Hypnotic Brass Ensemble / Fly: A Prelude Customs
Album: Fly: A Prelude Customs   Collection:General
Artist:Hypnotic Brass Ensemble   Added:Jan 2014
Label:Pheelco Entertainment  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2014-02-21 Pull Date: 2014-04-25
Week Ending: Apr 20 Apr 13 Apr 6 Mar 30 Mar 23 Mar 16 Mar 9 Mar 2
Airplays: 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1

Recent Airplay
1. Apr 13, 2022: Pumping Iron (rebroadcast from Mar 5, 2014)
Saiko Shibuya Nights
4. Apr 14, 2014: Happy Hour (Coverin' for PACC)
All In
2. May 25, 2016: funk to fiddle
All In (Instrumental), Navigator
5. Apr 10, 2014: Global Warming in the Afternoon
Favela Funk
3. Apr 13, 2016: funk to fiddle
Exchange Rate
6. Apr 06, 2014: Funk to Folk
Saiko Shibuya Nights

Album Review
Don Farrell
Reviewed 2014-02-17
8 brothers, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, a baritone and a drummer, they are from Chicago, now in New York and play up the funkybrass sound with a GREAT hip hop attitude. No FCCs detected
**1: 4:47 mid tempo INSTRUMENTAL, brass & kick drum
***2: 3:19 mid tempo INSTRUMENTAL, brass, big kick drum
****3: 3:54 mid tempo, mellow brass, hip hop/spoken word/female soft wail
****4: 3:44 slower to mid, brass & drum INSTRUMENTAL, some e guitar
****5: 3:28 mid to faster INSTRUMENTAL, pounding kick drum & pounding deep brass (brass = bass) GREAT brass
****6: 3:38 mid tempo, mellow brass, hip hop/spoken word
****7: 3:59 spoken word intro, mid tempo, e guitar noodling, nice brass, minimal low gravelly voice
****8: 4:33 FAST, FAST, INSTRUMENTAL pounding kick drum & pounding deep brass (brass = bass) GREAT brass
****9: 3:20 faster, all hip hop
****10: 3:54 mid to faster, some scat singing then male vocals + some hip hop, big kick drum, deep brass (brass = bass)
11: 3:29 mid tempo INSTRUMENTAL, marching band halftime routine
****12: 3:54 mid tempo INSTRUMENTAL, deep brass (brass = bass) with big kick drum
***13: 3:39 mid tempo INSTRUMENTAL, subtle brass with big kick drum
***14: 3:18 mid to faster almost drone with minimal vocal chorus wails
***15: 3:51 mid tempo almost drone with minimal vocal wails (fly fly)

Track Listing
1. P.O.T.A.   8. Favela Funk
2. Rebel Rousin   9. Saiko Shibuya Nights
3. Fly Ft. Aquilla Sadallah   10. All In
4. Baggage Claim   11. Hornets Nest
5. City Livin   12. All In (Instrumental)
6. Navigator   13. Navigator (Instrumental)
7. Exchange Rate   14. Saiko (Instrumental)
  15. Fly (Instrumental)