Sea Slugs New Year Party Art House 2013

• published: 02 Jan 2014
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The Sea Slugs, plus about 60 of our friends and crew, joined us for our sixth birthday party, with lots of things starting with the letter 'S' (including the Sea Slugs, of course.) New Years at The Art House! Relaxed, intimate, plenty of space to sit or to dance, family friendly. This was a New Year's Eve party with a difference - and this year was extra special as we celebrate six years of meeting, sharing & creating together. We enjoyed a night of funky Afrobeat from the ridiculously amazing Southampton-based band The Sea Slugs. There were so many of them, they spread themselves all over the cafe and in amongst the audience for a fully-immersive musical experience :) Musically influences are: Fela Kuti, Salif Keita, Antibalas, Orchestra Baobab, Amadou & Mariam, Vieux Farka Toure. We had one of our legendary veggie/vegan buffets, and DJ Hubert Carpet (AKA Bik) playing the out-of-the-ordinary stuff you don't hear anywhere else, as you would expect from The Art House, and with some live percussion thrown in for good measure! The Sea Slugs are: Rob Bygrave - Guitar David Cefai - Guitar & Vocals George Connolly - Alto Sax Pedro D G Correia - Vocals Eliot Curtis - Percussion Ross Gordon - Drums Jonny Hamer - Tenor Sax Arthur Kelly - Trumpet Rob Kitney - Tenor & Bari Sax Chris Lucas - Trombone David Phillips - Bass Matthew Scarterfield - Trumpet Alex Wesson - Trombone Peter Wilson - Last but not least