Line-up:

TAWIAH

Mark Ronson, Corinne Bailey Rae, Cee Lo Green, The Guillemots and Gilles Peterson are just some of the names who have already discovered the south Londoner Tawiah.

Like many of the chart-bothering elite, Tawiah is a graduate of the Brit School.  But while having the likes of Adele and Leona Lewis among your contemporaries is all well and good, its greatest importance in Tawiah’s story is that it introduced her to Blue and Jodi Milliner – two musicians and producers with whom she continues to enjoy a musical connection with.

Having worked with Corinne Bailey Rae, Tawiah was still at the Brit School when a call from Mark Ronson offered her a role fronting his touring band: The Version Players, on songs made famous by Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, and Mary J. Blige.  The Battersea teenager subsequently embarked upon a series of global tours before she’d even began any serious recording work, regularly substituting for Amy Winehouse during performances of Ronson’s biggest hit, Valerie.

Back home, Tawiah soon found herself invited to work with the likes of The Guillemots.  But she was eager to spread her wings and progress to become an artist in her own right.

Again working with Jodi Milliner, Tawiah crafted her independently financed debut EP In Jodi’s Bedroom’, which became a cult favourite on the underground.  It caught the attention of Gilles Peterson, and Tawiah subsequently won his Worldwide Award for Best Newcomer.

Currently working on material for her upcoming debut album, Tawiah can’t be pigeonholed.  Sure, her soulful vocals evoke memories of genre’s past, but her songs cross into increasingly diverse territory.  Inspired by London’s mass of cultures, her sound offers something new on every turn: one moment it conveys melodic pop with a fiercely independent attitude, yet the next track might be a modern take on classic ska cut with fierce guitar riffs.

Now signed to Warner Bros. Records, Tawiah’s debut album is planned for release in 2012.

Link to Tawiah

Bear

One third of Park Bench Poet and also one of the masterminds behind Natty’s music for the past few years, Bear is currently branching out into his own solo material. Influenced by sounds from across the globe, from English folk to African grooves, via Motown and Reggae.  Feel good vibes all night long whenever Bear is on stage!

Link to Bear

Sabrina Mahfouz

Sabrina Mahfouz is the Creative in Residence for Theatre and Poetry at The Hospital Club. She’s also Associate Playwright at Bush Theatre, where her ‘magical’ (Guardian) poetry show Dry Ice will be on from 8-12 May. Come!

‘In a different league…astonishing…she speaks lyrically and powerfully’  The Times.

Link to Sabrina Mahfouz

G. R. E. Ed. S

Born in Oyo State Nigeria, Yomi Sode also known as G.R.E.Ed.S (Generating Rhymes to Engage the EnlightenD Soul) grew up around music.

In 2005,  G.R.E.Ed.S found the words and the release he felt when using them, led him to start writing as a means to express, to vent and to explore. Under the moniker G.R.E.E.d.s, Yomi began performing.  After completing his debut project Volume In Silence in 2009, G.R.E.Ed.S  took a step further and in late 2011 he teamed up with session band The Remedies, to release his brand new EP ironically entitled Ready.  Ready has received radio play (BBC 1Xtra & BBCR1) as well as being featured on the MTV Wrap Up Site, BBC Introducing Site and well known blogs such as Soul Culture and We Plug Good Music.

Link to G.R.E.Ed.S

The Deadly Gentlemen

Instead of having a lead singer, The Deadly Gentlemen use a nonstop orchestration of somewhat unconventional vocals, with everybody in the band doing everything they can. Expect a lot of three-part harmony singing, group shouting, really dense rhymes and an almost rap-like phrasing.

Their songs have kind of a rock ‘n’ roll feel, despite the acoustic bluegrass instrumentation. The melodies tend toward the anthemic side, and the upright bass is usually pretty in-your-face. A lot of the songs’ lyrics started out as miniature epic poems based on folk songs. That’s where the term “epic folk” comes from. The grasscore songs are the ones where everybody in the band throws caution to the wind and goes completely berserk. Kind of the punk or hardcore mentality, but applied to bluegrass.

Link to The Deadly Gentlemen

Press enquiries – please email: jess@onetaste.co.uk

Tickets: £7 in adv / £10 on door

Woohoo the summer is banging on the door!

