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ello North Wales, hows things? Were DIGS (Delivering Inspiring Genuine Sound) and much like Ronseal we do exactly what it says on the tin!

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Were going to be hosting monthly gigs in Colwyn Bay with the highest calibre artists from across the UK that we can find, and thats just the start of it! Well be bringing you rock, punk, folk, afrobeat, dubstep and anything else amazing we come across. Keep reading this little mag for more details on our first gig. Wed love to hear from you about the music youre into, artist suggestions, anything really. Were hoping to make this little mag a regular thing and giving everybody an opportunity to send articles and the like in for publishing, but would first like to hear your thoughts would you want to read another edition? How does every two months sound? Pop on over to our Facebook page and answer five click and tick questions, we want to give you what you actually want, so voice it people! If this could be better let us know how and well do it if we can. That just leaves us to say thanks for reading, hope you like what were doing, hope youll get involved and, of course, well see you on opening night, right? Theres a sign up form on our website to keep abreast of all things DIGS. Now weve got going theres going to be no stopping us!

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Welcome Launch & Competition [Face]Booked Some things we think are cool Free Fringe Mastering the UK Gig Guide

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The night is fast approaching THE LAUNCH!!! What a line up we have in store for you!

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First on the bill we have an act so exciting that if we named them here the magazine would spontaneously combust! Next up on stage will be the Bear Beats Band rested from a huge set at WOMAD! 2011 has been the year of the Bear. Check out our exclusive interview on page 3! Taken from the bands Reverbnation bio: What surrounds this band can only be described as magic. Not only in the songs they write and play but also in the story of the bands inception and career so far. Closing the show we have Bangors finest (its the Paris of Wales dontcha know?), Masters in France! Formed two years ago these lads are making big waves and writing even bigger tunes! Have a gander at our interview with them on page 6 to find out just why you need to get yourself down to St. Pauls Hall on September the 30th JUST 5 entry!

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COMPETITION TIME!

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So, we were thinking, how awesome would it be to give away some free tickets? We want you to take pictures of our logo; we want creative and crazy, the more original the better your odds are! You can email them, upload them straight to our facebook,

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The winner gets themselves and 5 friends free tickets to our launch event on the 30th of September which will include The Bear Beats Band AND Masters in France! What a crackin line up, were so excited we may well wet ourselves!!! Closing date is 22nd September. Be sure to include your name and contact details. You could well find yourself in our next magazine! Keep it clean, legal and safe guys.

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Welcome to the first installment of (Face) Booked, where we at DIGS take advantage of everyones favourite social network to interview a band weve booked for a DIGS gig. Or you could say a band who have been (Face)Booked (Ed only one sub-par pun per article, thanks). We get started with The Bear Beats Band, a motley crew of acoustic folksters based down the A55 in Denbighshire! Comprised of experienced musicians Lisa Boas, Skeet Williams, Oscar South and Will Owens, they create a beautiful sound that Where do you see yourselves a year from evokes wistful summers past that may well now? A year from now? Who Knows? Were have never existed. Here Skeet fills us in. certainly making waves in the right How direct an influence do you think direction. I think next summer is going North Wales has had on your music? to be busy for us on the Festival circuit Our rehearsal room and studio is if early indications are anything to go tucked away in a beautiful valley, just by. We already have a couple of very on the outskirts of the Snowdonia exciting festival dates in the 2012 diary. National Park. The beauty and I guess were just going to ride that tranquility of this setting is without wave as far as it will carry us. doubt an influence on our creative output on so many levels. Recording And with that we let The Bear Beats Band ride and writing sessions can be long, that wave right into the sunset (or at least let drawn out and very intense affairs them click on the Log Off button). Its been a big at times and the ability to just take a year for them with the release of their debut breather in that kind of setting couldnt CD Sharing The Porridge in May 2011 as well as a busy summer of festival dates, so we think help but influence and enthuse us. its only fair we let them try and get in a bit of Do you feel like youre part of a North hibernation (Ed what did I say about sub-par Wales music scene? puns?) before we see them for the first DIGS The music scene has changed so much event. over the last five years, especially with To find out what The Bear Beats Band have been the massive rise of social networking. listening to lately and what their fans really Its so easy now to get your art out into think of them head over to the DIGS website the World. now! http://digsproject.wordpress.com

A large portion of this year so far has been spent touring the UK, and specifically the South & South West Theres no doubt we feel part of the larger Welsh music scene. BBC Radio Wales have been a massive supporter of us this year with lots of airplay, including giving us the honour of Single of the Week in August and a prestigious Live Session with Roy Noble on the station. Were certainly looking forward to playing the first DIGS show on home turf.

