J-Treole is a four piece Indie Jazz Hip-Hop band based around London and Cambridge. The group started as Mfon Essien (21) and Ali Jamieson (22) getting together one mild May afternoon in 2005. They connected through their love of Jazz, Hip-Hop and all things eclectic. The combined vocal talents of Mfon Essien with Ali Jamieson’s keyboard deftness were layered over programmed breaks and funk/rock influenced live bass. After establishing their foundations and mode, it was decided that a real drummer was required to achieve a greater live act and more freedom within improvisation - so the addition of Stuart Pringle (21) was a welcome one. Another change of face to the band was bassist David O’Neill (21) who has become an awe inspiring live asset to the band.
After establishing a solid live act and recordings, J-Treole smashed expectations through gigging in and around Cambridge and swiftly flowed into London. 2006 and 2007 have seen the band perform more than 90 shows of their "unique blend of Jazz-Hop" regularly in venues throughout London including Dingwalls with Omar, The Fly with Eddie Argos [Art Brut], Cargo, Proud Galleries, 93 Feet East, Nottinghill Arts Club and in Cambridge - The Junction, The Barfly, Queens College with The Klaxons & Shlomo, Anglia Ruskin University with Alex Zane amongst many others and receiving great reviews and critical acclaim along the way.
Cambridge News (April 2008): "...these musical explorers can pack more imagination in one song than most of the local band scene could muster in a whole set's worth of derivative mush."
Barfly (Jan 2007): "...THE most amazing Indie Hip Hop Jazz hot sauce the UK has to offer"
Hunts Post (April 2008): "J-Treole were the third band to hit the stage. It sometimes takes a while for me to get hooked by a band unknown to me, but with J-Treole it took a matter of minutes. A fantastic musical cocktail of jazz, rap, soul and with a sprinkling of Salsa thrown in for good measure, the frighteningly young musicians that make up this quartet are among the best I've ever seen on the Cambridge music scene. Although the band didn't seem to attract much of an audience at the start, by the end of their half an hour set there was a real buzz with many truly won over, on further listening I can't recommended their 'Minor Details' EP (available on iTunes) enough."
The band independently released the Minor Details EP in Spring 2007 and has been selling worldwide digitally on (iTunes and Napster) as well as in CD format from their myspace.
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'Minor Details EP' - £5.00 (p&p : £1.45)

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