Daisy and Archie have been playing as a duet for almost four years and have most recently embarked on a new venture, namely, Jazz. Combining the respective influences of Joe Pass, John Scofield and Django Reinhardt with the dulcet tones of Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone, amongst others, Daisy and Archie have reinvigorated some of the greatest 20th Century classics. With snappy arrangements and an ever expanding repertoire, including original material, you wouldn't want to miss them!
Aside from local gigs. Archie and Daisy are available for booking and provide ideal entertainment for parties, functions, weddings and any other occasion, adding a touch of sophistication and glamour.
For further inquiries please contact daisyandarchie@googlemail.com
{03/04/09} - Needleandthread spring hop.. jamm bar, 261 brixton road, sw9 6lh.. 9pm till late.. £5 before 11pm, £6 after..
We be back.. arrh.. with a rather tasty gig..
The line up is likely to take the roof off Jamm with Speakers Corner Quartet at number one on the list. These guys have headlined the Jazz Cafe and opened for Herbie Hancock at the Royal Albert Hall, as well as working with some big names in hip hop.
In addition to this amazing headline, The Sound of Rum who are festival legends with lyricist Excentral Tempest at the helm, will also be on hand to build the vibes (Rob Da Bank is amongst there many fans). Plus Onyx Ashanti and Daisy Kelly Granger will add some serious funk and soul respectively.
In addition to the incredible live line up comes DJ support from the best around. DJ Snuff is a local hip hop legend, founder of first ‘Speakers Corner’ and then he English branch of the global hip hop movement ‘End of the Weak’. Another DJ who recently also re-launched a strand of a global network ‘Balkan Beats London’, DJ Malaka will be blending traditional folk from Eastern Europe with pounding dance music. Add Popcorn Charly and Drusus Germanicus to the line up and you have a funk fuelled, world eclectic vibe of top class music to take you into the early hours.
Needleandthread presents... {yet another series of} dirty great big nights out.. {nearest tube : oval / brixton..} {buses: 159,N59,333,133,N3..} {running 8pm-4am, £5 all night..
friday june 6th'll be our last big shindig for the summer, at Brixton JAMM (261 Brixton Road).. its festival season, and the fields are calling us! so on that note, we have live bands; Stig Noise Sound System ~ 6-piece liverpudlian noise core.. Nouvelle Croix ~ gypsy swing masters.. get up and djan-go.. Hooverville ~ putting the cleaning implement into vaudeville.. Bonsai Big Band ~ serious groovery, funk, fusion, and hiphop classics.. Daisy & Archie ~ beautifully layered soulful lyricism.. Fat Tuesday ~ lung busting acoustic anthems.. Teknology ~ mc = mechanical construct.. DJs.. Martin Sage ~ broken noise, with musical interludes.. Mr Hovis ~ the bakers dozing..
Room two; Short Circoid.. Rootsix (Concrete Plastic / Ai records) ~ slick slices of melancholic detroit.. The Third Man (Ai records) ~ tough chunks of techno grit.. Patscan (Concrete Plastic) ~ angular slabs of electro clunk.. Uncle Smutfist (Short Circus) ~ a salty spray of breifcase beats.. Jones Deviation (Short Circus) ~ trackhead, with filthy needles.. SunMonkey (needleandthread) ~ party tunes, for squares, and loons..
