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08/15/14
Snarky Puppy + Kung Fu w/DJ Boom Town
TICKETS $25 in Advance / $35 Day of Show (if available)
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Friday, August 15, 2014 6:30PM
Watermark Summer Concert Series 2014
Presented by CEG, The Lure Group, & Marquee Concerts
Friday, August 15th
5PM Doors | 6:30PM Show
Snarky Puppy
Kung Fu
w/DJ Boom Town
At Watermark NY
Pier 15, 78 South Street
New York, NY 10038
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About the Acts…
SNARKY PUPPY
Snarky Puppy is a collective of musicians in Dallas and New York City playing an infectious mixture of jazz, funk, and world music. Music to move the brain and booty. Although still “underground” in many respects, the band has earned high critical praise from the BBC, Village Voice, Guardian, and Boston Herald, and has performed at some of the best venues and festivals in Asia, Europe, Australia, and North America. The band seamlessly fuses a deep knowledge and respect for musical tradition with sonic and conceptual innovation in a way that is able to reach the most critical – or most carefree – audience. The convergence of musicians from white and black America (who also perform regularly with artists like Erykah Badu, Snoop Dogg, Kirk Franklin, Justin Timberlake, Roy Hargrove, and Marcus Miller among others), which occurred while the band was in its adolescence at the University of North Texas, has naturally established a system of balance that instantly draws listeners to the music: raw funk and sensitive dynamics, relentless pocket and lyrical melodicism, lush harmony and soulful simplicity, and most importantly, a delicate mixture of composition and improvisation. In 2014, Snarky Puppy received a Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance on “Something,” featuring soul songstress Lalah Hathaway.
KUNG FU
Proud to be firmly installed in the new-funk movement, KUNG FU is quickly popularizing their unique sonic contribution, blurring the line between intense electro-fusion, and blistering dance arrangements. Making fusion music “cool” again, the band draws on influences such as early Headhunters and Weather Report, and merges those ideas with a contemporary EDM informed sensibility. Imagine 70’s funk-fusion meets a modern dance party!