The Klaxons, The Premises, and Pulse-Rated all back the C-Change Battle of the Bands

The Premises Recording Studio was opened last June and is Europe’s first solar studio entirely powered with photovoltaic (PV) panels on their rooftop.

The Premises Studios continues to pump up the volume and has seen the likes of the Arctic Monkeys, Klaxons, Hot Chip, Bloc Party and Lily Allen passing through their state-of-the-art studios. The Klaxons recorded three of their tracks in the eco-chic solar studio for their debut album "Myths of the Near Future," that entered the UK album charts at No 2.

The Battle of the Bands competition is open to young people aged 11-21 with the closing date for submitting MP3 tracks on 18th June.

• Unsigned, new and emerging musicians will be able to upload their MP3 music tracks on the C-Change website for public voting.
• The competition is open to all music genres.
• The top 5 short listed artists will perform live in front of a panel of industry insiders at Party for the Planet on 7 July on Clapham Common with the ‘band stage’ powered by renewable energy.
• The winning artist will win a day’s recording laying down their music track at The Premises solar powered studio.
• Pulse Rated will be supporting and covering the competition on radio and website.

Julia Craik, Managing Director of The Premises Studios said:

“The Premises Studios are delighted to be backing C-Change and helping to communicate the important climate message to our younger generation and especially to those new, unsigned and emerging recording artists who are concerned about their carbon footprint. The Battle of the Band competition is a great way to show young people positive renewable energy solutions to tackling this global environmental problem”

Klaxons said:

“C-Change is a great project to get young people inspired, informed and switched on to the climate issue. The Premises Studios is a great example of how solar power is making a real difference in helping recording artists tackle our carbon footprint and at the same time make great sounding-music!. Young unsigned musicians wanting to do their bit for the environment – don’t waste time and get your MP3 tracks submitted to Battle of the Bands.”

Battle of the Bands is also being supported by Pulse Rated, a leading online radio station and download store dedicated to new, unsigned and emerging artists.

Peter Davis, Pulse Rated, Business Development Manager said:

‘This is a very unique campaign that aims to engage with the iPod generation to raise awareness of the environmental issues we face in our time. Pulse Rated is also delighted to back a competition that gives the opportunity for new talented musicians to play live with a headline act and to experience a top recording studio.’