Bristolian promoters Worm Disco Club have been championing South-Western talent since their inception in 2014. Having collaborated with Glastonbury Festival on their notorious ‘Wormhole’ stage and hosted the likes of The Comet Is Coming, The Heliocentrics and The Mauskovic Dance Band at their regular club night, the name has become synonymous with quality groove laden goodness, percussive madness, jazz, psych and beyond.
Returning with another essential slab of South-Western talent on their label Worm Discs, this time it’s the turn of six-piece Bristolian collective Dundundun to step up to the plate. Dundundun combines African and Latin rhythms with jazz & electronics to create uplifting soundscapes and deep hypnotic grooves.
Packed with a wealth of experience, their respective members have spent the past decade touring the world and darkening studios with The Heavy, Alice Russell, Pete Josef, DJ Die and Dele Sosimi, bringing a rich heritage of sound straight out of Bristol’s thriving music scene. Expect beat-heavy sonics with soaring-horns, subterranean bass and keyboard wizardry, arpeggiating multi-layered vibrations born from a mutual respect of past musical idioms and future musical legacies.
On remix duties, hometown hero Ishamel Ensemble turns in a dark, fast paced and deeply textured reworking of ‘Dun In Outer Space’ (Dundundun’s original take on Sun Ra’s classic track “Love In Outer Space”. On the flip,Glaswegian selector and Worldwide FM resident Rebecca Vasmant channels fuzzy afrobeat and floating ethereal frequencies on her superb retouch of ‘Anansi’.
Order your copy of the self titled Dundundun EP (out March 19th via Worm Discs) here.
Dundundun is Justin Fellows (Drums), Jackson Lapes (Percussion), Benji Muscat (Bass), Dorian Childs Prophet (Keys + Synths), Ben Plocki (Baritone Sax) and Brian Hargreaves (Tenor Sax).