LONDON: The Spice of Life

Friday 5th January, 2024

7:00pm

Event information

Friday 5th of January
Substance presents The Long Good Friday

Featuring - Dreamweaver + Novacaine + George Alfie + Amity with Otto and the Cloud

The Spice of Life is a Soho landmark, historic music venue and is in the heart of London's West End.

Renowned for having a great live sound The Spice of Life and Substance have worked together for over 16 years to bring the very best new music to the heart of the capital.

"One of the best little venues in London" Evening Standard

The Line up

Dreamweaver
Played on the same stages as: Wilko Johnson, Steve Gibbons Band, Osric Tenticals, to name but a few. European tours, Festivals, Clubs and Pubs, Parties and everything inbetween. Over 30 years of experience. check out the listen page.

Members are from London and Hampshire and play gigs all over the country, with a fanbase that continues to grow year on year.
Original music will energise any event (we specialise in summer festival work from small events up) Special Guest Musicians tend to turn up and play with us (bringing an added extra to events)
https://www.dreamweaver.rocks/

Novacaine
Indie / Alt
https://www.instagram.com/novacaineband/

George Alfie
George Alfie, Guildford born, is a singer/songwriter in the indie genre. After leaving school at 9 years old, George has used writing and performing as his way of connecting with people. Gaining popularity through his ardent lyricism and attention to detail, George has been able to play all over the UK, with multiple sold-out shows, and a growing fanbase who continue to be mesmerised by his story telling and the way he holds every stage he stands on. Starting out with busking, and pub venues, Alfie has gone on to open and play festivals in Hampshire, and Lancashire, as well as hosting many gigs around England, always giving new bands and artists opportunities to play. George describes himself as a mix between Sam Fender and Ben Howard, which you can hear particularly in his latest singles ‘Aphrodite’ (19,387 Spotify streams), ‘Tell a Lie’ (18,406 Spotify streams) and 'Night Creatures' (19,758 Spotify Streams).

Giving his unique take on life & relationships through his music, George delivers warming acoustic sets overflowing with heart and charm, as well as working with his bandmates to bring his originals to life with intricate guitar licks, and iconic drum fills. George's sets are also filled with some epic covers, that he and his band expertly rearrange, bringing a new spin to the music - 'Careless Whisper' being a fan favourite.

George wants to "create space for people to be seen, to make sure no one feels like a ghost in a room full of people". For George, this transcends beyond his gigs - through him and into his following, he shows that these feelings can be universal. "No one deserves to feel invisible
https://georgealfieofficia.wixsite.com/george-alfie-ep.

Amity with Otto and the Cloud
Amity will be returning to the Spice Of Life this January with his band Otto and the Cloud to bring their funk-tinged indie collaboration alongside Amity’s more classic songwriter repertoire.

More about Amity:

“The talent Amity exudes is immense. You’ll all know his name in a couple of years”. Trina Smith EPMG

Amity is an award-winning singer songwriter whose dark, defiant and dramatic sound has earned him the backing of the Royal Albert Hall: they recently named him their 2023 Future Maker. Described in The Guardian newspaper as bringing together “miraculous” vocals with the “dense surreal lyricism of Regina Spektor”, Amity’s hard-hitting songwriting and emotive performances have earned comparisons to Adele, Nina Simone, and Joni Mitchell in the press, scooping numerous national and international successes, with the SAYS panel of industry judges listing Amity in the UK’s top 30 young songwriters in his category.

Recently awarded Best Singer 2023 by RB Entertainment, his raw, powerhouse voice and vivid, moving lyrics have put him in high demand, being talent scouted by numerous major TV shows on both sides of the Atlantic.

Praised by Durham Magazine as “profound, broody and rebellious”, Amity’s empowering lyrics are imprinted by his drive for justice, inner healing, freedom and an overriding determination to lift up those who are struggling, along the way documenting his own ongoing journey from darkness to light. Amity, who is autistic and queer, has written professionally with Dee Adam (Dido, Kaiser Chiefs, Newton Faulkner) and is currently writing with Andrew Kingslow (John Legend).

“Rethink everything you know and love about music” (David Lofts, guitarist with The Orb).
https://amitymiller.com/

The Spice of Life is an over 18’s venue .ID will be required if you are asked.

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6 Moor St
London
W1D 5NA

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020 77437 7013