Southbank Centre, Outlook Festival and Diplomats of Sound are proud to announce the return of The Outlook Orchestra to London for the final performance of the bands 2017 score.
In collaboration with Southbank Centre, Outlook Festival are celebrating their 10th year with a bespoke musical project – a 100 minute live mix celebrating some of your favourite tracks that have played on sound systems worldwide.
The 20-piece Outlook Orchestra features some of the UK’s finest musicians, and includes two drummers in an extended rhythm section, along with large string and horn sections.
For the final performance of this year’s score The Outlook Orchestra’s 20 piece live orchestra will be joined by:
HORACE ANDY
DAWN PENN
GENERAL LEVY
CONGO NATTY FT NANCI & PHOEBE
FOREIGN BEGGERS
FLOWDAN & KILLA P
JEHST
JENNA G
RUBY WOOD (SUBMOTION ORCHESTRA)
MC JILA (GENTLEMANS DUB CLUB)
The orchestra is lead by BASCA award-winning composer Tommy Evans, the creative force behind both Submotion Orchestra and Gentleman’s Dub Club. He is assisted by trumpeter and arranger Matt Roberts, who has performed and collaborated with the likes of Orlando Julius, The Gaslamp Killer and The Heliocentrics.
This performance will be the final outing of the band in it’s current set-up, whilst a new score is being worked on for 2018.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDBkN7mSJXs&t=24s
“A glorious symphonic sound clash” The Guardian
“An event that will go down in history representing this particular era of music” Ruby Wood (Submotion Orchestra)
“Every song got cheers of recognition from the crowd as the orchestra worked through some of the best music of the last five decades (…) There was a general consensus that we had witnessed something truly special.” Nitelife