Next Stage
As well as showcasing the greatest music legends, the Electric Proms are looking to pass the baton onto the next generation of music makers with 'Next Stage'.
We want to give bands and artists right across the UK the opportunity to get to the next stage in their music career. It could be trying out a new style or a new genre of music, working with a producer or recording with new equipment.
Twelve national and regional BBC radio stations helped us scour the country for artists and asked them to suggest an area to be intensively work-shopped - i.e. lyrics, performance, recording, sound, vocals, mixing etc. At the start of October we matched these artists with industry experts who provided invaluable advice to help them improve.
Nine of the artists played at the Electric Proms at Camden's Barfly on Sunday 29 October. See the photos.
Many of the artists toured the UK in November and December 2006 on the Next Stage tour.
The Next Stage Artists
The All New Adventures of Us
Multi-talented seven-piece band working with BBC Radio Northampton.
Cashier No.9
Low-key, chilled beats with lo-fi roots. Cashier No. 9 are working with BBC Northern Ireland.
Enid Blitz
Uplifting, nostalgic pop outfit from Brighton working with Radio 1.
The Favours
The Favours impress with their polished live performances - working with Radio Humberside.
FOUND
Art college manipulators of all things sonic, FOUND are working with BBC Scotland.
Friends of the Bride
Excellent lyricists and Alan McGee likes them! FotB are working with BBC London.
Genod Droog
Prison cell roots and genuine eclecticism - Genod Droog are working with the C2 show on Radio Cymru.
Hijera
Bombastic funk, house beats and brit-pop - working with Southern Counties Radio.
Jont
Jont, working with Radio 2, is a charismatic artist with an innovative approach to gigging.
Kyra
Discovered by Musiq Soulchild when she was only 15, Kyra is working with 1Xtra.
Spencer McGarry Season
Genre-resisting Welsh new wave psychedelia - working with BBC Wales.
Tigerstyle
High-flying Scottish bhangra brothers are working with the BBC Asian Network for Electric Proms.
