HE WAS an essential part of King Biscuit Time and before that The Beta Band, but he is now a solo artist about to release a new single and undertake a headline British-Irish tour.
Edinburgh’s Steve Mason plays the Róisín Dubh on Sunday April 17 at 9pm and his new single, ‘All Come Down’ will be released through Double Six on Monday April 25.
The single has been taken from his solo album, Boys Outside, which was released last year and subsequently featured in many end of year ‘best ofs’ including Q, Mojo, and NME. To check out Steve playing an acoustic version of the song see: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRKYPAPJsBM&feature=relmfu Steve is most famous as the man behind The Beta Band, one of the finest and most creative acts to emerge from Britain in the 1990s. Their most famous song is ‘Dry The Rain’ and to get a taste of whey they were about see www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsbR2dEmHGc After calling it a day with the Betas, Steve developed a solo project, King Biscuit Time, releasing the album Black Gold and a number of singles, including the magnificent ‘I Walk The Earth’ (www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cdDmqvkpV4 ), which has often been played by Gugai at the Róisín Dubh DJ sets. Steve also released a techno-influenced album entitled Pleasure Pressure Point under the moniker Black Affair in 2008.
Tickets are available from the Róisín Dubh and www.roisindubh.net
