Peyoti for President
Discovered and brought to the masses by Manu Chao in 2007 after a tip-off from a UK promoter, Peyoti For President both opened and closed Manu’s recent sell-out UK tour playing to audiences of 5,000 at Brixton Academy on the first night alone. Tom Robinson described the band on BBC 6Music ‘Introducing’ as, ‘not so much of a pop group…more an attitude…more a way of life…more a way of thinking’. Peyoti for President are about re-evaluating this modern day world and how our societies function but equally, they are a high energy, feel good band whose performances consistently leave audiences grinning, sweating and inspired.
Go to Peyoti for President's web site at peyoti.com
BOOKING: Agents, Talent Buyers, Festival Programmers if you are interested in booking the band please contact :- paloma@sordidsouprecords.com
They have brought the Peyoti carnival to prestigious shows at Glade, Glastonbury, Bestival, Brixton Academy, Nottingham’s Rock City, and recently announced, London’s Roundhouse. Equally they have made their mark at famed down-beat ‘mash-ups’ at London squat parties and political underground events and have established themselves as a hybrid to be reckoned with. They have recently returned from a tour of Germany & Austria.
The band fuse great dance sounds and anthem-like melodies with politically conscious lyrics in a similar way to greats like Bob Marley or The Jam however the multi-ethnic make-up of the band and Pietro DiMascio’s song writing style results in something quite different. Its samba, rock, flamenco, rumba, pop, punk – all this and yet all this individually it is not.
John Peel once said, “punk is an attitude” but with the release of their debut album, Rising Tide of Conformity, ‘punk’ appears to have morphed into something new. This time it’s international. This time it’s focused. And its message is...unite....think laterally.
Peyoti For President are a multi-ethnic collective of musicians based in London and spear-headed by front man Anglo-Italian, Pietro DiMascio. Born parentless in the UK and adopted by a British family at the age of one, for many years his unknown ethnic origins and consequent search to discover his parents was a blessing which enabled him to feel no specific allegiance with any one culture but an affinity with many. A chance meeting with Ulisses Bezerra, raised in the favelas of Brazil, the son of legendary revolutionary people’s hero and ‘reality rapper’ Bezzera da Silva started what would go on to become the collective of musicians it now is – representing the rich melting pot of London’s modern day music culture.
In 2009 the live band consists of 5 members including Pietro DiMascio (British/Italian), Sabio (Poland), Luis Castaneda (Colombia), Daniel Cerejo (Portugal) and an additional percussionist which, currently is often Ulisses Bezerra (Brazil) or Alex Michael John (Ireland).
Welcome the new champions of International sound and Universal message.
