Drums - Mike Reed
Bass - Rob Pollard
Gtr/Keys - Matt Derbyshire
Keys - Andy Leung
Live Vocals - Ollie Grig
Sax/Keys - Mick Gilbert
Vox - Jenny Bell
DJ - Dave Gamble
Cello - Simon Halstead
Eng - Lars Mars
Influences
DJShadow
Sounds Like
Introducing live at Bardens Boudoir, London, 20-08-2009
Introducing live at Skylarkin, Carling Academy, Oxford, 4-12-2008, pt1
(Building steam with a grain of salt, The Number Song, Long Stem, Mutual Slump, Transmission):
Introducing live at Skylarkin, Carling Academy, Oxford, 4-12-2008, pt2 (The Number Song, Organ Donor, Midnight in a perfect world, What does your soul look like pt1) :
Stem live at festinho, 30-08-2008
"...from listening to the record we just knew what to do."
DJ Shadow’s classic 'Endtroducing' LP recreated by Live 9-piece Band
DJ Shadow's seminal 'Endtroducing' album is considered by most to be uncoverable – but 'Introducing' are not your average 'covers' band. The 1996 album inspired a generation. It made the Guiness Book of Records' as the world's first completely sampled album. Introducing take the whole thing full circle, and return those samples into live musicianship, in the image that DJ Shadow created them.
Introducing's note-for-note 9-piece recreation has already been turning heads on the festival circuit. After their debut at Festinho in 2008, Radio 1's Rob da Bank booked them for Camp Bestival & Bestival in 2009, shortly before Ireland's Electric Picnic picked them up too.
Just back from a performance at Camp Bestival which Rob Da Bank described as 'awesome', Matt Derbyshire, the brains behind the band, has a smile on his face.
"It seems to be gathering momentum now" he says. "We've put a lot of work into it, so it's great that it seems to be paying off. Plus, we've got half an eye on the future now, and have already started rehearsals for the next exciting "project."
Derbyshire comments, "We have gone to great lengths to recreate the EXACT sounds used in the original. The most important thing about these albums we are recreating is the sonic content. Also, there are sometimes a lot of parts, so Mick (sax), Andy (Keys) and myself all have a keyboard to hand to play sounds. I think we've only got one loop in the whole set and the concept of any backing tracks were outlawed from day one!"
BOOKING/CONTACT DETAILS - To book Introducing, please contact aidanATthepeepshow.co.uk
Hey Rob, Best of luck with the Introducing project. Looks set to be a biggie, I reckon. Your drummer is superb, isn't he? Ace stuff. Take care, Jake. x
Solid Earth & what? the folk! present: Freaks, Ghouls and Graves, a Balkan (ish) flavoured Halloween (ish) knees up at the delightful St Margaret’s church in Whalley Range.
Yessum we’re back. after the monstrous success of Jackson’s Boat, we thought it only right and proper to offer you another helping of profoundly good music in a great venue. We’ve got a rosette for best zombie in show, beer and food from the nice folks at Jam Street and noise from Stumblefunk.
Another co-promo with the brains and muscle that brought Beats, Roots & Leaves back in May - this time tho we de-camp indoors to make the most of the Halloween theme inside a church, with face painters, ghost hunters, a bar provided by Jam Street and a fabulous line-up of musical tricker treats:
Na Zdrove Na Zdrove is Sheffield's finest Balkan Beats, Gypsy Brass, Russian Ska, Gypsy Dub, Klezmer and Gypsy Punk night. blimey. We’ll ave some of that. We’ll be welcoming their house band and resident DJs - yes indeedy! http://www. myspace. com/nazdrove
visit our myspace to find out more including other acts
DOORS 9PM ::: £8 donation (all proceeds go to MSF in Darfur) ::: BAR PROVIDED BY JAM STREET CAFE SERVING CASK ALES AND VINTAGE CIDER, BOTTLED BEER, SPIRITS AND HALLOWEEN SNACKS - 2AM LICENCE. Limited Adv tickets @ Jam St Cafe, Upper Chorlton Rd.
