We don't tend to review music here, but it's something we all love so let this be the first music review. Another reason for adding music reviews to Allmightys is because we love to share everything we love with you and when we go to a music gig that just blows us away we can't just keep quiet. We hope you enjoy this review and if you guys have been to a fantastic gig recently, seen a very good movie then why not drop us a message with your review and we may add it to our blog ...off course crediting you, your site, etc..

So, lets get to it.. Belleruche..

I came across Bellaruche on myspace, by usually browsing different profiles somehow i ended up on their space. In the background Northern Girls was playing, deep, funky hip hop beats with the voice to die for.  

On Friday night we Kat (my wife) and I went to see them play live at the London's hip Cargo. Crowd was mixed between the after work youngish clubbers to a number of regulars. Definitely not what I remember cargo being 5 years ago, crowded, smoky..now it looked very different, smoke free (London smoking ban came into force 2 months back) and plenty of space to move about. The sense I got was that not many people knew who Bellaruche were or if there was a gig there at all. Whilst sitting in the garden, about 10.30pm we got a feel Belleruche were about to start. Went to the stage room, pretty empty, with maybe about 20 people standing around waiting for those Bellaruche funky  beats. Kathrin with Ricky and DJ Modest come onto the stage. Kathrin who i see for the first time, very charming and that voice, OMG, that voice. She thanks the crowd for coming with a very warm welcome. Her voice just has that warm, sweet feel to it that gives you goose bumps. Then, Bought and Sold (if i remember well) starts playing, her voice, hits the rooms and both Kat and I were just blown away.
A little Macy Gray like voice, with very funky hip-hop beats with wonderful scratching and backing guitar filled the room like everything we knew until now has just become history. There not many bands out there that combine such different styles of music together into such beautiful harmony. As Kathrin  says, they all 3 come from different backgrounds and they love playing what they love listening to. Absolutely melted. Few tracks in with few new ones we arrive to "Minor Swing"; an incredible track that is an absolute classic. Crowd is moving and the room filling, inviting people that were just there for few drinks suddenly are moving and dancing to the wonderful beats. A guest NYC based rapper girl (sorry, didn't catch the name) joins Kathrin on the stage for some improvised mix...and it sounds great...again, it just works. Second improvised track "red shoes" not as good as the first but never the less few that followed left us convinced that there is a lot to look forward to in their new album. Belleruche are heading for the top. Sit back, relax and enjoy the ride.

Now, head over to their MySpace now and then straight to purchase their fantastic new album

About the band (MySpace):

Kathrin deBoer.
Raised on a pirate boat sailing the South Pacific Ocean, with only Billie Holiday and Spanky Wilson records for company, Kathrins voice carries the soul of the wind off the cape mixed with the grit of illegal Polynesian rum bars. Lyrics written in bottles cast into the sea found their way into three continents; Kathrin jumped ship and found London.

Ricky Fabulous.
Leo. Baby. Following an adolescence chasing girls and heavy rock bands, Fabulous found himself trapped working for a Maltese gangster in a frozen northern town. Whilst keeping warm locked in a damp basement, he found a stack of quarter inch tapes and discovered the work of Grant Green and Django Reinhardt, which gave him the energy to slip out of town, heading south on a freight car clutching a false identity and a forty-year-old guitar.

DJ Modest.
Growing up in the deep south, in engine oil and mud, Modest discovered hiphop on a stolen radio, sneaking into clubs through broken windows to hear more. Building turntables and mixers from scavenged electronic gear and two stroke engines, he created a soundsystem and played unlawful hiphop parties in strange woodlands to farmers. He coaxes twisted Bluenote solos and broken drums from Shure m44-7s whilst drunk on moonshine.

The three met in a London street market whilst running from the law, banks and parents. Whilst holed up in Modests flat, he and Fabulous noticed Kathrin singing whilst making tea. They formed a plan and the band was born out of a shared love of old vinyl, true funk and real soul music.

09/09/2007 UPDATE: Guest Artist was Yarah Bravo