Line Up:

Hiatus & Shura

Hiatus & Shura are a  ‘Night Folk’ duo from London, whose beautifully hushed live sets swoop from minimal broken beats to soaring melodic arrangements draped with a delicate voice reminiscent of Trip Hop’s most refined moments. Hailed as: “the next Massive Attack“ by XFM’s Eddy Temple-Morris. Fans include Annie Nightingale and Rob Da Bank.

Link to Hiatus & Shura

James Riley

With one hand scribbling lyrics onto the back of a roadmap, and the other held aloft to thumb down a ride, London born singer-songwriter James Riley is a troubadour of the kind many thought no longer exist.

A ‘fiendishly proficient’ guitarist, singer, and a roadrunner to match, James chronicles the story of his experiences through clamorous, jubilant bluegrass ‘n’ soul and exquisitely spun yarns, told through ethereal, almost hymn-like ballads of love and life.

Already a seasoned performer at 24, James has turned heads the world over, earning him spots on the same bill as blues legend Buddy Guy in Chicago, and folk giant Martin Simpson in the UK. After recently returning from busking and hitchhiking his way from Amsterdam to Istanbul, James has been pedalling his unique class of pulsing, brazenly catchy acoustica throughout London and the South East, steadily gathering a word-of-mouth buzz in his wake.

Link to James Riley

Salena Godden

Salena Godden’s latest collection Under The Pier was published by hip-indie imprint Nasty Little Press in 2011. Most recently her work has appeared in Shortfire Press, Illustrated Ape Magazine, Trespass Magazine, Paraphilia, Rising, Teller Magazine, The Mechanics Institute Review published by Birkbeck University, Picador’s Punk Fiction and Parthian Books Raconteur. She also featured in the three latest anthologies from Tangerine Press titled Dwang.

She has featured regularly on BBC’s The Verb and Bespoken Word and is among the poets in residence on Radio 4’s Saturday Live. Last summer her narrative play A Valentine At Waterloo was aired and podcast as part of the BBC’s Verse Illustrated series, it was Ian McMillan’s pick of the week.  Salena is currently working towards a commission to make a documentary for BBC Radio 4, on air Autumn 2012.

Link to Salena Godden

Conrad the Scoundral

Lyricist and producer with influences from Wiley to Japanese composer Joe Hisaishi, Conrad the Scoundral‘s music is a cocktail where Grime is the spirit.

As a lyricist he combines all types of concepts, with a punch, from political issues to Facebook.

Over the years he has performed a long list of shows including I Luv Live and the Big Chill. A natural showman, the Scoundral is one of the most energetic performers you’ll ever see, captivating the crowd with banter to rival a stand-up comedian.

Link to Conrad the Scoundral

Sonority Turner

Sonority Turner is a London-based Poet and Singer. A member of Rukus Experimental Choir, Keats House Poets, the Roundhouse Poetry Collective and Barbican Young Poets. She also likes to take photos!

Link to Sonority Turner

Press Enquiries only – please email: jess@onetaste.co.uk; otherwise for General Enquiries: info@onetaste.co.uk

Due to unforeseen events, Giles Abbott has had to cancel, as he has fallen ill and unable to host this incredible workshop. We are hoping, once Giles is better, this will be re-scheduled! Sincerest apologies for having to cancel this event, however, we hope you understand and we are sending masses of love and healing to Giles and his back.

For those of you who have bought tickets in advance, you will be contacted by WeGotTickets as soon as possible and refunds will be issued to you directly.

Big love,

OneTaste x

It’s OneTaste Workshop time!

A practical workshop to liberate your speaking voice!

Do you need to speak in public? Whether you present at work, at college, or you perform as an actor, performance poet, storyteller, comic, this workshop is for you!!

Because your natural speaking voice is rich, resonant, responsive and capable of carrying your words clearly and compellingly to your audience.  The trouble is, most of us end up with a habitual voice which limits our expressive power – we didn’t mean to, we don’t know how it got there and we probably think “it’s just my voice.”  Your voice can do so much, be so much more and this workshop will show you how to find it!

Through a series of practical, immersive and highly active exercises you will begin the process of animating your voice.  You will learn simple, easy to remember techniques which, if you practise them regularly, will increasingly free your voice.  And you will hear yourself in a way you have never heard yourself before!

Come in flat shoes, bring a bottle of still drinking water and a willingness to explore!

