Artists
who's who and who's doing what?ACOUSTEEL GANG
- country:France
- style(s):Steelband
- label:not signed
- type:Band
- gender:male
- instrumentation:instrumental, vocal
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During more than 400 interventions, Acousteel
Gang has wandered through thousands of
streets, all of them different, all of them full of
ordinary people, shoppers, festival goers,
carnival followers... Its members have created
their very own way of inhabiting this public
space, they're gentle and wild, festive and
friendly. The steel drum coming from petrol
industry and Trinidad people's imagination -
is their ally, a metallic and melodious drum
straight from the Caribbean fires, with its
unusual and powerful sound.
Acousteel Gang's performance at Aurillac
since 2000 only went to emphasise the fact
that they stand out from the crowd.
With this 4th creation presented at the 2005
festival, 'THE ACOUSTEEL SHOWS OFF' by
bringing voices to the street...
A new show with new a member: our 7
samurais are now 8 Joined by a singer-crier
with a megaphone, an energetic showman,
they revisit and clear away the cobwebs of
some of the big disco and ska standards...
The Acousteel boys improvise as choral
singers and reinvent themselves as dancers
with unbridled energy.
These 8 lads (showing off...) take the lead by
turns... Voices and steel drums mingle,
emerge, provoke and are tamed ...
The Acousteel Gang have renovated the
facade without disturbing the foundations...
Check them out
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