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Truculent

"At the first listening Truculent, marking the minds and ears, in addition to the instrumental mastery of members, especially this place of freedom that give their music seems to escape, inventive improvisation. This envy that transparent rules out music, probably related to some be-bop influences. But nothing seems no longer be left to chance to get there, we certainly feel the many hours of rehearsals of the group to achieve this cohesion . Truculent members take their project to heart, and this is reflected in the quality of their records and their journey to date. "

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Acoustic Ladyland

Acoustic Ladyland (formed in 2001) are a London, United Kingdom based band consisting of Pete Wareham on tenor and baritone saxophones, Seb Rochford on drums, Tom Cawley on Piano and Ruth Goller on bass. They are part of the F-IRE Collective. The band combines heavy punk rhythms and noise with jazz sensibilities, often within the same song. Their songs feature intense drumming and heavy riffs, despite the lack of guitars.

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Los Albertos

★Band Website★ Since their formation in late 2002, Los Albertos have been creating a frenzy upon the dance floors and grassy fields of Europe with their inimitable foot-stompin, brass-blaring high energy blend of ska, punk, funk, dub and original beats. Its dance music, Jim, but not as we know it Drawing upon a peculiarly twisted English humour (where The Comic Strip meets League of Gentlemen) this six-piece throw in some dynamite horn, guitar and drum action and invariably you end with something very naughty, but very nice.

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James Chance

A key figure in No Wave Chance has been playing a combination of improvisational jazz-like music and punk in the New York music scene since the late 1970s, in such bands as Teenage Jesus & the Jerks, James Chance and the Contortions, James White and the Blacks, The Flaming Demonics, James Chance & the Sardonic Symphonics, and James Chance and Terminal City. Chance differed from some of his No Wave compatriots by possessing (and demanding from his band) a certain level of musical skill and talent.

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James Chance & The Contortions

One of the original punk jazz groups of the New York No Wave scene, the Contortions were led by saxophonist James Chance, aka James White (birth name James Siegfried). The group formed in New York City in 1977 and ended along with the No Wave scene in 1979. Their first recorded appearance, credited solely as the Contortions, was on the 1978 compilation, No New York. The following year, two albums were issued almost simultaneously on the ZE label, Buy the Contortions (an extreme jazz-punk LP) and Off White (a disco/standards hybrid released under the moniker James White and the Blacks...

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Tres Hombres

The PUNKjazz trio TRES HOMBRES was formed in 1993 by: Harald Kräuter (saxophone, voice)
Marcel Ploner (bass, backing voice)
Paul Ahorn (drums, cymbals, backing voice) They have released (also in changing line up's)
six CD's till now. The music of TRES HOMBRES is filled with
surrealism, anarchism, energy, heart, power, love and wit!
www.treshombres.at

Read more about Tres Hombres on Last.fm.

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The Deadbeats

There are, at least, four bands known as The Deadbeats: 1) An early punk band 2) A UK group. 3) A Swedish rock group. 4) A funky, jazzy hip-hop band currently residing in Honolulu Hawaii. 1) An early LA art punk band on the legendary Dangerhouse Records label. In 1978 they released their first and only EP titled Kill The Hippies. Members: Scott Guerin (vocals), Geza X (of Geza X and the Mommymen - guitar), Pat Delaney (of BPeople & The Romans - sax), Pasquale Amadeo (bass) & Shaun Guerin (drums).

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