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LIME CORDIALE
and IDRIS ELBA 
Mini Album
CORDI ELBA
Out Today

+ New Single
HOLY MOLEY
Out Now

+ LIME CORDIALE
touring Australia
April & May

+ RESCHEDULED LIME CORDIALE
EUROPEAN & UK DATES ANNOUNCED

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Lime Cordiale, Idris Elba

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“One of the year’s most unexpected and exciting collaborations..” – ROLLING STONE AUSTRALIA

“Elba brings a cheeky chappie persona to the music with his laconic charm and wit – I am reminded of Madness sometimes in the delivery, inflected as it is with a droll cockney twang – and his vocals are diamond encrusted velvet: an element of barbed-wire roughage added to a smooth and luxurious tenor. Lime Cordiale are purveyors of indelible dance-inflected pop. The mix results in an explosive chemistry that can barely be contained in one dimension.” – BACKSEAT MAFIA

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Today, Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba unveil their musical union Cordi Elba in its uproarious entirety via Chugg Music and 7Wallace Music.  A melting pot of influences, hip hop beats and spacey dub fuel their new single Holy Moley, which follows on from their jaunty debut single Apple Crumble and the rambunctious What’s Not To Like.

“Idris wrote most of the lyrics, I know it’s about the danger of alcohol within the entertainment industry but I think there are lyrics that he didn’t completely explain to us. Apple Crumble and What’s Not To Like were a bit more literal, so I love the fact that even we don’t know the depth of this song. You’d have to ask Idris,” says Louis of the track.

“For anyone that was at our show in Sydney, you’ll probably have a laugh at the ‘I don’t do shooeys’ lyric. I told the audience at The Enmore that we don’t do shooeys, but that made them chant for it even harder. Idris didn’t really know what was going on and was a second away from sculling a beer out of his shoe. I had to stop it. I couldn’t let this great man of culture drop to such a level, even though it would’ve been quite the scene,” adds Oli.

A visual artist and a graduate of the UNSW College of Fine Arts, frontman Louis created the iconic artwork for Cordi Elba, as he does for all of Lime Cordiale’s trademark single, album, poster and merchandise in a practice known as lino cutting.  The process requires physically cutting every line out of a piece of lino with a sharp tool and one image can take weeks to complete.

Of the mini album artwork, Louis says, “One day Idris came into the studio and showed us a photo he’d just taken on his phone. He said something like ‘Lads I’ve just found our album cover!’ It was a photo of the inside of my van that was parked outside…. the hula girl, air-freshener etc. I guess he just liked the aesthetic. Anyway, that ended up being my main inspiration for the front cover.”

Cordi Elba is available in digital formats, as well as vinyl, alongside a competition to win one of Louis’ original lino prints via www.limecordiale.com

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Lime Cordiale and Idris Elba’s partnership began when Lime Cordiale asked if Idris wanted to guest on a new version of Lime Cordiale’s Unnecessary Things – a song that first surfaced on the Relapse reissue of their 2020 No.1 album 14 Steps To A Better You.   Idris did his research and was instantly sold. “I listened to them on Spotify, fell in love with them very quickly,” he says.

The Luther, The Wire, Thor, The Suicide Squad and Mandela star didn’t know it, but he was already in Lime Cordiale’s orbit – the duo regularly blasted Idris’ 2019 hit Boasty backstage before each show.  Once the new version of Unnecessary Things was finished, this new  partnership hit a creative streak and they kept on making more songs with Lime Cordiale’s longtime producer/co-writer David K Haddad.

On Boasty, Idris raps that he doesn’t need a ghostwriter. Indeed, Cordi Elba is a genuine creative collaboration with Oli, Louis and Dave.  “We wrote everything together,” Oli says. “We were all writing lyrics – it wasn’t our music or his music, it was smack bang down the middle with every lyric.”

“I wanted to collaborate,” Idris adds. “We agreed about the vibe and the song was there. They were really open to ideas; it was an opportunity for me to write songs I normally wouldn’t write. Ultimately, this is a step into a new universe musically for me.”

A DJ since his teens – and long before he found success as an actor, Idris not only continues to spin from Coachella to Ibiza, he is also a musician, rapper and producer.  Cordi Elba contains a first: he unveils his singing voice, encouraged by Oli and Louis  “They filled me with a lot of confidence,” Idris admits. “I come from a DJ background, have always rapped, but never considered myself a singer. They encouraged me to put vocals down, I didn’t expect to be singing.”

