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- Live bands:
- Ta Mère
- The Trojans (gaz Mayall)
- The Skamonics

- London club nights:
- Le Gramophone de Pépé
- Ta Mère's Tuesday Supper
- Gaz's Rockin' Blues

- Albums on sale:
- JohnJohn
- Mogador
- Trojans - Ala Ska
- Trojans - Spirit of Adventure
- Trojans - Save The World
- Trojans - Skalatitude
- Trojans - Wild & Free
- Trojans - Rebel Blues
- Trojans - Celtic Ska
- Trojans - Stack-A-dub
- Trojans - Cool Rulers
- Trojans - Earth First
- Trojans - Desiderata
- Trojans - Warriors Best Of
- Ska Stars of the 80's
- Ska Stars of the 90's
- Ska Flames - Ska Fever
- The Skamonics

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music sessions
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live performances
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I perform live on a very regular basis with the bands listed below,
and produce some live events in selected venues in London...

 
 

Benoit & Lili - Swing de Paris

 

ta mere - most wanted public agitateurs
Benoit Viellefon - Vocals, Guitar
Sean Mac Gloin - Vocals, Violin, Harmonica, Bagpipes
Viktor Obsust - Double Bass, Backing Vocals

Ta Mère plays popular music from the 1910's, 1920's, 1930's and 1940's, French ball musette, gipsy swing, russian and balkan traditionals, bluegrass, Classic films sountracks, cuban, blues,and jazz.

more about Ta Mère - Pictures - Videos - myspace - tamere.co.uk

2005-2006 - The Skamonics - Jazz meets ska, London style
Live Club night

 

Le gRamophone de pépé
Sunday evening club night in London East End.
Produced by Benoit Viellefon & JohnJohn Records

Unwind to the marvellous sounds of international hits from the gramophone era. Latest technology and reasonable volumes for you to converse in style with delightful company.

Live bands - 33.45.78 rpm Djs - Special Attractions - Burlesque

Venue: Vibe Life ( above Vibe Bar)
The Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, LOndon E1 6QL

myspace.com/gramophonelondon

2006 - Still trying
9 piece Ska band

Tours & gigs in the UK, Japan, Russia & Europe.

 

 

The trojans - gaz mayall
Lead Guitarist

Bass - Drums - rhythm guitar - Lead guitar
- percussion - 2 saxophones - singer / melodica - Violin / Bag pipes / harmonica - Bag pipes / banjo

Specialising in ska & reggae with a dash of soul, funk, R&B, irish folk and world roots, The Trojans were formed in late 1986 by the elder son of British Blues legend John Mayall. Several albums were licensed to Japan from '88 with 'Spirit of Adventure' on Sony records, opening up an avenue of succesive tours with mainstream coverage to a large audience where they are still very popular today.

The Trojans tour often mainly in Europe and do lots of one-off special shows at festivals, clubs, bars and private parties being popular with the young and old and people of all cultures to suit our multicultural day and age.
More about the trojans - Gazrockin.com - Pictures - Videos - Myspace

 

Songwriting

I have been writing songs and musical piece over the years for bands / albums, feature film soundtracks, video games, entertainment websites and advertising.

I am hoping to release some of my best songs one day, when I'll have a bit of time.

People I work with include:

BBCi
BBC
Nickelodeon
Passion Pictures
Channel 4
Superjungle design

My closest collaborators are:

Gaz Mayall (son of John Mayall - The Trojans - Gaz Rockin' Blues)
Sean MacGloin (Madness - Morissey)
Rick Baxendale (The Trojans - Universal Publishing Producer)
Natty Bo (Ska Cubano - Top Cats)
Megumi Chan (Ska Cubano - Top Cats - The Trojans)
TanTan Thornton (The Trojans - Georgie Fame - Beatles - Lily Allen - John MacLaughlin...)
Tony Uter (The Trojans - Jazz Jamaica - Laurel Aitkens etc)
Zoe Devlin Love (Alabama 3)
Anton O'Dochertaigh (KT Tunstall, Bagpipes for Hire)

But also:

Viktor Obsust, Charlie night Doctor, Neil Aptaker, Rudy Valentino Jones,Colin Humphrey, Anthony worn, Kari Paavla, Ilja Salonen, Julien Raout, Marie-Anne Brucheri, Lili Farling, Roberta Howett, Big Boy Bloater, Peter Dry, Tim Corbett, Geoff Peel, Infamous Grouse, Mathew Davidson, John Ongom, Nigel Stanley, Leah Thomas, Mark Hugget, Nick Richards, Katherine Lewis, Justin Williams, Leo Hornak, and many more...