amon Albarn even turned up to the show to show his support  for the new tracks that they have featured on the Gorrillaz new album!

PHOTOS are HERE and videos from the night will be up shortly! photos taken by Craig Thomas and Kim Leng-Hills.

Hope to see you on the 20th MARCH for a mega OneTaste experience at The Albany!

Dannii x

Little Dragon, with the support of Jono McCleery and John Hendicott will be playing The Garage in Islington next week, for the meager price of 12.50! This gig is also in celebration of the new release of The Gorillaz album, as Little Dragon feature on 2 of the tracks!

BUY TICKETS HERE, they’re selling fast and we look forward to see you there!!

More info on THE SHOW here.

Dannii x

Jono sent magic round the room with warm soul and presence like no other, whilst Laura just went mental with the most commitment and intelligence that I have seen come out of an artist in a long time. She had us falling off our chairs with laughter. Inua brought it all back to the OneTaste roots with classic poems that are reminiscent of our early days but with a new poise and delivery developed no doubt from his rigorous rehearsing for his new show. Holly Walker disarmed the audience with her stunning Cassidy-like voice, only to realise that she was singing obscenities about gashes, plane crashes and the vending men on long distance train journeys! Amazing. And to finish off the show we had the marvellous Park Bench Poet that just puts life into perspective within a few bars of a tune. Sweet, honest, soulful and beatsy, they filled the room with warmth.

Thanks again to the Hospital Club for having us down. If you attended this show, please tell us what you thought by clicking here and scrolling to the bottom of the page. And photos and audio of the night will be up soon on the site so keep checking back!

See you on the 4th or the 20th March!

Dannii x

Photo of Laura taken by Craig Thomas.

They’re playing this Saturday 22nd January at Unity Church in Islington, London. The show is from 7.30-9pm and it’s only £3!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=255631382862&ref=ts

and here’s their website: http://www.breathingspace8.co.uk

Hope to see you there!

Dannii x

We will be announcing the line up shortly. Hope to see you there!

BUY TICKETS HERE

Bunty and Le Jule and Lee

Bunty, amazing looping vocalist from Brighton is infamous on the festival scenes for her solo work and singing in bands such as Resonators. She has recently started a new and quirky trio that combine looping, viola & 3 part harmony. We’re very excited about this OneTaste debut

www.myspace.com/buntylooping

www.myspace.com/leewestwood

Lail Arad

Lail’s songs tell little stories. Some will make you laugh. Some will make her laugh. One might make you laugh and cry at the same time. Her voice is her friend. Sometimes it is loud. Sometimes it is quiet. She is practicing being very loud and very quiet at the same time. Her shows are special. Some people say they are theatrical. Some people say they are honest. She wonders if she can be theatrical and sincere at the same time. Lail Arad lives in London with her goat and two chickens. She prefers writing songs to writing biographies.

www.myspace.com/lailarad

Marques Toliver

www.myspace.com/marquestoliver

Paradox

We’re starting a brand new thing at OneTaste. Come join us for our first OneTaste Workshop at a new venue in Old St, The Book Club! It’s only 5 pounds, plus you get a free glass of wine on entry. Every month we will be presenting a new workshop led by a OneTaste artist on a myriad of different subjects. The first session is one of the best poetry workshops we’ve ever experienced and we want to share it with you.
Chris “Paradox” Patterson, the first spoken word artist to play OneTaste back in 2004, has an incredibly unique story. Combining his life-experience with his poetical expertise, you will be given a practical insight into the mind of a performance poet to discover you’re own talent in this area. Yes, everyone can create art; you’re actually already doing it in your life and Paradox, will show you how.
By the end of the session you will have heard some incredible poetry and created your very own Epic Tragicomic Semi-Autobiographic Performance Poem. NO literary, oratory, or “artistic” skills required…just the full presence of your existence!

We hope you had an warm and enjoyable holiday over New Year. OneTaste spent it’s time, hibernating, eating lots, reflecting on a decade, going on retreat, making some new year’s resolutions and scheming plans with the dream of bringing you all the best year of art and entertainment that we’ve ever provided! We’re now in training, working of the Christmas belly and getting in shape to meet our challenge!

