Groove Armada - At the River (Live at Brixton)

70 yrs. old. Better late than never to discover this band.

I actually got chills when the trombone started and the audience finally realized what the song was. And it sounds just as perfect as it does on the album. I played this for my aging parents (I’m 45) when I took them to Cape Cod- I popped this on as we travelled to the beach. It was a sunny day with just a little breeze- my mom loved it, but dad didn’t say much. Mom shocked me when she sang along with the second line of the words- I didn’t know before then that the lyrics are sampled from an old song she happened to know. It was a beautiful day. I always try to play music to fit the mood when I’m driving them somewhere far- I played them an album by Peace Orchestra as we were driving through Death Valley, and some ORB as we drove through Joshua Tree State Park. Among other things. Thanks so much for posting this- I lost my copy of the album when I got divorced in 2008, and I’ve been really missing it. Stay safe and healthy!

I was there working the bar!!!

iF i MAY SAY SO WHAT A TRACK TO TAKE YOUR MIND OFF THE RECENT NONSENSE SURROUNDING THE UK

2025 first song. Groove armada ❤

The soundtrack to one of the best times in my life, swinging in a hammock on a tiny beach on Ko Phangan at sunset, with this music playing and friends all around.

THIS SONG STAYED IN MY HEART IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HEARD IT.

Always wished Groove armada would do a whole album of chilled 1950s based tracks with this sound.

Groove Armada and Massive Attack. Imagine !

It's hard to believe this song is 20 years old. It still sounds brilliant and always will.

October 28, 2024. 72 year old geezer retired and living in Mexico.
This tune turned up today on a "Chill Mix" Apple Music made for me.
Unbelievably wonderful.

Right when that slide trombone hits, the crowd just knew they were gonna hear a timeless gem!

Who is here in 2020? i'll love this song forever.

I slow danced with my wife at our wedding reception to this song........will forever love it.

2025 who vibe to this banger still 😮🎉

This very tune, will be the one I will be playing at the beach, to celebrate the end of the quarantine in 2020, somewhere on a cypriot beach, with empty sand dunes and salty air...

I’m here from the year 2794 and this song still kicks ass

The trombone solo totally makes this song what it is - just brilliant.

Why have I just sobbed to this

I woke up one night with this time in my head and I couldn’t remember the lyrics or title. I would call people and hum the tune hoping someone would know the words, not like there were many to remember! I became anxious after a few months that I may never figure out my dream song. Then it was the last song in my palates class one Friday, there it was. Tears of joy accompanied me on my last downward dog and coming to prayer stance… I am a fulfilled woman

Thank you of all people Jeremy Clarkson for bringing me back to Groove Armada.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I keep coming back to this version. Every time the trombone kicks in, and the crowd roars my spine has the chills! 😍

And then... you just cry. Oh, how I miss the 90's.

Takes me to another place

Who is here in 2024!!! Lets Go!!

The trombone gives this song a sensuous feel. Such a gorgeous song.

This one is on my Top 10 list of the best songs I'd ever heard, I like all the versions and I hear it every day. I feel reborn when I hear this song, and floating way to a pleasant place. The song is a piece of Heaven and it's a great celebration of life.

Still here!

This group should be known in all over the world.

People don't realise how hard it is to play the trombone well. It's not like a guitar, it doesn't have frets...the quality of the tone is entirely dependent on the touch of the player and the correct positioning of the mouth and sliding piece....this is wonderful, wonderful playing...and the percussionist is pretty bloody good too!

thanks Mr trombone man

These guys are real musicians.

they took me another world

I was at this gig in Brixton, and so was my future wife. But I didn't know that at the time.

Who doesn't like the sand-dunes, salty air, and quaint little villages here and there.....?

2024 and this tune is as good as new ❤🎉

"If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air...." :)
Good memories and pure bliss. :)

I was a teenager when it came out, I still love it...I'm 40 now and it doesn't age at all...that trombone is sublime💣

Sometimes I think that its great to live in this era

Was never a fan of live recordings, but ya know what.. I'm a fan of this. ❤️❤️❤️

This is the song that brings me peace when its all confusing. Its a song that i listen at least from 2002... Its reminds me some random beach at sunrise time.

One of the grooviest tracks ever created LIVE! Stuff of legends Groove Armada

I'll say it again. Trombone dude went in on this. 3 years later I am still rocking this.

Waaaay back in the other century… when I was young… 5th grade band… I played the T-Bone. Switched the next year to trumpet because of riding the bus. Always in someone’s way. Can’t beat the mid-tone of the bones. Right between the trumpets and the baritone. Can hit most of booth’s range. ❤️ A year behind the rest? I sat first chair in trumpet section. 😝😎💪

I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THE TROMBONE SOLO FOR YEARS 😭😭😭 IT'S AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE FIRST MOMENT I HEARD IT

Una joya, aun escuchandola en 2023...mas de 10 años con groove armada...Chile 🇨🇱presente!!

The trombone solo just takes you away

Heard this live years ago when they played st James in Auckland. I was hanging out so badly for this and they played it as an encore.
I cried. Such a beautiful song.

Quite possibly one of the classic 90's unforgettable tunes. I remember listening to this at work in a funeral home while pregnant with my daughter who just turned 20. I locked the door at work as was feeling very sick while eating my bran scone. Some absurd thing called the burry man was active in the town and I was not ready to meet this weird thing as was from Edinburgh and was only in town for a week. That man still terrifies me to this day. Reminds me of something out the wicker man. It can **** right off . Stay away from South Queensferry 😂😂😂😂

I am 15, and i discovered this song, when my dad was driving me from airport at 2 AM, it is such a vibe😍😍

That moment when you realize you are getting old and you love it!

