AN ELECTRONIC band have released a new song in support of a charity campaign.

Brighton-based musician Olugbenga Adelekan, bass player for Mercury Music Prize nominees Metronomy, has teamed with South African artist Gareth Jones, of Jumping Back Slash fame.

The pair have started the electronic band Eku Fantasy.

Their song, January Is The Cruellest Month, has been released as part of Greenpeace’s Protect The Antarctic campaign.

Nigerian-born Olugbenga had initially intended for his work with Gareth to be just a one-song mission but such was the success of the material the pair continued to work together and released an EP, EF1, in August.

Olugbenga, known as Gbenga, said: “Gareth and I had never met before we started making music together. After about six months of sending ideas back and forth over the internet, I went over to South Africa in January and we worked on Eku Fantasy music for about three weeks.

“January Is the Cruellest Month was the first thing we wrote once the studio was

set up, but it was never finished.

“When the call came from Greenpeace and we saw some of the footage they had taken on their Antarctic voyage, Gareth felt like January would be a perfect fit.”

With the inspiration of the Greenpeace project behind them, the video for January Is The Cruellest Month has used a number of clips from footage taken of the Antarctic.

The entire campaign is based around raising awareness of rising sea levels, something feel strongly about.

Gbenga said: “We both like the idea of raising awareness about issues without necessarily preaching to people or talking down to them.

“This seemed like a way to make a piece of art that could do that.”

The duo hope it will help spread the word about the opportunity for a new Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary.

Between today and November 2 Greenpeace will campaign for the sanctuary at the meeting of the Antarctic Ocean Commission.

A decision is expected by the end of the meeting.

Since January 2018, Greenpeace’s campaign has undertaken a three-month research expedition to the Antarctic and revealed the presence of plastic pollution and hazardous chemicals in Antarctic waters.