Electric Apes play Mapleton Public House

One humid summer in 2019, a meteorite crackled into the Niger Delta – not with fire, but with a groove pulsing from its core. Locals pried it open, finding three figures inside: a saxophonist with fingers stained by unknown pollen, improvising in a language between Pharaohs and dial-up internet, a drummer whose left arm moved at 120 beats per minute even while sleeping and a guitarist/vocalist clutching a pedalboard humming like it contained trapped lightning. Naming themselves Electric Apes, they began grafting Afrobeat vibes to psychedelic loops using salvaged gear that inexplicably never required batteries.

Come and catch this trio ahead of their performances at this year’s Woodford Folk Festival.