LSB summer single 2011

We got horns we got skanks we got chops we got beats we got melodica
We got all the good shit

Watch it here  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlXkBYsvJ4w&amp;feature=channel_video_title

Buy it here   http://leftstepband.bandcamp.com/

Left Step Band - Head High

Left Step Band somehow managed to find time in a hectic  summer schedule of festival gigs  to remix Rebel Controls forthcoming single Whine Ya Body Down ! 
Rebel Control were so impressed that the remix is being given a release in it's own right just before the original version.
Whilst the original  is a dancehall / dance affair, Left Step Band have given it their full reggae/ hip hop treatment , reshaping the song around tight tuff beats and skanking pianos to massive effect.

Rebel Control  Whine Ya Body Down !  Left Step Band Remix  is available now on itunes .

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Rebel Control - Whine Down (Left Step Band remix)

A free download from the LSB
Late night lyricism rides flamenco guitar &amp; lush strings.
Because the night belongs to loners.
Insomnia blues.

Left Step Band - Feelin' 4am

Left Step Band - Live For Today

Left Step Band - Leave It

If Leonard Cohen getting fucked up with Roots Manuva then both going to get a kebab in N22 is your musical thang then today is your lucky day.

Check the video @ http://youtu.be/tMv0ztzwZhY 

Weird Green

Kizzy Morrell radio intervi

Initially conceived as the producer/MC duo of Nikolai (formerly of UK ska punkas King Prawn) and Eff le Ref LSB immediately set their stall out with the aim of confounding expectations and moving away from the traditional hip hop formulas being peddled around the scene. They sought to distance themselves from what was going on around them and bring to bear their diverse collective influences.  A love of reggae, dub and old skool ska are all evident in the band's sound, from the Jerry Dammers-esque keyboards of 'Rebels of the Frontline' to the shuffling, laid back beats of 'The Deep End' LSB skilfully navigate three or four decades of musical heritage, wrapping it up into one delicious, bombastic, package.

Not content with being a mere studio project, Left Step's ranks quickly expanded to encompass a full live line-up. Meeting through that most modern of mediums, the internet, Nikolai and Eff le Ref were put in touch with Zac who seamlessly slotted in to their ranks. These three developed a chemistry which would become the bedrock of the LSB sound but quickly realised that a final magical ingredient was missing. Having toyed with the idea of introducing a guitarist to their ranks, LSB eventually decided, as they always do, to do things their own way. The final piece to be added to this diverse puzzle was Sensei FMs' DJ Dizar.

The quartet bonded immediately over a diverse sound and a penchant for bringing the everyday to life with big hooks and a killer melody.  Over long days and strenuous nights the band sweated and toiled, shaping themselves into the raucous unit they are today. Never short on song craft, they rapidly generated a group of songs which befit their name, left-field, out of step but at all times danceable and with an instinctive eye for a groove and a chorus. 

As a live proposition LSB are something else altogether. MC'ing meets singing and swaggering beats meet soulful hooks - all imbued with a sense of timeless storytelling and adept lyrical narrative. It is this musical diversity and originality which has seen the band share bills with both urban acts and with friends from the indie fraternity. Moreover, gigs with the likes of Finlay Quaye have proved that they can mix it with the best, on stages large or small, to crowds old or young and with an easy appeal which runs through every note of the music they produce. 

Beyond anything else, Left Step Band is about good time music for good time people, rich with pop nous yet never forgetful of its roots.  There is a real sense that the quartet are bringing back something that has long been missing from the scene, namely a genuine sense of fun and musical abandon with no constraints and no rules.  'It’s really just about having fun, and seeing people enjoy themselves' says Nikolai... 

And right now LSB are having an absolute blast. 


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