life in general. pain. heavy basslines. marijuana. beer. more beer. loneliness. happiness. friends. enemies. people. the things people do to eachother. dreams. visions. God. the truth.
Sounds Like
Manu Chao refereeing an underground, no holds barred, bare-knuckle street fight between The Slackers, Sublime, The Cat Empire and The Specials.
Hakuna Pesa are an eye-opener, a collective who major in party music marinated in passion and lyrical grit. Imagine a mutant 200mph collision of The Maytals, Gogol Bordello, Sublime and The Clash and you’re a quarter of the way there.
Hakuna Pesa are kings of a good night out, but they’re also a band fired with musical ideas and lyrical attitude. With a devoted and ever-increasing following capable of selling out mid-capacity venues, they’re a hard working band who are ready to take on the world.
However, Hakuna Pesa are a band who raise questions which demand answers!
For instance, why the African name for a band from West Sussex?
Why is a Kenyan orphanage a silent member of the group?
The music all gels into a colourful riot of sound with Tom “MC Msungu” Bentley leading the show, a tattooed dervish emanating from his righteous attitude, as able to croon sweet reggae as he is to roar polemic. Whether on a hardcore battling rap vibe or kicking off a barroom knees-up, this is dancing music, joyous and upbeat, deeply imbued with ska, but also the boozy fervour of Balkan beats, a twist of African guitar and a wonderful flash of Dixieland jazz in the brass section, every bit of it warped into a dynamic, engaging whole.
Hakuna Pesa are hot, they’re ones to watch, a people’s band fired up with a passion to succeed, even more so than the average bunch of indie upstarts because they’ve a hungry Kenyan orphanage on the payroll. There’s no reason they shouldn’t go the distance either, for Hakuna Pesa’s ebullient crowd-slaying music is inclusive, fully formed pop, ripe and ready for wild dancing wherever it may be heard.
Words by Thomas H. Green (Mixmag, Q, Daily Telegraph, etc.)
Cheers Tom, I'll pass the message onto Dan as he never fucking checks this site. We have much love for Hakuna Pesa too and want you guys to play at one of our Bognor Punk Fests soon! In the meantime try to come watch the next one on 20th December at Club Shine. Here's the lineup: http://www.facebook.com/#/event.php?eid=183805407609&ref=ts
KING PORTER STOMP with TIN ROOTS @ THE BRUNSWICK, SAT DEC 12TH.
We're very happy indeed to have been invited back to play a Christmas show at the Brunswick. We're gonna be joined by our festival friends and wicked roots reggae groovers, Tin Roots, so expect a whole lotta skanking and stomping around with the odd mince pie chucked in.
We'll be fresh from our South West mini tour and it'll be the last chance to catch us play before we go into hibernation to record our new album at the beginning of the new year...we may even give you a sneaky taster of what's in store...it's gonna be fat and funky for sure. We're planning knocking 2009 on the head with a bang so please come down and experience us burning off all the calories we've got and lifting the roof in a proper stomping party stylee.
It's hopefully gonna be rammed so please get your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment, and they're cheaper!
oi oi heya tom when are you coming to Holland we are trying to go to england my girl wants to go and i want to see your ugly face again its bin to long mate ok hope to talk to you laters greeting been
01. AC Slater - Hello (LFTCLK Remix) 02. We Kill Sluts - Pricecheck 03. Proxy - Raven (Evol Intent Ravenstep VIP Remix) 04. Proxy - Who Are You? (Spinstyles Remix) 05. We Kill Sluts - Scumby 06. Circle Of Sins - Bass Frequency (Dubstep Mix) 07. Capleton - Day Me Born (AFL Remix) 08. The Darksteppa - Where Am I? 09. Bassnectar - Superstylin Smash Up 10. Ben Samples Cript Tales 11. 3ohTree - Obsession 12. Tonya Stephens - Its A Pitty (AFL Remix) 13. Mark Instinct - Invader 14. The Big Pink - Love Song
We don't normally do this but one of our favourite acts are coming to town tommorrow and we just want to let you know what not to miss.
Smerins Anti-Social Club will be playing at Hector's House this Saturday night 7th Nov!
Check out their new video here
Cheers for that guys, hope all's well in your world. The next time you can catch King Porter Stomp in Brighton is Sat Dec 12th when we'll be playing at the Brunswick with the fantastic Tin Roots.
901. JSL - Raw Love 902. The Black Ghost - Some Way Through This (Plasticman & Skream Remix) 903. Psychedelic Monkeys - Superhigh Creatures 904. The Others - Bushido 905. Benga - Emotions 906. Boltan - Nine To Five (DZ Remix) 907. Plasticman - Eskimo 908. Coki - Bleep 909. F1 - Marijuana 910. I'm Not Alone Demo 911. Headhunter - Futurebond 912. Silkie - Hooby 913. High Plains Drifter
It's the end of our 23 date UK festival tour tommorow and there's nothing better to do in a 500 mile radius than to get down to middle farm to celebrate the apple harvest. Drink vast quantities of local cider, hang out with the farm creatures and listen to the best bands in the south east! It's £7.50 per day and well worth it!
LINE - UP.... SATURDAY 12pm The Magic number... 1pm Boys in the wood... 2pm The Resonators... 3pm Django Spears... 4pm King Porter Stomp... SUNDAY 12pm Peanut Albinos... 1pm The Curst Sons... 2pm The Anteaters... 3pm Shofar Allstars... 4pm Kalakuta Millionaires...
Here's a promo vid from last year's bash with a rather tasty soundtrack.
oi oi heya tom when are you coming to Holland 
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