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Since their formation in late 2002, Los Albertos have been creating a frenzy upon the dance floors and grassy fields of Europe with their inimitable foot-stompin’, brass-blarin’, and rip snortin’ high energy blend of ska, punk, funk, dub and original beats. Drawing upon a peculiarly twisted English humour (where The Comic Strip meets League of Gentlemen) this six-piece throw in some dynamite horn, guitar and drum action and invariably you end up with a band firing on all cylinders and on top of their game. It’s dance music, Jim, but not as we know it…
Their
first album, Los Bop,
contained such classics as Cheeky
Rascal, Bossman, Mr Chip and Pikey
Killed My Goldfish. In 2006 they released a new 12-track album Information
Overload, with killer tunes such as Friends,
Heal, Leavin’ the Band, Scientist,
Resist and Beer Panic. Direct comparisons are impossible but listen closely and
you can hear the ghosts of
Lee
Perry hanging out with Joe Strummer whilst Count Basie drops by with
Carlos Santana and chews the fat about Ian Dury and all the Madness in
the air!
– a
riotous
flurry of horn-driven ska, drum and bass, and swing, capped off by a
cheeky persona, naughty lyrics, but with a thoroughly contemporary
feel. And
it’s the sheer energy and fun that binds all this
into what is the Los Albertos sound.
Lyrically,
they cast a net far and wide, singing about the joys of going to
festivals, drinking beer, psychedelic experiences at dental surgeries,
celebrating life, calling in sick, information overload, stupid
governments, nice men from next door and, of course, love… Five of
the band sing, they all write songs, and they all inject a crazy
energy into the music which is just bloody good fun.
Already
they have gained a big and loyal following with gigs at many of the
best festivals in the United Kingdom and Europe including Glastonbury,
Beautiful Days, Shambhala, Larmer Tree, Spraoi and Lovebox Weekender.
And their residency at Brighton’s Joogleberry is the stuff of
legend.
2007
was another busy year for this hard working band, playing over 130
gigs including a four week trip to Italy, a residency at the infamous Late’n’Live at the Gilded Balloon in Edinburgh, a couple of UK
tours, and headline shows at the Brighton Fringe Festival, Bath Fringe
Festival, Lost vagueness and Secret Garden Festival.
2008 will see them do the same
plus release a new album, and continue their onward march into Europe
with the simple aim of spreading their big, bouncy and happy vibes… Some Reviews below:- The Parlure
Spiegeltent, 11 May 2008, 10:00pm
Part
nice men from next door, part cheeky rascals, all fun, Los Albertos
lit the festival fuse with a Spiegeltent-packing, foot-stomping, rip
snorter… playing ska-based dance music of the highest order – the
guitarist ranges from chicken scratch to Carlos Santana, saxs’ and
horn go from wall of brass via horn stabs to klezma reediness, the
bass is fat and solid, and the drummer is just superb. The lyrics are
tight, contemporary and a bit naughty – perfect!
3
Weeks
Brighton
Festival review
Spreading
more good vibes than a dancing monkey handing out tequila shots
A
band to make you smile and keep you bouncing all night long, this is
original happy ska with a sound something akin to The Specials, with a
modern-day flavour
Jeff Hemmings on
07946 385415 or jeff@losalbertos.co.uk or visit www.losalbertos.co.uk
and www.myspace.com/losalbertos
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