Kobayashi
Alternative / Experimental / Rock

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The Band

Alan Stead - Guitar & Vocals
James Rampton - Bass & Vocals
Louis Mills - Drums
Matt Searles - Lead vocals & Keyboards

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Kobayashi make synth-driven alternative rock that defies categorisation. Delicately heavy, noisily melodic, so much bigger than this box of text.

The reviews speak for themselves:

“I’m a jaded old man, I have seen everything there is to see in music but I have never seen anything like that” Jim Benner, Head of events at Xfm

“Never settling for average and never forgettable…an impressive live band.” Criminal Records

“Kudos on the vocal performance, very difficult stuff.” Catalyst Recordings

“The concentration of talent exhibited in all four members is inspiring as they play with consistency and purpose.” Bulletin The Head

“Barn-storming anthems” Wired Magazine

“The new Queen…a mighty rock voice” Roxanne Stephen, Resonance FM

“The spirit of James Brown lives on” Nic Davis, Founder of BBC1 Xtra

“Their ingenious, wonderful mix of synth and rock took us around the world with a magnificent golden touch” Jeremy Glover, 6 Management, judge at 2006 Battle of The Bands

“Explosive in the extreme, with a masterful grasp of dynamics and musical ebb and flow they are a band tailor made for the live circuits.” Croydon Life magazine





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