Moontown

Moontown
Origin	Dorchester, Dorset, England
Genres	Indie Glam Electronica
Years active	2003–present
Website	Moontown-Music.co.uk
Members
Emma Friendship Toby Kilburn

Dorset-based MOONTOWN are an electronic, synth-pop duo who write and perform a twist of 80s electro and 90s rave melodies, forming a lush fusion for the twenty-tens.

Emma Friendship and Toby Kilburn are South Coast electronic dance act, MOONTOWN.

Emma mashed up her diet of George Michael and Fleetwood Mac and attracted the interest of local producer; Toby K. They decided to join forces and

became this quirky electronic pop duo

.

Influenced by The Prodigy, Nick Kershaw, Eurythmics , Justice and nearly all 80s and 90s popular music, Moontown have played over a thousand gigs all across the South of England.

Support slots have included The Specials, D:Ream and US punk giants, Killola, not to mention the Lead singer from Groove Armada, Maxfield.

Moontown's highly successful music event, Retrogression has taken place in half a dozen cities and towns along the South Coast and their latest event offering, Frequency, was held to great acclaim in Weymouth hotspot, Banus this August.

Listen in with your Skull-Candys sucked to your head!

Moontown are a music group formed in 2003, in Dorchester, Dorset, England. Their music is hard to place in any one genre other than highly commercial. The sound is predominantly Flip-Hop although spans the genres of Trip-Hop, Pop, Soul, Dance and Chill. It brings together elements of Classical, Rock, and Drum and Bass to produce a contemporary Popular Music sound.

Their songs are always original compositions which is over 40 and growing. Toby is the composer, arranger, key-board player and co-producer with Emma as the vocalist and lyricist. Recordings and live performances include session musicians for guitar, bass and cello.^[1]

History

Residing on the South coast, Moontown were formed by Toby Kilburn and Emma Friendship in 2003. Over the years they have played many gigs at a wide range of festivals, music venues and smaller renowned pubs and clubs, mainly along the South Coast, including Bristol, London and Brighton.^[2]

Moontown are currently unsigned.

Awards

Moontown won the South Coast Idol copetition. They were crowned The Best Band in Dorset this April 2007 by judges Mark Hill (Craig David), and Tim Noble (Kylie Minogue).^[3]

Discography

Albums

• 2008: Moontown

Singles

• 2007: "On Reflection"
• 2007: "The Sun Will Shine"
• 2007: "Relax"
• 2007: "L'escargot"

References

1. ^ "Official Moontown myspace page". Myspace. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
2. ^ "Official Moontown myspace page". Myspace. Retrieved January 12, 2008.
3. ^ "Moontown bring original pop to Dorchester". BBC Dorset. April 16, 2007. Retrieved January 12, 2008.

External links

• Moontown - Official website
• Moontown on Myspace
• Moontown bring original pop to Dorchester - BBC Dorset website