Rizzle Kicks Coming to Cornwall on UK Tour

The names Harley Alexander-Sule and Jordan Stephens probably won’t mean much to most people but they are without doubt two of the most exciting teenage talents to have emerged in 2011. Better known as chart toppers Rizzle Kicks, most be excited to hear that they are due to play Falmouth’s Princess Pavilion on Saturday 10 March.

Friends since they were five, the duo combines an old school hip-hop sound with a forward thinking pop mentality. Littering their lyrics with wry pop culture references and a sharp sense of humor, The Rizzle’s transcend the confines of hip-hop culture as both a credible and commercial act.

Comparisons to De La Soul, The Pharcyde and a Tribe Called Quest are unsurprising considering their influences include many of the artists those Daisy Age acts sampled; Roy Ayers, Quincy Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Frank Sinatra, Stevie, James Brown and a wealth of ‘60s soul. As well as a nod to the old-skool, the boys also embrace everything from country, ska and hip-hop, to straight up pop chord progressions and incredibly, ridiculously catchy choruses. "We’ve slaved to find a definition of our sound because it’s more edgy than pop but it’s not pure hip hop either – it’s somewhere in-between," ponders Harley. "We used to say indie-hop but that sounds really lame!"

While their inspirations might occasionally be retrospective (but definitely never lame), their approach to making music is anything but. Brought up on the World Wide Web, Harley and Jordan maximized their YouTube channel to its full potential. Taking on the Internet as complete unknowns, the pair implemented a dynamic DIY approach, mashing up Lily Allen’s ‘The Fear’ with a beat blagged off Jakwob, freestyling with their friend Ed Sheeran, and creating a number of lo-fi videos for their early bootleg remixes.

Their debut album ‘Stereo Typical’ will see them solidify much of the autonomous attitude that made them such a ubiquitous proposition in the first place. The progressive set-list of producers, which includes Norman Cook, The Rural (Beyoncé, Jamie T), Futurecut (Lily Allen) and Ant Whiting (M.I.A.) is as diverse and distinct as their sound. Norman Cook was so impressed by the Rizzles that he made a very, very rare trip to the studio to create ‘Mama Do The Hump’.

Having also featured on Olly Murs’ number 1 single ‘Heart Skips A Beat’ this summer and more recently been nominated for 3 MOBO Awards, the guys couldn’t be in a better position to release their ‘Stereo Typical’ LP at the end of this month. Although don’t expect them to put their feet up once it’s out, November marks the release of ‘Teardrops’ this year’s Children In Need single that they feature on and the start of their UK tour with Professor Green.

Tickets go on sale on Friday 21st October at 9am and are available from www.rizzlekicks.com/ www.seetickets.com  0871 2200260 or from Pavilion box office 01326 211222

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