Not only does Cordi Elba contain some of the finest musical work of both parties, it is unlikely to be a one-off alliance.  There are tentative plans for Idris to join Lime Cordiale on a UK tour in early 2022. “I’d be honoured to help their exposure in the UK,” Idris says. “I am hoping to jump on stage with them when they tour.”

As Lime Cordiale starts work on their third album, Cordi Elba has changed them forever. “We’ve been catapulted into new territory with Idris and this has inevitably influenced the future of Lime Cordiale,” Oli says. “He gave us permission to break out of our genre and it’s going to be interesting where this takes us with new music.”

Cordi Elba is released on January 14 via Chugg Music + 7Wallace Music

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LIME CORDIALE
TOUR DATES

Tickets on sale now

AUSTRALIAN TOUR
APRIL/MAY 2022

Presented by Chugg Entertainment, Frontier Touring, Chugg Music & Select Music

W/- special guests Teenage Dads, Illuka (all states) + Dulcie (WA only)

Thursday 7 April | Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, WA
Friday 8 April | Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth, WA
Tuesday 12 April | Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 20 April | Hordern Pavilion,  Sydney, NSW – SOLD OUT
Thursday 21 April | Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW – SOLD OUT
Wednesday 27 April | Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW  ** NEW SHOW
Friday 6 May | Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD

UK + EUROPE HEADLINE TOUR
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022

Friday 14 January | The Garage, London UK – SOLD OUT
Saturday 15 January | Electric Ballroom, London UK
Monday 17 January | Phoenix, Exeter UK
Tuesday 18 January | Bristol Academy, Bristol UK
Wednesday 19 January | O2 Institute, Birmingham UK
Thursday 20 January | O2 Academy, Manchester UK
Friday 21 January | The Academy, Dublin IE
Saturday 22 January | At the Garage, Glasgow UK
Monday 24 January | O2 Academy, Sheffield UK
Tuesday 25 January | O2 Academy, Oxford UK
Wednesday 26 January | Patterns, Brighton UK
Thursday 27 January | Boule Noire, Paris FR
Friday 28 January | AB, Brussels BE
Saturday 29 January | Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam NL
Sunday 30 January | Paradiso Noord, Amsterdam NL
Monday 31 January | Luxor, Cologne DE
Tuesday 1 February | Bahnhof St. Pauli, Hamburg DE
Thursday 3 February | Krøsset, Oslo NO
Friday 4 February | Nalen Klubb, Stockholm SE
Saturday 5 February | Hotel Cecil, Copenhagen DK
Tuesday 8 February | Frannz Club, Berlin DE 
Wednesday 9 February | Futurum, Prague CZ
Thursday 10 February | Fluc, Vienna AT
Friday 11 February | Strom, Munich DE
Saturday 12 February | Papiersaal, Zurich CH
Monday 14 February | Legend, Milan IT
Wednesday 16 February | La Mau, Barcelona ES
Thursday 17 February | El Sol, Madrid ES
Saturday 19 February | Zoom, Frankfurt DE

THE SQUEEZE 2022

LINE UP
Lime Cordiale. Thelma Plum. Client Liaison. The VANNS. merci, mercy. Teenage Dads. Beddy Rays*

Saturday 2 April | Hall Park, Mandurah, WA
Saturday 9 April | Sturt Reserve, Murray Bridge, SA
Sunday 10 April | a day on the green, Peter Lehmann Wines, Barossa, SA**
Saturday 16 April | a day on the green, Mt Duneed Estate, Geelong, VIC**
Saturday 23 April | Conolly Park, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Sunday 24 April | a day on the green, Heifer Station, Orange, NSW**
Saturday 30 April | Bella Vista Farm, The Hills, NSW
Sunday 1 May | Park Beach Reserve, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Saturday 7 May | Sandstone Point Hotel, Sandstone Point, QLD
Sunday 8 May | Kingston Butter Factory, Logan, QLD
Saturday 14 May | Riverway Stadium, Townsville, QLD
Sunday 15 May | Cairns Showground, Cairns, QLD

*Replacing The VANNS in Cairns and Townsville only

** a day on the green shows presented in association with Roundhouse Entertainment
www.adayonthegreen.com.au 

LIME CORDIALE AND IDRIS ELBA
NEW SINGLE HOLY MOLEY OUT NOW
MINI ALBUM CORDI ELBA OUT JANUARY 14

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