Fake Turins

“Delirious disco with a plaintive, deeply English feel” - Clash

“lyrically subversive yet audibly untouchable” - So Young Magazine

“...as if LCD-Soundsystem were swallowed by a fragmented time-vortex…then reformulated in a parallel universe of boogie-centric reckoning.” - DIY

“disco-funk pandemonia” - Hard of Hearing

Following news that Fake Turins will be officially disbanded after one final landmark show at Village Underground on 8th June, the audio-visual 11-piece unit continue their farewell with sizzling psych-disco juggernaut, ‘Beatnik’. A frenzy of dynamite riffage, hip-shifting grooves and ominous dread, ‘Beatnik marks the second offering from their ‘Inheritance’ EP, set for release on 9th May via Opus Kink-founded label Hideous Mink Records.

Forming in North-East London in 2018, the group’s CV boasts notable festival appearances at Left of the Dial, Manchester Psych Fest, Live At Leeds, Mutations and Rockaway Beach - as well as prior London sell-outs at The Lexington and Electrowerks. Recent releases have also gained support from indie tastemakers such as DIY, So Young, Clash, Hard of Hearing, Fred Perry Subculture and Clunk . This is in addition to radio plays from the likes of Steve Lamacq (BBC 6Music), Gemma Bradley (BBC Radio 1), John Kennedy (Radio X) and Amazing Radio.

Speaking about the track - produced/mixed by Syd Kemp (Sinead O’Brien, Spiritualized, Vanishing Twin) - vocalist Dominic Rose offers this analysis: "Beatnik is the original Turins track. It contains my manifesto for the project, and for the character I came to inhabit as Dominic Rose. It tells the tale of a false prophet, worshipped in hordes - with violent untenable screed, his mind falls into madness. The outline of this character was drawn in shades of my dad, taking our dream of plight (for humanity, for ourselves..) and seeing how it can easily corrupt human nature.”.

Fake Turins are Amy Wilson (Clarinet), Jonny Dickens (Guitar), George Traylen (Drums) Nathaniel Knowles (Bass), Rosie Wilson (Saxophone), Scott Custis (Guitar), Dominic Rose (Vocals), Harry Wrigley (Synth), Mars Washington (Guitar), ‘Mark’ (Noise / FX) and Jess Bernardo (Percussion)

“...one of the most intriguing groups in contemporary music” Wax Music

“Essential” Hard of Hearing 

“Delirious disco with a plaintive, deeply English feel” Clash

“lyrically subversive yet audibly untouchable” So Young Magazine

“...as if LCD-Soundsystem were swallowed by a fragmented time-vortex…then reformulated in a parallel universe of boogie-centric reckoning.” DIY

“...just get lost in the groove…” Rodeo Mag

Ahead of the release of the group’s farewell EP ‘Inheritance’ on 9th May, audio-visual 11-piece unit Fake Turins share music video for its lead single ‘Beatnik’.

Directed by Liv Boren, the video - fittingly for a band at their swan song - offers a study on nostalgia and reflection via 16mm film reels and the dream-soaked haze of American suburbia.

Set for release on 9th May via Opus Kink-founded Hideous Mink Records (Alien Chicks, The Winches), ‘Inheritance’ spools out a 20+ minute immersion of hedonistic psych-disco freak-out, packed with rhythmic dynamism, luscious instrumentation and ominous atmospheres. From the lysergic explosiveness of ‘The Finch’ and the ramalama riff juggernaut of ‘Beatnik’,  to the mournful journeyings of ‘Yr Made of Gold’ and ‘Inheritance II’, Fake Turins’ final mission statement has all their 11 members in Charon’s boat drifting across the River Styx towards a seductive, strobe-lit, groove-laden hell.

Drawing apt comparisons with LCD Soundsystem, Roxy Music and Talking Heads, In their brief tenure, the band have garnered praise from indie tastemakers DIY, So Young, Clash, Hard of Hearing, Fred Perry Subculture,  Rodeo, Wax, Clunk and Mix it All Up. This is in addition to radio plays from the likes of  Steve Lamacq (BBC 6Music), Gemma Bradley (BBC Radio 1), John Kennedy (Radio X) and Amazing Radio.

Forming among North-East London’s Warehouse scene in 2018, the group’s CV can boast numerous festival appearances across the UK and Europe, and sell-out shows at iconic London venues The Lexington and Electrowerks, all culminating in one last hurrah at Village Underground on 8th June.

With the group so rich in musicians, Fake Turins, since its birth, has also spawned several emerging offshoots -  Max Fulcrum & The Win (who play this year’s Latitude Festival), Bollards and Rich Parents. So while ‘Inheritance’ marks the end of one story, it promises the start of many others.

Speaking about the EP as a whole -  produced/mixed by Syd Kemp (Sinead O’Brien, Spiritualized, Vanishing Twin) -  vocalist Dominic Rose explains: “Inheritance’ is the record we always needed to make. To share these musical stories - so many of them written years ago, during the death of my father - and explore the arrangement possibilities of an 11 piece ensemble. This record may be the final part of Turins DNA, woven into our very conception — but our own Inheritance will continue to live on, through ourselves and others.”