What is updatescotland.com?

Updatescotland.com is the most comprehensive source of information about the experimental, electronic, improvised, droney, noisy, etc. music that is being made and performed in Scotland at the moment. It was set up in 2006 in order to provide a neutral, comprehensive and regularly updated source of information and is run on a non-profit basis.

In addition to the listings and events guide, updatescotland.com also has a less neutral blog called Long+Wrong. It features tracks, interviews and writings about music and musicians relevant to Scotland.

Since late 2009 we have been helping to make a film about experimental music and musicians based in Scotland. We are expecting to launch the film later in 2011.

We are also organising a series of events at the CCA in Glasgow throughout 2011. The first is on April 9th.

What kinds of music does updatescotland.com cover?

It's difficult to summarise this so the following approaches are examples of the kind thing we're talking about: ambient, breakcore, contemporary classical, dark ambient, doom, drone, electro-acoustic composition, electronica, experimental, free improvisation, free jazz, IDM, improv, math rock, minimalism, new weird folk, noise, post rock, power electronics, punk-primitive, sound art, etc.

Who runs updatescotland.com?

Updatescotland.com is run by Neil A.Simpson. Neil is a musician who is based in Glasgow. He set up the site in 2006 with Mike Gallagher and has been responsible for all aspects of its content, programming, promotion and other activities since 2008. Mike, John Gallagher and Derek Garside programmed the site originally.