MARCH 2013 UPDATE
Circular are proud to announce the latest release from The Procession. ‘Call You’ is taken from the band’s debut album ‘We are Now Leaving the Future’.
Stanley Odd (Hip-hop, Beats & Breaks)
˜Welcome to the Odd-yssey, paranoiac words & awkward beats walking the dichotomy – organic & technology music for soul and body, holding court on lost philosophy just my oddity“ Stanley Odd because I’ve got to be…
International six-piece live hip-hop act Stanley Odd have members from Norway, Germany and Scotland. Purveyors of a unique blend of hip hop, funk, electronica and anything else that takes their fancy; undeniably experienced live music combatants; renowned for infectious grooves, social commentary and above all else music to get mad wi.
Signed to Circular Records in May 2009, ˜The Numbness single/ The Numbness Dead Leg Drop remix single were their debut singles, released October 2009. Following a highly successful 2010 which saw Stanley Odd release their debut album ‘Oddio,’ and headline the 2009 into 2010 Edinburgh Hogmanay Street Party to 15,000 people. They also played the T-break Stage at T in the Park to a capacity audience. Early 2011 saw the release of their EP ‘Pure Antihero Material.’ Their latest E.P., ˜The Day I Went Deaf” maintains the advance of the odd-yssey.
This is social observation par excellence. If Chaucer had lived today these are the stories he would have told. Solareye’s verse speaks with the sort of international message found in Burns, of time and place but having universal relevance. The people and places may differ but the message will resonate with everyone, everywhere.
Band members are:
Solareye – rap vocals
Veronika Electronika – singing, shaking what her momma gave her
Samson – drums, electronics, other stuff you can hit
AdMac – bass and beard
Kamarata Kamerun – guitars, Norweggie rage
T Lo – keys, questions and answers
Reviews:
a six-piece Edinburgh outfit that combines the observational wit and savvy of The Streets with the full-band musicality of classic Scottish pop .. At last, someone has put the Mc in MCâ€. The Word
Solareye, The word-smith of the group, has some fantastic lyrics and at times an awesome and relentless flow and they are complimented with the exquisite soulful vocals of Veronica Electronica. music-news.com
These Scottish hip-hop standard bearers sound much more relevant than the mighty Eminem, rapping stories that are social realism with a sense of humour and dance shoes. Veronika Electronika has a Nu Yorican style that gives The Numbness or Get Out Of Bed a smooth edge, while reinforcing the humour. The star of the show is Solareye. Delivery deadly, rhymes sublime. Scotland on Sunday
“one of the most thoughtful and entertaining acts of the Scottish hip hop scene” The List
Edinburgh’s Hogmanay, festival programmer, Stuart Nisbet said, after their appearance, where they went on stage just after midnight, ˜they were brilliant, great band, totally engaged with the audience, never seen the Waverley stage as up for it as that after the fireworks at midnight’