This is the real deal folks - music the way it was meant to be. From the heart, from the lungs. These guys don't need to plug in to be heard. As they say themselves, they could play on a boat in the dark - they're powered from within.
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| Date: | Saturday 24th Oct 2009 |
| Time: | 8pm |
| Venue: | The Button Factory, Dublin 2 |
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Tour of Ireland (playing Dublin at DEAF09, Cork Jazz Festival, Galway-Roisin Dubh and Limericks Trinity Rooms)
Heralded as one of the best live shows in the world at the moment, the momentum gathering behind the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble is nothing short of staggering. Perfromances at Glastonbury, The Big Chill, Lovebox and many more of the premier festivals in Europe this summer, Hypnotic are a huge favourite with the ChoiceCuts regulars and, having played here more than 10 times last year, we know of no other band of this calibre that have such mass appeal; their last Dublin show attracting everyone from jazz cats, punks to soul boys and techno freaks, their music is that infectious.
With fans including Barack Obama, David Byrne, Q-Tip, Madlib, Jay-Z, Erykah Badu, Jools Holland and the soon-to-be-announced news that they (along with Mos Def and Tony Allen) will be the new Gorrilaz outfit, this band is no ordinary collective. 8 brothers, all the sons of Sun Ra Trumpeteer and songwriter Phil Cohran, playing since they were 3 years of age, Hypnotic have a heritage deeper than most bands will ever attain.
Damon Alburns ‘Honest Jon’s’ label are about to drop the Hypnotic’s first official full length studio album in May, an album which will receive full marks from any journalist worth their salt. Hypnotics values of sound, form and structure in their musicianship and songwriting hold the live show together tighter than anything you have seen before, putting a lot of bands who are in the limelight to shame.
This is the real deal folks - music the way it was meant to be. From the heart, from the lungs. These guys don’t need to plug in to be heard. As they say themselves, they could play on a boat in the dark - they’re powered from within.
This show is the type of event that will lift you out of your recession woes and make you want to leave your job to become a musician and not pay taxes to the man!
