2004 and Peyoti could be heard playing in bars and Busking the streets of London, Barcelona & Paris until May 2005 when a chance meeting outside kings Cross station with Ulisses, a Brazillian percussionist who'd recently arrived in London, sparked the blue touch paper that was soon to be 'Peyoti for President'. They sat together and discussed their musical heritage and social and political view points. They also discussed the sorry state of the main stream music Industry and decided to reconvene the following day whereupon they started work on a 5 track EP that would later be called 'The Rising Tide of Conformity'.

What happened next astounded everyone. Chance meetings and collaborations brought
together eleven other musicians who were all previously unacquainted. Pandit Dinesh the acclaimed 'Godfather of the Asian movement, Jeff Scantlebury ex-Brand New Heavies and revered
London session player and Sami Bishai, probably the most accomplished young Arabic
violinist in Europe - and many other incredible talents.

""It was never planned, it just kinda fell together like this. People came out the woodwork
and gave freely their skills & passion for the love of the music. Really, the sound was
being created as it was being recorded with Darabuka's from Seria, Jembes from Africa,
a home made Cajon from Brasil and a 150 year old gypsy violin rumoured to originate in
Russia that had travelled around the world as part of an illegal 19th century shipping hoard.""

On the 19th November 2005, Sordid Soup Productions released the completed recordings
'The Rising Tide of Conformity' EP as a limited edition 500 only pressing. 4 months later the EP was sold out. A further run of 1,000 copies was consequently manufactured March 2006 and those too sold out by the end of July. This is a fusion of Hispanic, Arabic, Brazillian, West Indies & British music that is about as unlikely as a dog-eating centipede. The Aztecs
believed your soul carried lifes experiences to the grave and beyond. Here we think we have found a way of pouring them back out again....

	No me Siento Malo A high energy trip of world fusion all about passion but no regrets.		Alternative Pop Rock
	Drifting A song all about becoming enlightened		Cosmic World Fusion

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