22 Oct 2012

Jive Babe

Mikhael Paskalev

unsigned/Pretty Boy Floyd

WE SAY

On the strength of Jive Babe, Norway's Mikhael Paskalev marks himself out as one of the most complete artists to come from the Nordics in a long long time. The single quickly garnered some highly complementary press over the summer, including The Guardian's NBOTD, and an NME Radar piece, with strong pickup in blog-world leading to 80k YouTube views. His previous online release - I Spy - is just as good and approaching 400k views. The LIPA educated songwriter was one of the main attractions at this year's excellent Oya festival in Oslo, with a strong international industry contingent in attendance for his performance. Paskalev is red hot right now, making his sold-out headline performance at Thursday's Ja Ja Ja all the more special. Video.

London Gigs: October 24, Gold Dust @ Hoxton Bar & Kitchen N1 // October 25, Ja Ja Ja  w/Ólöf Arnalds & The New Tigers @ The Lexington N1 

Ja Ja Ja Guestlist: Andy Inglis

CONTACTS

Online: (UK) Debbie Ball, Create Spark 
Press: (Norway) Erle Strom, HES  //  (UK) James Parrish, Prescription
Management: Erle Strom & Hans Petter Haaland, HES

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