After an incredible show at Black Deer festival at the weekend, Fantastic Negrito is marking the one year anniversary of his Grammy Award-winning album, Please Don’t Be Dead, with the premiere of a powerful new video for the track ‘The Suit That Won’t Come Off’.

Shot on location at the Swiss Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, ‘The Suit That Won’t Come Off’ was directed by acclaimed 18-year-old filmmaker Freddy Macdonald – his third collaboration with Fantastic Negrito following ‘The Duffler’ (shot on location at the Baden Blues Festival in Switzerland) and ‘A Boy Named Andrew’ (filmed at various locations in Milan, Italy). In addition, ‘The Suit That Won’t Come Off’ further showcases the remarkable work of dancer Odil Gerfaut and choreographer Angele Carole Chappuis, both of whom are visually impaired.

“Our freedom comes when we face our fear,” says Fantastic Negrito. “It comes when we embrace and celebrate what makes us unique. We grew up feeling like outsiders; a lost tribe. Sometimes isolated or ashamed about what was unique about us. We could not fit into society’s repressed fantasies of how the world should look, how it should be. This song is for everyone that ever felt left out, not good enough, imperfect, ridiculed for being different a freak. I am you, you are me, we are we -- A tribe with love in our hearts. #negritonation.”

Long hailed for his electrifying live performances, this weekend also sees Fantastic Negrito playing Glastonbury . Fantastic Negrito will also be playing a host of many more headline shows and festivals dates across Europe and the US.

GLASTONBURY

The Other Stage, Sat: 13:00 – 14:00

Left Field Stage, Sun 21:00 – 22:00

AUGUST

24 – Greenbelt Festival – Kettering, United Kingdom *

Vandebilt is an English electronic funk punk outfit led by multi-instrumentalist Jordan Miller and lead vocalist Joey “crack the dawn” Crack, and is completed by Jack Wade (drums) and Daniel Martin (guitar).‘Pushing Through’ is a song which typifies this band’s style; it’s bursting with virulent energy, combining body-moving rhythms, relentless synths, indie-pop strings and in-your-face vocals.

Speaking about the track, the band’s cornerstone Millers states that “We wanted to write a track that hits you and then it hits you again. It's honest and angry and intense. It's about showing how brave vulnerability can be. Despite all the shit, as people we can still push through. I didn't realise it at the time but I wrote it to myself.”Born in Miller’s studio in early 2018, Vandebilt draw influence from French house, UK synth-pop and ‘70s disco and perform their blend of dance music as a live ensemble despite originally recording tracks as a personal project for Miller.

Early demos found their way to producer and DJ Smoove (Smoove & Turrell) who began working with the group and encouraged the project into a live band. Inspired by fresh sounds and high energy, Smoove began to co-produce and mix Vandebilt tracks playing heavily on the disco-house elements of the music.  

Live sold out shows quickly created a buzz on the North East music scene and the bands infectious uptempo tracks were both hyped and sought after. This lead to talks with Tipping Point Records and in late 2018 the band signed their first development deal.The band will release a string of debut singles throughout 2019 showcasing a variety of catchy dance bangers recorded in Millers 'Pamplemousse Recording Studio' Sunderland, UK.