Black Diamond Bay release debut single

Alumni band Black Diamond Bay released their debut single, Worship the Sun, on Exceptional Records RED Label on Monday 5 April. The single has also recently had airplay on Radio 1 by Huw Stephens and 6 Music by Tom Robinson and the song was placed on the latest Mixmag Podcast which described it as 'slick electro'. iDJ Magazine gave Worship the Sun a resounding 8/10 and it was also aired on BBC Radio's Raw Talent.  The single will be available for download on iTunes and includes an extended Album version of the track. It is accompanied by a video devised and produced by animation impresario, Matt Harney. From the Exceptional Records website: Black Diamond Bay are a Leeds based 7 piece playing what has been described as a ‘seething, strutting motorik funk charge’ by one eloquent journalist. Allying the drums and synths of electro with punishing bass and guitar riffs to compliment classical violins and sweet female harmonies, their music crosses many genres and yet despite defying easy definition, remains coherent, bold and accessible. Black Diamond Bay were born when attic based production duo Tarentum (Tom Sidebottom and Jesse O’Mahoney) hand picked musicians from Leeds College of Music to form a band to play their songs live. Lithuanian ingénue Agne Motieciute was the first to join, her beautiful voice and subtly threatening early Bardot persona making the decision easy. Then followed the blissful harmonies of Holly Thomas. The line up expanded further to include Colin Sutton, the fastest bass player in Yorkshire and Ben Ziapour, the heaviest Anglo-Iranian guitarist of all time. Their dance moves and capacity for abstract thought also helped to ease them through the selection process. Ben Wilson a protégé of Colin’s, became the drummer, not only for his unerring ability to keep time under pressure but also due to his status as resident dark horse. His musical genius spans several genres and a multitude of instruments too numerous for inclusion in this dispatch (a list will be provided on request). Black Diamond Bay have a colourful history that includes a childhood Eurovision experience, broadcast script writing, being the number one act on a popular Lithuanian website for 2009 and playing the main stage to great acclaim at Kendal Calling. The band enjoyed further support from BBC Radio Leeds, Kiss, 6 Music and XFM prior to formally releasing any music. However beyond what might seem immediately obvious about the band there is that other intangible element that all great bands have in common, a sense of poetry and mystery. Black Diamond Bay are there to unfold, it begins with “Worship The Sun” and the debut album “I dreamt we were bank robbers” that follows later in 2010. www.myspace.com/blackdiamondbaymusic  You can download Worship the Sun at iTunes here: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/worship-the-sun-ep/id356737528