Introducing Slamboree to the Rat Records family! A live band with a smörgåsbord of circus performers, daredevils and entertainers. Taking each show as it comes, assembling a different crew from their collective for each show and every gig is very different to the last.
Musically they fuse bass-driven beats with live orchestra, guitars, percussion, loops, visuals, brass, pyrotechnics and circus.
The genres bounce around breakbeat, dubstep, drum & bass, dub, techno and electro fused with balkan, folk, and 'gypsy' flavours... All original and all live. This all translates in the studio to an incredibly fun, quirky first release on Rat Records, entitled \"Cheeky Peppers\".
Rat's head honcho, Deekline, applies his midas touch and turns it into gold in a way that only he can! Given unique elements to work with, he manages to integrate them into something a little left of centre for him, yet somehow still distinctly Deekline.
Thanks to all the Festivals we played at: Eden Festival, Shangri-La, Glastonbury Festival, Beat-Herder, Kendal Calling, The Bimble Inn, Standon Calling and Boomtown Fair.
Additional camerawork from Callum Whitely, Mike Howard, Ricko Roach, and VJ Baba
Thanks to: Matthew and Simon Reynolds
And last but not least, A HUGE THANK YOU to all the friends and fans who've gotten stuck in, involved and joined us all summer at some of the best gigs yet!
Written by Mike Freear & Kathika Rabbit
Recorded by Slamboree
Cello by Florence Fawcett
Recorded and Mixed by Lee Smith & Jamie Lockhart at Greenmount Studios www.greenmountstudios.com
Produced by Mike Freear http://www.facebook.com/freearmusic
Additional production by Aron Davids (Dub Mafia) http://www.dub-mafia.com
Mastered by Rat Records
