http://dreamsinaudio.com/2010/02/04/thunder-soul-the-story-of-the-kashmere-stage-band/ Music, mixtapes, art & design Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:46:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://dreamsinaudio.com/2010/02/04/thunder-soul-the-story-of-the-kashmere-stage-band/comment-page-1/#comment-523 Dreams in Audio » Beats & Brass: The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:41:19 +0000 http://dreamsinaudio.com/?p=990#comment-523 [...] I first heard about Hypnotic Brass Ensemble when someone posted a youtube clip of a New York Times feature (see bottom) a few years ago, and it was the first time in a long time that I remember being truly blown away by music. Comprised of 8 members, 7 of them blood brothers of the trumpeter and former member of Sun Ra’s Arkestra Phil Cohran, the group started out as a street ensemble, hypnotizing audiences on the streets and subway stations of Chicago before moving to New York. Picking up influences from their father, and combining that with their own interests in hip hop and soul, HBE’s music is an infectious cocktail of brass and rhythm that reminds me a little of Kashmere Stage Band’s material. [...] [...] I first heard about Hypnotic Brass Ensemble when someone posted a youtube clip of a New York Times feature (see bottom) a few years ago, and it was the first time in a long time that I remember being truly blown away by music. Comprised of 8 members, 7 of them blood brothers of the trumpeter and former member of Sun Ra’s Arkestra Phil Cohran, the group started out as a street ensemble, hypnotizing audiences on the streets and subway stations of Chicago before moving to New York. Picking up influences from their father, and combining that with their own interests in hip hop and soul, HBE’s music is an infectious cocktail of brass and rhythm that reminds me a little of Kashmere Stage Band’s material. [...]

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