U.N.P.O.C. (musician)

{{Short description|Scottish musician}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = U.N.P.O.C.

| image =

| caption = Tom Bauchop, Tiree, 2003

| image_size = 280

| background = solo_singer

| birth_name = Tom Bauchop

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1978}}

| origin = Crook of Devon, Scotland

| instrument =

| genre = {{flatlist|

• lo-fi
• folk}}

| occupation = Musician

| years_active =

| label = Domino Records

| associated_acts =

| website = [http://www.unpoc.co.uk/ www.unpoc.co.uk]

}}

Tom Bauchop (born 1978), best known by his stage name U.N.P.O.C., is a Scottish musician and member of the Fence Collective.{{Cite web|last=Hughes|first=Rob|date=December 2003|title=Almost Famous|url=http://www.unpoc.com/uncut.php|access-date=2021-02-08|website=www.unpoc.com}}{{Cite journal |last=Thompson |first=Emil |date=2020-08-07 |title=Three Rural Scottish Music Scenes – An Ethnographic Study |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03007766.2020.1730649 |journal=Popular Music and Society |language=en |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=389–400 |doi=10.1080/03007766.2020.1730649 |s2cid=213220271 |issn=0300-7766|url-access=subscription }} He has released two albums on Domino Records, Fifth Column and the limited edition Live at King Tut's.{{Cite web|last=Bauchop|first=Tom|date=|title=unpoc discography page|url=http://www.unpoc.com/discography.php|access-date=2021-02-08|website=www.unpoc.com}} Fifth Column featured only two musicians: Bauchop, and drummer Stu Bastiman.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2003-12-01|title=U.N.P.O.C. - Fifth Column|url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/u-n-p-o-c-fifth-column-19125/|access-date=2021-02-08|website=UNCUT|language=en-GB}}

Fifth Column received a number of positive reviews in print media, including lead review and 9/10 in the winter 2003 edition of Swedish music magazine Sonic.{{cite magazine |last=Jacobsson |first=Johan |date= |title=Glabrezu barbuzu-tana'ri Nalfeshnee! |trans-title= |url= |language=Swedish |magazine=Sonic (musiktidningen Number 14, Winter 2003 edition) |location=Swedish magazine |publisher= |access-date=}} The record scored 4/5 in the print editions of UK music magazines Uncut{{cite magazine |last=Hughes |first=Rob |date= |title=U.N.P.O.C. - Fifth Column |magazine=Uncut (December 2003 edition) |location=UK magazine |publisher= |access-date=}} and X-Ray,{{cite magazine |last=O'Connell |first=Sharon |date= |title=U.N.P.O.C. Fifth Column (Domino) |trans-title= |magazine=X-Ray (November 2003) |location=UK magazine |publisher= |access-date=}} with X-Ray calling the album "odd but oddly affecting". UK newspaper The Daily Telegraph did not use a numerical score but noted that while the album was "too unpolished to tussle with the Pop Idols on mainstream radio", it was "in some better parallel universe... ...the pop album of 2003".{{cite magazine |last=Perry |first=Andrew |date=25 October 2003|title=u.n.p.o.c. Fifth Column |trans-title= |magazine=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK newspaper |publisher= |access-date=}}

One early U.N.P.O.C. live performance was captured by MTV Nordic, who visited the Fence Collective as their subjects for season 1, episode 1 of their TV documentary series "This Is Our Music". Broadcast on MTV2 in February 2004, the programme featured Bauchop performing and being interviewed.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=19 February 2004|title=The List|url=http://archive.list.co.uk.s3-website.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/the-list/2004-02-19/18/index.html|access-date=2023-06-10|website=www.thelist.com}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=MTV Europe: This Is Our Music, episode 1 guide |url=http://www.mtve.com/thisisourmusic/site.php?episode=e01&file=guide1.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051125192311/http://www.mtve.com/thisisourmusic/site.php?episode=e01&file=guide1.php|archive-date=25 November 2005|access-date=2023-06-10|website=www.mtve.com}}

Bauchop performed live shows from 2003 through to 2006, his live band consisting of then Fence Collective musicians King Creosote, James Yorkston and The Pictish Trail. Notable performances included Glastonbury Festival,{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=17 June 2004|title=Glastonbury 2004: Guardian Lounge showcases new acts at Glastonbury|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/jun/17/glastonbury2004.glastonbury|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609225257/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/jun/17/glastonbury2004.glastonbury|archive-date=2023-06-09|access-date=2023-06-09|website=www.theguardian.com}} London's Alexandra Palace (supporting that year's Mercury Music Prize winners Franz Ferdinand),{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=12 October 2005|title=Franz Ferdinand to play fourth Ally Pally show|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/franz-ferdinand-228-1368479|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610001255/https://www.nme.com/news/music/franz-ferdinand-228-1368479|archive-date=2023-06-10|access-date=2023-06-10|website=www.nme.com}} and a headlining performance at Popaganda Festival in Stockholm, Sweden.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=10 July 2018|title=Personality Clash: James Yorkston x Pictish Trail|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/personality-clash-james-yorkston-x-pictish-trail/|access-date=2023-06-10|website=www.clashmusic.com}}{{Cite web|last=Nöjesguiden|date=3 May 2004|title=Popaganda|url=https://ng.se/artiklar/popaganda|access-date=2023-06-10|website=www.ng.se}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=u.n.p.o.c. doing gigs|url=https://www.unpoc.com/gigs.php|access-date=2023-06-10|website=www.unpoc.com}}

The single Here on My Own was used in the 2007 film, Hallam Foe and in its theatrical trailer.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2008-11-17|title=Hallam Foe Original Soundtrack Review|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12432-hallam-foe-ost/|access-date=2023-06-08|website=www.pitchfork.com|language=en-GB}}{{Cite web|last=Nicolson|first=Barry|date=2007-08-14|title=Various Artists, Hallam Foe Original Soundtrack|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews-various-artists-8864-343643//|access-date=2023-06-08|website=www.nme.com|language=en-GB}} The film went on to win the award for "Best Music" at that year's Berlin Film Festival.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Berlin Film Festival 2007 award winners|url=https://www.berlinale.de/en/archive/awards-juries/awards.html/y=2007/o=desc/p=1/rp=40|access-date=2023-06-08|website=www.berlinale.de}} The song was also used to soundtrack the theatrical trailer for the 2007 Golden Horse Film Festival in Taipei, Taiwan.{{Cite web|last=Bauchop|first=Tom|date=|title=about unpoc|url=http://www.unpoc.com/about.php|access-date=2021-02-08|website=www.unpoc.com}}

In 2022, the same song was used by Greek-based airline Sky Express in its summer television advertising and marketing campaign, ‘In With the New'. Produced in collaboration with the advertising agency Soho Square Athens, FILMIKI and New York based director Matthew Dillon Cohen, the campaign included TV adverts in Greece and social media marketing across a number of EU territories.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=31 May 2022|title=SKY express Launches 'In With the New' Advertising Campaign|url=https://www.breitflyte.com/post/sky-express-launches-in-with-the-new-advertising-campaign|access-date=2023-06-08|website=www.breitflyte.com}}