A Band Called Quinn are an electronic indie rock band from

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, Scotland. Founding members Bal Cooke (drummer/producer) and Louise Quinn (singer/ songwriter) met whilst working for a performance art company in Glasgow. Other long-term members are Robert Henderson (keyboards/ trumpet) and Steven Westwater (bass). Previous line ups included

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(Franz Ferdinand). A Band Called Quinn's track DIY opened the sixth episode of Season 1 of

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on E!. The series was created by

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and stars

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. In 2012, with investment from

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, A Band Called Quinn devised the critically acclaimed multimedia show ''Biding Time (remix)'' with theatre director Ben Harrison, Co-Artistic Director of Scottish theatre company Grid Iron. The show was a response to Pippa Bailey's global theatre project ''Biding Time'' which explores the experience of women in the entertainment industry. The band toured in the production around the UK in 2014 and to Brazil in 2015 with performances at the

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Festival. In 2012, also with investment from

, singer of A Band Called Quinn, Louise Quinn, released a duet ''Oh Jackie'' with French DJ & producer

Kid Loco Jean-Yves Prieur, Kid Loco is a French electronic musician, DJ, remixer and producer. His best-known album is '' A Grand Love Story'' (1997), and he has also compiled and mixed a DJ mix album for the Another Late Night series on Azuli Record ...

appearing on vocals. This track was then developed into a short film with Scottish Film Director Uisdean Murray which was nominated for Best Music Based Short Film at Cannes in a Van 2012, Best Film & Script at Renderyard Film Festival (Spain) & nominated for a Scottish Short Film Award at The Glasgow Short Film Festival 2012. Oh Jackie screened at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013 In 2009 A Band Called Quinn toured in award-winning Scottish based Vanishing Point (Theatre Company)'s revision of

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's 18th Century classic

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. It was a co-production by The Lyceum in Edinburgh and

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. It played at The Lyceum, The Belgrade and The Tramway in Glasgow. In 2010 the band released an album of the songs written for ''The Beggar's Opera'' with sleevenotes written by Scottish crime writer

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. Parisian producer/ DJ

produced A Band Called Quinn's second album ''Luss''. Singer Louise Quinn appears on several of Kid Loco's albums. A Band Called Quinn's drummer & producer Bal Cooke has produced records for Glasgow artists

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and

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. A Band Called Quinn appear on the soundtrack to films by

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, David MacKenzie and

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. Three tracks were on the soundtrack for the

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produced series

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which was broadcast on

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in the Autumn of 2010. Another three A Band Called Quinn tracks were used on

Series 2 broadcast on

in 2012 . A Band Called Quinn's track "DIY" was used in the remake of the classic

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starring

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broadcast on

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on Boxing Day 2011. Three songs by A Band Called Quinn are featured in Scottish Indie Film "Fast Romance". A Band Called Quinn have collaborated with Scottish Film Maker Uisdean Murray on several music videos including "Wolf Cries Boy" which received its premier on NBC LA show Action on Film & screened at three international film festivals including Born Shorts in

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. A Band Called Quinn played The Refract Festival in

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in 2005 after their song ''The World Is Upside Down'' was played on Serbian radio station

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by Slobodan Konjovic and went to number eight in the Serbian Diskomer Chart. The band recorded an audio diary of the trip for

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's ''

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'' programme. "The Glimmer Song" by A Band Called Quinn is currently featured on STV's online advert which features 360-degree views of

, Edinburgh &

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References

External links

Website

Profile on BBC Music
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