our live gig line up is currently:
Shane Solanki (vox)
Sabira Jade Botterill (vox)
Arthur Lea (keys)
Sebastian Hankins (drums)
Bellatrix (double bass/beatbox)
Charlie Laffer (guitar)
occasional players:
Amy May (violin)
Jerome Harper (trombone)
Ventriloquist (vox)
Influences
Sun Ra, Fela Kuti, Dj Vadim, Amon Tobin, Asa Chang and Jun Ray, Mos Def, Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, Nina Simone, Earl Zinger, Camille, Photek, Adem
Last Mango in Paris are fronted by Shane Solanki and Sabira Jade Botterill. Their debut album will be released this autumn. It features Ali Friend on double bass, Sebastian Hankins on drums, Arthur Lea and Alex Wilson ..boards and piano, Attab Haddad on oud, Niki Mukhi and Mark McCrae on guitar, Hiren Chate on tabla, Nathan 'Flutebox' Lee, Don Letts, Nikesh Shukla, Malika Booker, the Decipher Collective, Ventriloquist and Yusura Wasarma. Their debut single 'Jerusalem' is featured on the front of June 2008's edition of British world music magazine Songlines. Recent sessions include BBC Radio London's Saturday night world music show. Last Mango In Paris were featured as best unsigned band on Gary Crowley's BBC London show.
“Their witty observations are important dissections of our mutating society.” Evening Standard
“…intelligent, political and humorous lyrics, blended together with the funkiest production… at times fresh and funny, and at other times cutting and edgy; a very rare combination.”
Songlines
“One of the best bands to come out of the UK in the last ten years.”
DJ Ritu, BBC Radio London
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yes yes mango bredren looking forward to the doo doo, the voodoo and everything me and you do init. see you tonight. got a new funny to try out and I think I'm going to try something with grimewatch too. If there's time do you fancy squeezing one in? x
Blessings thanks for you for connecting with me pls keep in touch .. God bless
I also host my own night each 2nd friday of the month in South London, if your interested to come jam with the band..
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I've got a courier bag lol you guys are flipping great, mighty cool lyrics and i love the free and easy instrumentation of the tracks your def in my favs and you'd better not disappear on me now I've found you a soz you found me but ya know what i mean. welcome aboard!!; ))
