Date: 28/09/07
Doors: 7.30pm
Venue: The Coronet
28 New Kent Rd
London
SE8 6TJ
http://www.coronettheatre.co.uk/
Price: Free

Contact: Becky Jones becky@4wall.co.uk 07786 517877

‘The Heard’ is a contemporary choir for the contemporary people of London. They’re not looking to ancient eastern spirituality to get a natural high; they’re just singing their favourite songs together in perfect harmony for kicks. Ranging from lawyers and scriptwriters to comediennes and bio-physicists, and backed up by award winning beat boxers, 50 normal people from all over London gather on a weekday evening to laugh, sing choral arrangements of original music and covers of hits from the likes of The Arcade Fire, The Klaxons and Joni Mitchell. In the break they eat biscuits and talk about work, life, and even go down the boozer for a swift one afterwards.

Following six mad months of national press articles and sellout gigs, they have landed one heck of a big fish, a collaboration with British Hip-Hop visionary, Ty. The Mercury Music nominated MC and producer will write fresh words for an old Heard tune to be performed on the night along with another two of his classics mixed into the collective’s set.

The performance is part of the Elefest Festival - www.elefest.org.uk - in support of Renga, a smaller ensemble of London Philharmonic Orchestra Musicians who perform compositions from outside the classical mainstream.

www.myspace.com/theheardlondon

Ty

Ty is one of UK Black music’s true innovators and popularisers. With his third album, “Closer,” this critically acclaimed MC and producer is set to hit the mainstream. He has worked with the likes of Tony Allen, Terri Walker, Natasha Williams, Scratch Perverts, Afro Reggae and Estelle and has featured on more albums and singles than could easily be listed. Kiss DJ Shortee Blitz started out in a group with him. He has been invited to share the mic with luminaries such as Talib Kweli, De La Soul and Platinum Pied Pipers. He has been name checked by Lily Allen and has performed with Damon Albarn. He has been nominated for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize, has won numerous Hip Hop Awards, and has even presented awards at the Nigerian Music Awards in Lagos and also in Azerbaijan and Latvia. He has taken his vision of hip hop culture into prisons and schools and has acted as a spokesman for his musical culture in the studios of Newsnight. {BRITSH COUNCIL}

http://www.myspace.com/tyandupwards


Wandan
Using nothing more than an ordinary microphone (turned up VERY LOUD) WanDan expels some of the most disgusting D’n’B, Hip Hop, Techno and a wide variety of "Popular Classics" from his mouth, all usually for around the price of a few large vodkas.
Finding himself on a variety of stages all over the U.K. including the closing act in the circus Big Top at Glastonbury 04 & 05, as well as appearances in New York, Hungary, Spain and several visits to the Czech Republic, WanDan still consistently manages to get himself home, occasionally missing a shoe, a tooth, several hours or an expensive mic however.
'...known throughout the county as one of the UK’s finest beatboxers...'
Undercover Magazine – August 2005
www.wandan.co.uk