Bongo Man

Bongo Man is a trained musician who has been playing professionally for over 20 years and has a wealth of experience playing drums and percussion with DJs and bands across the length and bredth of the UK.

He has worked alongside internationally renowned DJs including TODD TERRY, the godfather of UK House and Garage Grant Nelson, Danny O and Ridney (Cafe Mambo residents) renowned producer and DJ Richard Earnshaw, Steve Taylor (iCulture), Junior (Kinky Malinky, Citylife), Mitch Tilson & Jack Disley (SoulMuch, SoulDevine), Pete Isaac (Jelly Jazz) and a number of international DJs including Matt D and Gerardo Smedile (Italy) and The Checkup (Germany).

He has also played for a number of international artists including PIXIE LOTT (artist and ITVs Voice Kids coach), Eddie Manion (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band), Miss Emily (Canadian singer songwriter), Shahab Tiam (Iranian pop star), Diane Shaw (UK Soul artist) and Lew Kirton (American soul singer) and UK Bhangra legend Surj Sahota.

As well as playing acoustic percussion, Bongo Man also plays a Roland electronic percussion instrument called the 'Handsonic Percussion Pad' which enables him to play 400 percussion sounds from one unit! This is a great option for international gigs, events where parking is not available and/or space is very tight, as it is much more portable than the acoustic set up but still allows Bongo Man to recreate the sound of all the instrument in his acoustic set up and many more!!!