We're a dark glitch swing carnivalesque beats collective... with some tunes that you can hum... in the dark...

Once described by a BBC radio producer as the “darker, more twisted cousin of Public Service Broadcasting”, The Gaslight Troubadours produce a hybrid cut n’paste sound of dark swing with steampunk, or even steam”funk”, tendencies. If DJ Shadow had been born in the UK and discovered the sampledelic joys of Sherlock Holmes and Hammer Horror-style B-movies instead of funk and soul, then he could’ve ended up sounding more like this...
Played by, and being interviewed on, BBC 6Music, receiving a 4-star review for their first album ‘Clockwork Curiosities’ in MOJO magazine, appearing at numerous festivals including Latitude, WOMAD and the Steampunk Yule Ball, and having recorded with Soft Cell legend Marc Almond and chap-hop hero Professor Elemental, they are now entering a new phase with marvellous singer Fey Pink and demon scratch DJ Victor Vector performing live alongside founder Professor Purblind. And finally their second full player entitled ‘Stranger Swings’ will see the light of day in 2018! Featuring the likes of Tom Robinson, Professor Elemental, Neal X (guitarist of Sigue Sigue Sputnik, The Montecristos, Marc Almond band), and Fey Pink, this is a new beginning, albeit done with that trademark spooky-arsed vintage beat swagger...