Thrillingly unpredictable hip hop/jazz/punk/rock n' roll, this is a new London band who won the Diesel-U-Music 2005 award (previous winners include Tom Vek and Mylo). There is also japanese skinhead band named Shuffle.
Crash Ensemble was founded in 1997 by composer Donnacha Dennehy; conductor and pianist Andrew Synott; and clarinetist Michael Seaver. Since its first sold-out concert in Dublin in the autumn of 1997, the group has attracted enthusiastic audiences for its particular blend of music, video and electronics.The group is interdisciplinary in outlook, and considers its sound engineers, technicians and video makers as much a part of the enterprise as the musicians.