South African Band Boo! on tour this summer in Europe
Marcel de Groot
summer season for a festival/Club tour. Their music brand is called The
Monki Punk, a weird combination of Pop (70 to 90-ies), Reggea, Funk, Ska and
African Music, combined with a very original stage act.
A singer called Chris Chamelon plays the bass, is able to sing 4 octaves and
his stage act is stunning. More than anybody else he is able to attract the
crowd with his androgene act. The Drummer is Princess Leonie. Ampie Omo is
the 3rd member of this trio called BOO! He is capeable to play trompet,
trombone, keyboards, triangle, percussion and djembee all together in one
song.
Check BOO! out this summer during their tour and give them your loudest Boo!
If you like to book the band or want to have more info please contact the
management at mar...@boolive.com
website:
www.boolive.com
tourguide:
www.boostinks.com
mp3:
www.boolive.com/track.html
The tour so far:
24 or 25th of May De Pit Koksijde, Belgium which will be the first
gig of the tour!
26th of May Open Slagboom Festival, Duizel Holland
1st of June Kade Rock Festival, Den Haag Holland
2nd of June Boast/Fierce Festival, London, UK
7th of June Underworld Club Show, London, UK
15th of June Mundial festival, Tilburg, Holland
16th of June Spijkpop festival, Spijkenisse, Holland
27th of June TIVOLI CLUB show, Utrecht, Holland (Large club show,
support to be announced soon! Please join Boo! at the Tivoli!)
tickets on sale april 20th!!!!
4/5/6 July Arezzo Festival, Italy and perhaps some clubgigs arround
the festival
11th of August Ell Ninjo festival, Ell Holland
31st of August Dyle Festival, Mechelen, Belgium
More gigs to be announced soon
In September Boo! is planning to tour the USA
Bio:
BOO! The Biography
From their humble beginnings in a derelict church on the streets of crime
ridden Brixton, Johannesburg, South-African trio Boo!, have risen to become
one of their country's finest musical exports.
Their unique fusion of African rhythms, melodic pop and contemporary dance
sounds, aptly branded 'Monkey Punk', have subsequently won them the
adulation of audiences in the U.S.A., Europe, the U.K. and Australia.
Crafting their songs from drums, bass, brass, keyboards and African animal
vocal sounds(note the absence of guitars!), they deliver their music with a
live show exhibiting humour, power, passion and conviction that is nothing
short of world class.
Frontman (or is it frontwoman?!) Chris Chameleon delivers his songs in a
four octave range (step aside Pavarotti!) whilst plucking away at his bass
with a dexterity and style that is as much his own as are his outrageous
wardrobe and make-up. Switching from sensitive, painfully dramatic
melancholy to raging power to boisterous enjoyment, often all within one
song, his enigmatic stage presence spellbinds even the most cynical audience
and seduces them into traveling along on his musical adventures.
Multi-talented Ampie Omo, the charismatic trumpeter, trombonist,
keyboardist, percussionist and backing vocalist, sets the stage alight with
his rapid changes from instrument to instrument, somehow always finding time
for a joke or a jostle in doing so. His shock of big, blonde hair and flashy
outfits seem to blur into a burning swoosh as he rapidly moves across the
stage, generating an infectious energy and irresistible charm, forever
having the audience wonder what he's going to conjure up next. The generator
of this energy, Princess Leonie is a far cry from any normal drummer in this
setup. In his usual position, he shares the front of the stage with the
other two, changing the stereotype of the drummer in the background to an
exciting rhythmic performer, competing for the awe of the audience. His rock
steady, left handed style of drumming is executed with a playfulness and
body movements that defy convention as well as logic.
Boo! seem to have chosen an approach to getting their sound around that is
as unique as their music. Four years of independent management and
production later, their repertoire of both the music they have produced and
where they have done so, reflects a vision and an attitude that is both
unique and successful. They have released a live album and three studio
albums in this time, and have appeared on eight compilations. Their unique
approach, however, has not excluded them from mass appeal, as their #1 hit
single 'Stagefright' (5FM top 40, South-Africa's foremost music chart)
indicates. On the same chart they have had a #2 with the playful 'OO AA',
and a few top 20 hits. Their appeal stretches across an unusually wide
cultural and age range. For a band that generally defies classification,
stereotyping or categorization, just about the only certainty about Boo! is
that they are headed for even greater things as their favourite playground,
The Future, unfolds!
Thanks for your time
Boo!