Past Event

Des Peres

4th Oct 2008

Presenter: Des Peres
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Event Duration: 120 minutes

The kings of the sideways are back! Des Peres have released their third album, The Adventures Of Cowboy And Miniman, and are keen on leaping back into the national psyche with the accompanying tour. Drawing on elements of hip-hop, soul, techno and the blues, Des Peres have built a huge reputation for being... well, quite unlike anything else.

Their sound has been called "a raging mix of Parliament meets Talking Heads with a good dose of Daft Punk thrown in for taste", and their live show is something to be experienced, always transporting you to a place just beyond where you thought you were.

There's Mr Ection preaching up a storm, Little Tom unleashing a wall of mystical sound from his guitar, Kelsey seducing with her sexy vocals and very white dress, Des screaming abuse at his band while letting loose a thousand samples laced with the funk that fills dance halls and all while pounding out solos on, yes, a TROMBONE. But all this pales to nothing and hardly anyone notices because most eyes and ears are glued firmly on the being that comes from another place, LUVA DJ. Think of all you know about the DJ and apply none of those thoughts here. A cross between Johnny Rotten and Princess Di, she spits out rhymes while tearing the stage apart. Brilliant.