They may lack a frontman, but Aaron Jeromes dance crew of many talents are impressive
SBTRKT is not so much a band as a roving musical project led from behind the scenes by Aaron Jerome; a frontpersonless act that gleans singers and collaborators from multiple genres. It doesnt augur well, then, for a live show. Jerome struts in under the caked plaster of the Brixton Academy, flanked by a drummer and a keyboardist-percussionist. Across the huge, high-definition visual panels behind them are the vanishing trunks of a wood at night, stretching off into shadow.
Whos going to be the showman tonight? A switch is thrown and the pre-recorded a cappella vocals of Little Dragons Yukimi Nagano screech across the crowd and stutter into silence. The crowd roars these are the lyrics to Wildfire, the crossover dance hit that launched SBTRKT into stardom. But then theres a pause, a blast from a huge lighting rig, and the band play something else an abstract, weighty instrumental startlingly different from the accessible Wildfire. It is a tease.
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by Theo Leanse via Electronic music | The Guardian
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