Buffalo Ink are Caragh Campbell and Nick Powell, a fiercely original and critically acclaimed avant-pop two-piece from south-east London.

After meeting at Goldsmiths College in 2009, it became clear that Caragh’s danceable break-beats and unabashedly glitchy sense of rhythm would constitute a perfect foil for Nick’s heavily layered electronic loops and triple-X guitar riffs.

Many live music dedicatees on the thriving South London scene will still recall the first time they heard a trademark Buffalo Ink guitar hook tearing through the sinuous and expansive sonic texture forged expertly by the combination of Powell’s esoteric loops and Campbell’s dense, tight-to-the-point-of-snapping beats, all anchored by the pair’s sometimes delicate, always original vocal harmonies. These people can say that they have had the Buffalo Ink experience.

Artrocker Magazine have written that, when speaking of Buffalo Ink, “for once ‘derivative’ is a dirty word”.  This is not the only thing that is dirty about Buffalo Ink: their music is at times dense and heavy, at times airy and transcendent, but the band have never cut their ties to the live music scene that spawned them and there is always something raw, something illicit, something dirty about their sound. After spending a year gigging, honing their skills and writing increasingly mature and intricate songs, culminating in forthcoming single “We Are Your Bones”, still Buffalo Ink’s is a sound whose response is never a nod of the head or a tap of the foot, but a ripping and moving sonic wave to which the whole body must yield.

“Godspeed this bold and inventive duo, a king and queen hewn from the age of stone” - Dave Okumu (of 2009 Mercury Music Prize nominees The Invisible).


Saltwater Samurai are a five-piece jazzcore disco-house ensemble hailing from New Cross who take pride in defying convention; blending house beats and dub bass lines, with jazz inflected improvising and glitch. Established through a mutual love of jazz and leftfield electronica they formed in 2010. They have played alongside exciting bands such as The Invisible and Led Bib, and have also been played on the legendary Gilles Peterson’s Radio1 show. In 2011 Saltwater Samurai were selected to play the BBC Introducing Stage at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival and their set broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s ‘Jazz on 3’ programme. This led to shows at London’s esteemed Vortex Jazz Club, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Jazz @ Pizza Express, Soho.

 “If there's anyone out there who believes, or has any doubts, that music can display a wanton disregard for boundaries and still remain accessible, engaging, playful and profound, they should lend their ear to this. Saltwater Samurai: it's a massive look.” – Dave Okumu (2010 Mercury Music Prize nominee for The Invisible) 

 “An exciting post-Polar Bear-esque five piece who layer up slabs of dirty elctronic textures with crunchy melodic bites, underpinned by dubbed out bass and drums.” (Time Out magazine)

FORTHCOMING SHOWS:
28/10/11 - Green Door Store, Brighton

General enquiries: <a href="mailto:livid.management@yahoo.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">livid.management@yahoo.co.uk</a>
Bookings: <a href="mailto:clive@timeandtalent.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">clive@timeandtalent.co.uk</a>

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