Poppy Perezz hails from Mexico, Trinidad and England but is resident in the cosmopolitan city of Bristol, making feel-good, sunshine-happy music for glorious summer nights. Described variously as pinball electro, chirp-hop or even electro-funk-folk pop, one thing's for certain: you're unlikely to have heard anything like it before. Imagine an exotic trip through Highlife-style guitar licks, percolating basslines, disco handclaps, soaring flute solos, crazy arpeggio synth lines and video game bleeps and you'll get the general idea.

Floating above this joyous world-pop is the voice of Northumbrian-born Poppy Villiers-Stuart, a singer whose melodies are suffused with local folk-singing traditions and'A passion for sharing the oneness in everything'. An unlikely match you might think for Mexico City's Pablo Perezzarate, who brings a uniquely Latino perspective from his chaotic, urban hometown but in Poppy Perezz they've somehow found a way of meshing their divergent cultures creating a place where the name of the game is celebrating life, love and light.

After experimenting with both brass and string players, it was the addition of a killer rhythm section that proved to be the final missing jigsaw piece. Tony Bailey, an experienced drummer from Trinidad, was invaluable to the recording of the soon-to-be released debut album; his enthusiasm and percussion skills key in taking the band's sound to a new, more organic level. Bassist extraordinaire and Cornish native Chris Howarth meanwhile, has brought rootsy bass lines and his own insane sense of humour to the already happening party.

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