Akasha Album Launch + guest DJ Jerry Dammers + King Size Slim

Akasha founders Charlie Casey and Damian Hand began their sonic adventures in 1994 with a manifesto geared to mashing up their hugely varied musical tastes and making unique music outside any genre or style other than that of the Akasha sound.

Recognized as the original purveyors of noir-ish Jazadelica and members of the original Wall of Sound brat-pack of 1995, Casey and Hand have worked with some of the best exponents of psyched-out trip-hop jazz-fusion, including Lemon Jelly, Neneh Cherry, Groove Armada, Art of Noise and Jerry Dammers Spatial AKA Orchestra

The duo's eclecticism won fans with drum and bass devotees, jazz heads and DJ's alike for their fusion of production techniques, madcap musical ideas and skilled musicianship and saw an earlier Akasha track take on anthemic proportions, with Mescalin appearing on the classic nineties compilation album Give 'Em Enough Dope Vol 2.

Akasha have released two previous albums – Cinematique (1998) feat. vocals from Maxi Jazz and Neneh Cherry, and Love Philtre Magick (2003).

It's been a decade of writing, festival performances and collaborations with other artists- but Charlie and Damian have now found the time to be right to issue this new collection of Akasha tunes.

Special Guest DJ Jerry Dammers
The legendary Jerry Dammers brings his selection of whacked out Library Music and Reggae and Ska gems from the vault.

One of the great innovators in British music, founder of the Specials and head curator for the odyssey that is Spatial AKA, this is a great chance to see into the hallowed vinyl crates of Mr Dammers.

King Size Slim
The big warm tones from his resonator guitar along with a powerful and direct vocal delivery are the trademarks of singer/song-writer King Size Slim and his distinctive heavyweight acoustic sound.

Add rolling grooves and percussive hooks and you have a performer steeped in a world of music that is fully conscious of its roots but at the same time has a new story to tell.