James - Guitars/FX/Percussion
Sharkboi - Beats/Samples
Louise - Vocals
Cel - Bass
Jody - Keys/Synths/Samples
Ady - Tenor Saxophone/Flute
Amy - Trumpet
Ruth - Alto Saxophone
Paul - Trombone
Influences
Well, What can you say?...A very diverse range of influences from an eclectic bunch of musicians...anything from reggae, dub and 2 tone to Free party sounds, Raw dirty funk, Jazz, electro, breaks and soul from producers, multi-instrumentalists, arrangers and players!
Sounds Like
'Fully-blown soulful tropical gangster-type sound'
'This is a band that will keep you up on the dance floor dancing in to the small hours until your feet are numb and your clothes are soaked through with sheer joy and abandonment' - (Leftlion)
'Royal Gala blend hot-steppin' ska with hard hitting soul and percussive loops to create a non-pretentious funk hybrid that could start a revolution' - (Scene Magazine)
“Great Ska brass section and skanking guitar work, topping the pile is a superb empassioned squalling vocal and rounding off the bottom is a crazy deep sub-bass”……(Future Music Nov 08)
"Royal Gala on the main Shambala Stage has a crunching electro and bass sound. Their singer Louise Barnell is dressed in a multicolored, one-piece spandex suit, her stage persona swaying between Bat for Lashes’ cool air of mystery and Bonnie Tyler’s pure Celtic balls. Barnell’s voice belts out strong over the Balkan beats and dancing jazz rhythms, and Royal Gala are a mysterious and feisty mix as the sun shines down." (Popmatters)
Royal Gala are a nine piece band, comprising Huge brass hooks, big bass-lines, dirty, raw, soulful vocals and infectious rhythms. Having formed at the back end of 2007 and consisting of members from several top underground uk acts they have recently worked with Lost Vagueness, The Electric Picnic (Ireland) Brick Lane Festival (London) Drop Beats Not Bombs (Birmingham) Planet Angel (London) Shambala Festival, Beatherder, Riverside Festival, Sheep Music Festival, Pama International, Neville Staples of the Specials, Zion Train, The Destroyers, DJ Derek and Manchesters mighty Unabombers among others. Playing a genre defying cocktail of Dirty Funk, Ska, Reggae/Dub, Breakbeat, Balkan beat, Latin and Brass laden orchestral grooves the band are moving from strength to strength, writing, recording, gigging and generally having a ball!
Please come and play Manchester! Saw you at Shambala and thought you were fab. Been listening to the tunes on Myspace ever since and can't wait to see you again.
Hello! Yeah, we're still going I'm afraid. About to release our Christmas single in the next month or two, then our second album sometime next year.
We're taking a break from gigging over the winter to concentrate on studio stuff, but I think we should be back in the spring. We'll certainly play Nottingham if anyone will have us...
Pama Intl new album out 2 Nov PAMA OUTERNATIONAL ft.Lynval & Horace from The Specials
New single on 19 Oct PAMA INTL-I STILL LOVE YOU MORE
On tour September 2009 04 Bingley Music Festival 05 Mersea Island Scooter Rally October 2009 23 Poole Mr Kyps 24 Birmingham Sound Bar 28 Derby The Rockhouse 29 Sheffield Corporation 30 Ulverston The Roxy 31 Aberdeen Lemon Tree Novemerber 2009 01 Manchester The Deaf Institute 04 London 100 Club 13 Cardiff The Globe 20 Swindon 12 Bar 21 Chester Funkdub is 5@Telfords 26 Nottingham Rescue Rooms 28 Watchet The Mineral Line 29 Bristol The Thekla December 2009 16 Norwich Arts Centre 19 Newcastle Live Theatre
Hey. Thanks alot. The podcast was shambolicly beautiful and we played on of your tracks. It'll be going out on a mail out soon but heres a sneak preview.. http://www.podomatic.com/profile/shambalafestival Love L&F xxx
Just to let you know that we've recently changed our booking proceedures so that dates and booking info can be obtained by emailing a blank enquiry to:
redhouseenquiry@gmail.com
Since we're booking up now for the summer and September I wanted everyone who's taken the time to seek us out on Myspace to have a chance to get a gig booked.
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