Giles Abbott is a storyteller, writer and Voice Teacher (MAVS CSSD).  He has taught at drama colleges and at university as well as running public workshops and teaching private clients.  He has also worked in numerous businesses.  Until this year he was Lecturer in Voice at Birkbeck College, University of London and he runs a communication consultancy, the Academy of Oratory, helping business clients towards clear, eloquent communication.

Link to Giles Abbott

Tickets in adv: £10

Line-up:

A.J. Holmes & The Hackney Empire

From the depths of Hackney come a band that are taking over the world with their unique blend of Afro pop with a home grown British sensibility. They are A.J. Holmes & The Hackney Empire. This six-piece are destroying everywhere they play: “the ultimate Afro party disco machine” – Ghetto Bassquake blog. Their debut single Fraudian Slip, produced by Radioclit was released last year to critical acclaim.

Born in Barking & Dagenham in the industrial far east of London, A.J. Holmes discovered a love of playing African music through a chance meeting with legendary African musician Folo Graff. Learning to rock the Afro Pop guitar style, A.J. became obsessed with the good time sounds of West and Central Africa and set about forming a band.

The Hackney Empire: Vocalist, Sabine, percussionist, Dasi and drummer, Ged were recruited one New Year’s Eve after an all night jam when A.J. saw they were just what he needed. Later finding guitarist and pop guru Martyn and bassist/Brazillian groove queen Abi completed the lineup and the beauty of the band.

Link to A.J. Holmes & The Hackney Empire

Krar Collective

Led by Temesgen Zeleke, a former star pupil of Ethiopian vibraphone legend Mulatu Astatke, Krar Collective perform a rootsy yet contemporary take on traditional music from Ethiopia based on other-worldy modes and driven by hypnotic rhythms. The 6-stringed krar lyre is associated with the azmari minstrel tradition; in the hands of Zeleke it becomes a gritty, ancient rock guitar. Accompanied just by drums and fronted by the stunning voice of Genet Assefa, Krar Collective create a surprisingly full band sound, leading one critic to name them: “The Ethiopian White Stripes”. With gentle ballads and high-energy dance tunes, Krar Collective will surprise and delight.

Link to Krar Collective

DJ John Hendicott

OneTaste veteran John Hendicott is known as much for his DJ sets as he is for music production, working with artists such as Chipmunk, Lady Lykez, The Drop and Bristol heavyweights, Smerins Anti-Social Club.

This variety of style is reflected in a record collection that spans afrobeat and cumbia, to dancehall and hip hop, all mixed together in a distinctive blend of sampling and scratching.

Link to DJ John Hendicott

DJ My Therapist

A short while back admittedly, DJ My Therapist, visited DJ Yoda in the DJ booth to find out about what track he was playing a few too many times. Only to be welcomed with: “Why don’t you go and get your own f**king tunes!”

So he started building a deep vault of funk, soul, hip-hop, reggae, breaks and drum ‘n’ bass to provide all the best people with all the best music that he could find and the collection keeps on growing. DJ My Therapist has played at Glastonbury, Bestival, Lovebox, Shambala, Secret Garden, Standon Calling and am a regular fixture keeping the crowd rocking before and after every OneTaste and Beatroot Rendez-Vous gig. Go and ask him what he’s playing any time; he’ll be proud to tell you.

Link to DJ My Therapist

Tickets: £7 in adv / more on the door!

Press enquiries: jess@onetaste.co.uk

Come and share art, ideas, spark new collaborations and create friendships by enjoying a slice of London’s creative community.

So, whether you are looking for a gig at OneTaste, wanting to try out your new material, in search of new collaborators or simply coming to hang out and embrace the unexpected, you will be warmly welcomed to this lively night of spontaneity and art.

So what’s the deal?

ARTIST SIGN UP:

We welcome poets, dancers, storytellers, comedians, musicians, cabaret acts… and more!

* Please arrive at the Bedroom Bar at 19:00 on the night and sign up to play

* Slots will be given on a first come basis

* Slots are 10 minutes for each performance

* We allocate half of the slots for music, and the other half are allocated for other types of performance

* Due to short slot lengths, we advise that smaller acoustic versions of large bands would suit the night perfectly! (e.g. bring a cahon instead of a drumkit!)….

Audience: Doors open at 19:00 and it’s £5 on the door – there will be no tickets sold in advance for this show.

Show: kicks off at 20:00!

