Levvy Metal
Levvy Metal are based in Levenshulme and play a mix of traditional Balkan brass band music, klezmer, Breton gavottes and original compositions. With a line-up including sousaphone, helicon, accordion, percussion, saxophones, clarinet, trumpet and flugelhorn...
‘Live at the Klondyke’ is our first set of recordings as Levvy Metal. All of the tunes are written and arranged by Richard Fay.
Released 04 January 2018
Recording and Mastering: Dave Milner
Photos and Album Artwork: Zhoumin Huang
Thanks to Les James at the Klondyke and Peter Seal for the logo
Musicians on the recording:
Xander Baker - Accordion
Bob Dinn - Trumpet and Flugel horn
Richard Fay - Baritone horn
Dan Mawson - Tenor sax
Frankie McCormick - Clarinet
Gary Motteram - Trumpet
Sheila Seal - Electric bass
Ant Sullivan - Drums and Percussion
Immy Trinder - Alto Sax
Other group members:
Charlie Eaton - Tenor horn
Jack Fearn - Clarinet and Tenor Sax
Fabienne Fournelle - Percussion
Joel Roberts - Sousaphone
Levvy Metal: Live at the Klondyke
Eccentric beats bouncing off the cobbles of the street with no name,
echoing across the Klondyke's festival sites and fund-raiser nights,
packing the Old Abbey for Wacky Horo Show delights
Levvy Metal ...
a behemoth of Balkanalia, a leviathon of sound
horns and helicons, brass aplenty
saxes, clarinets and flutes, a mighty breath
Centuries ago, Leofwine's Island ...
but, to you and me, now Leve or Levy ....
or even Levvy (rhymes with heavy)
Levvy Metal ...
never the same twice
reforming, regrouping, newly-shaping
a chameleon, a massed gathering
Levenshulme's finest
Compositions and arrangements by Richard Fay
Recorded and mixed by Dave Milner
Video by Sam Gee
Formed by Bob Dinn (trumpet), Richard Fay (horn) and Doug Niel (trombone) in 2015 as a brassy community-focused project, Levvy Metal are Levenshulme's first and only Balkan-esque band:
