Neu Reekie take to THAT Festival 2013.

Starring: Young Fathers - TeenCanteen - Will Anderson - Michael Pedrsen - Kevin Williamson

TICKETS: http://www.macrobert.org/neu-reekie-30.htm
or 01786 466666

Neu! Reekie! is a delicious feast of spoken word, music and animation; having achieved national acclaim for its radical ground-breaking approach to promoting and showcasing cutting edge arts. Tickets from:

YOUNG FATHERS:
is an alternative hip hop group based in Edinburgh The trio has developed a reputation for making a unique blend of music utilising diverse influences which reflect their backgrounds. Young Fathers formed in 2008,"Straight Back on It," their first single from the album, released on Black Sugar Records, was well received. The NME dubbed the band "locked somewhere between De La Soul and 3T, but re-imagined for the hipster generation." Framing themselves as a "psychedelic hip hop boy band," Young Fathers spent the next three years touring the UK and Europe. During this time they released another single, "Automatic," appearing on Channel 4's Big Brother's Big Mouth in 2009 and performing at T in the Park, Creamfields, Wakestock, Belladrum and Sónar and more recently Reading, Leeds and SXSW, as well as main support on tours with Esser and Simian Mobile Disco and support slots with Scottish Electro Pop Sensations Chvrches. By the end of 2011 Young Fathers had left Black Sugar Records. They released a mixtape, Tape One, as a free download and limited edition cassette in November 2011 London's Time Out put the group in their top ten "best new acts to watch out for in 2012." Young Fathers have continued with sporadic concerts through 2012, gaining support from DJs and gig reviewers. In September 2012, Young Fathers signed to the LA label Anticon. The band re-released Tape One on the label in January 2013 and Tape Two surfaced in June 2013. The band are currently blazing.
http://www.young-fathers.com/

TEENCANTEEN:
are an all girl pop group – Carla, Sita, Debbie, Amanda and Marlena. The band incorporates sixties girl group harmonies, a garage band / DIY style, powerful pop melodies and pounding choruses. They’ve played the likes of T in the Park, Wickerman and Doune the Rabbit Hole; they’ve been spun and praised by BBC Radio 6 DJ Marc Riley and Scotland’s Jim Gellatly; they've collaborated or worked with members of The Vaselines, BMX Bandits and Belle and Sebastian; had their songs synced into major feature films; and been tipped in myriad places as the ones to watch. Because, well, they are. www.teencanteen.co.uk

MICHAEL PEDERSEN
is a poet, playwright and animateur with an electric reputation on the performance circuit and a prolific precedent of collaborations - having teamed up with some of the UK’s top musicians, film-makers and artists. With publications in reputable magazines and two successful chapbooks under his belt, Polygon have just release his first full length collection Play With Me (Polygon) to great acclaim. He is co-founder and circus master of the Neu! Reekie!; a key creative within Dream Tower Productions; and lyricist for daydream pop-band Jesus, Baby! He has also written short plays for various troupes including National Theatre of Scotland and Edinburgh Arts Festival. http://www.birlinn.co.uk/Play-With-Me.html

‘Michael’s poems are so physical you can almost touch the images in them. Fabulously sensual and alive. I adore poetry like this’ – Stephen Fry

KEVIN WILLIAMSON
poet, novelist, performer and publisher. His published work includes "A Visitor's Guide To Edinburgh" (co-written with Irvine Welsh in 1993), and "Drugs and the Party Line" (1997). In 2005, he won the Robert Louis Stevenson Award for literature. His first collection of poetry, In A Room Darkened, was published by Two Ravens Press in October 2007. He is co-founder of Neu! Reekie! and burning bright Burns zealot with a hit festival show in tow. Back 1992 Williamson launched a literary magazine called Rebel Inc and through its pages was one of the first publishers of such Scottish writers as Irvine Welsh, Laura Hird, Alan Warner, and Toni Davidson. Williamson joined forces with Edinburgh-based Canongate Books to create the Rebel Inc imprint which, in the following five years, published almost sixty titles, mixing Scottish fiction with the international counter-culture and the politics of dissent. Within the Rebel Inc imprint Williamson re-published a series of out of print titles under the heading of Rebel Inc Classics that included writers such as Richard Brautigan, Alexander Trocchi, Charles Bukowski, Nelson Algren, John Fante, Knut Hamsun, Jim Dodge, Robert Sabbag and Jack London.

Animation showcase from WILL ANDERSON
a BAFTA winning writer/director specialising in character animation for film and tv. Recent short films include 'The Making of Longbird', 'Sweetie & Sunshine' & 'Monkey Love Experiments', which have screened at over 50 International film festivals. Recent feature projects include Jeanie Finlay's 'The Great Hip Hop Hoax'. Will works with collaborator Ainslie Henderson as part of an animation collective 'White Robot' (whiterobot.co.uk)