with you on projects either online or at radio why not head over and cast your vote on the Record Of The Day website here

In case you’re wondering what our walk on music would be if we win you’d be treated to Louise champagne gliding onto the stage to the sounds of Kriss Kross ‘Jump’ and Tim most likely attempting the Worm through the crowds to the greased up funk of Prince’s ‘Musicology’. Tim can’t do the worm, but this won’t stop him trying.

 The event will take place on the evening of 28 November at: Victorian Vaults, 82 Great Eastern Street, Shoreditch, EC2A 3JF . See you at the bar…

Working with the band on the radio side of things we locked in a live session with the almighty John Kennedy on XFM which saw the band take on a more acoustic persona featuring a cajon, glockenspiel, mute trumpet, melodica, guitars and layers of incredible vocal harmonies that make these guys so special. They can often be found playing in this guise as well as the full electric set up and we highly recommend checking it out, enchanting and hugely energising at the same time.

6Music also caught the Summer Somewhere bug with plays from Steve Lamacq, Radcliffe & Maconie and Chris Hawkins with Q and the Kerrang! network also supporting the track.

You can check out the video for Summer Somewhere below along with a flashmob version of recorded in an unsuspecting clothing shop..

For more info on Screaming Maldini check out their Facebook page here: Screaming Maldini Facebook

Taking place at the 85,000 capacity Olympic Stadium in East London and broadcast to a worldwide audience, the London 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony was created by artistic directors Jenny Sealey and Bradley Hemmings and provided a theatrical and emotional homecoming for the Paralympic Games. The Ceremony was overseen by the team of Executive Producers who were in charge of all four Olympic and Paralympic Ceremonies, including Oscar winning film director Stephen Daldry.

Goldierocks said ”What a phenomenal experience. I’m bursting with pride to be welcoming the global paralympian athletes to Great Britain in our finest hour. We’re making history tonight and we’re doing it in the most colourful, diverse and innovative way. This ceremony is a showcase of the wealth of incredible theatrical, design and musical talent in the UK and as an ambassador of British culture is something I’m exceptionally happy to be representing.”

And we’re bursting with pride for her too. Mixes from the ceremony and a Goldierocks exclusive mix will be available from the official Goldierocks site soon, more info to follow…

www.goldierocks.co.uk // Profile // Press Release

Collaborating with Jack and his team, AMP were able to secure coverage across a wide selection of online review sites ranging from BBM Live to Whisperin and Hollerin, including a video exclusive for single release Take Me Home on the Blue Walrus.

Other great reviews came from such sites as Supajam, Music-News, Music Middle, London Gigs, and Girl reporter.

AMP also organised an acoustic session with Jack for Noize Makes Enemies, where we ventured up on to their pub roof garden in the sun as Jack broke a few girls hearts with stripped back acoustic versions of tracks from Before The Storm.

The bands were playing both The Great Escape and Alternative Escape at venues such as Komedia, Queens Hotel and Life as part of the Killing Moon Presents, Sounds of the C and the ACM stage amongst others.

If you didn’t manage to catch them at The Great Escape click through to the bands below to find out more:

Films of Colour // Jack Savoretti // Will and The People // [ STRANGERS ] // Burn The Fleet

Otherwise head over to our blog to check out Tim and Louise’s favourite acts from over the weekend

The album received some great endorsements including a track of the day from the almighty Killing Moon Limited, NME, Yam magazine and PRS who filmed an acoustic session and interview with the band. Rechardged Radio also got behind the release and on the FM airwaves we locked down a spot on the XFM playlist for single Fluidity alongside support from Q Radio and Selector.

Building on the success of their last single Promises ft Lara Smiles we secured the first Radio 1 play for the band from Huw Stephens and also built a strong campaign with XFM resulting in support from Eddy Temple Morris, Mary Anne Hobbs and John Kennedy plus a session / interview and ultimately a spot on the XFM playlist. Shine On You was also used as the closing soundtrack to the BBC TV Coverage of the Bahrain Formula 1 marking the bands first TV sync, the perfect culmination to the campaign before the band head off on the road with Niki & the Dove

On remix detail this time round was the soon to be huge Draper who threw a big summer lilt at the track and attracted thousands of hits on his rework as soon as it went live on youtube. Check it out here for yourself.

Keep your ears to the ground for the next single Safe Pain from Strangers, we’ve heard early mixes of this track and it’s a dark moody euphoric epic work of joy, trust, it just is and it tastes goooood…