Composer and arranger Meadhbh (pronounced like Dave but with an M)  is an ethnomusicology graduate of University College Cork hailing from County Clare by the North Atlantic on Ireland’s wild coast. Having relocated to London in 2011, Meadhbh secured a role as orchestral coordinator for legendary Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry and continues to perform this function for members of Ferry’s band and several other artists.

She writes, performs and records ”high-grade experimental pop”  featuring driven rhythmic piano, unnerving strings and rich, layered vocal parts. Quoted influences include Orkest de Volharding, Kate Bush, XTC, and Steely Dan. Joining her at Power Lunches for the first time is drummer Mick Frangou, who is the co-founder of the veteran live score performance group, MINIMA. 

The duo will perform music from Meadhbh’s EP Shortened Suite, which has received several plays on BBC 6 Music, is featured on the BBC Introducing Mixtape and championed by none other than Grammy winning producer Chilly Gonzales (Feist, Boys Noize, Daft Punk) and the renowned king of lo-fi recording, R Stevie Moore. Boyd and Frangou will also debut brand new unreleased material. 

Gloss Rejection have been actively gigging for over a year - they are regulars at the Power Lunches basement - and continue to garner a lot of attention for their own brand of “faux-goth gloom”. Influences include Breeders and Sonic Youth. Gloss Rejection comprises of members from the bands Weird Menace, No and Seeds of Doubt. They recently released a mini album on cassette with Crumb Cabin called Male Multiple, in addition to the tracks Loose Ties, and Circles; produced by Joey Fourr at Power Lunches. 

From Baltimore, Nouria Bah creates homemade groove and vocal-driven music. It has been described as “acoustic jazzy folk hop”. She worked at the legendary label Smithsonian Folkways and, as an ethnomusicologist, studied (amongst other topics) the hip hop scene in Senegal, Africa. No doubt her travels around the world have crept into her bricolage-like recordings. 
 
Entry £4 - and the first 20 in the door will receive a free copy of Shortened Suite. 
 
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