Tootard
One of the most exciting bands from the middle east , to ever form, with many enormous concerts behind them. A young, trailblazing ensemble founded by brothers Hasan & Rami Nakhleh (born in occupied Golan heights, who deftly fuse Levant-tinted desert blues, melodic psych-rock, morphed reggae and classical Arabic modalities. Their second album Laissez POasser, is their debut international release and one of the first such releases from their homeland. Restless, buoyant and eclectic.
Tarantola
Hailing straight from the boot of Italy, Tarantola is a London based Folk-Rock - Gypsy band that brings "Taranta", the traditional music of Salento to the British music scene.
6 energetic musicians who come from different corners of the world including Italy, Spain, England,Brasil and Cyprus who share their diverse musical influences with captivating circus performances exclusive for their upcoming album entitled "Rogue Rouge Circus", containing 5 singles that will be released one by one monthly from the 18th of january 2019.
Each song is an episode of an intriguing and provocative story about all the mysteries, relationships and adventures behind the circus curtains, which you can watch and follow in the next live shows .
You’ll hear authentic tambourine rhythms grooving with enchanting whistles and violins, reminiscent of the circus, the sea, the tradition, the legend and the mysticism belonging to "brown skin people" of the Mediterranean lands.
Tarantola will be touring in England, Italy, and Spain for the entire 2018/2019.
You'll enjoy a perfect communion of wild gipsy music with breathtaking circus performances.
Tarantola bites her victims and steals their souls, making them dance without rest in a unique live show.
Skaabba
MAMA MIA! Riding a wave of “why didn’t we think of that?” from every other band on the circuit, Skabba take the near perfect songwriting craftsmanship of Swedish legends ABBA and combine it with the foot stomping rhythms and rawness of classic SKA and rocksteady music. Hailing from skandanavia (Bournemouth), Skabba have not only the back catalogue, but an unfathomably fantastic live show perfect for any festival, event, wedding, pub, club, highstreet, bar mitzvah, midsummer party, ikea opening, birthday, funeral or anniversary.
Their combined experienced has seen their members touring all over the world and playing festivals such as Bestival, Glastonbury and Boomtown. Skabba members have done sessions for MTV and played events in multiple continents, have curated musicals, filmed for Microsoft, organized festivals and planned weddings.
With a solid rhythm section, silky brass section and truly fantastic vocals there hasn’t been such a successful mash up of two separate worlds since Harry Burnett-Reese mixed chocolate with peanut butter.
So if you like the heavy monster sounds, the nuttiest sounds around from the likes of Prince Buster, The Specials, Maddness, Badness Manners and The Selector as well as the sheer might of pop bangers such as Dancing Queen, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Voulez vous and Waterloo, Skabba might just be the sound of your summer, the afterparty of your Autumn, the warmer of your winter and the source of your spring . Skank you for the Music.
DJ Mr Pacho