10 exclusive tracks by 10 UK bands. One winner.
63336 (formerly known as AQA 63336) commissioned 20 UK bands and artists to submit tracks for the AQA 63336 Greatest Questions album. 10 tracks were selected by the judges, with each band receiving £1,000, and then the public voted for their favourite with the band attracting the most votes winning £5,000.
Voting is now closed, and the winning band is Model Radio (formerly known as my:audio) with their track 'What's gone wrong?' This track, and the others that made it to the album are available to download for free.
The 10 Greatest Question tracks
Will I get through today without being kicked in the knickers? 'Emotionally packed songs to tug on even the hardest to reach heart strings', 'It is easy to imagine their epic quality ascending above any arena' say the critics. |
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Was Jack the Ripper? This four piece from Southampton have been described as 'taking indie rock in brave new directions, dropping in slabs of Birthday Party style violence and Joy Division darkness'. |
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What's gone wrong? - WINNING TRACK The critics write 'Model Radio have raw talent, ambition and a DIY ethic with continued hard work and constant promotion it won't be long before they get noticed'. The public have voted What's gone wrong as the best song on the album. |
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Why me? The Barker Band came to be after twin brothers Jake and Sam Barker began playing bluegrass with their dad, Lenny (a successful TV comedy writer for stars including Lenny Henry), and their oldest friend, Laurie Sherman. |
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What should I do to my bird tonight? With their unique blend of country and indie-pop, the Morning People are probably the only band in the country to feature both pedal steel guitar and Casio keyboards. |
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If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends? Ami and Holly Jane make up DeadDogInBlackBag. They're a hotly tipped, radio 1 played Electro twosome from Brighton who met in a chemists buying make-up. |
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Is AQA man or machine? Brontosaurus used AQA as the inspiration behind the story to their latest album, 'The monkey & the whale'. That album took 9 years to make, but Crawford, Connor and Buck took just under a month to record their AQA track. |
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Can you cry underwater? Founded by Alasdair Wright and Clare O'Brien from their home in the Scottish Highlands, Species 8472 has variously been described as 'brilliant' and 'the stuff that dreams are made of'. |
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Does anyone love me? Laura Groves, 19 years of age, lives in the town of Shipley writing melodic, beautiful songs. She's been described as a 'simply stunning Bradford songstress'. |
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Has anyone seen Elvis's dead body? Since 1999 Maudlin Rich has garnered a cult following in Liverpool and in the UK for his tuneful, softly-song compositions that are both world-weary and life-affirming. |
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The runners up
Here are the bands who submitted tracks that didn't quite make the album. They worked hard to record and submit tracks, so do check them out on their myspace pages.
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Nic, the alter-ego of Applefish from Cardiff, produces electronica that's been described as 'warm, melodic, bubbling genius' by the BBC no less. Applefish recorded 'What came first, the chicken or the egg?' for AQA. |
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After the finals of the Nationwide O2 battle of the bands in late 2006 The Brent Flood appeared on Playmusic Magazine's cover-mount CD of the best UK unsigned music. Their track was 'How long is a piece of string?' for the AQA 63336 album. |
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Based in Luton, Bedfordshire, Comic.Boy are Niki and Stephen and play a brand of acoustic based rock/folk/pop. They've just released their first EP and recorded 'What did i do three years ago to this day?' for AQA. |
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Emmy the Great is a London based singer-songwriter. With NME calling her 'the Honey voiced angel of British Anti-Folk', Emmy is noted for her thoughtful and poignant lyrics. She penned a song called 'Do ghosts exist?' for AQA. |
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Voted 'Best Group' and winners of 'Best single' at the Lyric Pad Hip hop awards 2005, Foreign Beggars are a 5 man crew who also host their own show every Saturday night on BBC Asian Network. They recorded 'Am I big enough?' for AQA. |
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Jonathan Glew is both an up and coming singer-songwriter and Olivier award winning actor. His band, The Innercityfolk are one of the latest new indie/rock acts to hit London. They recorded 'Where is the girl I've been waiting for?' for AQA. |
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They've only been together a few years, but the four talented musicians that make up My Albatross have developed quickly into a close knit band. Based in Twickenham, David, Conor, Sam and Eoin recorded 'Who always takes the blame when children do wrong?' for AQA. |
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Based in Cambridge, Paul's well known in the area for intense performances and powerful lyrics, gaining praise for 'superb craftsmanship and beautiful performances'. Paul's submission is one of AQA's most popular questions: 'Why is the sky blue?'. |
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Variously 'Catchy and abrasive', 'fractured and beautiful', 'rambunctious and discordant': music mags are not short of adjectives to describe PopShop's music. They recorded 'What's my girlfriends name?' for AQA. |
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Sean Eskimo is the pen name of Pete Clark, a 25 year old graphic designer. Having made music since he was 15 to cope with the tedium of daytime office jobs, Pete turned his unique talents to writing a song entitled 'Who is my soul mate?' for AQA. |
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Anything but subdued, Dan, Dave and Tom have been playing together for seven years. Together with drummer Craig, they released their first album in 2006. Subdued put their rock skills together to create a track entitled 'Where has all my money gone?' |
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