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Soznak 2019
Smoking vocals, booming brass, sparkling guitar, funky bass, and drums.
A high-energy fusion of Congolese Rumba, Northern Brass, Ska, Afrobeat, jive, jazz, and '80s disco is guaranteed to get you dancing in the street, in the club, or at your wedding... Soznak is an instant party anywhere. Soznak, from Newcastle upon Tyne, has toured Romania, Ireland, and the UK.
Band members 2019:
Yannick Tshitshi - Drums, Prince Shabani - Vocals, Adam Sams - Bass Guitar, Steve Mounter - Trombone, David Gray - Trombone, Brad Hanson - Trumpet, Graham Robinson - Vocals, Tenor Sax, Grace Tonkinson - Sharp Vocals, Jude Murphy - Vocals, Flute, Paul Miskin - Band leader, Flugel, Keys, Guitar.
Hear what the critics say.
"Fresh, funky, hugely entertaining, and totally, uniquely, wonderfully themselves. A taut and highly accomplished set of songs." - Con Murphy, Global Music Culture
"Colorful, big, bold, and ebullient." - Michael Quin, Irish Times
Soznak, based in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, includes musicians from Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, and Spain. All these musical styles flow together nicely, lubricated with wit, charm, and good humor.
- Jamie Renton, fRoots
"What a truly wonderful little gem this Soznak album is! I've been sat here with a broad grin on my face."
- Ian Anderson, Editor: fRoots Magazine, wrote at 00:39 +0100 15/4/09
A life-affirming synthesis of the collective musical heritage of its various band constituents. There are strong elements of soukous and Afro-Cuban strands, but other musical ingredients surface through the mix, derived from Spain, Latin America, Angola, Congo, KwaZulu-Natal, Cameroon, Iran, Iraq, and Ireland.
How did such a richly contrasting sound develop outside of London? Well, Newcastle upon Tyne benefits from a varied influx of culturally talented political refugees, and Soznak is an exciting product of that increasing ethnic diversity in the North-East of England; creating a unique and joyful sound. The rich blend of styles in the music connects the breadth of cultural interplay among the band members who have made their homes in Newcastle. During regular al fresco street gigs, Soznak has had the city dancing to many world beats. Regular street performances to an average cross-section of the population have created a tight ensemble and an extensive shared musical vocabulary that can please audiences as complex demographically as the band. - Jamie Renton, fRoots
The more I listen, the more I'm drawn into this sound collision, this multicultural masala. - Sound Roots
Smoking vocals, booming brass, sparkling guitar, funky bass, and drums.
A high-energy fusion of Congolese Rumba, Northern Brass, Ska, Afrobeat, jive, jazz, and '80s disco is guaranteed to get you dancing in the street, in the club, or at your wedding... Soznak is an instant party anywhere. Soznak, from Newcastle upon Tyne, has toured Romania, Ireland, and the UK.
Band members 2019:
Yannick Tshitshi - Drums, Prince Shabani - Vocals, Adam Sams - Bass Guitar, Steve Mounter - Trombone, David Gray - Trombone, Brad Hanson - Trumpet, Graham Robinson - Vocals, Tenor Sax, Grace Tonkinson - Sharp Vocals, Jude Murphy - Vocals, Flute, Paul Miskin - Band leader, Flugel, Keys, Guitar.
Hear what the critics say.
"Fresh, funky, hugely entertaining, and totally, uniquely, wonderfully themselves. A taut and highly accomplished set of songs." - Con Murphy, Global Music Culture
"Colorful, big, bold, and ebullient." - Michael Quin, Irish Times
Soznak, based in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, includes musicians from Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, and Spain. All these musical styles flow together nicely, lubricated with wit, charm, and good humor.
- Jamie Renton, fRoots
"What a truly wonderful little gem this Soznak album is! I've been sat here with a broad grin on my face."
- Ian Anderson, Editor: fRoots Magazine, wrote at 00:39 +0100 15/4/09
A life-affirming synthesis of the collective musical heritage of its various band constituents. There are strong elements of soukous and Afro-Cuban strands, but other musical ingredients surface through the mix, derived from Spain, Latin America, Angola, Congo, KwaZulu-Natal, Cameroon, Iran, Iraq, and Ireland.
How did such a richly contrasting sound develop outside of London? Well, Newcastle upon Tyne benefits from a varied influx of culturally talented political refugees, and Soznak is an exciting product of that increasing ethnic diversity in the North-East of England; creating a unique and joyful sound. The rich blend of styles in the music connects the breadth of cultural interplay among the band members who have made their homes in Newcastle. During regular al fresco street gigs, Soznak has had the city dancing to many world beats. Regular street performances to an average cross-section of the population have created a tight ensemble and an extensive shared musical vocabulary that can please audiences as complex demographically as the band. - Jamie Renton, fRoots
The more I listen, the more I'm drawn into this sound collision, this multicultural masala. - Sound Roots
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