Melt Yourself Down
| Melt Yourself Down | |
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| Origin | London, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Jazz, Funk, Avant-Garde, Punk |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | The Leaf Label |
| Associated acts | Acoustic Ladyland, Polar Bear, Zun Zun Egui, Sons Of Kemet, The Heliocentrics, The Comet Is Coming. |
| Website | www.meltyourselfdown.com |
| Members |
Pete Wareham George Crowley Dave Smith Ruth Goller Kushal Gaya Satin Singh +Leafcutter John |
| Past members | Shabaka Hutchings Tom Skinner |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100 |
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| The Guardian |
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| Pitchfork Media | 6.4/10 |
Melt Yourself Down are a London-based band who incorporate elements of North African musical styles, punk, jazz and funk. Founded in January 2012, the band is led by saxophonist Pete Wareham, former leader of now defunct jazz/punk band Acoustic Ladyland and saxophonist in British jazz band Polar Bear. The original line-up included saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings (Sons Of Kemet, The Comet Is Coming, The Heliocentrics), drummer Tom Skinner (Sons of Kemet, Mulatu Astatke, Hello Skinny), vocalist Kushal Gaya (Zun Zun Egui), bassist Ruth Goller (Acoustic Ladyland) and percussionist Satin Singh (Fela!, Transglobal Underground). Hutchings and Skinner have been replaced by George Crowley and Dave Smith respectively.
They are signed to The Leaf Label and released their debut album on 17 June 2013, followed by Live At The New Empowering Church on 19 April 2014. Their second studio album, Last Evenings On Earth, was released on 29 April 2016.
After the break up of Acoustic Ladyland, bandleader Pete Wareham began exploring Egyptian, Nubian and other North African music. In an interview with M Magazine, Wareham explains that he included some of this music in a DJ set he was performing, and seeing the positive reaction from the crowd, decided to write and perform music in this style. He assembled the band from musicians he had worked with in various projects and collaborations, initially intending it to be an instrumental line-up. Vocalist Kushal Gaya was added to the group shortly after the initial rehearsals.
The name of the band comes from an album by James Chance, released in Japan in 1986 on Selfish Records. Wareham has stated that he contacted Chance with a request to use the name and received "his blessing" for the project. Melt Yourself Down subsequently performed with James Chance at shows in New York and London in 2014. Wareham and Chance had previously collaborated when Chance performed on a track from Acoustic Ladyland's third album, Skinny Grin.
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