“One of the best live soul bands I have ever seen!” – Al Bell (Record producer, songwriter, executive, and co-owner of legendary Stax Records)

Raised amid the rich musical culture and history of the San Francisco Bay Area,
Monophonics proudly carry the torch through the generations into today’s musical landscape. Holding on to tradition, but by no means purists of any kind, they play their own brand of music known as “Psychedelic Soul.” The 2012 release of Monophonics last album In Your Brain saw the band pulling influences from such acts as early Funkadelic, Sly and The Family Stone and the The Temptation's Norman Whitfield produced records. With the new album, Sound of Sinning (April 1, 2015 on Transistor Sound Records), the band has grown in all areas of record making and felt a need to explore other important influences.

While the group has come to cherish these inspirations, With Sound of
Sinning they started venturing beyond, to the groups that were inspiring those
soul acts to embrace the psychedelic sound of the 60's and 70's. Bands such as The Zombies, The Beatles, Beach Boys and Pink Floyd. Even with the experimentation of new musical territory, they display the sound that people know and love about Monophonics. Touching on Northern soul, doo-wop, rock and roll, Psych pop, and cinematic music, Monophonics show off their diversity while remaining true to their roots. Overall it's heartfelt music and old school vibes, without losing sight of the present. This is is music steeped in that timeless feeling when people could write and produce songs that you could listen to over and over again. Sound of Sinning was produced by Kelly Finnigan & Ian McDonald and recorded on an old Tascam eight-track 1/4” tape machine at Transistor Sound Studios in San Rafael, CA.

Monophonics is Austin Bohlman (Drums), Myles O’Mahony (Bass/Background
Vocals), Ian McDonald (Guitar/Background Vocals), Ryan Scott (Trumpet/Background Vocals/Percussion) & Kelly Finnigan (Keys/Lead Vocals) along with a rotating 2nd horn usually filled by Nadav Nirenberg (Trombone) from Ikebe Shakedown and Breakdown Brass.

In 1987, the 100th U.S. Congress resolved that "Jazz is hereby designated as a rare and valuable national American treasure to which we should devote our attention, support, and resources to make sure it is preserved, understood and promulgated."

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Broken Brass delivers over 13 years of feel-good brass vibes, blending Funk, Afrobeat, and New Orleans flavors. With 700+ shows worldwide, 6 studio albums, and performances at North Sea Jazz, Zwarte Cross, and Green Man Festival, they’re a must-see live experience.

Les Velcros Brass Band sont une dizaine de musiciens lyonnais qui réveillent les genres musicaux pop-dance-rock-r’n’b pour les (re)mixer dans leur sauce piquante et les faire scratcher !

Les Velcro jouent par set de 45 minutes. Les sets peuvent s’enchaîner avec des pauses de 20 minutes. Le volume sonore dépend du nombre de musiciens présents, et donc du type de prestation (intérieur, extérieur, chapiteau, etc.). Les défilés ne sont pas possibles puisque la batterie est fixe. Mais la fanfare peut jouer à différents emplacements, en se déplaçant toutes les 20 à 30 minutes par exemple.

Naughty Professor is a 6 piece instrumental collective of New Orleans based musicians with a combined will to write and perform crazy, powerful music as well as we can.

Instrumentation: Bass, Guitar, Drums, Tenor Saxophone, Trumpet, Bari/Alto Saxophone 

We love the creative process and often invite our friends to be creative with us, both in the studio and on the road.

Bandakadabra is an “Urban Brass Band” according to the words of one of his biggest fans, Carlo Petrini, founder of Slow Food International movement.
Born in 2005 in Torino, Italy, Bandakadabra plays nearly everything from balkan to jazz, latin and jamaican rocksteady. Along with such a wide-range repertoire, Bandakadabra blends music with improvisational sketch comedy. The result is an exhilarating show that would literally blow away every kind of audience, from theatres to city streets. 

Over the last three years, the band played over 200 gigs, being invited to play in some of the most important music festivals in Europe: Durham Brass Festival (2012-2013), Edinburgh Jazz Festival (2013-2014), Torino Jazz Festival (2013), along with long-time residencies at the Musica sulle Bocche Jazz Festival and the Sant'Anna Arresi Jazz Festival, two of the most important and long-lived music events in Italy.

Bandakadabra has long-term live collaborations with some of Italy's hardest-working artists: Roy Paci, one of Europe's most requested trumpet players (former member of Manu Chao's Radio Bemba Band); Italian indie-rock band Marta sui Tubi; Guido Catalano, histrionic Turin-based poet and writer; Gianluigi Carlone, member of Banda Osiris; and Fabio Barovero, producer and composer.

The band recorded two full-length albums, along with the original soundtrack from “La Luna su Torino” (written and directed by Davide Ferrario), and appeared as a guest in Marta Sui Tubi's “Salva Gente” LP.

Other live venues:

Harry’s Bar Birthday (London, UK), L'échangeur de sons Jazz Festival (Chambéry, France),Blue Note takes Aim (Milan), Sanremo in Fiore (Sanremo, nationally broadcasted by RAI/TV), Vinitaly (Verona), Università di Scienze gastronomiche 10th Birthday (Pollenzo), Exmelle (Genoa), Festival MiAmi (Milan), Vertical Stage Tour (Rimini, Bari, Palermo, Ostia), Festival del Barri Vell (Alghero), Exillesfest (Exilles), Hiroshima mon Amour (Torino), Salumeria della Musica (Milan), Terra Madre Opening Event (Torino), Fuori Orario (Reggio Emilia), Festival Quando la banda passò (Torino), Giorno della Memoria (Torino).




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