Chrome Hoof
April 24th, 2009 by sparkyChrome Hoof will perform at The Big Chill 2009.
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Chrome Hoof – Biography
Doom metal, disco, acid house and Donna Summer had a car crash on the highway to oblivion. Chrome Hoof emerged from the wreckage, grooving.
London is multi-faceted and contradictory. It is chaotic, magical, glamorous, cold, terrifying, apocalyptic, exciting, mundane, ordered and unhinged all at the same time. Chrome Hoof is the first band ever to capture this reality. A combination of primal feeling, virtuosity, theatre, brooding menace, late 70s glamour and large monsters made out of chromed titanium, Chrome Hoof should not really make any sense whatsoever — but they do. They have a character that, like London itself, transcends the sum of its parts.
Chrome Hoof have somewhere between 10 and 14 members, depending on who turns up. Singer Lola Olafisoye is reminiscent of both Grace Jones at her stylish best and a New Orleans witch queen who took the wrong turn entering the spirit world and ended up in Zone 2 by mistake. Brothers Leo and Milo Smee have opposing musical backgrounds — doom metal and acid house respectively — but rather than compromise and meet in the middle, the brothers simply bring both styles to the same band. A sweet-faced trumpet player called Emma Sullivan lets out the most blood-curdling scream imaginable. Violinist Sarah and bassoonist Chloe bend their classical training towards making the perfect soundtrack to any forthcoming apocalypses we might be having. The entire band wear metallic monks’ robes, and are sometimes joined on stage by an enormous monster with a goat’s head and flashing eyes — although at one summer festival the monster was sacrificed on an enormous fire with scant regard for health and safety issues.
With most bands, what you see and hear tends to be the vision of one person who tells the other band members what to do. With Chrome Hoof it seems that everyone brings not only their musical skills but also their character to the stage. The result is a futuristic party.
Chrome Hoof will perform at The Big Chill 2009.
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