Velure

Velure

Velure probably would have been big if they were around in ‘96-’98, they are firmly rooted in the genre that came and went: Trip-Hop. Being a massive fan I spent those years building up my collection of Bristol influenced slow rapping albums whose gods were Tricky, Portishead and Massive Attack. Yes, I was a big sook.

I saw Velure at a very intimate sit down gig at the Hopetoun three years ago, they were one of the winners of the Whatever Sessions, a music competition held by alternate TV station SBS. They won recording time in their studios, a place in the CD compilation plus publicity tours. I had no idea who they were, but was very impressed with their ability to get people in that brooding mood, much like the better known Decoder Ring. That gig was very much a trip back in time for me to that period when everyone knew who Beth Gibbons was. This song is off an old single they were selling at the show, I’m not sure if it was ever released.

Velure – ‘Walk Home’

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