Two Spot Gobi
>> 11/13/2009
In april this year I went to London to see Jason Marz (you can read it here). One of his supporting acts was the group "Two Spot Gobi". They rocked!! Since then I am a big fan of them. I support them in anyway I can. Unfortunately they are not performing in The Netherlands. I know, isn't that sad?
This is their story:
It was a little over three years ago at Sussex University in Brighton that the Two Spot Gobi alternative organic pop sound was born – when singer songwriter James Robinson teamed up with cellist Rob Lewis, guitarist Dino Randawa and drummer Ben Matthews.
After a couple of line up changes they recruited jazz graduate Matt Ellis on trumpet and most recently Matt Harris on bass.
Influences include everything from The Police to Pendulum and Elbow to Jamiroquai. Having released four EPs, (Melodious Star, Hey Now, Outside and Otherside Of The World) they unleashed their debut single Sunshine Lady in June last year.
As a result TSG were invited to the US to perform a series of intimate east coast shows, after which they linked up with platinum selling and Grammy nominated artist Jason Mraz (through a remarkable set of coincidences he had discovered TSG at a show in the UK in early 2006) for some arena dates in California.
Since then they’ve performed at the first Leeza Gibbons Oscars Aftershow party in LA, have played a couple of European dates with Jason Mraz and, after supporting him on the UK leg of his tour, they embark on their own UK headlining tour to promote their debut album Everywhere You Should Have Been.
After a couple of line up changes they recruited jazz graduate Matt Ellis on trumpet and most recently Matt Harris on bass.
Influences include everything from The Police to Pendulum and Elbow to Jamiroquai. Having released four EPs, (Melodious Star, Hey Now, Outside and Otherside Of The World) they unleashed their debut single Sunshine Lady in June last year.
As a result TSG were invited to the US to perform a series of intimate east coast shows, after which they linked up with platinum selling and Grammy nominated artist Jason Mraz (through a remarkable set of coincidences he had discovered TSG at a show in the UK in early 2006) for some arena dates in California.
Since then they’ve performed at the first Leeza Gibbons Oscars Aftershow party in LA, have played a couple of European dates with Jason Mraz and, after supporting him on the UK leg of his tour, they embark on their own UK headlining tour to promote their debut album Everywhere You Should Have Been.
You can find and follow them on youtube, myspace, facebook and twitter.
Two Spot Gobi: Matt Harris (Bass), Rob Lewis (cello), Matt Ellis (Trumpet), Dino Randhawa (guitar), James Robinson (vocals/guitar) and Ben Matthews (Drum)
If you want to see them live, you are in luck. Go and see them:
14.nov.2009 20:00 Barbican Live Lounge Plymouth
27.nov.2009 19:30 Joiners Southampton
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