Moon Hooch

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Friday, Apr 12, 2024 6:30pm - 11:30pm

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You have never experienced anything like Moon Hooch! Armed with a drums, saxophones and miscelaneous traffic cones and tubes, this trio creates their own genre of jazzy funk.

"Their music is a mix of the best jazz, EDM and rock have to offer. It's out there, it's danceable and you may find yourself feeling a sense of reckless abandon! The band is saxophonists Mike Wilbur and Wenzl McGowen, and drummer James Muschler. They all studied in New York at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and every single moment of every song I've ever seen them perform has been full throttle. They call their music "cave music," taking the best elements of electronica — the brutal stops, starts and shifts — and performing those unnaturally precise hairpin turns organically by blowing on horns and banging on drums. This for the boldness in all of us. Embrace Moon Hooch." --Bob Boilen, NPR Tiny Desk

Moon Hooch began busking in the subway platforms of NYC in 2010, quickly getting noticed by the NYPD, who had to ban them from locations that couldn't handle the crowds. In a few short years, they were opening for the likes of Beats Antique, They Might Be Giants, and Lotus, while selling out their own headline shows at marquee venues around the United States and Europe. Their unconventional sound and techniques, utilizing found objects like traffic cones, landed them appearances on NPR's Tiny Desk in America, "Later...with Jools Holland" in the UK, "Hamish & Andy's Gap Year" in Australia, and private audiences with the Premier League's Chelsea F.C. They are currently touring the world.

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