WorldService Project
At a glance
About this event
WorldService Project are the leading specialists of Brit ‘punk-jazz’ and are one of the most exported live acts in their field. Their energetic live shows have taken them to festivals across the world, touring in 18 countries and releasing three highly acclaimed studio albums.
Dave Morecroft (keyboards/vocals)
Ben Powling (saxophone)
Raphael Clarkson (trombone)
Arthur O’Hara (bass)
Harry Pope (drums)
This Spring 2018, WorldService Project launch their highly anticipated fourth album; Serve on Rare Noise Records. Fresh off the back of mammoth tours across America, Europe, Japan, India and China, the epic and anthemic live sound of WorldService Project is in equal measure thrill and theatrical.
“jazz-infused nu-funk, rammed with stop-start melodies, crunching bass-guitar and drum grooves, and sophisticated horn”
The Guardian
“The sound is Mingus and late-Coltrane mixed with hardcore punk, math metal and Zappa-esque mayhem”
The Irish Times
Location
18-22 Hill St, Belfast BT1 2LA
Venue details
The Black Box is housed in a Grade II listed building on Hill Street in the Historical Cathedral Quarter of Belfast, originally constructed c. 1850 and converted into its current usage as an arts venue in 2006.
