Acutek, Scotland On Sunday, 29 April 2018

Published in Scotland On Sunday, 22 April 2018 | Words by Derick Mackinnon and Olaf Furniss. Read on Scotsman.com [in association with Hit The Road] ACUTEK Artist of the Week in Scotland On SundayHailing from Forres in the Highlands, Duncan Falconer, aka Acutek started out as a DJ at the age of 15, winning numerous competitions for his skills on the decks, before going on to record his own tracks.A decade on and with several releases under his belt, his latest EP, entitled Darkside, came out at the end of last month on and spent a week at the top of the Hardcore/Hard Techno chart on the world’s leading dance music platform, Beatport, thereby further cementing his reputation as a producer to look out for. Acutek next appears on 5 May at the Flick night he co-hosts in Forres and his next track is due out in the summer, shortly before he appears at the Inverness Ironworks as part of the Exklusive extravaganza on 28 July. We recommend checking out his releases on Spotify and keeping an eye out for news of future festival appearances via www.facebook.com/Acutek12 Olaf Furniss and Derick Mackinnon run music social night Born To Be Wide see ww.borntobewide.co.uk Under the Radar is in association with Hit The Road a national youth music touring project for 14-19 year olds. The initiative is now open for musicians to tour Scotland in 2018. Hit The Road is run by Scottish Music Centre and funded by Creative Scotland’s Youth Music Initiative (YMI) and PRS Foundation. Apply to tour at http://hittheroad.org.uk/#register Images: Hit The Road logo Lewis Capaldi | Indigo Velvet and Be Charlotte * For consideration as our Artist of the Week please click HERE scroll to the bottom and review checklist of what we NEED in order to feature bands in Scotland On Sunday. Then email: Derick