KiLNE

KiLNE is a jazz act from Stoke-on-Trent that combines big band writing with electronic beats. This London date at Bush Hall brings the band's brass-led sound to a venue on Uxbridge Road in west London.

KiLNE was founded in Stoke-on-Trent, in the West Midlands, in 2023 by Danny Shaw and Ben Oakes. The project was built around local musicians and takes its format from the northern town centre parade bands that Danny Shaw was already working with, then places that brass-based tradition alongside electronic rhythms.

The band often performs as a twenty-piece group with equal numbers of drummers and brass players. Its brass arrangements are played on real instruments by experienced players whose backgrounds range across jazz, big-band, brass-band and classical music. Its repertoire includes reworkings of tracks by Peggy Gou, Rudimental, Fred Again and Flux Pavillion, and the videos made for them have circulated widely on social media.

In concert, the group plays songs from its catalogue alongside new tracks that are exclusive to live performance. These are its own headline dates. Bush Hall is a concert venue at 310 Uxbridge Road in London, W12. The music is built for dancing, so the evening suits listeners who want to move as well as listen.