Details of new plans will be announced soon, including big shows, our showcase at The Camden Crawl, new OneTaste workshops, podcasts, compilations releases and more,  but for now we have a great little show coming up at The Hospital Club on 28th January.

Also, have a good look at our new home page, the clever dudes at Idea Junction redesigned it and made it brilliant! You can now see gigs at a glance, check out our latest video on YouTube, leave comments and loads of other things, happy browsing!

We wish you an incredible 2010 andwe look forward to showcasing amazing new talent, launching new ideas and creating memorable events for us all to enjoy.

Big love to you, Dannii, Abi, Jess and Stac x

Little Dragon

Little Dragon are a Swedish band of former high school buddies beating off the Gothenburg blues with condensation-forming tunes. Newest album ‘Machine Dreams’ offers more of their self-titled debut’s aural dialectic, which pits Yukimi Nagano frothing delivery with a Fever Ray-type eerie remove. What we have, then, are pop songs of less-is-more sensibility. Yet, despite the into-the-night sparseness of ‘Machine Dreams’, Little Dragon sound like they’re playing in your attic because of the near absence of fuzz and reverb and other studio tricks. ‘Little Dragon’, the band’s 2007 debut, was a Swedish iteration of American R&B and soul rendered by the synth machine, with some introspection shaved off Joy Division.

Link to Little Dragon

Jono McCleery

Jono McCleery, soon to release his debut album on Ninja Tunes, will be performing his first show with his brand new sound. Jono is a powerfully gifted singer-songwriter that is defining the new folk/soul sound of our time, who for this performance will debut his new electronic sound with his band, The Dans and producer Fybe.

Link to Jono McCleery

Jonh Hendicott

A true all rounder! John can be found jamming on stage with the collective, spinning records through the night, or in the studio producing music with singers and spoken word artists.John specialises in electronic hip hop, funk, and broken beats with a tendency to lean towards the big epic sound.Projects to look out for include a self titled album due later on this year, and album collaborations with young rappers like Chipmunk and Lady Lykez.

Link to Jonh Hendicott

Park Bench Poet

Uplifting and heartfelt music-poetry. No fussing, just incredible straight-forward lyrics full of heart and tasteful tones. Check out exactly why they are getting 2000 plays a day on their myspace.

Link to Park Bench Poet

Daisy Kelly-Granger

Daisy Kelly-Granger has been singing all her life. Blessed with a natural stage confidence, aged four she made all the parents at nursery cry after delivering a heart wrenching solo of ‘Away In A Manger’. She got very upset because she thought she’d done something awful.

Link to Daisy

Bridgette Amofah

The Times named her as the female artist to watch out for this year. Bridgette has been part of the OneTaste family since the beginnings up in the Tavistock room of The Bedford. What a musical journey she’s been on in that time. Entering yet another incredible phase in her musical direction, come and see a set that you perhaps have never seen Bridgette play before (unless you saw her play the festival). Mind-blowing may be a word to describe it. Fresh of tour fronting Oi Va Voi, Bridgette is now concentrating on her solo material and coming to play with us on our birthday!

Link to Bridgette Amofah

Gideon Conn

Gideon Conn is one of a current crop of emerging Mancunian songwriters and performers.
Alternative by nature, Gideon’s shows are breath-taking from start to finish. With a cheeky smile he makes the audience jump for joy, sigh with delight then leave asking what they have just seen and and when can I hear it again?
Describable as folk-hiphop, Gideon’s debut single ‘I want you around’ was made breakfast single of the week on 6Music and is a favourite of Huw Stevens on Radio 1 and Jon Kennedy on XFM.
Gideon and his band have won the hearts of many fans at gigs and festivals around the UK. Scroobius Pip saw Gideon at Glastonbury and was blown away – “The People of Britain may not know it yet, but Gideon Conn is a national treasure!”

Link to Gideon Conn

Conrad The Scoundral

Scoundral started Rapping and producing at the age of 14 being inspired buy the buzz of The Garage/Grime Pirate Radio scene. He has been on a quest to push UK urban music to a new level which he has demonstrated with Collaborations with The London BreakBeat Orchestra, a consummate jazz guitar player Aron Brown, and many other musicians and djs both on stage and off. He is an artist praised for his wit and unlimited energy when on stage.

Link to Conrad The Scoundral