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Afrojazz Club: The Blassics at Storyville
Courtesy of Finnish Jazz Federation | Posted on April 27, 2017
Where
Storyville
Museokatu 8
Helsinki
Map
+358 50 3632664
When
Thu, April 27, 2017
12:00
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About
Haling from Hämeenlinna, Finland, The Blassics is a seven-piece band, which was founded by a production duo of the same name. The Blassics champions the raw sound of funk.
On their records, the Blassics aims at capturing the explosive nature of their celebrated hypnotic live performances and highlighting the highly evolved musical communication between the band members. The Blassics’ sound is akin to rough original funk seven inches with elements from afrobeat thrown in for good measure. However, the band does not settle for recycling the genre’s clichés but goes for a new sound of their own instead. Art is never standard, it tirelessly pushes towards unexplored directions....