Match&Fuse Festival feedback…
Here are a few words and phrases that have been used to describe the first Match&Fuse Festival that took place in Dalston, London June 2012…if you haven’t managed to check out some photos from the festival yet, you can do so HERE.
‘…A brand new festival of high energy music…Explosive, new, European music…Acoustic fireworks and musical jokes galore’ Jez Nelson, BBC Radio Jazz on 3
‘Not-to-be-missed opportunities to hear more than a dozen progressive jazz bands from the burgeoning European scene.’ Stephen Graham, Downbeat Magazine
**** ‘Inspired border-crossing idea’ John Fordham, The Guardian
Some of the continent’s most adventurous young bands…a free festival showcasing 13 acts from 8 countries that pushes the boundaries of jazz into the realms of rock, drum ‘n’ bass, bolero and beyond.’ Orlando Bird, Jazzwise Magazine
‘scary wall of sound…grubby rock swagger..’ Clive Bell, The Wire
‘Acid-fried funk’ Mike Flynn
‘Loud, Cinematic, caustic and very very good’ Wesley Stephenson, bebop spoken here
