TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR
We The Beat + Music Is Love present
The Floozies
w/ Funk Hunters & Maddy O'Neal
at SOhO Music Club
Santa Barbara, CA
Wednesday, November 8th
18+
Just outside the jazz mecca of Kansas City springs liberal
oasis Lawrence, Kansas—separated only by the waves of wheat from the epicenter
of the electronic music revolution in Colorado. From Lawrence, it would
logically follow that an act could rise to prominence fueled by the swing of
Basie, the birth of Charlie Parker’s bebop, and the wild frontier of
electronica. Born in funk and bred in the digital age, live electronic duo The
Floozies have burst onto the scene at a time when the industry needed them the
most.
Brothers Matt and Mark Hill share the stage just as easily
as they share a musical brain. Without a setlist, and without a word between
them, Matt’s guitar is in lockstep with the thud of Mark’s kick. Endless
looping and production builds the raw scenery upon which palm muted chugs,
searing solos, and wobbling bass paint their dazzling array of colors.
Well versed in everything from Chris Cornell to Kavinsky,
the sonic vision shared by the brothers eschews contemporary electronic
influences in favor of broader, deeper tastes including Zapp & Roger,
Lettuce, and Amon Tobin. That wide-angle view of a century of popular music
allows the Hills to remix Toto and The Dead—in the music you can hear reverence
for the giants of the past, all the while producing wildly futuristic tunes for
the masses to dig now.
When the pendulum swung as far as it could away from live instrumentation to laptops, The Floozies rose up to the challenge, swinging as hard as they could in the other direction with neck-snapping, knee-breaking funk so dirty that the gatekeepers stood up, wiped themselves off, and took notice. A bold live show full of sonic exploration and unbreakably deep pocket grooves has landed the brothers on stage with luminaries of the jam world Umphrey’s McGee as readily as electronic elites STS9 and Big Gigantic. Sold out shows across the Country, huge festival appearances at Bonnaroo, Electric Forest, High Sierra, Summercamp, Wakarusa, Camp Bisco, Summerset, Bumbershoot, and a headlining Red Rocks show have continued to cement the duo’s ascent.
The Floozies are bringing the funk back, and they’re right on time.
Check out the latest from the “undisputed
kings of electro funk” -- "Arithmetic (feat. ProbCause)", and
look for the new album from The Floozies, “Funk Jesus”,
coming September 2017.
"If you’re
looking for some tunes to throw on your evening summer beach playlist,
electronic funk duo The Floozies has you covered."
- EDM Tunes
"Taking funk
music to a new level."
- Noise Porn
"Live
electronic, funked-out brotherly duo."
We The Beat
About
We The Beat is a Santa Barbara and Las Vegas based collective pushing the boundaries of music discovery and concert production. With a new-wave take on the counterculture movement of the 50s Beat Generation, WTB strives to promote the exploration of the new and uncharted while blurring the lines between pop and underground culture.