Mammals who are performing in Leeds. Picture by Simon-Hunt
MAMMAL Hands are a trio of like-minded musicians who boast a hypnotic fusion of jazz, folk and electronica.
They won fans from Bonobo and Gilles Peterson to Jamie Cullum through a well-received first album and landmark live performances in London, Manchester and the Montréal Jazz Festival.
Compared to Portico Quartet and GoGo Penguin, they draw on a rich well of influences from Sufi and shamanic African trance music, Irish and Eastern European folk music, to Steve Reich, Philip Glass and contemporary electronica influences.
Their music is built around deceptively simple sounding ideas that are lent power through the use of repetition and rhythmic loops.
Mammal Hands play the Hifi Club in Leeds on June 12.
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