The London Essentials

Showings

Main Theater Sat, Jul 23, 2016 4:00 PM
INFORMATION
Rating:All Ages
Run Time:1hr.
Genre:Live Concert
Category:Concerts

Description

The London Essentials is a collective of five nomadic musicians, first cosmically united in 2010 by their irrepressible calling to entertain the masses.

Founded by bandleader Ben Matthews, the group was born from his experience living in the busking Mecca that is Nice, France. Transferring these skills of showmanship and spontaneity to the professional realm was the driving concept behind the band.

The London Essentials perform completely acoustically, requiring no amplification on stage, preferring instead to mingle with the audience - serenading, flattering, surprising, and seducing their listeners as they go.

The group's audacious repertoire ranges from Rat Pack swing through 60's rock n' roll and 80's classics to current chart music giving hits from across the decades the distinctive Essintials treatment - unique instrumentation, riotous performances and telepathic five-part vocal harmonies.

Word of mouth has been crucial to the London Essentials' progress, the zeitgeist spreading fast thanks to the pedigree of gigs and clients accrued even in the band's first year. Performing for the Bransons on Necker Island, K.P. Singh on a floating palace in Udaipur, the British Royals in London and some of Europe's biggest companies throughout the continent has taken the band to increasing success.