I’m in Soho for the first time and was previously unaware of the kind of place it is. The venue I am looking for is the Soho Revue Bar.

Sex shop, sex shop, sex shop, Safeways, sex shop, sex shop, Soho Revue Bar.

The bouncer asks me for ID to prove I am over 18; I won’t be cursing my baby face when I’m older. I’m on the guestlist and even get a gold V.I.P. wrist band; also greeted with buckets of free drinks, I take a bottle of water.

As I enter the intimate room equipped with boudoir décor and stripper poles I spot Luke Concannon of Nizlopi on the stage playing a tambourine and he gives me a friendly hello.

I decide to sit right at the front for the best view, but come to realise that there are only music industry type people and Nizlopi’s friends in this room, I guess I class as the ‘music industry’ despite being a student radio DJ. My friend and I soon learn there is a free bar and then waiters emerge with canapés on trays, and as a student I take more than is polite to.

Nizlopi were amazing, opening with a rendition of ‘Start Beginning’, the first track off their new album ‘Make It Happen’. They started off in the middle of the room, no mics, to demonstrate the quality and projection of Luke’s voice; it did, however, mean that John Parker had to carry his double bass around for a bit. Nizlopi consists of only Luke and John, so the instruments are limited but these guys are flexible and John often provides the percussion by beat boxing and using his double bass as a drum.

For another of their songs, two Senegalese musicians are invited on which really compliments their style and introduces an aspect of world music.

Nizlopi are definitely a band to see live, they really try to involve the audience, and I found myself along with the rest of the crowd singing along to their powerful choruses.

To my delight they gave out copies of their album ‘Make It Happen’, which is out in March, and is definitely worth listening to.