Damian Hand, Charlie Casey, Tim West, Simeon Jones, Russell Milton,
Tim Weller.
Influences
jimmy hendrix, miles davis, stravinsky, sukia, soft machine, chemical brothers, blurt, the contortions, debussy , david bowie , charlie mingus, ornette coleman , blood sweat and tears, the stranglers, john barry, soul, punk, reggae, jazz, skatelites, roxy music, edgar varese, ray charles, frank zappa, kraftwerk, gong, pot
Damian Hand and Charlie Casey embarked on their sonic adventures in 1994 with their Akasha Theme being featured on D J Bizness' seminal EP PD3. This brought them to the attention of the fledgling Wall of Sound label with whom they worked throughout the1990's. Now widely recognised as the original purveyors of noirish Jazadelic music , the akasha sound has developed over the years into an ever more eclectic melting pot of musical mayhem and genre defying twists. Expect the unexpected on each new track.
They have released 2 albums,"Cinematique" 1998 (which featured vocals from Maxi Jazz and Neneh Cherry) and the dark and eerie "Love Philtre Magick" 2003. Numerous 12"s and a clear vinyl 7"(rare) are mostly still available through their website www.akasha.co.uk.
Their third album "Smoke" has recently been completed and marks a return to their chilled and jazzy roots. A couple of taster tracks are posted here.This album wil be released summer 07.
Check the video for the title track.
The new album features a guest vocal from St. Etienne's Sarah Cracknell."The Last Weekend" is a very english sounding jazzy sixties end of the affair story - check out the sampler available here.
Live Akasha performances have become cult events in London aswell at festivals throughout Europe including the mama of them all Glastonbury. Incorporating electronic sequences , improvisational elements , moody fender rhodes , fat drums , crazy baby guitar, screaming funky horns, rock solid bass and madcap samples its a heady brew.
Charlie and Damian have played with various other artists including Lemon Jelly, The Divine Comedy, Van Morrison, Neneh Cherry, Maxi Jazz , Jerry Dammers Spatial AKA orchestra , James Hunter and David Axelrod
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SOUK SOUND Ethnomusica Electronica A night of cutting edge electronic music with a roots iration and World Vibration.. Line up: >> Russ Jones > The Hackney Globe Trotter >> Natema (LIVE) >> ZeJ (LIVE) Dj set CousCous and Dreadnaut finish off an all star lineup of some of London's most upfront explorers in modern World n' Bass music! 12.12.09 The Empowering Church Hackney Central, London E8, Corner of Westgate St and Mare St. £6 b4 11 £8 after
We are finally ready to start promoting my 'I Surrender' single with my album, 'Ella Trip' coming right after -yey!! What d'ya think to the video teaser?
Hello! After many invitations to our gigs it's a big pleasure to invite you to the first night promoted by NATEMA: 'LOOP HOLE' and it'll be great to see all of our friends there! Apart from Natema's live act (myspace.com/natemalive) there will be two great DJs: Dj Wesley Razzy (myspace.com/wesleyrazzy) and Dj Roddy.
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Hi, Episode 4 of The Ad Astral podcast is out: Dream Girl, by DJ Burnham
“With all the fun of the fair: alien cabaret acts, romance and sinister undercurrents collide when the star-travelling Carnival of Delights comes to planet Leopani and changes the life of one young man forever.”
*** Written and narrated by DJ Burnham Voices: Jules Lawrence, Miles Jefcoate, Becky Jefcoate and Simon Taylor. Music: Nick Pynn, Dharksthar, Jules Lawrence, Jon Wood and Nick Harper
Click on the image (or the website address http://www.adastralpodcast.com) to take you to the Ad Astral Website and then click on Episode 4 Podcast player. Hope you enjoy it. Bye for now, Dave
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