We’ve gone a bit dubby this week with a couple of artists from the excellent A Quiet Bump net label in Sicily. Boo Boo Davis brings us back to our blues roots and then gives it all a bit of a twist and to start a great sound from Bath, here in the UK.

 

Allergy - Tonight We Fly (Bath, UK)

Highs - Tonight We Fly 

Tonight We Fly formed early in 2014 in Bath, Somerset, and are made up of members Jack Godby, Tom Summers, Ned French and Craig Spensely. The band seem perennially in love with the notion of true 'indie' music, referencing a time when the best place to hear British independent music was when it was being introduced (and occasionally played at the wrong speed) by John Peel, back in the days when BBC Radio 1 still saw a value in occasional risk-taking.

Whilst their style may hark back to the 'shambling' bands of British indie music's true heyday, Tonight We Fly's attention to detail in both lyrics and music is formidable, and cheerfully rewards repeated listens.

Their music is a welcome reminder in these heady times that the ones convictions are oft best expressed with a sad-sack demeanour and an unwavering appreciation of persistently cloudy skies.

www.facebook.com/tonightwefly

@TonightWeFlyUK

soundcloud.com/tonightwefly

foofrecords.com

 

The Bath and Bahamas connection?

A belated thanks to Jalal who left a kind comment on the show notes for show 246 a couple of weeks ago to say “Another nice one Clithers” and that he regarded Dálava as a particularly good find and that he’s looking forward to their album coming out next month. I also see that he appears to have a Bahamian connection through WildQuest who run venture swimming with dolphins in Bimini - well, there’s a happy co-incidence. The I’ve been is swimming with a remarkably inquisitive barracuda on a small reef off Long Island, way down at the other end of the Bahamas. It was pretty amazing though.

www.wildquest.com

Diggin In Ya Boongie - D Mac

 

We See - Voodoo Tapes (Napoli, Italia)

Colonial Blend Extra Bold - Voodoo Tapes

Voodoo Tapes is the pseudonym of Giovanni Roma (aka Blob). It began in 2011 for an irresistible impulse to perform digital dub vibrations. There is no other reason why this project was born over the trance of bass, hi-hat and spring reverb.

This comes from the latest release on the excellent A Quiet Bump label in Sicily.

www.facebook.com/pages/voodoo-tapes/119135084830065

Aquietbump.com

facebook.com/pages/AQUIETBUMP-label/58343125859

@aquietbump

soundcloud.com/aquietbump

 

Thirsty Version - Hotdrop (Madrid, Spain)

Sexo Duro Chapter1 - Hotdrop

Hotdrop was born in the winter of 2004, in dark rehearsal rooms of Madrid”s suburbs, where the irresistible attraction for Jamaican rhythms made these reggae lovers take the same direction. The band grew gradually, thanks to underground jam sessions, summer recordings and amazing coincidences…Long inspired rehearsal nights did the rest. But the road is long and Hotdrop’s story suffered many encounters and farewells, until it reached the stable musical line up that currently creates its mystic reggae-dub sound.

Hotdrop have been busy lately,