Heart of Brass w/ Brassroots (Live Brass Band)
Greenwich Mean Time
at Queen of Hoxton
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For us Anglo-Saxon folk, it's pretty much
always cold, wet, dark and everyone looks miserable.... And yet on the opposite
side of the globe in New Orleans, the Caribbean and South America, its 100%
party time - semi-naked people, wasted on Caipirinhas and frozen Daiquiris,
dancing in the street to feel-good Funk, Soul, Latin and Jazz beats for days on
end, and we thought why should they have all the fun…
They’ll be playing their Brass Heavy take on
feel-good classics, original songs and mashups alongside our carefully selected
roster of residents including J-Felix (Tru
Thoughts) and DJ Mo Fingaz (Main
Squeeze) playing sweaty sounds from across the globe
including House, Disco, Funk, Latin, Afro and Dub cuts from carnivals around
the globe.
On the Ground floor, the house party ensues,
with the omnipresent Dj
Odin (Rizzle Kicks Tour DJ) holding fort behind the both, playing the best in
Hiphop, R&B, Garage, Reggae, Grime and beyond…
This will all be topped off with over the top
festival décor and production as well as face painters, giveaways, inflatables
and much much more….
Date: Sat 16th FEb
Tickets: £5 ADV / £8 & £10 OTD
Times: 8pm – 2am
Expect: Disco / Hip Hop / Afro Cuts / Latin /
Footwork / Cumbia / Dancehall / Highlife / Calypso / Reggae / Garage / House /
Jazz / Jungle / Neo-soul / Broken beat / Funk & Soul / D&B / Afro Beats
/ Soukous / Italo & beyond
The Brassroots:
Brassroots exploded onto the London live music
scene 7 years ago with a foot firmly in the first of the city’s brass bands to
help establish a flourishing brass band scene in our nation’s capital.
Brassroots has since set stages ablaze from
Ronnie Scotts to Glastonbury, London Jazz Festival to Channel 4’s Celebrity Big
Brother, Secret Garden Party, Standon Calling to WOMAD UK & Canarias, where
40,000 people gyrated to Brassroots on the streets of Las Palmas.
The band’s current lineup has taken the
signature Brassroots’ sound to a whole new level recently incorporating
cleverly and subtly adapted electronic elements using effects pedals and
various frequency manipulation techniques. The group has also begun to include
vocals in their original music, which we can't wait to hear on the night.
Brassroots is consistently billed amongst the
cream of the crop in the U.K.’s music scene and considered amongst the best of
international brass bands!