Festivals Atomic Bomb explodes into life on the Sunday afternoon of Latitude 2014

Who is William Onyeabor? We’re eagerly awaiting the answer from the celebrated supergroup. and when a total of three percussionists start up proceedings, it’s clear that the Atomic Bomb is about to drop in a big way.

Beastie Boys’ Money Mark is buzzing around his synths, tiny keyboard in hand, swinging his legs off the stage like a giddy schoolboy. Scritti Politti’s Green Gartside appears for joyous ‘Heaven and Hell’ dressed up like a Texas businessman with white stetson, shirt, tie, and shorts.

“We’re going to bring a party to you guys, are you ready to party?” they shout; the mysterious Nigerian musician has a lot of totally tropical party vibes on offer. The crowd is suddenly scattered with swaying bodies, a stream of people performing the ‘shimmy to the stage, hands full of cider boogie’.

Staying to true to the ominous Onyeabor, african rhythms bump and chime through the animated set. Cowbells are popping and tambourines shaking as the loveable Mahotella Queens own the Obelisk, shimmying in traditional skirts and braids with contagious giant grins.