Chameleon-like musical magpies, the Dead Rat Orchestra set out to plunder the music of other acts, amalgamating all within their own particular aesthetic. Uniquely able to play the entire venue as a sound source, they equate concert violins with wineglasses, air vents with copper records, mammoth organ pipes with eskimo kisses. Muttering, shuffling and searching for those moments when it all just seems to fit.
These are photos from concerts where Dead Rat Orchestra played, so they may be of other bands that played the concert as well.
Setting up
Cambridge Folk Festival Jul 25 - 28, 2013 Cambridge, England, United Kingdom Uploaded by Craig Hatfield
Bombay Royale
Larkin Poe
John Hegley
Willy Mason?
The Brass Funkeys