After storming the main stage at last years Playgroup Festival these nine wizards of funk conjure up a menacing flash-storm of horn stabs, cuts ‘n’ scratches, electronic effects and heavy heavy grooves.
Wether they’re tightning the bolts for a sharp unison hit or blowing the gate open for a deep improv stretch, the pure infectious joy The Apples radiate on stage causes immediate uncontrollable smilin’, shakin’ and sweatin’.
The decks/horns/bass/drums/effects Nonet formed in 2002. Students at Jerusalem’s Rubin Academy of Music joined with Southern Tel Aviv’s burgeoning underground scene and Haifa’s creative jazz/ethno mentality and together began exploring spontaneous, groove-based, jazz flavored danceable improvised music.
The unconventional line-up unleashed stream-of-consciousness performances that combined heavy big band shouts with tight funk sensibilities and the instinctive weaving of a dj set. The inspired chemistry and varied backgrounds of the Nine musicians meant that they could impose the indigenous rhythms of the Middle East and the melodies of European Jewish heritage on top of American R’n’B, jazz and hip hop traditions, and enhance them with dubbed-out effects- often within the same track- and have it all make sense.
E.M.E
E.M.E. In support with soulful jams that range from hip hop to funk, through jazz, reggae and anything in between.
Tickets available at Rounders Records and Resident Records.
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