Dizraeli and the small gods

Drawing as much inspiration from sea shanties and folk ballads as from the grit of the city, Dizraeli recorded his debut solo album ‘Engurland (City Shanties)’ in autumn 2009, and assembled a supernaturally talented group of musicians to tour it. Waves were made, and before long they were booked to play the West Holts stage at Glastonbury 2010, a gig which won them thousands of surprised converts to their melodic, unashamedly heartfelt reinvention of hiphop.“the birth of a new style and type of music so fresh, it defies definition‘¦“New Music TransmissionIt shouldn’t work, but it does. Viola, turntables, flute, close harmony singing, beatbox and double bass (from World Female Beatbox Champion Bellatrix), steel-string guitars and Dizraeli’s elastic rap vocals, bridging divides between folk traditions and hiphop invention, rural and urban, heart and Head. “Far beyond a normal hiphop show‘¦ something quite remarkable“Venue Magazine.Glastonbury was one in a whirl of festivals- over the summer of 2010 the Small Gods played stages from Larmer Tree to Green Man to Bestival and every space between, and their sound and their following grew. In October they were invited to play at the Queen Elizabeth Hall with beatbox legend Shlomo as part of his ‘Music Through Unconventional Means’ series, and now they’re working on a collaboration with folk legend Chris Wood, which will be performed at the Old Vic Tunnels in February 2011.