MARMALADE PRESENTS: LIVE MUSIC WITH TOBY CORTON & PAULINA

25 Sep 2024 18:30

Location: Bar & Terrace

WHAT

Marmalade Presents is a showcase focusing on connecting the creative industries together through music. A community paving the way for the future of the music and creative industries.

WHO

Marmalade partners with artists on their deeper purpose to make a change in the world. We craft strategic pathways to build mature businesses, discover and grow engaging audiences, expand monetary revenues, and turn dreams into reality. We support artists through creative development, building networks and creative collaborators, music distribution, intuitive marketing strategies, booking live shows, and expanding catalog.'

Paulina is a 19-year-old singer and songwriter who has marked her place in the Australian soul pop scene, having won a Queensland Music Award in 2022. 

Born in Germany and raised in Australia, music has always been a large part of her life. Paulina combines her musical knowledge with her lyricism to reflect on her innermost feelings and comment on pressing zeitgeist themes which often weigh on her mind. She has the ability to write uniquely emotive songs, and captures the true essence of her subjects in her purest performances, drawing inspiration from her idols Jorja Smith, Raye and Billie Eilish. 

From early on, Paulina has caught the attention of many industry professionals, and was awarded grants with Regional Arts Development Fund and multiple mentoring programs with Australian Independent Record Label Association. 

Her latest tracks were produced by Tim Bettinson (aka Vancouver Sleep Clinic) and Luke Jenkins, with whom she worked with for her Debut EP. Since graduating high school at the end of 2022, she has traveled through Europe, producing her debut EP, which was released in August of 2023.

Toby Corton is the 20 quid you dreamt of finding, rolled up, in the inside pocket of a favourite jacket, bought from a vintage shop. An Eastend romantic, with a heart for (Soul) music, Tom Robinson (BBC 6Music) has referred to Toby as 'charismatic queer cockney creative'. A tapestry of musical influence and style, Toby has been putting on shows, dancing around kitchens and living rooms since a child, raised on a veritable buffet spread of music. 

Toby’s work in music extends well beyond personal artistic endeavours, as part of Corton & Quest, writing and production duo, running their platform and studio space State is Flow. In addition to this the launch of Sounds Queer in 2022, an initiative that aims to create more opportunities and safe spaces for queer artists and audiences to participate in live music, has led to work with Glastonbury, The Roundhouse, Mighty Hoopla and major UK pride festivals.