X96 & The Complex present
ALICE MERTON
with special guest BROGAN KELBY
Thursday, August 9th | The Complex
Doors at 7:00pm | Music at 8:00pm
Tickets on-sale now at TheComplexSLC.com
X96 has your chance to win a pair of tickets to see ALICE MERTON every day this week! Simply listen for the keyword in the morning on Radio From Hell, afternoons from Jon Smith, your drive home from Todd Nuke’Em, or every evening from Corey O’brien. Text the keyword to 33986 to qualify. If you’re the 96th text with the correct keyword… YOU WIN!
ALICE MERTON
NO ROOTS
Alice Merton signs with Mom + Pop Music! Her single “No Roots” has already captured an immense amount of attention with millions of global plays on Spotify and YouTube, and has been recently added to Alt/AAA U.S. radio. She has new adds this week including LA, Chicago, Austin, Dallas, SF, Minneapolis + NYC/Sirius Alt Nation. Look out for Alice later this year and early next as she plans to tour both Europe and the U.S.
“I’ve got no roots, but my home was never on the ground.“
One whole sentence seems to sum up the life of the English/Canadian singer and songwriter Alice Merton. Four countries and eleven moves later, she starts to take her first independant steps into the music industry. With success – No Roots reached top positions on iTunes, Spotify, Shazam and Hype Machine. In Germany, the song has already reached gold status and was #2 in the official single charts.
Raised in Canada, finishing high school in Germany, then moving on to England with her family, Alice has gotten quite used to packing and unpacking boxes.
With her debut single No Roots, she describes the life of having had many different homes, but comes to the realization that her home was never in one place.
At the age of five she started taking classical piano lessons, four years later she was introduced to vocal training. After spending many years being classically trained, Alice discovered the art of songwriting through one of her high school courses in Germany. She then went on to study songwriting and pursue her dream of becoming a professional singer/songwriter.
During her studies she started working with various producers. „Finding the right producer is like finding a missing puzzle piece, you know it’s there somewhere, but it takes a really long time to find.”
However, after being introduced to Nicolas Rebscher, a berlin-based producer, she knew she had found her match.
Creating a very analog and organic pop sound, going back to the basics of drum and bass driven music, they combined their individual styles to develop a style of their own. Nicolas Rebscher’s arrangements were the perfect addition to Alice’s melodies, combining the depth and softness in her voice, with his energetic and charistmatic sounds.
By expanding her team with the designer Susann Bosslau and founding her own record label Paper Plane Records with her manager, Alice Merton has definately taken a DIY route, but is convinced that it is the right decision for now. „lt takes time to develop as an artist, and nowadays there is so much pressure from major labels. I wanted to have creative freedom when it came to my music.“
These are the specific contest rules for “ALICE MERTON 08/09/18 – Text2Win contest. Contest dates: 06/11/18 – 06/15/18. Listeners may enter to win (2) tickets to Alice Merton on August 9th, 2018 at The Complex by texting a random keyword to 33986 when solicited between 8:00am – 6:00pm weekdays. Participants are limited to (3) attempts per keyword. Message and data rates may apply. Winners will be notified by text and/or phone call. The 96th text received with the correct keyword will be chosen as the winner. If there are less than 96 entries, one winner will be selected at random per keyword. Winners may claim their prize at the Broadway Media offices (50 West 300 South 2nd Floor in Salt Lake City, Utah) Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm. No consolation prizes will be given if the prize is not picked up within the time frame of the event. Prize is only valid during the dates of the event. Prize is valued at approximately $50.00. Prize is provided by The Complex.
