DOWNBEAT KEYS are a band from Brooklyn, NY. The group is tearing through the New York music scene with their catchy songs and electric shows. Their urban pop sound draws from hip-hop, rock, funk, and soul. 
 
DownBeat Keys (DBK) formed at Hamilton College. Since moving to NYC the group has been turning heads, sharing the stage with artists from Future to Passion Pit to Bon Jovi. 

DBK recently rocked showcases at SXSW, The New Music Seminar, and CMJ, had their single “Lonely,” featured on an MTV Spring Break commercial, and played the MS&K Grammy Party in Los Angeles. Their singles, “Final Round” and “Overboard” were mixed by Grammy-award winner James “Bonzai” Caruso (Notorious B.I.G., Damian Marley) and produced by Rob Guariglia (Oh Honey). 
 
“There’s something infectious about both the band’s sound and its personality. It’s the product of great musicians, magic chemistry & intense ambition – a perfect
recipe for success.” – ASCAP’s Playback Magazine.

 Modern Merchant is the musical project of John Parson (vocals/guitar), Jesse Stanford (vocals/guitar), and Sydney Weiss (vocals/drums). Parson and Weiss established the band after meeting in Brooklyn, later bringing on Stanford, whose friendship with Parson can be traced back to rural Connecticut. Both now contribute as songwriters and their unique and powerful partnership is in many ways the guts of Modern Merchant. Weiss is very much the brains; her percussive style pulls from the influences of jazz, rock, funk, and the avant garde. 

Together they create a songs that are equal parts anthemic, dreamy, and layered - embracing elements of indie rock, psychedelia, dream pop, and electro. Their 4 song EP, Virtues, will be released on August 28.

The Wild Honey Pie - "The vast soundscapes move and twist around, undulating and shifting constantly. Their absolutely lovely and mesmerizing track “Bucolic” illustrates their penchant for movement in the best way." 

Impose Magazine - “[Bucolic] stirs a sense of worlds that could only exist by the physical earthy sciences of sound."

CMJ - “Amongst the bucolic, indie-to-epic sprawl of this ethereal swirl are some sharded beats, guitar warbles that fade away and crawl back... finding its hopeful footing again."


NYC Based Afrobeat/Funk ensemble spreading original music worldwide one show at a time...

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