Member Since: 8/19/2006
Band Website: brokendrumrecords.com
Band Members: Vince Millett: Production, oud, fretless guitar, other guitars
Louis Counter: Production, tablas, melodica, coffee
Pete Sharpe: Vocals, bass, a general air of coolness
Paul Midgley, Tom Gregory : Arabian percussion - frame drums, darabukas - that sort of thing!
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Influences: Transglobal Underground, Natacha Atlas, Talvin Singh, King Tubby, Clotaire K, Dhafer Youssef, Bill Laswell, Ojos de Brujo, Rachid Taha, Niyaz, dZihan & Kamien, The Spy From Cairo, U-Cef, Cheb I Sabbah, Dub Gabriel, Tabla Beat Science, MC Rai, Azzddine, Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects, Oojami, Aiwa, Temple of Sound, The Incredible String band, The Enid, Suns of Arqa, Omar Farouk Tekbilek, Sly & Robbie, Radio Tarifa, Spaceport Orchestra of Benares, Peter Gabriel, Squarepusher, Gotan Project, Bob Marley, Leftfield, Smadj, Fatboy Slim, MC Rai, Maghrebika, Psalm Drummers, 40 Thieves Orchestar, Mariza, Tinariwen, Gnawa Diffusion, L'ham de Foc, Music Matbakh, Bigg (al Khaser), Asian Dub Foundation, DJ Vadim, Justin Adams, Robert Plant.....
Also: Dub, reggae, rai, shaabi, hiphop, triphop, breakbeat, drum'n'bass, Indian classical music, Arabian traditional music, Gnawa music, Turkish traditional music, tango (real, not ballroom!), rebetika, tabla players, oud players, ney players, scratch DJs, dub bassists, fretless guitar players, people who can play the djembe properly (almost none of them!), Jean Giraud aka Moebius, the Pub Landlord, Harry Enfield & Paul Whitehouse, the Hairy Bikers, Dr Who ........and our favourite places: Istanbul, Marrakech, Essaouira, Croydon, Aberystwyth.
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Sounds Like: A festival band on a far distant desert planet......I guess we sound a bit like some of the bands in our influences list. However, we sound mostly like us.
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Record Label: Broken Drum Records
Type of Label: Indie