...if you're into that sort of thing...
...as some Bros obviously are...
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
HYPNOTIC AT THE HIGHLINE
Last night's show was crazy, one of those rare ones when everything comes together in an explosion of sound and vision.
Highline Ballroom has incredible sound design and a great team of tech dudes so they had the band mic'ed perfectly...but of course that's just part of it—when it's all the way live there's no faking true musicianship. And that's where HYPNOTIC steps in; the Bros came on stage close to midnight and started tearing through songs like a band of madmen. At one point it got a little crazy, the guys started playing back and forth in the space around the mics, making the horns hits come out like percussive beats that sounded more like house music rather than your average everyday HYPNOTIC mind erasure...
...luckily we recorded off the boards. Maybe the Bros will be into posting a track or two just for the diehard fans.
Stay tuned!
Last night's show was crazy, one of those rare ones when everything comes together in an explosion of sound and vision.
Highline Ballroom has incredible sound design and a great team of tech dudes so they had the band mic'ed perfectly...but of course that's just part of it—when it's all the way live there's no faking true musicianship. And that's where HYPNOTIC steps in; the Bros came on stage close to midnight and started tearing through songs like a band of madmen. At one point it got a little crazy, the guys started playing back and forth in the space around the mics, making the horns hits come out like percussive beats that sounded more like house music rather than your average everyday HYPNOTIC mind erasure...
...luckily we recorded off the boards. Maybe the Bros will be into posting a track or two just for the diehard fans.
Stay tuned!
Monday, October 29, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
HYPNOTIC IS FOR THE CHILDREN
Remember field trips?
Yesterday HYPNOTIC had an early morning show uptown, playing for a full house of young people at HarlemStage's Aaron Davis Hall. It was waaay before noon, but when the band came on and blasted out "Brass In Africa" all the kids in the crowd really sent it up, it was kinda crazy.
Other highlights: the Q&A session that followed ("How'd you get those instruments in here?" "What's it like playing in a band with your brothers?"), the age-guessing game, 360 giving his drumsticks away to a screaming high school girl and the "Sankofa"/"Che Che Colé" dance competition, in which a little girl in a yellow parka broke out into the Soulja Boy "Crank That" Supaman dance...slipped up and didn't get any footage of that, lemme see if someone else has it...
Remember field trips?
Yesterday HYPNOTIC had an early morning show uptown, playing for a full house of young people at HarlemStage's Aaron Davis Hall. It was waaay before noon, but when the band came on and blasted out "Brass In Africa" all the kids in the crowd really sent it up, it was kinda crazy.
Other highlights: the Q&A session that followed ("How'd you get those instruments in here?" "What's it like playing in a band with your brothers?"), the age-guessing game, 360 giving his drumsticks away to a screaming high school girl and the "Sankofa"/"Che Che Colé" dance competition, in which a little girl in a yellow parka broke out into the Soulja Boy "Crank That" Supaman dance...slipped up and didn't get any footage of that, lemme see if someone else has it...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
THE SHOW(S)!!
...And then there's
23 NOV SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE w MOS DEF / LONDON
24 NOV BLACK SOIL HIP-HOP FILM FESTIVAL / ROTTERDAM
1 DEC w JEFF MILLS / GRONINGEN
2 DEC PARADISO w MOS DEF / AMSTERDAM
6 DEC JAZZ CAFE / LONDON
7 DEC MARQUEE w MIA / DUBLIN
SUGARCLUB / DUBLIN...OUR IRELAND SOLO DEBUT BLOWOUT!!!
14 DEC O2 ARENA w MADNESS / LONDON
15 DEC CARGO / LONDON
Some more dates to come, but everyone's getting antsy so here's enough to get you started!
...And then there's
23 NOV SHEPHERDS BUSH EMPIRE w MOS DEF / LONDON
24 NOV BLACK SOIL HIP-HOP FILM FESTIVAL / ROTTERDAM
1 DEC w JEFF MILLS / GRONINGEN
2 DEC PARADISO w MOS DEF / AMSTERDAM
6 DEC JAZZ CAFE / LONDON
7 DEC MARQUEE w MIA / DUBLIN
SUGARCLUB / DUBLIN...OUR IRELAND SOLO DEBUT BLOWOUT!!!
14 DEC O2 ARENA w MADNESS / LONDON
15 DEC CARGO / LONDON
Some more dates to come, but everyone's getting antsy so here's enough to get you started!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
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