Project ATX6
Biography
Established 2014 by project producer, director, and Austin musician, Chris Brecht, Project ATX6 has facilitated the travel of over 30 Austin musicians to several 8 internatioanl music festivals on 19 international trips. Each year, the project selects 6 musicians to act as musical ambassadors for the creativity, diversity, and talent that is indigenous to Austin’s live music scene. This project is made possible exclusively by partnerships with local Austin businesses. Project ATX6 one of the most ambitious and unprecedented music incubators available to independent artists anywhere. For more information visit: www.ProjectATX6.com
Austin Mayor, Steve Adler: “There is no greater advertisement for Austin's creative spirit than Project ATX6. Live music is Austin’s greatest renewable resource, and ATX6 is helping make it our most popular export."
Leslie Sissons of Moving Panoramas: www.movingpanoramas.com
Moving Panoramas make boot gaze dream rock from Austin, Texas, led by songwriter, Leslie Sisson. The 2015 debut LP 'One' and 2019 sophomore LP ‘In Two’ (both via Modern Outsider Records) received international acclaim and reached #1 radio charts. "The best band in Texas right now" - Houston Press. “Stylish, shimmery, harmony-laden pop song (think Warpaint or Dum Dum Girls) tapped into a driving, propulsive urgency" - Billboard. “Ingredients and the sentiment might be simple, but the outcome is disarmingly complex" - NPR.
Urban Heat Island Effect | Artist website: www.v3comusic.com
Best known for his work with punk band BLXPLTN (Pronounced: Blacksploitation), Jonathan Horstmann began releasing dreamy synth-pop as V3CO (pronounced Veeco) in 2019. His band Urban Heat Island Effect expands on V3CO’s love of analog synthesizers by adding live guitars and percussion, creating a sound that is at once visionary and reminiscent of classic synth-based bands.
Alesia Lani | Artist website: www.alesialanimusic.com
The past two years have seen Alesia really come into her own as an artist and performer, following the release of her debut project “First Impression” Alesia capitalized on the buzz from the album to catch the eyes and ears of local tastemakers such as The Austin Chronicle (who named “First Impression as one of the Top 10 Albums of 2015) along with national blogs such as Saint Heron and Singersroom.com as well as popular magazine Rolling Out, while also performing at festivals such as SXSW, Pecan Street Festival, and 35 Denton (For which she was highlighted as having one of the best performances of the festival.).
Mike St. Clair of Pocket Sounds | Artist Website: www.pocketsoundsmusic.com
You might have heard him playing one or more of these instruments on recordings or performances with groups including White Denim, Okkervil River, The Polyphonic Spree, Erika Wennerstrom, The Octopus Project or Ian Moore, to name a few. Though in high demand as a sideman, it wasn’t until 2017 with the formation of Pocket Sounds that his most impressive talents were illuminated.
Kathryn Legendre | Artist Website: www.kathrynlegendremusic.com
Kathryn Legendre drives around Austin, with a GOD BLESS MERLE HAGGARD sticker on the bumper. You know, kind of like the "God Bless Johnny Cash" stickers, but her own take on it – custom. Her folks will tell you she's always gone against the mainstream. That encompasses Legendre's whole outlook on songwriting and, well, life. Legendre thrives when she feels there's something missing. As a result, she’s built a catalog consisting of her 2013 debut album Old Soul, Summer 2014 single, "Have You Forgotten Me?," and 2016 EP Don't Give A Damn. Her latest effort takes form in the EP Making It Up (released May 17, 2019).
Evan Charles (of Altamesa) | Artist website: www.altamesamusic.com
Evan Charles has been a fixture in the Austin music scene for over ten years. Prior to founding Altamesa, he spent five years as a member of Nic Armstrong and the Thieves, and two years as a member of The Happen-Ins, a band founded by current Altamesa guitarist, producer, and co-creative Sean Faires. In early 2019, the non-profit organization Black Fret named Altamesa one of twenty grant recipients from a pool of over six hundred candidates. Prior festival appearances include two performances at Luck Reunion, held during South by Southwest at Willie Nelson’s ranch in Luck, Texas.
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