About Me
Lotus Pedals originally formed in 2006 to work with Forkbeard Fantasy in their sold-out theatre show Rough Magyck for the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, for which the quartet composed and performed all the music. The group features cello, celeste, clarinets, bass sax, laptop, loop sampler, percussion and guitar. These four musicians from diverse backgrounds came together to create unique theatre scores. Whimsical jazz and folk tunes are flavoured with hints of early English classical music, John Barry, Les Baxter, sixties television theme tunes, Latin rhythms, and electronica. They are working with Forkbeard Fantasy again this year, composing and performing their new score for the upcoming 'Invisible Bonfires' production, and touring the country. In this new cabaret-style production the band have been incorporated into the staging of the show in a dramatically visual way. Lotus Pedals has become an arena for its members to develop their individual writing and arranging skills and to formulate a co-operative working method when it comes to setting and delivering their material. A UK tour is planned in 2008 with Club Integral.
Contact them via Divine Agency .What the critics said: "This wasn’t the production’s only spectacular element: live music from the supremely strange Lotus Pedals, who remained on stage throughout the show...(supplying) the gorgeous live music...shambolic, bold and beautiful,it offers truly unique rewards."Beccy Smith in Animations On-line 29th November 2007 Toynbee Studios, London."The piece rests on its delicious musical accompaniment - like a funky, late night cabaret - provided by the inimitable Lotus Pedals who are worth the ticket price alone."Allison Vale in The British Theatre Guide, Tobacco Factory, Bristol, October 2007."The music of the Lotus Pedals...was very good, and they provided a beautiful love song written for the moon and the earth..." Peter Kirwan in The Barthedon, Warwick University, October 2007.TO ORDER THE NEW LOTUS PEDALS CD "FABULOUS FAERIES" (£10) contact: Divine Agency
