Dizraeli

Having picked up a string of awards as a slam poet (including the BBC Radio 4 Slam Champion and Farrago UK Slam Champion) and made his name on stages around the world as front man for the hip hop band Bad Scientist, rapper, singer and multi- instrumentalist Dizraeli has gone solo to craft his very own album.

'Engurland (City Shanties)' draws on sea shanties, gospel and blues to create a form of hip hop that speak for the streets and the valleys in equal measures: a folk music for the 21^st century, telling English stories of love and grief and defiance:

'Revitalizing, invigorating, stimulating... UK Hip Hop has not seen anything quite like this before.'

Certified Banger Magazine  on Engurland (City Shanties), October 09

The album also marks the birth of a new band, The Small Gods- a blindingly gifted set of musicians featuring  the steel-string genius of composer- guitarist Lee Westwood , the voice of Cate Ferris (who has worked extensively with Martha Tilson), and the astonishing Bellatrix (Female Beatbox World Champion) on beatbox and double bass. Combining the virtuoso musicianship of old folk music with the improvised wildness of hip hop, Dizraeli and the Small Gods toured the UK in the autumn of 2009. They raised smiles, knees and eyebrows from London's Cargo to the Eden Project, Cornwall:

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Dizraeli has returned from the UnPlaned mission overland to Cairo and back: read the earth-quirked blog and see pictures and videos on www.unplaned.com

And there’s a new collection of Dizraeli songs! Listen to it freehere, and get your download here.

You can listen to Dizraeli’s debut solo album, ‘Engurland (City Shanties)‘ on his ‘music’ page right now! You can also download it, order it on CD and grab the free singles ‘Reach Out’ and ‘Bomb Tesco’ (along with a killer drum and bass remix), if you click on the image to the below..

With [Bellatrix's] stupefyingly impressive beats, Dizraeli's intelligent impassioned storytelling and backing from the impeccably folky yet funky band, tonight's entertainment is rapidly elevated far beyond that of a normal hip hop show into something quite remarkable'

Venue Magazine's review of Dizraeli and the Small Gods, Nov 09

Dizraeli and the Small Gods are available for festival bookings now.

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