Circus Cafe Extravaganza
September 24, 2006
New York - Epistrophy Cafe
music: Hungry March Band, Elephant
presentation
The first of two parts of the 2nd edition of the E Se Festival begins with the 1st anniversary celebration of the Epistrophy Cafe, 200 Mott Street, the home of the E se ... Festival. A Parade of circus & brass, A Feast, and an Elephant accordion duo. What else can happen?!
What If ...
Jason Candler
September 24, 2006
6PM - a parade
from Sara D. Roosevelt Park (Rivington & Chrystie St.) to the Epistrophy Cafe (200 Mott St. between Spring & Kenmare)
[see map on right]
Hungry March Band (pictured right)
Roaring out of Brooklyn NYC, the Hungry March Band is the greatest brass march band of all time. The HMB is based in New York City. They are a community group with a membership as diverse as their music. Put on your dancing shoes and break out the fancy threads because they’ve got the party going on - a blazing parade of flesh, blood, steel, brass and wood. They are the music of the people!
HMB's musical repertoire consists of original compositions written by band members as well as scores selected from our multi-cultural world community. These songs range from New Orleans street bands, European brass traditions, Gypsy/Roma classics, wedding brass bands from India, the jazz world and the global community of NYC. The band is an ever evolving musical experiment influenced and inspired from Brooklyn’s backyard with Latin flavor, punk rock noise, hip hop beats and music of the streets.
HMB's discography includes three self-produced CD’s. The most recent, “Critical Brass” was recorded at Loho Studios, NYC, in the Spring of 2004 merely days after returning from a very successful European tour. Their second release “On the Waterfront” (2003) was recorded in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and dedicated to the hallowed grounds upon which the tunes were wrought. The virgin debut, Hungry March Band Official Bootleg, (2001) consists of a series of live recordings and is considered an historical reference for exercises in wind, percussion and fluid dynamics.
www.hungrymarchband.com
Elephant
Elephant is an accordion duo. On one accordion, playing both hands and making grimacing, threatening and come-hither faces, is Max of Endroit Sterling. On the other accordion, sometimes playing one hand, sometimes playing the other, always playing beau et doux, is none other than the célèbre et fabuleux Genevieve of Route Express Orientale. They play tunes they like, mostly from Eastern Europe. They play lentement. They play vite. They will always take time for un verre de vin ou un chocolatentre les airs. Don't rush them. Voici! Elephant! En garde!
www.el-e-phant.com
photo gallery
A crowd gathers at Epistrophy Cafe ...
Hungry March Band
Cousin Johnny, Sammy Fairey, Don Godwin of HMB
(L-R) Festival organizers Jason Candler & Luca Fadda,
with JR Haskins, and Samantha Tsistinas
Sara Valentine shoots Elephant's Matt Fass a look.
HMB's Joe Tuba, John Barker, Don Godwin, & Ben Holtzman
Samantha Tsistinas smashes her cymbals.
Sammy Fairey, Sebstian Isler, Ethan Andrews,
& Sasha Sumner play on!
