Ebony Bones is performing at the Portobello Winter Festival tonight. Here are three reasons why I’m pressed to see her.

 

1- She co-opts bits of black American culture and mixes it into an audio collage of afro-beat and post punk sounds in a really smart and cheeky way. Basically, she had me at her sonic version of “hello,” which was the opening of her single, “We Know All About You,” which really was an excerpt of the “Gold is Bold” montage from “The Wiz,” which I have blogged about more than a few times.

 

2 - Her vocal stylings have a magpie quality to it too, sounding like a mixture of Bembe Segue, Grace Jones and Fela Kuti’s background singers. 

 

3 - She managed to make the Ebony magazine logo, which she poached for her own, look progressive and cool. See: 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted: December 20th, 2008  Category: Sounds  Comments: No comments#