Trombonist holds those flats just perfect. Could listen all day long

Nowt better than Groove Armada when feeling low.

Your playing the trombone takes me back to the 1970's and 1980's and puts me back in the Drivers seat of playing the Trombone. I miss the Brass, 4 years plus of formal trombone and the sheet music, but the sound when orchestrated well was just so perfecto! People, wake up! Groove Armada is all I'll DJ

22е марта 2025!Так красиво и круто!!!Как и всегда!! 🔥💥Спасибо большое за эмоции, люблю Вас , навсегда ❤❤❤❤

One of the best chill-out beat out there. This track always on my list.

Here in 2024.

If ever there was an example of following the groove until you hit the spot, it’s this! Bravo!!

when those bongo percussions kick in, just killer

this is what we call music

Who is still listening to this in 2019? What's a track!!!

I can't Help coming back to listen to this... again and again ...

I was singing "sand dunes and salty air,quaint little villages everywhere", long before I knew who did it really.

This was my parents wedding song!! Brilliant!

Not even 400K views in 4 years, that's the moment when you know Groove Armada is UNIQUE, incredible live performances. GA is about music.

Being the band kid that took on the Trombone paid off dividends for this guy, the band, and mostly us to have heard him get down like he did.

Una delicia sonora el escuchar llega la nostalgia de los 90's la calidad de su música excelente

I expect many people won't believe me, but I'll tell you a true story. I helped, in a significant way, to break this record in the way that it did, at the time it did. I was a very, very low-level DJ for a few years from the mid to late 90s. I worked as a duty manager at a brilliant little bar on Portobello Road in London called the Beat Bar. We had DJs playing records every night and throughout the day on weekends. I played Friday night and Saturday daytime. I had picked up this record as a 7-inch single from a small, very niche and totally brilliant independent shop I used to frequent. I can't for the life of me remember what it was called - I'm now 54 and have been out of the game for a long time and almost certainly some disco damage has done for some of my memory cells. Anyway, I think this shop was partly run (or at least associated with in some way) by one of the guys from The Amalgamation of Soundz, who were a duo who put out some brilliant stuff, some of which was in a similar vein to this track. Anyway, I had the record and started playing it. A lot. It's unbelievably brilliant, obviously. Anyway to the point of my comment here: one night after an evening at the Beat Bar I went an after-party at someone's house. I can't remember whose house it was, but a friend of mine, Adam, who also worked with me at the bar, was in a social circle that included Norman Cook and Zoe Ball. They were at the party; I played some records at some point, including this gem, and they were both blown away by it. The following week they started giving it airtime, and it blew up. The rest, as they say, is history.

This performance is off the charts! So impressed with the transitions between the verses

Sand dunes and salty air takes me somewhere beautiful every time. Such an odd yet gripping composition, a work of genius.

This and superstylin my two favourites and both songs cool as heck live

Even if this guy's life were committed to heinous, villainous, evil crimes and misdemeanors, this trombone line would still guarantee him entry to heaven!

bliss!!... I thought this was a mish mash of samples, until I saw this.. take me away to those turquoise seas, mild honey golden sun, fine sands and gentle sea breeze like 2020 didn't exist

I heard this a many years ago and lost it and found it again
I believe in love!

All I need to go with this song is a W Hotel lounge and a couple of Mojitos and I am in Heaven!

Still beautiful.

Such a Masterpiece!!!

3:12 to 3:55 is one of the very best bass lines ever.

I used to play trumpet in school. never cared to play trombone... till now.

This IS the definition of chilled

This is one of those rare songs you just want to go on and on forever....

By now I just come here to cry happy, nostalgic tears every once in a while.... damn, the chills. The memories... what a life. It's moments like these I can't complain.

Unvergleichlich genial . Leider nicht mehr zu sehen auf Vevo mit den Mädels . . viel perfekter .

These guys just got even more respect from me when i see that they use live musicians..
Superb..

Lovin' how they're all chilled right out whilst playing 😊

Beautiful.
In 2008 i was on their concert in Ukraine. The first time i heard them playing "Lovebox" and this song...I was blown away.

Played tonight, never gets old

There isn't a better tune to vibe to when you are approaching the central coast of California near Harmony California.

Even just a pip of that trombone edging in. This will always be that track

It goes w/o saying but that trombone is just too good!

Good times... this song always put me in the right place.

I'm literally crying

This 😎👆🏻♥️ Class. Reminds me of Ibiza in 2001.

My budgie (RIP) used to really love this version many years ago - so did the neighbours after a while

ok..... a band that features a trombone is this good.... this popular? Come on... they are something special!

Who would have thought that a trombone could sound so good?

I think about this song every day ❤

a Detroit DJ of old, I'd close with this on every Thursday night/morning. Since those table days, I've never imagined anything quite like a GA cut to make a statement, with no words.

Fking brilliant!!! Absolutely just so peaceful and mesmerising and just brings a huge sense of bliss and complete wonderfulness!!!!

Just a perfect song to hold somebody you love in your arms and enjoy life on a beach while sunset. To all the people we‘ve lost and all the people we have the privilege to share memorable times with.