Several thousand bands and musicians from the participating 12 countries (Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, Spain, Slovenia, Hungary, Czech Republic) have applied for the second year of the INES#talent support program. Now the 104 new #talents have been announced – including Mavi Phoenix, Hope and ShaoDow!

Applications were being accepted until July 31, 2018 which were available to all bands and musicians from the participating countries. From all applications received, the festival partners have now nominated the best young musicians from their respective countries for INES#talent 2019. And now that three new members have been added into the network since this past June, INES#talents from Hungary, the Czech Republic and Italy will officially be there for the first time!

With INES#talent in 2019, the most promising young artists in Europe will have the chance to perform at up to 12 showcase festivals and thus present themselves to an international audience, but above all to the international music industry. Drahthaus, Dramas, Kids N Cats, Like Elephants, Little Element, Lulu Schmidt, Mavi Phoenix, Mickey, Mynth, Naked Cameo, Paenda, Please Madame, Pressyes, Sketches on Duality are the Austrian INES#talents for 2019!

A total of over 100 slots will be available exclusively for the sponsored artists at all participating events in the coming year.

The participating festivals are:

• c/o pop, Germany
• Budapest Showcase Hub, Hungary
• Enea Spring Break, Poland
• Linecheck, Italy
• Live at Heart, Sweden
• Liverpool Sound City, United Kingdom
• MENT Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Monkey Week, Spain
• Nouvelle Prague, Czech Republic
• Sonic Visions, Luxembourg
• Waves, Vienna, Austria
• Westway LAB, Portugal

The first cycle of the young talent promotion programme is still underway – with particularly successful participants such as We Bless This Mess, Cari Cari and Haiku Garden.

Further information about INES#talent can be found at: https://www.ines-festivals.eu/talents/

INES is the European Showcase Festival Network that promotes the careers of artists and music professionals in the European markets. INES is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the EU.

Here’s a look at the nominations for INES#talents 2019

Austria:
Drahthaus, Dramas, Kids N Cats, Like Elephants, Little Element, Lulu Schmidt, Mavi Phoenix, Mickey, Mynth, Naked Cameo, Paenda, Please Madame, Pressyes, Sketches on Duality

Germany:
ÄTNA, Bellchild, Darjeeling, EAU ROUGE, Gabriel Vitel, Giant Rooks, Hope, Il Civetto, Inner Tongue, James Chatburn, Comfort Noise, O-Shin, Wooden Peak

Great Britain:
Berries, Calva Louise, Eckoes, Eyre Llew, Hey Charlie, Love Ssega, ShaoDow, She Drew The Gun, The Orielles, The Tea Street Band

Italy:
Bee Bee Sea, DayKoda

Luxembourg:
Desdemonia, Fusion Bomb, Josh Island, Lost in Pain, Maz, Them Lights

Poland:
Bokka, Dagadana, FFRANCIS, INA WEST, Izzy and the Black Trees, JANKA, Mateusz Franczak, Natalia Moskal, Rycerzyki, TROJ

Portugal:
Daily Misconceptions, ERMO, Fogo Fogo, Lucas, Mathilda, Mirror People, Mister Roland, O Gajo, Paraguaii, Surma

Sweden:
Adée, ANNELIE, Elin Namnieks Fränder, Ignore The Elephant, Loving Embers, Northlight, Oscar Soul Experience, Simon Alexander, Sofia Vivere,

Slovenia:
Blaž, čunfa,Leni Kravac, Lynch, MRFY, Natriletno kolobarjenje s praho, NOAIR, Werefox, Zala Kralj & Gašper Šantl, КУКЛА

Spain:
Akkan, Amparito, Anita Kuruba, Baywaves, Los Wilds, Mounqup, Nuria Graham, Terry vs. Tori, The Parrots, The Wheels

Czech Republic:
Acute Dose, I Love You Honey Bunny, Lenny, Please The Trees, Zabelov Group,

Hungary:
Mörk, Platon Karataev, Vera Jonas Experiment