MODUS FACTOR release their highly anticipated debut recording "The Picasso Zone" at Hamilton's Cork Town Pub on Fri-Oct-16, 9pm ($10 at the door, $15 with the disc). The band is often described as "electro-ambient improvisational bedlam" by media. A new release on Browntasauras Records and produced by jazz trumpet iconoclast Brownman Ali.
www.ChrisLesso.com/modus-factor
Open the night will Hamilton's own Soul Music powerhouse SOUL FINGER
www.facebook.com/soulfingermusic
MODUS FACTOR IS:
:: Chris Lesso - drums
:: Brownman Ali - trumpet
:: Ian de Souza - bass...
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MODUS FACTOR release their highly anticipated debut recording "The Picasso Zone" at Hamilton's Cork Town Pub on Fri-Oct-16, 9pm ($10 at the door, $15 with the disc). The band is often described as "electro-ambient improvisational bedlam" by media. A new release on Browntasauras Records and produced by jazz trumpet iconoclast Brownman Ali.
www.ChrisLesso.com/modus-factor
Open the night will Hamilton's own Soul Music powerhouse SOUL FINGER
www.facebook.com/soulfingermusic
MODUS FACTOR IS:
:: Chris Lesso - drums
:: Brownman Ali - trumpet
:: Ian de Souza - bass
“There's always something new leaping out of the speakers for you to marvel at. This is some of the realest, most mature music I've heard in the electric-jazz genre in recent years. Most importantly, it is a testament to the community-minded creative process that this band encompasses. There's not a lot of "I" thinking on this record -- it's all about "we" with Modus Factor. But make no mistake; the depths of the individual identities of these high-end musicians always ring through the collective, making this a truly inspired album of palatial creative music making. I encourage the listener to put the recording on, sit back, close your eyes, and join this ever-searching trio on the journey that is The Picasso Zone.”
~ PAUL DELONG, Canadian drum legend
Sat-Oct-15, 9pm
@ May Cafe, 876 Dundas St. West
www.MayToronto.com
$10 at the door
$15 with a disc
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About MODUS FACTOR:
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MODUS FACTOR is a Toronto based electro-ambient trio that emphasizes real-time creation & in-the-moment improvisation while colliding world music traditions with modern electronic music. Each performance is always unique and etched in real-time, bringing together band and audience into a singular shared intense musical experience.
Three of Toronto's busiest studio musicians step back into the club circuit with MODUS FACTOR, all bringing their own considerable experience from from 3 different musical circles to the table to form a truly unique new electric jazz/groove/world music outfit. Influenced heavily by Frank Zappa drummers, Chris Lesso spent years touring the world with Tony "Wild T" Springer & The Spirit and is now a highly acclaimed figure in the country's rock and drumset community (endorsed by both Sonar Drums & Sabian cymbals he has toured the country as a drumset clincian); the Trinidadian born Brownman Ali is known as Canada's multi-award winning jazz trumpet icon heralded as "Canada's pre-eminent jazz trumpet player" by New York's Village Voice magazine; and Ian De Souza is an extremely sought after bassist in Toronto's busy electronic & World music scenes and a founding member & bassist for Kevin Breit's Sisters Euclid. All 3 of these artists are heavy users of modern electronics to colour their sounds. Modus Factor, Lesso's brainchild, brings all 3 of these musicians and their one-of-a-kind sounds on stage together performing uniquely exploratory improvisations, setting the table for an engaging expedition into modern music that will resonate with sounds ranging from Miles Davis to Frank Zappa to Antonio Carlos Jobim.
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About bandleader CHRIS LESSO:
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Chris began studying music on the piano at the age of 7, and received his grade 8 in classical piano through the Royal Conservatory at age 12. He began drumming when he was 9, and has never looked back. After gaining experience performing and writing music in various bands, he studied with many world-renowned artists such as Dom Famularo, Jim Chapin and Jim Blackley. Chris’ unique blend of hard rock, jazz, and world flavored rhythms can be heard with his band modus factor (with Brownman Ali and Ian DeSouza), and has also toured internationally many acts including Cavalia Odysseo and Wild T And The Spirit. Chris is a proud educator teaching a full roster of students, performing motivational speaking and drum events, and is a guest faculty member at Metalworks Institute. Also a writer, he contributing to regularly to Drums Etc and Canadian Musician Magazine, and has designed a goal centered curriculum for his students. Chris is endorsed by Sonor Drums, Evans Heads, Sabian Cymbals and Vic Firth Sticks. The future holds an ever-improving output of energetic live shows and rhythmically intense recorded work, always drawing from a wide range of influences and styles.
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About producer BROWNMAN ALI & BROWNTASAURAS RECORDS
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Trinidadian-born, NYC-schooled & heralded as “Canada’s preeminent Jazz trumpeter” by NYC’s Village Voice, multi-award winning trumpet player Brownman Ali stands at the forefront of innovation in the Canadian jazz community. A protégé to his teacher, Grammy-winning trumpet legend, Randy Brecker, he tirelessly leads 7 unique ensembles of his own including the internationally acclaimed, Miles Davis influenced, BROWNMAN ELECTRYC TRIO. In 2009 he launched his own record label: Browntasauras Records, which saw the Electryc Trio's two now highly celebrated recordings garner substantial accolades and press. The label is now a home to all his ensembles as well as the newly signed MODUS FACTOR. Now, using the label as a breeding ground for new and visionary talent in the modern jazz realm, Browntasauras and Brownman himself are widely regarded as vanguards for the evolution of Jazz in Canada.
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