Kruger presents Bass Clef + Kruger DJs + Mr Healan

Thursday April 29th 9pm-1am

FREE before 11pm/£2/£3

Once in a while an artist justifies the label ‘unique’ – and Ralf Cumbers (AKA Bassclef) is one of those artists.

Bass Clef is a one-man-band like no other: a trombone n bass aficionado who combines electronic jiggery pokery with block-rocking, dancehall influenced brass and beats. Having lurched into view with the face-mangling bassline of ‘Cannot Be Straightened’ in 2007, he has resurfaced with an album full of soca-infused bass heavy electronica for 2010, titled ‘May the Bridges I Burn Light The Way’ and released on Blank Tapes.

The new album sees the Bass Clef sound expand in all directions: rhythmically and sonically there are glorious new dimensions. From the Soca-tempered ‘Hackney Lionheart’ (the best James Bond theme there will never be), to the fuzzy, slowburning ‘Fix this Broken Love’, the music is often closer to Spiritualized than Skream. But the dancehall, dubstep rhythms are never far away – and live Bassclef veers between trombone blasts and Theremin wobbles.

Expect a tour-de-force of brass, bass, emotion and skittering beats – if you know what’s good for you, you’ll be down the front skankin…Bass Clef in the house!