Spiro + The Scoville Units @ Passing Clouds

Event information

The Venue has changed for this show. We will now be hosting the show at our new venue for Folk Music concerts and events - the cosy and intimate Passing Clouds venue, in Dalston, East London. The line up remains unchanged!

Playing are two exceptional bands, both taking traditional music in new directions: Headlining are Spiro, hailing from Bristol, whose latest album Light Box has received much critical acclaim - their electrifying live performances produce multi-layered, textured and almost 'trance' like music – a true evolution from traditional renditions of tunes. In support UK based banjo maestro Leon Hunt's Scoville Units - a band comprised of top UK Bluegrass and Celtic musicians, and the resultant music a heady, intricately and expertly played concoction of both.



Spiro:



They might bear the tools of the folk musician and be partial to the odd traditional tune, but Spiro claim to have closer affinities to the worlds of contemporary classical and dance music than they do to the folk scene. This four-piece contemporary ensemble take a meticulous approach to composition and performance, creating a sound much greater than their parts (accordion, mandolin, acoustic guitar and violin) would suggest. Their music – as heard on Lightbox, their new album for Peter Gabrielʼs Real World Records – is sweeping, majestic and cinematic, marking them out as kindred spirits with Steve Reich, Michael Nyman and the Penguin Café Orchestra. Itʼs a unified but never uniform sound, one made by four virtuosic musicians pulling in the same direction and keen to provoke an emotional response in anyone within earshot. “Weʼre like a string quartet,” they explain, “but the most driving and exciting string quartet that you could imagine.”



Scoville Units:



“A richly fluid fusion of bluegrass and jazz with a healthy sprig of Celtic roots. Riveting stuff.”
Uncut Magazine