City Reverb is a band fronted by Chris Coco, Micky Buccheri and Audrey Nugent. Their debut album is Lost City Folk.
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City Reverb is a band fronted by Chris Coco, Micky Buccheri and Audrey Nugent. Their debut album is Lost City Folk.
"It is a wide ranging and eclectic album which deserves to be listened to as a whole to fully take in the range of atmospheres and to let the stories unfold. Musically the album is as rich and diverse as the city that inspired it" Music Week
"There's something very warm about the album... It transports you to a place where gorgeous vocals meet with clever sample work and real live music". Subba Culture
"In 2008 for the first time in the history of mankind there will be more people living in cities than there are left behind in the countryside. By 2050 a staggering 75% of the world's population will live in cities. Is the human race keeping up with the relentless pace of change or are we all becoming lost city folk, searching for soul and direction in the maze-like canyons of our new concrete world?"
Chris Coco, musician, producer and DJ has found like minded 'lost city folk' who go by the name City Reverb - and to pigeon hole their music? Well forget it - Chris calls it 'Robot Soul' whole new genre! Coco's main staple as a kid was New Order, Kraftwerk and Velvet Underground and this eclectic mix of music has been the foundation of his music making ever since, whether it be one half of the team who brought us cult Radio 1 show the Blue Room or producing seminal albums like 'Next Wave' which included collaboration with singer Nick Cave, author Iain Banks and actor Patrick Bergin. "For me 'Lost City Folk' is about being honest, OK I'm a DJ, a producer and processor of ther people's work, but this time I'm doing something from the heart, making a record that I believe in about C21 life in my city," explains Chris.
Micky Buccheri (vocals/ guitar/keyboards) is half Japanese, born in Tokyo and moved to London when he was two. "Moving so young to London I feel comfortable in both cities but strangely I don't feel I completely belong in either." After disillusionment studying art in Leeds, he moved to Brighton where he formed the Bare Skin Rugs - an Americana, soulful experience that got the attention of Coco when he was working on the Blue Room. Chris went on to invite Micky to sing on his critically acclaimed 'Heavy Mellow' album - the seeds of City Reverb were sown and Chris and Micky began writing.
Nick Cornu (guitar/Keyboards/anything else he can lay his hands on) studied guitar at the Jazz Studio in Antwerp, then went on to university to study studio physics and to 'get into the sound'. "It was all a bit too much so I went to Sae Institute in Brussels which had just opened." The trio set up various acoustic performances trying out new material, the addition of Adam Berry on bass and Lew West on drums completed the live experience...
...well almost. She One, social commentator and one of Britain's finest street artists is the sixth and final member of City Reverb. Born in Hammersmith he was inspired by the mid 80's DIY aesthetic of subway art. "I first saw graffiti on Malcolm McLaren's Buffalo Gals. I was 14yrs old, living the post punk fallout, it was so exciting. For me audio and visual has always gone together. Each of City Reverb's shows will be a different experience dictated by the space we're playing in. I'm looking forward to the challenge of creating art in these spaces."