Live Music
Los Albertos
Brighton's premiere ska, punk, funk band join us this year !
"Since their formation in late 2002, Los Albertos have been creating a frenzy upon the dance floors and grassy fields of Europe with their inimitable foot-stompin, brass-blaring high energy blend of ska, punk, funk, dub and original beats. Its dance music, Jim, but not as we know it Drawing upon a peculiarly twisted English humour (where The Comic Strip meets League of Gentlemen) this six-piece throw in some dynamite horn, guitar and drum action and invariably you end with something very naughty, but very nice."
This is gonna be a hot one, don't miss it for your life !
Turning Green
Everything you've ever heard and nothing you've ever heard... A cosmic mash of rock jazz funk groove mayhem with songs you can sing along too even if you don’t know the words!
"one of the best live acts around" - New Currents Magazine - Brighton, Sept 06
Bad Science
One of last years highlights are back this year with their unique blend of hip-hop, poetry and live funky instrumentation.
With the deep bass and spacious soundscapes of dub, the get-up-and-dance of funk and the bumping groves and conscious lyrical gymnastics of hip hop, Bad Science create their own brand of wickedness and will not fail to get you on your feet.
Check them out here:
Download their tunes:
The Hat
"Tom Waits reading Roald Dahl over a soundtrack composed by Danny Elfman, played by the Beastie Boys, sort of."
We love 'em and the boys are back again to excite your ears and minds with story-telling & beat-box to a fantastic intrumental backdrop.
Seriously! check 'em out:
The Viff
With us from the very first Firegathering in 2004 The Viff have all ways been up to the challenge of keeping the dance floor moving.
Listen and download their beats here:
Transformer
Eighties style electro pop keyboards meets punk funk guitars with the occasional trumpet thrown in for good measure, the straightforward vocals half-spoken half-sung. Funky bass lines collide head on with rhythms that instantly make you want to move your feet.
John Crampton
We're delighted that local steel and slide guitar blues man John Crampton will be coming to play for us. This man is a legend, his guitar, harmonica and stomp box combined with down & dirty vocals really gets the pulse racing.
"... one of the finest blues solo acts on the British blues scene ..." Blues Matters Magazine
This truly is an act not to miss !
Sparker
At the heart of Sparker music is a fragile, soulful honesty. Wrapped in the original Sparker sound, these songs are dispatches from the bloody frontline of his emotions. Cellos swell, xylophones ring, acoustic guitars flutter blues riffs, great jazzy feel drumming tease and delight, and always that ominous bass, Sparker’s tour de force, relentlessly chugging away at the groove, daring you not to be swept up and carried along. From the revenge in “Concrete Chair”, the ominous panic of “Tick Of Time”, to the yearning for escape and release in “Factory Damage”, Sparker is feeling it.
Check out the music
The Elementalists
Luscious layers of Piano, Violin, Hammond Organ, Guitars, Bass, Sitar dgeridoo and drums with hypnotic hip hop lyricism.
Opaque
Coming all the way from Peterborough this merry band are a unique acoustic, alternative, gypsy rock extravaganza.
Enough said go and check out some tunes form their debut album:
The Big Hairy Band
"I love The Big Hairy Band more than my own hair! Psychadelic sweet folk and tall tales told in a charming Damon Albarn meets Nick Drake style" - Rob Da Bank
Gloria Cycles
The Brighton based pop group will be making their first appearance at The Firegathering this year. Listen to some of their foot tapping tunes here:
Alright Alreadies
An insanely danceable mash-up of traditional klezmer tunes, in the original Yiddish thankyouverymuch, and bass-laden reggae grooves. This London-Brighton sixpiece's unique sound will have you doing the hokey-cokey in the aisles.
Band members:
Rachael Downer (clarinet)
Jim Donaldson (trumpet)
Bob
Karper (accordion)
Charlie
Place (bass)
Andrew Gardiner (drums)
Nicky
Falkof (vocals)
Ferris
Cate Ferris returns for another year performing her beautiful songs for us, don't miss it!
"Cate Ferris (vocals and guitar) and Adam Staff (bass and whatever's lying around) began performing together in February 2006 at venues in and around Brighton. They have since appeared live on BBC Southern Counties Radio and Juice FM as well as at various venues and festivals across the country as a duo and the occasional trio."
http://www.myspace.com/ferrishome
http://www.justferris.co.uk
SlowCraft
Slowcraft is a collaboration between Anne Garner and James Murray, combining classic songwriting with experimental electronica. their first album 'the winter book' is due for release later this year, along with a number of live appearances showcasing a sound both melancholic and uplifting.
Aaron King Band
'Aaron King' are a young Brighton based three piece. Piano crafted songs that combine evocative melodies with double edged lyrics.
Kiyomori
This Brighton based alternative rock 3-piece are coming to show us what they're made of.
