JAMAICA!! MEETS SLY & THE FAMILY DRONE

 ‘Celebrating The End Together In The Good Time Swamp’ c46 Cassette

Having released a few CDR's of these sessions and played a few well received gigs on London's experimental scene Jamaica!! were asked to host a night at the ICA as part of Morag Keil's solo exhibition there (Morag has a long-term relationship with the Gate) and thinking that Sly & the Family Drone had a history of communal music-making and a similar musical ethos they were an obvious choice for collaboration for us and we were extremely pleased that they took us up on the offer we presented them . A late edition to the ensemble was Alan Courtis, another long term friend of the Gate who just happened to be in London and expressed an interest in joining us. 

Sly & The Family Drone present this special art edition of our collaboration with Jamaica!! With the aim of raising money for The Gate, an arts centre for adults with learning disabilities located in Shepherds Bush, London.

The night itself, the recording of which is presented here, was a glorious affair with much fun being had by all involved and for me personally was testament to the power of a truly inclusive embracive "joyful noise". – Arlo Yates 2021

There is a distinct symbiosis between everyone onstage, and not only when there are eight drummers conjuring an acoustic barrage of Boredoms-level intensity’ – Wire,2019 

To buy the cassette:

https://familydrone.bandcamp.com/album/jamaica-meets-sly-celebrating-the-end-together-in-the-good-time-swamp

Private listening link:

https://soundcloud.com/slythefamilydrone/sets/celebrating-the-end-together/s-PUduZyxadvT

Limited Deluxe Wooden Box Edition and c46 bcassette

Jamaica!! and Sly & Family Drone at the ICA 28th February 2019.

Emma North - Roberto da Silva

Our song writing sessions at the Gate often focus around peoples specific interests, and in this case we focused on Roberto's astounding memory for game shows. He could remember many contestants of 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' but there was only one remembered who went home with nothing. We bring you...... EMMA NORTH

GATE CUSTARD III 22/09/17

Last week the Gate headed back to smash another night out at the Andrew Lloyd Webber Theatre, with an awesome performance from all! You can check it out here...

2Decks in the Studio.

Mr. 2Decks and Co. popped into Sausage Studios today to do some recordings for what will be the Gate Custard compilation LP . Shaping up nicely it is too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2DECKS, Dog Chocolate and Daniel Wakeford, DIY Space for London, 23/7/16

2DECKS.

Mary: Darren's gig was good, he's good singing with the singing he did, he did the donkey one and music school and Roberto played the drums and Leon played the guitar and Josh played the guitar and they was really good. I think they should do it again.

Duane: 2Decks knows how to perform in a gig and he showed them how to do it, my favourite song is hold it down because I like the beat and I like the style of the music; it makes me feel good.

2Decks: This gig was in a venue that was a bit different to some other venue that i have been in and the acoustics are amazing. I really liked how the audience reacted to solo guitar playingJosh and the feedback they gave us after we finished our set.

Dog Chocolate.

Josh: The band that we've seen in south Bermondsey called Dog Chocolate who came on after 2decks, my thoughts on the band that they are incredibly energetic pure live performance that I've ever seen with bits of compasionate comedy and amusing stage acts with very hilarious lyrics and with the best personality for a unique sound and keeping the crowd going and extremely loud and fun.

Pics by Jason.

2Decks: Dog chocolate is mental and I like mental. This band is wacky with sense humour that makes me laugh. I liked their music so much that i brought it on vinyl.

Mary: They talked about snakes and Tescos and they was really good.

http://dogchocolate.tumblr.com

Daniel Wakeford.

Pic by Mark.

Daniel and 2Decks.

Mary: After the other band was Daniel, he was talking about girlfriends and his mum was there and I said hello to her. He sing about rainbows and his singing is good and that's it.

Josh: To me personally i thought he was emotional with his song being on stage sing to the crowd and cheering him on and it was really creative.

2Decks: Daniel Wakeford is an interesting person on stage and off stage. He is a man with talent and confidence bringing something new to table. After speaking to him i saw how much of nice guy he was. When he was performing stage I noticed that he was a bit of ladies man, they loved him. It kinda reminds me of Tom Jones.

2Decks and band @ Beautiful Octopus Club at the Southbank Centre (4.9.15) - Report and photography by Mandy.

 We went to The Beautiful Octopus Club at The Southbank Centre, We were on Level 5. We went past Westminster  and Buckingham Palace on a minibus on the way there. The band got there early to set up and we went after that to take photos. The band before us were Japanese and their song was called "Do you want dessert, I'm hungry.

Roberto was on drums.

 

 Here's Leon smiling at the camera. He's very excited to be there and nervous.

The band was really into it. Mat was sweating.

There were two ladies signing to all the songs. We gave the lyrics to the songs to them before the gig. The lady even did the "Shoot the Donkey" actions.

The gig was good but a bit cold because it was outside.

Afterwards we all got in the minibus and we got home quite late.

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To see more from The Beautiful Octopus festival go here:
http://heartnsoul.co.uk/category/taking_part/details/beautifuloctopusclub