Musician and Producer in Edinburgh
Wow! I thought Pom Poko from Norway could be good, but I was blown away like the rest of a packed Sunday night Mash House crowd. We all got the same blast from their spectacular music and infectious energy and enthusiasm, well I bopped around like loon anyway! Quite a unique sound I think with math rock, modern pop, jazz and world music flavours with odd rhythms, times and melodies. Right up my street!
Attended by George
[…] special gigs, the best of which included Penelope Isles, black midi, Björk, Snarky Puppy, Shame, Pom Poko, Lewsberg, Jarv IS, Anais Mitchell, Suede, Donny McCaslin, Man Of Moon and the amazing musical […]
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[…] How could the much simpler guitar, bass, drums and voice of Pom Poko follow that? Well they took the already enthusiastic crowd to the next level of excitement and dancing about with a brilliant performance that will be long remembered. For my peculiar tastes Pom Poko sit right in the intersection of my musical venn diagram of my loved ‘off-kilter’ rock bands like XTC, Cardiacs and my favourite Scandinavian female singers including Norwegians Susanne Sundfør, Aurora and Ane Brun to name just a few. Just like heaven for me as per the first time I saw them! […]
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