LONDON, UK (Top40 Charts/ Vision Music Promotions) Tankus the Henge are six sharp dressed and bedraggled gentlemen hailing from some of the more eccentric parts of London Town. Their music draws from a multitudinous array of influences including rock, ragtime, reggae, blues, funk, disco, gypsy punk and Django. With a big beat and a carnival air it will get you out of your seat and dancing the tango. The band's previous single Cakewalk featured on Chris Hawkins' BBC 6
Music show as well as Alex Lester's BBC
Radio 2 show.
The current line-up was completed in 2011 and since then the band has been either on the road or holed up in a recording studio working on their eponymously titled debut album, released in 2013 on SRM Records. With wailing horns and a steaming piano in tow, Tankus the Henge have toured the far reaches of America, Europe, Albania and the Isle of Wight, bringing with them their electrical energy and fascinating tales of wonder and woe. A six piece powerhouse of a band drawing visual and musical influences from old time Fairgrounds to modern day Circus; The
Beatles to
Tom Waits and Gogol Bordello to Radiohead, they embody a look and a sound that lies somewhere between their South East London home and the carnival town of New Orleans.
With their charismatic frontman, Jaz Delorean, looking like a lost character from a Terry Gilliam film and the pump and grind of the Tankus the Henge sound generating a groove that makes it impossible to stand still, their live show ebbs and flows like a small boat on a turbulent sea. Any other band who billed themselves as "the most fantastic band in the world" would rightly quake in their boots at having to live up to such fanfare. Tankus the Henge defy you to contradict them!
Tankus The Henge will be playing the following festival and gig dates. Please get in touch if you would to be added to the guest list:
Saturday 19th July - Rhythmtree Festival, Isle of Wight
25th/26th July - Secret garden Party
Saturday 2nd August - Lott Festival, Germany
Sunday 10th August - Boomtown, Town Centre Stage, Winchester
Thursday 14th August - Broadstairs Folk Week
Saturday 16th August - Wickham Festival, Hampshire
Friday 22nd August - Passing Clouds, Dalston, London
Saturday 23rd August - Watchet Festival, Somerset
Sunday 24th August - Rupestock, nr Taunton
Saturday 13th
September - The Globe, Hay on Wye
18th - 21st
September - Looe Festival, Cornwall
Thursday 9th October - Borderline, London
Video Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv0t6mXDbjM&feature=youtu.be
Audio Stream: https://soundcloud.com/vision-music-promotions/tankus-the-henge-recurring-dream/s-BXr8g
Offical website: www.tankusthehenge.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/tankusthehenge