HEADLINER:

Holly Walker

Holly Walker looks like and angel, sings like an angel and if you don’t pay attention could possibly be mistaken for an angel, but don’t be fooled! Her lyrics are devilish.  Her songs will have you laughing until you realise that she did in fact sing that word you thought you’d mistakenly misheard. Her voice is powerful, crisp and delightful. We just love her.

Link to Holly Walker

REMEMBER DREAMERS… the clocks go forward tonight. So let’s make sure we are all on time for the workshop. We look forward to seeing you!

£50 in adv/£60 door. Bring pen and paper! X

In this special one off OneTaste Workshop, best-selling author of Lucid Living, Tim Freke teams up with international lucid dreaming specialist, Charlie Morley, to explore ground-breaking new ideas around waking up in our dreams and everyday lives!

We sleep for a third of our lives.  Lucid Dreaming allows us to make use of that time and gives us the tools to train our minds, re-program our habits and to enter into a friendship with every aspect of our psyches, all while we’re sound asleep.

But of course, we are awake for the other two thirds and through Tim Freke‘s ground-breaking Lucid Living insights and interactive exercises, we can learn how to wake up to life and engage our limitless potential.

It’s going to be epic.

Come and learn how to lucid dream and how to lucid live!

All ages and abilities are very welcome.

TIME: 11:00 – 18:00

EARLY BIRD TICKETS: £40

About Tim and Charlie

Tim Freke is a philospher who is pioneering a simple new way to experience a profound spiritual awakening.  He is the best-selling author of over 30 books that have established his reputation as an internationally respected authority on world spirituality.

Link to Tim Freke

Charlie Morley has been described as: “the most authentic practitioner of lucid dreaming teaching in Europe”.  In 2008, he received the traditional Authorisation to Teach from meditation master, Lama Yeshe Rinpoche.

Link to Charlie Morley

Come and share art, ideas, spark new collaborations and create friendships by enjoying a slice of London’s creative community.

So, whether you are looking for a gig at OneTaste, wanting to try out your new material, in search of new collaborators or simply coming to hang out and embrace the unexpected, you will be warmly welcomed to this lively night of spontaneity and art.

So what’s the deal?

Artists: Please arrive at the Bedroom Bar at 19:00 on the night and sign up to play

Calling all types of performers!  We have slots for musicians, poets, comedians and dancers…please turn up on time to ensure a slot!  We’ll try and fit as many people on as possible, but apologies in advance if we can’t accommodate you.

Audience: Doors open at 19:00 and it’s £5 on the door – there will be no tickets sold in advance for this show.

Show: kicks off at 20:00.

Headliner:

Ruby and the Rib Cage

Ruby and the Rib Cage is the collective works of singer/songwriter Ruby, and her backing band, the Rib Cage. They formed in the summer of 2011 after Ruby auditioned over 30 musicians, in the living room of her teeny, tiny East London flat. After searching high and low for a guitarist, serendipity brought Aaron Brookes to the Rib Cage, and the band was finaly complete: Eddie Edwards (double bass), Ellie Garlick (viola and violin), Sam Pert (drums and percussion) and Aaron Brookes (guitar).

Ruby‘s songs are a patchwork quilt of stories and melodies, created by her and enhanced by the playings and workings of the Rib Cage. Tales of trodden weeds and helter skelters, shrapnel rust and sea sick sailors, stiff stuffed pigeons and lovers and haters, north wind bellows and storm creators.

Her take on a mix of folk and blues style writings, teamed with powerful soaring vocals and an incredibly talented group of musicians, makes for a truly unique and exciting new band.

Link to Ruby and the Rib Cage

Press Enquiries: jess@onetaste.co.uk

We will be settling into the Bedroom Bar every other month, with the others at The Bedford, to showcase 5 incredible new artists.  Join us for a sneak peak into the new talent emerging from the community.

Advanced ticket are now off-sale. Tickets will be on sold on the door tonight for £10.

So to kick off our inaugural show for 2012 and at the Bedroom Bar we have:

Line-up:

Tanya Auclair

Hailing from West London, via Canada and Rwanda –Tanya Auclair’s influences expand to and from but not restricted to Fats Waller, Fever Ray, Matthew Herbert, Juana Molina and E.S.G, her open instinctive approach shows in the territory she covers from the 60s doowop, delicate folk, to feverish rhythms and oscillating synths.

