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Palemino

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Released: Jan 1, 2010

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Palemino
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Horror
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Rainy Midnight
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Gatwick Frisk
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Ever Closer
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General Info

Genre: Alternative
Location Leeds and London, UK
Profile Views: 14503
Last Login: 10/16/2010
Member Since 11/30/2007
Website http://www.facebook.com/pages/Artibella/6740993620
Record Label Unsigned
Bio
.. ............Myspace Layouts.. - ..Myspace Editor.. - ..Hot Comments.. - ..Image Hosting.... .........."Catchy, driving, up-tempo beats and promising vocals... Great fun and well worth a listen" - ........NoTitle Magazine................"They really work the crowd with their short, optimistic, rhythm-driven songs that feel like a melting pot... Artibella made converts of everyone and went down a storm" - ....Leeds Music Scene.............."It really hit the mark with me. Nice stuff" ..........-...... ......BBC Radio Bristol Introducing...................."Damn impressive.... My three and a half year old daughter was dancing to it" - ........Lights Go Out Zine.. ......................"Your music made me a happy feeling" - ........Katsuhiko Watanabe.............. ....Artibella is a six-piece band of robbers...Between them they sing, play trombone, guitar, bass, drums, violin, ukulele, melodica, harmonica and spoons. Their music is influenced by ska, folk, funk and indie. ..They rehearse and record in Hyde Park, Leeds, playing at venues such as the Faversham, Hi-Fi, Brudenell Social Club, Mine, Royal Park Cellars and Carpe Diem. Recently they have also played at Mr. Wolf's in Bristol and The Hope & Anchor in London and have supported King Charles in Leeds.The band have received airplay and acclaim on BBC Radio Bristol, BBC Radio Leeds, and BBC Radio West Yorkshire...They have some upcoming Leeds and London dates... Dont miss 'em. ..PEACE!.. .. .... ........Rainy Midnight is downloadable at http://www.strummerville.com/diy/artibella/ ..To contact Artibella about gigs etc., please either email our Myspace or nix_taylor@hotmail.com...............Click here.......... to become a fan on Facebook .. .. .. .................. Below are three videos made for LSTV's music show 'Call From the Basement'. Huge thanks to Jamie Williams and the crew at LS:Music. ................ .... .. .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. .... ..we made this video for "Aesop" with a camera phone .. and some lost wanders around Leeds :)..
Members
Beth - Vocals, Trombone .. Nick - Vocals, Guitar.. Anya - Guitar, Harmonica, Melodica, Ukulele.. Charlotte - Violin, Vocals .. Will - Bass.. Theo - Drums.. .. ........ .......... ............ ............ ............ ............ .......... .. Photos by Sam Brolan
Influences
Our name:.. Ken Boothe's big ska tune ("Artibella, I saw you with a fella!" the minx) ..Our nature:.. A mix and a mash of Robert Johnson, Funkadelic, Spoon, the crazy Wainwrights, the crazier Winehouse, Dylan, Bright Eyes, The Libertines, motown, The Beatles, Radiohead, Brian Wilson, ska, The Strokes, De La Soul, The Roots and T. Kwilly... hi-life music, Manu Chao and his Mr. Bobby. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ......
Sounds Like
Rafiki in The Lion King jamming with Timone on a mammoth rib