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The Free Fringe

My excitement at being at the Edinburgh Fringe was palpable but my heart quickly sank as I remembered that I had few funds to revel in the unearthly delights of this wondrous festival. I sat down in dismay and leafed through the hundreds of flyers Id received in my half hour at the Fringe, my heart sinking as I saw the prices of tickets that, although reasonable, were beyond my meagre budget. Reaching the end of the bumf I came across a brochure with the legend PBHs Free Fringe and at that moment I realised that this was not a festival whose sole surpose was to rob tourists of their hard earned cash. No, the Edinburgh Fringe was truly a celebration of expression, culture and community. Two nights of singing until my throat was hoarse, laughing at comedians and hecklers alike and skanking in a dungeon until the wee hours of the morning only cost me 5 (not including food, drink and paying the pub a kings ransom of 6.66 to release Dave). There are very few events left in the world that can be done on a shoe string budget but the Edinburgh Fringe is definitely one of them!

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Walking amongst the ancient Scottish buildings, the feel of cobbled streets through my worn soles, I stumbled onto the Royal Mile and was astounded by the sight before me. Throngs of people milled through the streets - gathering around musicians, jugglers, dancers, actors and and a man weaving balloons into a giant dragon - whilst attempting to avoid the thousands of young and old, normal and bizarre, thrusting flyers, advertisements and brochures into their faces just as they were getting over the shock of a man hammering a nail into his nose. Disorientated by the streams of people, the smell of battered, deep fried pizza and a statue springing to life before my eyes I realised that I had truly arrived at the worlds largest arts festival.

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Masters In France serve up a slice of rock swagger so perfect that its hard to believe that it wasnt baked to your Nans secret recipe! Having already been branded the best thing out of Bangor since the A55 (Ed a serious achievement that, everyone knows that the 55 is Wales premier A road) these lads are riding high and as they gear up to the release of their EP Inhale this September they dont look likely to be coming back down anytime soon. Here we catch up with Mat Ellis Sayer to find out a bit more about the boys, their music and the future! Your long-awaited first EP Inhale is due for release on the 19th of September, having released a clutch of singles already this year how differently do you view this? Is this more of a statement of intent? Itll be nice to get it out, weve been looking forward to getting the album recorded and released, and the EP is one step closer, its a preview of what to expect on the album. The announcement of the release of Inhale coincided with your announcement that youd decided to release the track Control as a free download, what fuelled this decision? We gave Control away as a free download because it didnt make it onto the EP, it was a little gift for our fans, it was only available to the first 200 downloaders, so it might still have a chance of making it on the album, well see how it goes. Having formed in Caernarfon/Bangor and then recorded Inhale in Ferlas Studios North Wales, do you feel that North Wales has had an influence on the band and its sound? North Wales has been an influence on us and who we are, I dont think that there is a typical sound that comes through in the tracks that you could call North Wales though. Are you looking forward to getting out on the road for your UK tour this September? Do you find that the tracks evolve more once youre on the road or do you think theyre the finished article once theyve been laid down in the studio?

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We cant wait for the gigs, thats what its all about. Going out and playing music to a crowd of 10, or to a crowd of a1,000. All the promo work, and doing what a label would do gets boring, but if it means we can go out on the road, play a gig hundreds of miles away and have a laugh as a band, its all worth the effort. We like to change things round a bit for the live tracks, not too much, it doesnt sound like space jazz after a tour, just little things that make it interesting for us and the crowd.
If you havent already, head over to myspace.com/mastersinfrance to have a listen (Ed recommends: Greyhounds @ R1s Big Weekend) and find out more about their upcoming UK tour, including the DIGS launch event on September 30th! Check out their impressive reviews from NME, Kerrang to Radio 1s Fearne Cotton & Greg James.

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7th September 2011 5.00 2.50 Weekend Camping 18 Friday 6 Saturday 12 FREE 7th September 2011 9th - 11th September 2011

LETLIVE/BASTIONS/ MUSEUMS/FALLS Jumpin Jacks, Holyhead Llanrwst Rugby Club Holywell High Street, Flintshire The Oak Tree Festival, Wrexham Y Saracens, Cerrigydrudion Conwy Falls Cafe, Betws Y Coed Theatr Twm or Nant, Denbigh Trelawnyd Memorial Hall, Flintshire The Tivoli, Buckley

Central Station, Wrexham

Unplugged @ Jumpin Jacks

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The Well Inn Festival

Cygnini Presents The Oak Tree Festival

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Elin Fflur & Band

Sinema Drive-in Cinema

Pinc Ffloyd: The Welsh Pink Floyd Tribute Show

The Bear Beats Band Open The Show for Heidi Talbot

North Wales Gig Guide

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These are but a tiny fraction of some of the truly amazing happenings in North Wales. To see the bigger picture check out our website (below, or erm left, depending which way youre holding me)