Om~Rock Promotions present Radical Dance Faction (RDF)

Paradise 9

Presented by: OM ROCK PROMOTIONS

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0	GLASTONBURY: The King Arthur
P	Friday 23rd February, 2024
N	8:00pm

Event information

Radical Dance Faction

Radical Dance Faction (RDF) were founded by Chris Bowsher in Hungerford in 1986. Originally known as ‘Military Surplus’, the band has experienced many line up changes, with at least thirty different people having been part of the band at one time or another. Bowsher is the only person who has been in every line up of the band.

RDF’s music combines punk, dub, and ska, while Bowsher’s lyrics, spoken rather than sung, deal mainly with political issues, such as the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 in the song “Chinese Poem”. Bowsher also witnessed first hand the Hungerford massacre, describing his experience in the song “Hot on the Wire”.

In 1990 they signed to Southern records, releasing two albums on their own imprint Earthzone and going on to tour Germany and other parts of Europe. One tour was as the support act to Rebel MC and they also supported Ziggy Marley at one point. RDF appeared at the huge Summerjam festival in Germany, July 1993.

RDF were a regular act on the UK free festival scene prior to the 1994 Criminal Justice Act, and were part of the crusty/anarcho punk movement until they called it day in the mid 1990s. Their final album (until reformation) Raggamuffin Statement was a mixture of live recordings and remixes with new songs, including “Martin Foran”, about the wrongly convicted prisoner.

The band reformed in 2006 playing various festivals around the UK during 2007. They reformed again in 2012 and appeared at the Bearded Theory festival in Derby. The band commenced a short tour in October 2012 to promote new album – Ammunition. In recent years they have performed at the likes of Glastonbury, Boomtown, Rebellion, Willow Man and Green Gathering festivals.
In 2018 RDF released their latest work, Daydream Dystopia, produced by Youth Sounds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78DCBRYZAlA
https://soundcloud.com/radical-dance-faction
https://radicaldancefaction.com/
https://www.facebook.com/rdfradicaldancefaction/

Paradise 9

Paradise 9 are a four- piece psychedelic-rock band based in London and Brighton and were formed in 1997 by singer/songwriter Gregg McKella.

To date they have 3 studio albums, the latest ‘Science Fiction Reality’, released in April 2021 on Flicknife Records, and previously with ‘Showtime’ (1998) and ‘Take Me to the Future’ (2013), a live CD ‘Live at the Amersham Arms 2014’, a DVD ‘Live at On-board the Craft 2013’ and their 20th Anniversary 1997 ~ 2017 CD.

They have played many great festivals including Glastonbury Festival, A New Day Festival, Cambridge Rock Festival, Bearded Theory, Kozfest, Green Gathering, Small World to name a few.

Paradise 9 are now;

Gregg McKella on vocals, guitar, glissando guitar, clarinet and space FX’s (Glissando Guitar Orchestra/Judge Trev Band/Rubber Bus/ex-Nik Turner Band/ex Image Wot Image/ex-Dreamfield)

Tyrone Thomas on lead guitar and backing vocals (SpacedOgs/ex Image Wot Image /ex-Alternative TV/ex-Convent Nuns)

Neil Matthars on bass (ex-Casual Affair) & Wayne Collyer (ex-Deep Skin/ex-Men Are Dead) on drums.

http://www.paradise9.net/index.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVih3zpm__s

https://youtu.be/yi4nLIVYeXA?feature=shared

"Challenging, deft and understated space rock for 2021 and generations beyond." - Guy Shankland - Vive Le Rock
“Tremendous space rock with an intelligent and optimistic zen-punk message” - It’s Psychedelic Baby! Magazine

" If Paradise 9 had been around back in the day, then surely their space-punk vibe would have made them great stablemates for the likes of Inner City Unit, Underground Zero, and yes, Hawkwind themselves, on the 1980s Flicknife roster. Fast forward to 2021, and how fantastic to see them join the resurgent Flicknife label now! Sharp indeed!" Ian Abrahams, RC

“This is an album from the underground which feels just like that, with a title which clearly states what this is all about. Honest and with integrity, this never pretends to be anything more than it is and is all the more enjoyable for that.” Kev Rowland – Prog Archives

“…this for me is music of rock origin, hints of just about anything else that they can fit in, all wrapped around a punk vocal style that spits out its anger at the state of the planet and the human apathy toward it. Of its time music, with a conscience." Mark Cartwright – The Punk Site