The Fish Police are made up of Dean Rodney (singer, rapper, songwriter), Matthew Howe (guitar) and Charles Stuart (keys, co-songwriter and background vocals). All three are from South London.
They first started working together at creative arts organisation Heart n Soul in 2003 as part of a regular music and drama art session for young people that Charles co-led.
In 2010 they made Heart n Soul history by becoming Heart n Soul's first act to perform in America. They appeared at the Lincoln Center in New York City. In 2011 they released their second music EP The Big Big World of Electronics.
In 2012, the group were involved in some of Heart n Soul’s biggest projects and events including the Dean Rodney Singers, an international digital arts project featuring 72 artists from 7 countries across the world and The Beautiful Octopus Club at London’s Royal Festival Hall. They also performed at the 2012 London Paralympic Games opening ceremony. Later in the year they travelled to Cork and Turkey to share their way of working and performed at different club events.
2013 saw another exciting year for the group as they released their debut album, The Marzipan Transformations, which was followed by a whole host of gigs including The Fish Police UK Tour 2014.
The Fish Police are huge music fans and their influences range from Daft Punk and Kraftwerk to Eminem and Bob Marley. The group also infuse their music with their love of Japanese culture, computer games, popular culture and fast food.
Dean says: “I want our music to take people to a different dimension.”
The Fish Police are produced by leading creative arts organisation Heart n Soul.