London based alt rock four piece with fast melodic songs about poor life choices, liars, murder accusations, kitchen parties and love/insanity.


Film-inspired songs shaped by mood, story and cinema. Noir-tinged rock with atmosphere. @scottswainmusic

LOKANDES is the combination of two words: 'Crazy' and 'Andes' which represents the intention of our music - crazy music from the Andes -. This project was started in London, during December 2007, by Karlos Saldaña and Alx Alfaro. This project aims to create Alternative music with roots from traditional Andean music and then entered in his second phase completing the band line up with musicians from different parts of the world based in London, England. LOKANDES is now known to fuse Afro-Andean music with other contemporary music styles such as Funk, Latin, Reggae, Jazz, Cumbia, etc.

This fusion of music and musicians aims to bring its audiences original music with socially conscious lyrics, at the same time bringing awareness to Latin-American cultures.

The band had the opportunity to play on different venues like Notting hill arts club, Passing Clouds, Jazz Cafe, Coronet,The O2 - The British Music Experience - Millennium Dome, etc.. and festivals as Big Chill Fest, Love Box, Movimientos, Andean Connection, Shoreditch Festival, Carnaval del Pueblo(Burguess Park), Global Local, Latin Quarter, Rich Mix, The Scoop, Kendal Callling, Secret Garden Party, London Mela at Gunnersbury Park, London Green Fair, Glastonbury , Vamos Festival, London latin american film festival, BT London river of live (Olympics 2012) among others.

You can see part of our music and videos in the following links where you can share part of our experiences:

Links:
www.myspace.com/lokandesproject
www.reverbnation.com/lokandes
www.facebook.com/lokandesmusic
www.twitter.com/lokandes
http://latinosinlondon.bandcamp.com/album/lokandes-positive-energy
EPK(Video): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXQlvGqGivA

Trombonist, Guitarist, Lyricist & Composer

Main instrument - Trombone - over 25 yrs experience.  Classical/Jazz/Funk/Soul and Ska

Available for studio session work/dep work/weddings/birthdays/anniversaries.  



The Messengers of God - "A cross between Kilburn and the Highroads and Leonard Cohen” - are a five-piece band who play in the self-styled ‘Town and Country’ genre.

When challenged by Johny Brown of The Band of Holy Joy to form a band of his own, native South Londoner & lyricist Dave McGowan, did exactly that. 

The Messengers of God are:

Dave McGowan – Vocals
Sir Eddie Real – Drums and Percussion
Tom Fry - Bass 
Matt Grabbham - Violin
Ian Beetlestone - Piano
Rick Batey - Guitar

Over the years their past and present members have played with such diverse artists as: Eileen Rose; Alabama 3; Test Department; Sandy Dillon;  Beth Orton; The Tinder​sticks; The Men They Couldn’t Hang; The Barracudas Notting Hill Carnival Band; Sting; Mike Oldfield; Nektar; The Waterboys, Mel C and Sam Brown.

Hi world, for those that don't know I am probably best known for my work with The Joe Jackson Band. I then went on to work with Such greats as Joan Armatrading, Aztec Camera  and  Kirsty MacColl. I now spend most of my time tinkering away in my studio. I've been learning how to produce my own, mostly instrumental, tracks. (Not very good at the moment but getting better!)

Flirting with subtle post-rock undertones, Fire at Night are the cure to your existential fear that everything is meaningless and pointless. Fire at Night are Scott Swain (vocals, guitars), Tara Skinner (bass guitar), and Adam Pollard (drums, electronics). 

Pre-order our debut album Overflow, out on April 8 2022, here https://snd.click/iwtq

Get in touch dahliacontact@gmail.com

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