OneTaste

One Taste Podcast No.7

Sam — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:52:41 +0000

OneTaste’s August podcast is ready for your listening pleasure

This month’s OneTaste podcast, hosted by Dannii Evans and Stac features performances from Bear and The Moulettes LIVE from Secret Garden Party, The OneTaste Choir, Bunty Le Jule, an exclusive interview with Eska, and poetry from Musa and Daniel Marcus Clark.

Produced by John Hendicott, Dannii Evans and Stac

listen to OneTaste Podcast no.7

One Taste Festival

Sam — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:12:12 +0000

This will be our 5th annual music and spoken word extravaganza! Plans are underway…the best bits of the past mixed with fresh new findings, all day, on 3 magical floors of The Bedford. Tickets will be available soon…will you join us?

Gideon Conn Album Launch

Sam — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:37:44 +0000

We are all very excited about Gideon Conn’s album launch party at The Garage on the 1st September.

Fiona Bevan is supporting so it’s looking like being a fantastic night…

we look forward to seeing some of you there

more details here

see this event on Facebook

Little Dragon @ KOKO

Abi — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 21:22:38 +0000

Jazz Cafe and Mean fiddler in association with OneTaste Concerts proudly present…

LITTLE DRAGON

Plus special guest SBTRKT
THURSDAY 23^RD SEPTEMBER 2010
@ KOKO LONDON
Doors 7pm

Tickets £14.50
BUY TICKETS

OneTaste’s favourite Swedish soul/electronic/pop outfit, Little Dragon, are coming back to London once more to wow fans – old and new – at the beautiful KOKO in Camden on Thursday 23rd September.

If you haven’t already witnessed the wonders of this band at one of their previous shows with OneTaste, we seriously recommend you catch this one. Anyone who saw the Gorillaz’ live set at Glastonbury back in June ought to have been captivated enough by Little Dragon lead singer, Yukimi Nagano, and her stunning and delicate vocals to on its own warrant paying the very reasonable £14.50 for this gig.

Go on. Treat yourselves. It will be well worth it…

…Or sign up to the OneTaste Mailing List to be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets to the show!

Support comes in the shape of dance producer SBTRKT

Machine Dreams is a step into a world of multi-hued musical possibilities’ – 4/5 Mojo

Superb second album… it’s magic - Dazed & Confused

“As featured on the new Gorillaz album..”

Mean fiddler and Jazz Cafe proudly present

LITTLE DRAGON

Plus special guests.

THURSDAY 23^RD SEPTEMBER 2010

@ KOKO LONDON

Doors 7pm

Tickets £14.50

Machine Dreams is a step into a world of multi-hued musical possibilities’ – 4/5 Mojo

Superb second album… it’s magic – Dazed & Confused

“As featured on the new Gorillaz album..”

Little Dragon’s Newest Album Machine Dreams offers more pop songs of the less-is-more sensibility. 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 album, was a Swedish iteration of American R&B and soul rendered by the synth machine, with some introspection shaved off Joy Division. Machine Dreams bares less soul, but ups the BPM a tad, letting loose the synth histrionics, with experimentalism that runs kinks into Depeche Mode.

Like a fine wine, much of Machine Dreams’s complexity comes fully fledged only when savoured on repeat listens. Machine Dreams is an exercise in scoping out the frontiers of avant-garde electronic pop not seen since the early ‘80s.

They’re a cult band in waiting !

Myspace : http://www.myspace.com/yourlittledragon

Website : http://www.little-dragon.se/

Koko website : http://www.koko.uk.com/listings/little-dragon-23-09-2010

Facebook event : http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=118682228155043&ref=ts

VIDEO:

Title : Runabout / Cd : Machine Dreams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZCq2-zGok8

