CD REVIEW: RED SKY – MOON HOOCH

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MEGAFORCE

Calling their sound “Cave Music..like house music, but more primal,” they are a riveting combination of EDM, indie rock, hip-hop and modern jazz. Originally using just two tenor saxophones and a drummer, the Brooklyn-based band, all in their mid-20s, have expanded to include a vast array of instruments, such as contrabass clarinet, bass sax, tubax (Google “Moon Hooch” + “Tubax”!), EWI (Google this too!), baritone sax, soprano sax, flute, a Moog Sub 37, tablas, and even vocals. Now imagine all of these sounds fed through a system of programmed Ableton effects and blasted back through a PA turned up to 11. That’s Cave Music!

BY MICHAEL SMITH

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