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VIRGEN MARIA

MGMT/ WW BOOKING

Hailing from Madrid artist and performer Virgen Maria (Maria Forqué) is here to ‘blex’ you. A thin line between art and music is drawn every time Virgen Maria manifests her blexing powers, a cocktail of sex, hotness, sweat and spirituality. Meanwhile her aesthetic and conceptual art has already led to collaborations with the likes of Fenty, Gucci, Mugler, Playboy, Vetements and Camper, as well as performing live at both the MOMA and Sonar.

JUAN WAUTERS

BOOKING EUROPE + UK

There’s an almost mythological quality to the world of Juan Pablo Wauters. The Uruguayan-born, Jackson Heights, NY-dwelling musician is best known not for a specific musical style, but instead for the crystalline sincerity that underpins everything he does.

BLOOD WIZARD

BOOKING WW exc North America

Straddling a divide between spacious rural folk and urban post-punk claustrophobia, Blood Wizard’s debut album, released in 2020, was a prelude to what is shaping up to be a true blossoming of the song writing abilities of Nottingham-based musician Cai Burns. After performing touring the UK and performing at Green Man and End of the Road Festival, 2022 will be time a new EP and more dates around the UK & Europe.

MADGE

WW exc North America

Madge is the pop writer breaking hearts and noses from their cat cave in Los Angeles. Originally from Utah, their Mormon upbringing continues to influence them for better or worse. Madge has worked behind the scenes for the likes of Pussy Riot, Brooke Candy, and Slayyyter among others and is looking forward to releasing their debut album this year. BBC Radio1 has described Madge as “like chewing on toxic waste in the best way”.

TALL JUAN

BOOKING EUROPE + UK

Tall Juan is about 6 feet and 3 inches and though his career he has developed the art of pastiche. He has managed to escape labels and put out songs that only an Elvis Latino inspired by The Ramones could have delivered. In the past years he released “Why Not?”(2015) recorded and mixed by his fellow housemate Mac Demarco in their Rockaway beach house, “Joya Nedo” (2017) and his LP “Olden Goldies” (2017.In 2020 he released “Atlántico” a compact exploration of the sounds that form the cultural fabric of Zaballa’s youth. “Drawing on the music of his youth, Buenos Aires-born songwriter Juan Zaballa’s second album cleverly illuminates Latin America’s rich musical heritage”- PITCHFORK