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60 ............... Friday, December 18, 2015 1SM 1SM Friday, December 18, 2015 ............... 61 WE CHECK OUT THE ACTION AT CAPCOM CUP NEW TRACKLIST MUSIC By Jim Gellately It’s all fight 1. Runaway 2. Conqueror LOST IN VANCOUVER Who: Jake Morgan (vocals 3. Running With The /guitar), Connor Mckay (gui- Wolves tar), Brandon Sherrett (bass/ vocals), Tom Lawrence on the night 4. Lucky (drums). Where: Kirkcaldy/Edinburgh. 5. Winter Bird For fans of: Stereophonics, 6. I Went Too Far Catfish And The Bottlemen, Oasis. 7. Through The Eyes Jim says: Lost In Vancouver Of A Child only recently released their first couple of singles, but 8. Warrior their story goes back around 9. Murder Song (5, five years. They first got together at GLOBAL rivals in the By LEE PRICE By JACQUI SWIFT 4, 3, 2, 1) their local YMCA in Kirkcaldy, which runs a thriving youth world’s top fighting and T-shirts emblazoned A COFFEE shop in 10. Home music programme. game went toe-to- with the logos of their vari- Gatwick Airport’s 11. Under The Water Jake told me: “From the toe as they battled ous sponsors. age of 13, Brandon, Connor And the response from departures lounge 12. Black Water Lilies and myself had been getting to become Street the audience, who paid £25 is not the most guitar and song-writing les- Fighter champion. a ticket, was deafening. sons from a guy called Mark Before a sell-out crowd, At one point, the audito- glamorous setting Burdett. He got us playing in and hundreds of thousands rium chanted “USA! USA!” bands around the town.” following the action online, as a home favourite stepped to meet a fast-rising Jake and original drummer 32 gamers competed for a up, only to be silenced by James Ballingall were previ- share of £165,000 last week. his opponent’s victory. singer-songwriter. EXCLUSIVE And the Capcom Cup But when her days are ously in a band called Verte- Before each virtual bout, brae. The pair got together winner received an £80,000 backstage interviews are spent dashing back and forth (120,000 dollar) cheque. played on the big screens, between Britain and Bergen INTERVIEW with Connor and Brandon last year to form Lost In Vancou- Street Fighter is one of with competitors quizzed in Norway, it’s the only time the few gaming big boys to about their preparation. ver. The guys released their have its own “scene” in the Leading contender Mago to catch up with Aurora. debut EP at the end of 2014. If you don’t yet recognise the eSports arena and the used the time for some With the departure of movement is big business. smack-talk. He said he had name, you will know the 19-year- James a few months ago, old Norwegian’s voice. Even the likes of Red Bull not worried about his first drummer Tom Lawrence, who enter their own team. opponent — focusing on She is the singer on the heart- Jake had met at college, com- warming John Lewis Christmas Competitors from ten who he would likely meet advert — a haunting cover of pletes the current line-up. countries travelled to San in the third round. Oasis’s 1994 B-side Half The From the tracks I’ve heard, Francisco in the US. But it was Japan’s Ryota World Away. Lost In Vancouver have Among the hopefuls was “Kazunoko” Inoue who won, Interest in Aurora Aksnes stacks of potential. With com- England’s Problem X, aka taking his annual earnings began two years ago when her parisons being made to Benjamin Simon. to £95,000. This makes him people were contacted by John after Kings Of Leon and early Arc- The uninitiated could be the second-highest earning Lewis’ people. I cried tic Monkeys, it won’t be long forgiven for guessing the Street Fighter player, after She explains: “In June I was pro-gamers were racing runner-up Daigo Umehara, warming up for Nick Mulvey at drivers, decked in jackets on £98,000. his Somerset House shows (in London) and, a few weeks later, we got an email asking us to do a calm and emotional version of Half The World Away. “But I had never heard the original before.” Neither had she seen the John advert at this stage. seeing Aurora adds: “We heard about until they break out of their the idea but we hadn’t seen the local scene. Now split video. But when I did see it, it between Fife and Edinburgh, was so moving I cried when I they’ve already been making was telling my parents about it.” an impact in the capital. Dun- fermline has also been