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Luminous March are a five-member indie/soul/funk music group from Ealing, in west London. Say something to justify why Wikipedia should have an article on them. Luminous March are a band that believe in breaking down social and musical barriers. They want to achieve as much as possible without catering for the fickle music industry's taste. They are also heavily attached to West London, and believe that they must do their best to put this musically ignored area back on the map of London's independent music scene.

Style and influences
Their songs include Strangers' Hands, Faculties, Wise Cracks, and Blood For Tigers, each of which expresses a distinctive, relentless percussive and rhythmic style that is heavily influenced by latin- and afro-beat music. Explain where this influence comes from, e.g. composer's favourite band. Also,... out of interest... what music training do the members of Luminous March have? Percussionist Chris Collier was taught, mainly, latin and african polyrhythms with a number of drum and percussion tutors before joining the group. Drummer John Martin was also influenced by many of the previous bands he played with at high school, which incorporated cuban-jazz, drum & bass, and reggae. The band have all had personal tuition from a young age except bassist Edward Cope, who is self-taught. Tar Ozkan plays guitar, percussion, and bass. Chris Collier plays percussion, guitar, bass, piano, and drums. Edward Cope plays bass, piano, and guitar. John Martin plays drums and percussion.

The band's engineer and assistant producer Joe Rodwell finds that "their sound possesses a vast(sez who?) use of vocal harmonies and an edgy, pop sensibility.(huh?) The band often delves into a unique(sez who?) mixture of tenor and falsetto vocals, which are vocally interweaved"(pls explain) by Jason Miller (Vocals) and Tar Ozkan (Guitar, Vocals) respectively.

Fans and followers have often been compared(by whom?) to the likes of Talking Heads, A Certain Ratio, Prince and Mystery Jets, but are somewhat difficult to pigeon-hole as they cite(then cite!) an array of genre-bending influences from Megadeth to Marvin Gaye.

History
The band initially came together in 2005 when guitarist Tar Ozkan, bassist Edward Cope, and drummer John Martin met as housemates at the London College of Music & Media.(which university?) They began writing and rehearsing songs within their modest student living room. After a 6 month period of working on original material(give approx number) the band decided to search for a vocalist, and they set up auditions with 8 vocalists over the course of 3-4 months(how many, how long). In November 2006, Jason Miller joined them as vocalist after replying to an advert the band put in the first week issue of October's NME.(which mag, issue and date) In January 2007, guitarist and percussionist Chris Collier completed the line-up after being recommended by a mutual friend.

Thus, as of May 2008, Luminous March includes:
 * Jason Miller (vocals)
 * Tar Ozkan (vocals and guitars)
 * Chris Collier (guitars, percussion, and vocals)
 * Edward Cope (bass and vocals)
 * John Martin (drums and percussion)

They have since been playing the London indie rock circuit, and have performed at a number of venues in Kingston (Grey Horse), Chiswick (Number 10 Club), Berkshire (Mencap Benefit Evening), and Brixton (Arch 269).

Discography
Luminous March have recently begun work on their first set of studio recordings, with the aim for a late June 2008 completion, which will be titled 'Luminous March EP'.