Brass Saturday.
When I first started DJing at KTRU again, there was this album in the new bin that always caught my eye, and why wouldn’t it?
I am shocked by how much I’m into this album. I want to try to make my first hip-hop out of the first track at some point. Also: math!
Remember how, in this blog’s first post, I geeked out on drumlines and said how I’ve always wanted to start a punk rock marching band? Well, I think that what I meant was brass band. I’ve spent a couple of hours this afternoon digging through shit on Emusic. Of course, I should probably get ahold of some Dirty Dozen or Rebirth, and I probably will at some point. But right this uninformed second, here’s what I think I’m going to end up with:
The New Birth Brass Band. Here is a video that makes me sad, not just because I was stupid enough to miss this. SERIOUSLY WATCH THIS IT RIPS AND LOOK THERE’S THE MCDONALD’S BY THE GREYHOUND STATION!
Oh, dancing white people. What are we going to do with you?
Okay, so then here’s the Youngblood Brass Band from Madison, WI. Hopefully if I get their first album there won’t be any terrible rapping or spoken word. Good rapping is acceptable (Talib Kweli is on it).
And lastly, the Gangbe Brass Band from Benin, who add traditional African percussion and singing. You have to be fascinated by this kind of cultural conversation. This I’m definitely buying.
The Wikipedia article up there hints at Polynesian brass bands towards the end. oooOOOOooo! Also, who should be in my punk rock brass band?
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