Either as a one-woman-band or a trio with Joe Allen (drums) and Arista Hawkes (double bass) Tanya builds her songs live, sampling her voice with a loop pedal, playing ukulele, guitar and percussion.   The multi-instrumentalist has worked with the likes of Matthew Herbert’s Big Band Ensemble, Andreya Triana and Laura J Martin.

“Gobsmacking!” Tom Robinson, BBC 6Music Radio
“So damn original..” Okayplayer

Link to Tanya Auclair

Sam Beer

Sam Beer‘s music carries a depth of sincerity and compassion, delivered by his impressive musicmanship and unmistakeable voice.  Sam is equally at home as a solo artist or as a band member.  For his solo project he draws upon the talents of a wide range of musicians in the various arrangements on the album.  Beer is also a founder member of the Treetop Flyers, who’s debut album is set for release early this year along with his own album, Great Bar Colony.

Link to Sam Beer

Jack Dean

MC and poet Jack Dean was born in Tooting, raised in South West England, and likes to wander all over the place telling stories of love, loneliness, nostalgia and midget porn.  He has toured slams, theatres and festivals across the country and holds the highest Pac-Man score of anyone he knows.

Link to Jack Dean

Giles Abbott

Giles Abbott is one of the UK’s leading storytellers, performing at clubs and festivals all over the country.  His tellings are characterised by his lyricism and the way he uses his rich voice.  Giles has just finished writing poetic text for Breaking The Wall, a new orchestral work by Lloyd Coleman which will soon be recorded by the BBC Wales Symphonia and is now engaged in research into the life of the English explorer, writer and linguist Sir Richard Burton which will form a new touring show in 2012.

Audiences have said:-

“On Saturday, I drove a total of five hours to see Giles Abbott perform. It was so worth it.”

“Utterly compelling!”

“A mesmerising performance – I didn’t want to go home!”

“A bewitching performance!”

“The most amazing experience of my life – I’ve never known anything like it!”

Link to Giles Abbott

The May Birds

The May Birds have adopted a D.I.Y approach and without the help of an agent or label have gained support slots alongside artists such as Jesca Hoop, Smoke Fairies, Ben Howard, Sea of Bees and Big Deal.  Over the past year they had the pleasure of playing at The Great Escape Festival in Brighton and Beautiful Days in Devon.  They play a regular spot at Blacks, a beautiful club in Soho, and relish the opportunity to showcase themselves in such a unique setting. In an old house, in front of an open fire, unamplified and with the audience really close, they weave their stories and draw you in to the world of The May Birds.

Having spent the last few months writing, recording and performing, they have recently released their debut single Inside Out through their own label Aviary Records.

Link to The May Birds

Tickets: £7 in advance

Press Enquires, please email Jess at jess@onetaste.co.uk

After 7 years, OneTaste is opening its doors to all musicians, poets, story tellers and performing artists for its first OneTaste Open Mic.

Come and share art, ideas, spark new collaborations and create friendships by enjoying a slice of London’s creative community.

So, whether you are looking for a gig at OneTaste, wanting to try out your new material, in search of new collaborators or simply coming to hang out and embrace the unexpected, you will be warmly welcomed to this lively night of spontaneity and art.

So what’s the deal?

Artists: Please arrive at the Bedroom Bar at 19:30 on the night and sign up to play; we’re running it on a first come, first serve basis. So please turn up on time to ensure a slot! We’ll try and fit as many people on as possible, but apologies in advance if we can’t accommodate you.

Audience: Doors open at 20:00 and it’s £5 on the door – there will be no tickets sold in advance for this show.

Show kicks off at 20.30.

We look forward to exploring this new night with you all!

OneTaste Headliner:

NICK MULVEY

Nick Mulvey, long standing OneTaste Collective member since his days playing with Portico Quartet, will be armed with just his voice and a trusty guitar.  Expect beautiful melodies matched with perfectly chosen chord progressions, captivating stories and lyrics sung with such heartfelt delivery that they could only belong to a man named Mulvey.

Link to Nick Mulvey

Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday (plus Sunday 11th December), we will be showcasing London’s best artists who will entertain you whilst you peruse the beautiful craft market eat some mince pies, drink mulled wine and feel very merry!

Come and join us:

Every Thursday and Friday from 1-3pm and 6-8pm

and Saturday’s from 12-6pm

kicking off on 1st December all the way through to Christmas Eve!

The magical market is open from 12pm-8pm Thursdays and Fridays and 10am-6pm on Saturdays.

ARTISTS PLAYING:

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