Show Description
intermittent performances begin at 7PM
This performance is part of the Joe’s Pub Summer Salon Series at the Cooper Square Hotel Penthouse located at 25 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue between 5th and 6th streets). Please note that tickets will not be mailed. Tickets will be held on a Will Call list in the Cooper Hotel Lobby starting 1 hour before doors on the day of show. These shows are standing room only and offer a cash bar.
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Mad Musical Scientist SXIP SHIREY and funky Balkan Brass explosion RAYA BRASS BAND present two hours of kinetic, fun and surprising music. 21 stories up, top floor penthouse, cocktails..with an incredible view of the city.
"…one man is taking sonic creativity to the next level"
- New York Live/NBC New York
"…There's been a buzz about this band lately and it's well-deserved…These guys took [the party] up a notch." Lucid Culture
The innovative and surprising music of Sxip Shirey and the Balkan funk of Raya Brass Band at first might at first seem like an odd pairing but they share a New York lineage that includes the dance parties of Gemini and Scorpio, underground art events and Back Yard BBQs in Brooklyn.
-With harmonica and megaphone in hand, Shirey taps the loop-sampler with his foot. Dirty hip- hop beats scroll out of the sound system, as his drummer kicks in a counter rhythm that unfurls a tight snare klezmer for a distinctly urban sound. Shirey surprises with red marbles rolling in electroacoustic glass bowls, industrial flutes, bass siren whistles, a regurgitated music box, and a whole bag of tricks.
-Raya Brass Band is the sort of brass band that gleefully mashes up the music of Eastern Europe with funky American dance grooves, Reggaeton, and whatever else it gets its hands on. Featuring odd meters, unusual scales and a fine helping of gorgeous Balkan and Romany (Gypsy) melodies played on tuba, drums, accordion, trumpet, and woodwinds, Raya Brass Band slakes the thirst for something old and new at the same time.
www.sxipshirey.com
http://www.rayabrassband.com
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