fruitful ‘I used to relate music for the band. Jake explained: “There is a to personal pain’ big metal scene in Kirkcaldy Aurora believes her sparse advert Lewis but it’s not so good for indie cover version of the Oasis track bands. If you’re an indie band suits her delicate voice. in Fife, Dunfermline is the GROOVE PLANET 3 She says: “Not knowing place to be at the moment.” iOS, free the song helped, as I I like the fact that Lost In AN unusual mix of rhythmic puzzler and could interpret it in Vancouver appreciate they’ve city builder. Your role as mayor is to make my own way. still got a lot to learn. They’ve people of your planet dance, as popularity, AURORA “In my version surrounded themselves with buildings and profit are influenced by the you can really hear own. I’d entertain when I was sad — but when I Still only a teenager, writing her number of notes you hit. the emotion of the people that can help take myself just imagining learned to play and write it album has helped Aurora experi- them to the next level. The game claims to let you play along to lyrics. They are up stories.” meant happiness for me. It was ence other aspects of life. good words to sing Jake said: “Mark Burdett is popular songs, but I didn’t recognise any. The first song she an important thing to learn.” She says: “I’ve had so many Fear not, it syncs to Apple Music to play and I like to use wrote, I Had A Dream, The youngest of three daugh- great experiences through my our very own Mr Miyagi. He my voice as an was inspired after see- ters, Aurora says being away songs. I’ve had to create got a friend of his Eck Burrell your own. A funny little groover, but its instrument.” ing a drunk man sleep- from home is made easier as her stories and characters and expe- to help us get some high- very nature limits when you can play. In March she ing on the streets. She sisters Viktoria, 25, a fashion rience the stories.” quality recordings. Eck’s sup- will be more says: “I’m very sensitive designer, and make-up artist Earlier this year, Aurora heard port has possibly been one of than just the girl and that’s why a lot of Miranda, 28, travel and work that Katy Perry was a fan when the best things that’s hap- SHRED IT! 5 from the John Lewis my songs are seen as with her. the US superstar tweeted a link pened to us. As a band we are iOS/Android, free advert, when she releases her being dark. She says: “I’m really close to to the Runaway EP’s lead track. really lucky as we have had TEMPLE Run on a snowboard, meets debut album All My Demons “My music is also inspired by my family and my sisters. We’re Katy told her 60million follow- the support and caught the down a slope. But so much more. Greeting Me As A Friend. nature. Running With The best of friends. We never fight ers that she had finally found eye of other musicians. Jamie The whole world is beautifully Her music is already popular, Wolves is about freedom and and we are all very calm. new music that made her heart from Jamie & Shoony has crafted from paper. No mean feat, with debut EP Running With joining nature again, getting flutter. So is Aurora hoping to taught me how to become a especially for the never-ending The Wolves picking up more away from phones and radio and ‘Becoming hugely emulate her world-famous fan’s much better frontman.” level. Watching the background than 30million Spotify streams. all the stuff we keep around us.” famous is not a goal’ enormous success? Lost In Vancover play PJ proves mesmeric and the game is Is she looking forward to The title of All My Demons She says: “It’s always nice to Molloys in Dunfermline on evocative and atmospheric. Each people hearing her own music? Greeting Me As A Friend refers “It makes life easier as they have people appreciate your January 16 and Edinburgh’s music. But strange when it’s run is different and the world feels “I am, as I’ve been working so to overcoming negative thoughts. know what suits me and what I Cabaret Voltaire on February alive. Beautiful and a lot of fun. hard to finish my album. Some Aurora says: “It’s about coming feel comfortable in. someone as famous as Katy Perry! 27. Their singles Juliet and of the songs are really old — like to terms with everything that has “I’m not one of those female “As happy as I am for as many people as possible to hear my Kate are out now.

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