Title : Swimming / Cd : Machine Dreams

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQLmWSRuq5Y

Thanks to everyone who made SGP such fun

Sam — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:44:00 +0000

Thanks so much to all the played & frolicked in the OneTaste Arena at Secret Garden Party. We had such an amazing time there with all the artists, audience, workshop leaders & with our collaborators Hammer & Tongue and Rambling Restaurant. As well as all the great music and poetry in the arena, the Lucid Dreaming workshops were rammed every morning and so was Laila’s Morning Yoga Stretch, which incidentally got featured in the front of the SGP official programme as a must do! Folk in a Box brought their magic to the celebration and novel experiences such as Rambling Restaurant’s Breakfast in Bed, Todd Routt’s Synchronicity Walks and the late Sunday night Hay Bale acoustic sessions made for such a brilliantly eclectic event! Please let us know your experience of SGP or the OneTaste Arena. We hope you enjoyed and see you in the field next year.

Vote for Holly Walker!!

Abi — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:15:55 +0000

Our fabulous silky-vocalled friend Holly Walker has entered a lovely little YouTube video into a competition to win studio time and lots of cash and we wondered if you might possibly give a little bit of time to helping her win (we promise she deserves it!)

Please go to this link http://www.maxitlegends.com/#/gallery/?vid=0ZLGH4gYgRM and then ‘rate’ her video at 5 stars (don’t accidentally click one star as this goes as a negative vote…)

You can vote once a day via Facebook, Myspace, YouTube and Twitter – that’s 4 times a day EVERY day!…until the 8th August because that’s when voting closes.

Holly is currently in 4th place – she’s so close, so please do as many as you can before Sunday!

Thanks Tasties!x

OneTaste at The Bedford

Sam — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:35:46 +0000

This is our first night back at The Bedford since April. It’s going to be special, it always is at this place.

You can book a table early by emailing tablebookings@onetaste.co.uk

Tickets £8 adv/£10 door and we have limited early bird tickets available for £6

buy tickets here

D x

Bunty

Bunty is a Brighton – based musician and visual artist. She is part of Beatabet collective. Live, Bunty uses just her voice, effects pedals and a mash of real and made-up languages. She whispers, bellows, beatboxes, claps, stamps and produces frenzied harmonies to create her music from scratch. Each show is different with a large portion of her sets relying on improvisation and off-the-cuff inspiration. Bunty flits deftly from beautifully serene choral soundscapes and psyche folk to stomping funkadelia and Arabian disco. ‘Bunty produces almost entirely improvised, ambient, experimental space-pop.’ -The Brighton Source – Dec 2009- ‘At times haunting and other worldly, at others just plain beautiful, she’s been going down a storm at festivals and venues around the uk’ -Latest 7- Brighton -Dec 2008- Bunty also vocalises for: Carnival Collective , Resonators , Nhasitafarah, Beatabet Orchestra and her new trio Bunty, le jule . She co- curates multi- disciplinary arts events with BEATABET!

Link to Bunty

Alex Iamb

alex iamb is a stand-up poet, compere and Cambridge Area Co-Ordinator for Hammer & Tongue.He was born to kind, loving parents who have supported him unswervingly and without question in his every endeavour. He has consistently thrown this loyalty back in their faces by refusing to endeavour. At anything. Ever. Until now. A little while back some fool told alex he should stand up in front of a room full of people and have his already substantial ego massaged a little harder than usual. Oh dear. Since then he has been enthusiastically harrassing innocent members of the public at gigs and festivals all over the country, leaving literally tens of people slightly unsettled and a bit bemused. He has shared stages with such literary luminaries as Byron Vincent, Tim Clare, Kate Tempest, Attila The Stockbroker, Yanny Mac, Rhian Edwards and Salena Godden among others. God help them. It’s all their own fault.

