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**SOLD OUT** To be in with a chance to WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS Like and Tag a friend on the Facebook event page hereAn exciting double header for the opening night of SPECTRUM festival with two of the hottest acts on the UK jazz scene! SONS OF KEMETAfter a thrilling live show in Dublin in April 2016, MOBO award-winners Sons of Kemet return to Dublin as part of SPECTRUM! This rambunctious double-drumming quartet led by saxophonist/clarinettist Shabaka Hutchings, creates a revolutionary mix of jazz, rock, dub and Caribbean folk. Hutchings, who was recently name-checked by the New York Times in a round-up of best live jazz performances of 2017, draws on a motley collection of influences, bringing links to early Caribbean and Rastafarian music, Afrobeat rhythms and funky New Orleans brass into play. This intriguing melting pot is fuelled by the voracious beats of the two drummers Tom Skinner and Eddie Hick, overlaid with Theon Cross’s versatile tuba playing, which lends both bass and melody to the tracks.This is jazz, but not as you know it. It’s fresh, accessible, loaded with cultural capital…and you will dance.Listen & Watch Sons of Kemet HERE“One of the hippest new UK bands... almost certain to dominate the ‘best of’ lists at the end of the year” - The GuardianSNOWPOETSnowpoet, the London based band led by songwriting duo of Jazz FM Vocalist of the Year (2016) Lauren Kinsella and multi-instrumentalist Chris Hyson. Dublin native Lauren Kinsella is held in high regard on the international jazz scene, and in recent years has performed for Irish audiences with Snowpoet as well as other projects Blue Eyed Hawk, the Lauren Kinsella Quintet and Thought-foxCelebrating the release of their 2nd album Thought You Knew with an extensive UK and Irish Tour, including this date at SPECTRUM festival, Snowpoet are taking their musical collaboration and compelling sound to the next level, blending sweet hook-laden vocal lines with warm and lush arrangements. This music is infectious, delicate and tasteful. With a new home at Edition Records, they are set to reach new heights in their profile, confirming their reputation as one of the most innovative and creative new bands in the UK today.Snowpoet also features Josh Arcoleo on saxophone, Matt Robinson on keys, Nick Costley-White on guitar and Dave Hamblett on drums. Listen & Watch Snowpoet HEREStandard Online Ticket €20 / €22 on the doorMore information on full festival programme here: http://bit.ly/2ATxh6k SPOTIFY playist: http://spoti.fi/2CVzbp0 *Attendees please note that this is a STANDING event and there will be no seating provided
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Tom Skinner Biography
London based drummer, composer and producer Tom Skinner has been a vital and central figure in the burgeoning underground music scene in London throughout the last 20 years.
Tom is a leading member of The Smile with Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood. Their debut album A Light For Attracting Attention was released to critical acclaim in June 2022 and they are currently touring Europe with Worldwide dates to follow.
In 2012, Tom released his debut self-titled solo record under the alias Hello Skinny to critical acclaim, with MOJO Magazine describing it as “...existing in that fertile zone where jazz, dub, techno and avant-pop deliquesce into an exhilarating free-for-all.” The second Hello Skinny album Watermelon Sun, released on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label in 2017, featured a collaboration with acclaimed veteran New York composer and trombonist Peter Zummo.
Tom is also an original member of award-winning band Sons Of Kemet alongside band-leader and frequent collaborator Shabaka Hutchings. Their third album Your Queen Is A Reptile [Impulse! 2018] garnered worldwide critical acclaim including a Mercury Prize 2018 nomination. Their latest album Black To The Future [Impulse! 2021] has been met with rave reviews, NME giving it 5 stars, claiming the album to be the band at their “most dynamic and urgent”.
In addition to his illustrious career in creating and performing music, Tom has curated his own bi-monthly live music night at The Pickle Factory in East London and hosts a monthly radio show on Worldwide FM.
Throughout his career, Tom has performed and recorded with notable musicians such as Grace Jones, Jarvis Cocker, Kano, Matthew Herbert, Mulatu Astatke, Floating Points, The Invisible, Zero 7 and many more.
His first eponymous release Voices Of Bishara is a chamber-jazz and post-dub fusing quintet suite, composed in part in homage to the late avant-garde cellist Abdul Wadud, that releases in November 2022 via the three-label partnership of Brownswood, International Anthem & Nonesuch Records.
Read MoreTom is a leading member of The Smile with Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood. Their debut album A Light For Attracting Attention was released to critical acclaim in June 2022 and they are currently touring Europe with Worldwide dates to follow.
In 2012, Tom released his debut self-titled solo record under the alias Hello Skinny to critical acclaim, with MOJO Magazine describing it as “...existing in that fertile zone where jazz, dub, techno and avant-pop deliquesce into an exhilarating free-for-all.” The second Hello Skinny album Watermelon Sun, released on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood label in 2017, featured a collaboration with acclaimed veteran New York composer and trombonist Peter Zummo.
Tom is also an original member of award-winning band Sons Of Kemet alongside band-leader and frequent collaborator Shabaka Hutchings. Their third album Your Queen Is A Reptile [Impulse! 2018] garnered worldwide critical acclaim including a Mercury Prize 2018 nomination. Their latest album Black To The Future [Impulse! 2021] has been met with rave reviews, NME giving it 5 stars, claiming the album to be the band at their “most dynamic and urgent”.
In addition to his illustrious career in creating and performing music, Tom has curated his own bi-monthly live music night at The Pickle Factory in East London and hosts a monthly radio show on Worldwide FM.
Throughout his career, Tom has performed and recorded with notable musicians such as Grace Jones, Jarvis Cocker, Kano, Matthew Herbert, Mulatu Astatke, Floating Points, The Invisible, Zero 7 and many more.
His first eponymous release Voices Of Bishara is a chamber-jazz and post-dub fusing quintet suite, composed in part in homage to the late avant-garde cellist Abdul Wadud, that releases in November 2022 via the three-label partnership of Brownswood, International Anthem & Nonesuch Records.
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