Leftfoot at Mostly Jazz - Introducing Alternative Dubstep Orchestra

The Friday at this years Mostly Jazz Funk & Soul Festival as many of you will know is curated by Leftfoot. There’s an array of local and international acts confirmed to play throughout the day across two stages in the beautiful surroundings of Moseley Park. In the run up to the festival we will be speaking to some of the acts to find out what you can expect to see from them come Friday 5th July. Last time round we spoke to Greg Bird, this week it’s the Alternative Dubstep Orchestra…

– To start could you just tell us a little bit about the band?

 ADO is a family of Birmingham musicians that evolved from what was meant to be a jam session at The Hare and Hounds. Our music has a dubstep foundation with ‘world music’ and ‘orchestral’ twists and turns. The sound has been described as heavyweight, but we like light and shade when it comes to music. We like taking the audience on a journey and the end destination is always completely rocking out hopefully.

 – What can the audience expect to see from you at the Mostly Jazz this year, have you got anything special planned?

We are planning to début a special arrangement we have been working on and to showcase a more mellow side to the ADO. You can still expect some heavy, basslines but we love playing gigs like this where we can get a little more orchestral.

 – Is this your first time playing Mostly Jazz? What are your expectations?

 Actually, we played a couple of years ago; we invited Brian Travers from UB40 and the legendary King G from The Dholblasters to play with us last time. We have very happy memories from last time and we’re hoping to bring some more surprises this year.

 – Looking at the Leftfoot line-up is there anyone in particular you’re looking forward to seeing?

We are all definitely looking forward to seeing Hypnotic Brass Ensemble again, who always knock it out of the park musically and Bonobo of course. 

 – Have you ever played or been to a Leftfoot show before? If so any particular highlights for you?

We played a Leftfoot night alongside Daddy G a couple of year’s ago, with Adam Regan also DJing. We’re all big fans of Leftfoot nights, particular highlights for us would be the Overproof Soundsystem gigs, oh…and we’re really looking forward to the forthcoming Jerry Dammers DJ set. We’re massive Specials fans and include an ADO version of Stereotype in our live shows quite often.

 – What have you got coming up for the rest of 2013, anything excited planned?

We are playing some festivals over the summer including Secret Garden Party. We also have some London gigs coming up and have recently recorded all our tracks analogue, so watch this space for new releases coming soon. As well as that we’re busy writing lots of new tracks and twisting some very old tracks on their heads. Our world is pretty full on at the moment but we’re enjoying every moment!

– If our readers want to find out more about you where should they head?

 You can find us on facebook here:

https://www.facebook.com/AlternativeDubstepOrchestra

 If you’re more of a tweeter you can find us here:

https://twitter.com/ADOcollective

– For those who may not have heard of the band, which one track would you recommend they take the time to listen to that will best sum up the band and what you’re all about?

We take lots of musical twists and turns so it is difficult to sum us up,with one track. Being as we released ‘Power’ as our début analogue to vinyl release this year, I guess this one would be the most apt.

The Mostly Jazz, Funk & Soul Festival kicks of with the Leftfoot curated Friday on July 5th. To grab your day or weekend ticket just click here. We’ve also got a limited amount of physical tickets  for the Leftfoot Friday behind the bar at the Hare and Hounds, just pop in and ask a member of staff to get hold of one.