Vula Viel + Support at Jazz At The Lescar at Yellow Arch Studios

Gyil player Bex Burch returns with her uniquely energetic and intense vibe. Vula Viel means Good is Good in Dagaare, the language of the tribe in Upper West Ghana where Bex lived, farmed and studied for three years. Vula Viel's music is intensely rhythmic; an edgy mix of African, post-punk and minimalist influences, based around the Gyil (a Dagaare xylophone made of sacred lliga wood), imbued with the music of Steve Reich, Bill Laswell and Arthur Russell, as well as jazz. Their new album 'Do Not Be Afraid' is released in January.

'Beautiful .. Dance to it, Make Love to it, Consume it, Listen to it, Stare at the Clouds to it.. That music deserves good reactions!' Iggy Pop ...

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Gyil player Bex Burch returns with her uniquely energetic and intense vibe. Vula Viel means Good is Good in Dagaare, the language of the tribe in Upper West Ghana where Bex lived, farmed and studied for three years. Vula Viel's music is intensely rhythmic; an edgy mix of African, post-punk and minimalist influences, based around the Gyil (a Dagaare xylophone made of sacred lliga wood), imbued with the music of Steve Reich, Bill Laswell and Arthur Russell, as well as jazz. Their new album 'Do Not Be Afraid' is released in January.

'Beautiful .. Dance to it, Make Love to it, Consume it, Listen to it, Stare at the Clouds to it.. That music deserves good reactions!' Iggy Pop

'One of my discoveries for the London Jazz Festival.. Good is Good' Gilles Peterson

'Funerals have never sounded so funky' Songlines

'Like Portico Quartet on steroids' Jazzwise

Support comes from legendary afrofunk jivesters Captain Avery & the Cosmic Triceratops of Intergalactic Peace and futuro-jazz hepcats Beyond Albedo

CAPTAIN AVERY & THE COSMIC TRICERATOPS OF INTERGALACTIC PEACE
Captain Avery & the Cosmic Triceratops of Intergalactic Peace are probably the wildest & most celestial group of musical miscreants Sheffield has ever spawned. Their live show is immersive and full of zany sequinned energy: expect a lambent cocktail of Cosmic Afrobeat, Psychedelic Balkan, Space Shanties, Intergalactic Funk and Mutant Disco. Expect Wild Dancing & Joyous Abandon!
“Cosmic Triceratops are literally the sound of Hippiedom in 2018” ~ Pink Wafer
“(The band) create a wholesome and fruity sound that drives audiences into gravity-bending frenzies” ~ Alternative Fruit Zine
“I read about this gig in a history book so I travelled back in time to come see it, I had to fight some space ninjas on the way but it was worth it, 10/10 would time travel again” ~ Anonymous, Sexy Future Album Launch Party Book of Love

BEYOND ALBEDO
Beyond Albedo are a cerebral & improvisatory retro-futuristic synth-jazz 4 piece. This jazz/EDM quartet make original music that’s exploratory and experimental, but also energetic and danceable feeling equally at home in clubs, concert halls, art galleries and pubs.
All members bring both traditional and genre pushing elements to the bands exciting sonic mix resulting in a sound that draws from the jazz tradition while pushing it in exciting new directions. This brand new group are helping signpost a way for how jazz can fuse in elements of electronic dance music to its ever evolving tradition and you can catch them here at one of their first ever gigs.
Yellow Arch Studios, 30-36 Burton Road, Sheffield S3 8BX.
A collaboration with PROLE JAZZ
£12 on the door / £10 in advance (£8 concessions in advance)

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