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Skatalites Gig Review from Seba Rashii Culture

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Music Review // We The Undersigned and The Skatalites at O2 Liverpool

Sebastian Gahan | Seba Rashii Culture | 31 May 2012

A rather well known song talks of manic mondays and in musical terms at least Monday 28th May was truly manic. In fact, the more appropriate word may be funky!

Live Review//We The Undersigned and The Skatalites 
The streets of Liverpool were unnaturally hot but the buzzing Venue One of the O2 was hotter than that. Anticipation was high as We The Undersigned took to the stage in usual mass numbers. On this occasion they were a staggering eighteen players as they filled a stage half the size the one they filled at Threshold in February of this year. It’s fair to say that if there was funkier night going on in the city I want to see the proof!

With an energy out of this world and a sound made from a funky cocktail of funk, hip-hop, Afro Beat and more they owned the stage.

The bands trademark animal hats, bright colors, and funky costumes were all present and correct as well as a Sherlock Holmes (old school) look alike playing a whistle. But most importantly for a band as impressive as We The Undersigned they had an energy few can compete with. Like all the best music a quiet moment was not to be found as the bands multi-genre compositions unleashed the devil in the crowd as they danced maniacally to their space born groove. There was stankh aplenty as they delighted with every solo , word or action. As anybody with a funky ear knows WtU are one of the best bands around and they make the perfect entre for the equally funky Skatellites!

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Fan-Pictures: WtU support The Skatalites

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Hello Funkateers and Wobblers!

We, the Undersigned have thanks to you successfully stankhed up the stage at the Liverpool O2Academy. Thanks to all the people who left the sun to catch up on stage to turn out the party and get youz warmed up for the Skatalites! OMG how amaz we’re they?! Huge Thanks to the Skatalites for blessing us with their sounds here in Liverpool! And they are very lovely people indeed! One Love x

Like we promised on facebook we are adding to this gallery pictures that you send us on our wall (or timeline…hohoho) or lovewtu@gmail.com and we show them here on our website!

Thanks for being funky! And see you at Kaya Festival this weekend! xXx

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WtU Interview with The Anfield Wrap

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ONES TO WATCH – WE, THE UNDERSIGNED

 

John Gibbons | 20 May 2012 | Anfield Wrap Blog

However many of their improbably large number of members We, the Undersigned (aka WtU) manage to fit on stage, watching them is an absolute joy.

Fusing Reggae, Funk, Hip-hop and Rock to create their own unique sound, they refer to as Stankh, they have gone down a storm with whatever crowd I have seen them perform in front of, and so it’s no surprise they are being booked for festivals all over the summer and to open up for a growing number of Reggae and Funk superstars.

Ahead of their support slot with legendary Jamaican band ‘The Skatalites’ John Gibbons met up with Collen “The Referee” Chandler (Lead vocals and guitar) and Matt “The Mook” Mak (Bass) to talk about their unique style and what the hell Stankh is anyway.

The Anfield Wrap: So how do you go about putting together such a large and diverse band?

Collen Chandler: Well I was trying to put together a band to carry on what I was doing with my last band, which was called ‘The Light Fantastic’ and never got anywhere, really. I had songs that I had in me, but then I started playing with The Mook, who is Funk through and through and we hired a metal drummer (laughs) so it took us a while to find a common ground really, and we just settled on reggae to start with, and now we are getting more Funk in there as well.

Matt Mak: So I guess you could say that I won! But it was never really a battle, it worked from early on.

CC: Yeah we kind of realised from early on that we had something, we just didn’t really know what it was. Over the last couple of years we’ve been practicing and evolving and playing shit gigs, and gradually it’s all fell into place.

MM: And just generally getting better as well, and honing this thing that we call Stankh…


Read More: http://www.theanfieldwrap.com/2012/05/ones-to-watch-%E2%80%93-we-the-undersigned/

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Wtu Smash Groove on the Green 2012!

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Hey Hey cosmic funksters!

Thanks very much to the sun, groove on the green-crew (and the many photographers), The Fire Beneath the Sea, random shoopers on L1 and the people who came down to see us on Sunday 6th May 2012!

Also 2 bands before us, they were boss, female singer with lots of brass doing boss covers, do get us in the stankh! YEAH!

Enough words for now enough them pictures! POW!

 

 

Check out the up coming event of Liverpool Light Night (18th May 2012)…WtU might get their stankh involved on a Bus! ;) Peace and Love WtU x

Pictures: Groove on the Green 2012!

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Hey Hey cosmic funksters!

Thanks very much to the sun, groove on the green-crew (and the many photographers), The Fire Beneath the Sea, random shoopers on L1 and the people who came down to see us on Sunday 6th May 2012!

Also 2 bands before us, they were boss, female singer with lots of brass doing boss covers, do get us in the stankh! YEAH!

Enough words for now enough them pictures! POW!

 

Check out the up coming event of Liverpool Light Night (18th May 2012)…WtU might get their stankh involved on a Bus! ;) Peace and Love WtU x

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WtU to support the legendary Skatalites

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NEWS: We The Undersigned to support legendary Jamaican band The Skatalites

We, the Undersigned (WtU) will play one of their biggest shows to date when they play main support to legendary Jamaican ska band The Skatalites at The O2 Academy Liverpool. The Skatalites often described as the foundation of Ska, Rock Steady and Reggae – will visit the city as part of their eagerly-awaited UK tour on Monday 28th May 2012. BUY TICKETS

We, the Undersigned have been described by Juice FM’s Tom Byrne as “a nine piece fusion of ska, reggae and a bouncy castle”; and by BBC Radio Merseyside’s Dave Monks as “a riot of gratuitous horns and rappers in costume!”

WtU will bring their unique and furious mix of reggae, funk and hip hop (called ‘Stankh’) to what promises to be a phenomenal night of music. The band will feature three singers, a phenomenal five-piece brass section (The Blowback Horns) and an explosive posse of rappers (The Fire Beneath The Sea).

The Skatalites are the seminal ska band from Jamaica. Formed in the early 60′s they backed the likes of Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Toots and The Maytalls and Prince Buster. The band have toured the globe for the past five decades including an appearance at Glastonbury 2003

Supporting the Skatalites will be the latest in a memorable eighteen months of high profile gigs for We, the Undersigned, whose technicoloured, high-octane stage-show has entertained fans of Toots and the Maytals, Dawn Penn, Youngblood Brass Band, The Apples, Kid British, Prince Fatty and Ed Sheeran, and also crowds at last year’s Mathew Street Festival.

WtU have a limited number of £10 reduced price tickets for sale directly. Cosmic Warriors and Funky Followers of ska, reggae and funk can email the band at lovewtu@gmail.com or contact them via Facebook (facebook,com/wetheundersigned).