The Milk @ SOYO

Plug Live presents THE MILK at SOYO. The Milk's contemporary twist on classic soul, hip-hop and ska has already won a wealth of support. With fans everywhere from NME, The Guardian and Neon Gold to Zane Lowe, Huey Morgan and The Sun, the band are sure to be one to watch throughout 2012. This massive twenty-eight date tour will see them preview songs from their forthcoming debut album, produced by celebrated DJ and remixer Brad Baloo (The Nextmen).

Having been friends since school, The Milk began life as a teenage punk band: after some disastrous efforts to act rock-and-roll, the group soon split, though lead-singer Rick’s belting soulful voice arguably benefited from these loud, formative years. Sometime later, the boys revisited the classic Motown, Stax and Trojan Records that had soundtracked their teens, intent on putting on a club night. Instead, they hit a creative breakthrough. Holed up in the shed at the bottom of their garden, all new songs and sounds were experimented with, which were written in-between and sometimes in response to a series of make-do jobs in Wickford, Essex.

The Milk have since penned a deal with Sign Of The Times / Sony, and following their latest EP ('B-Roads & B-Sides', December 19), they will announce further plans for release shortly.

Combining 8 horns with 2 percussionists, scratch DJ and live MC, the Renegade Brass Band are a tight ensemble playing with a raw brass sound, mixing the best of funk, hip-hop and jazz into the ultimate party band.

The Renegade Brass Band have already established a big live reputation as a headline act, whilst shows at The Tuesday Club (Sheffield), Hi-Fi club (Leeds), The Bodega (Nottingham), and festival performances at Secret Garden Party, Kendal Calling, Manchester International Jazz Festival, Durham Brass Festival and Tramlines have seen RBB appear alongside Homecut, The Correspondents, East Park Reggae Collective, Kidkanevil, DJ Vadim and The Electric, Ms. Dynamite, The Nextmen, and First Word Record founder Andy H.

They're already booked for more shows in Bristol, Nottingham, Manchester and Newcastle, whilst their new EP, 'Radio Rebelde', released at the end of February and including a remix of their track 'Junktion' by London-based producer Phrij (lifestyle Records), has had regular airplay on BBC Raw Talent.

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