Welcome to the Beat Palace a special night that combines new live music with some classic soul and rock grooves, featuring new Beat Palace resident band ‘KU’.

 

“Never heard of them” you say and quite rightly!  So let me bring you up to speed, KU are a very soulful rock band currently signed to Kusha Deep Records.  They come from South East of England and made up of 4 members, Darragh.J.Brady (Vocals,Piano,Guitar) Tim Clapham, (Drums) Dominic Croxford (Guitar) and Matt Croxford (Bass Guitar).  The sound is a mixture of genres from bluesy soul to dub rock underpinned with some classic song-writing.  The music that has influenced the bands sound comes from the British rock of the Small Faces, The Who to the American super soul of Mowtown and Stax.

 

The boys have been working on a album ‘Last Night In Babylon’ recording the first cuts in the Kusha Deep studio through Feb to May, which as live recordings go sound excellent and give a taster of what’s to come.

 

The last  EP  titled ‘Heads Up’, went into the top 40 independent charts in Australia, play-listed on US radio stations such as 107 FM in LA, WCH radio in St Louis and M3 radio in New York, and has also been picking up support in the UK through BBC Yorkshire, BBC Southern Counties, Juice FM Brighton, Pulse Fm, Spider Bait in Manchester, and various other ILRs around the country.

 

The band is currently recording the next EP Zeros + Heros with Al Scot who also produced the Levellers and Asian Dub Foundation, that’s about to open up the sound of KU to a wider audience.

 

The Beat Palace night shall also include a Northern and Classic soul DJ who just played at the BBC Sport Relief party in London.  Expect some great tunes, mind altering visuals by Xsion and a pretty sound band.

 

You can hear a live taster of the the new EP by going to www.myspace.com/kushadeep or www.kusha-deep-unlimited.com for more info!