”alex iamb rips his heart from his rib cage and stands there laughing at it while it bleeds on the stage. A more entertainingly honest poet you will not find.” Pete the Temp

Link to Alex Iamb

Pepe Belmonte

Bar-Room Folk: With his musical roots in Ireland and heart set in the Delta the guitar and vocal bring melodies you’ll be whistling home to and lyrics that’ll have you caught up and listening.
www.myspace.com/pepebelmonte

Pepe Belmonte is an acoustic folk-blues singer/ songwriter currently residing in London. He is known for playing personal arrangements of traditional blues songs including renditions of old favourites such as ‘Ragged and Dirty’, ‘John Henry’ and ‘Make Me Down A Pallet’. Having grown up in rural south west Ireland, its not surprising to find a taste of Irish folk music in his set too. As much as these old blues and folk songs have inspired him, Pepe is also a sensitive songwriter with a formidable back catalogue. He has a strong sense of imagery, catchy melodies and a grand grasp of rhythm and rhyme. His bluesy guitar style and distinctive vocal and harmonica work have led him to collaborate with a number of musicians, artistic groups and bands. His Debut album ‘The Hermit’s Waltz’ will be available in Summer 2010 and a special edition home/hand-made 6 song analogue EP: ’4-Track Analogue Recordings’ is available at gigs.

Link To Pepe Belmonte

One Taste Choir

OneTaste Choir, a twenty-something strong ensemble of singers will be showcasing two new songs at this return to The Bedford. The choir have been very busy over the summer having gigs with Alice Russell and Stac and performing at Secret Garden Party and the Royal Opera House. Fresh from a well deserved break and rehearsals, we look forward to showcasing our new material to you.

Link To One Taste Choir

Sharlene Squire

Hello out there my name is Sharlene but everyone calls me CHARLIE

I am a creative type I have always been a musician and I also write check out everywednesday myspace I wrote that play!(its nuts) As am I, I love all music but not a big fan of rock, I am in the hatband thats also a myspace to look at and i am currently working with The Mak of all trades on my fourth album. I have never had a deal. I do it for the love.
I would like to find people in New York with a similar style to do some kind of Gig exchange also nice musical and creative friends to chat too cheers .

link to Sharlene Squire

Hollie McNish

I started writing poetry from when I could write but just started reading in 2007. Since then, I’ve been all over the place performing at various schools, nights, clubs and festivals including Glastonbury and Latitude in 2010. I came 3rd representing the UK in 2009 in Paris, behind the US and Canada and love love love writing. I only write when something gets to me or gets my emotions going and have two albums currently on the go, to be released in June 2010.

link to Hollie Mcnish

‘We look forward to having you with us!’

buy tickets here

Gideon Conn’s Album Launch

Sam — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:27:05 +0000

We’re so excited to be hosting our dear friend Gideon Conn’s debut album launch in London.

He will be playing in the big smoke with his full band and it being his album launch, guarantees that this genius and unique song writer will be pulling out all the stops to make this a very very very special night…and so will we!

We are also delighted to be able to announce that the wonderful Fiona Bevan will be supporting Gideon for his London Album Launch!

Fiona will be playing with her band for this special show and we can’t wait!

Hope you can join us.

Gideon’s album ‘New Bop Sounds’ can be bought from his website!

£6adv/£8door

Stac @ The Royal Opera House

Abi — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:31:42 +0000

This Saturday 17th July, Flomotion will play host to OneTaste’s Stac and her full band!

Expect full on lusciousness from this rising star as she performs tunes from her recently released album Turn That Light Out. Alongside the full band will be the OneTaste Choir and a string section!

The night will also feature live sets from Natalie Williams and Fatima, with DJs Nick Luscombe, Dom Servini and Nick Stroud spinning some all female vocal cuts for your listening pleasure.

For tickets and more info click here

Inua Ellams Candy Coated Living Room Tour

Sam — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 08:37:51 +0000

To Pre-Launch Inua’s 4th book “Candy Coated Unicorns and Converse All Stars”, OneTaste presents The Candy Coated Living Room Tour.

Exclusive to OneTaste: Over 4 consecutive days, Inua will journey by foot to North, South, East and West London, performing poems from the book and you are invited to host a show in your living room… invite your friends and Inua will come and perform a showcase in your house AND customise a pair of Converse All Stars for each of the lucky four hosts.

To have Inua in your living room for an exlcusive showcase please email info@onetaste.co.uk with the email title “Candy Coated”, stating your name and address.

We will be announcing the winners after 29th July.