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The Barons of Tang
The Barons of Tang
- Venue: Barrio - Adelaide Festival Club, Hajek Plaza
- When: Wed 29 Feb 10:00 PM - 10:25 PM
- Genre: Music
- Main Audience: All Ages
- No. in touring party: 9
The Barons of Tang
Recognising no borders or musical boundaries, The Barons of Tang have created their own genre fondly referred to as ‘Gypsy Deathcore’. Originally composing for circus troupes and The Black Lung Theatre, The Barons of Tang perform all original music compositions that incorporate gypsy, tango, folk, jazz, rock, circus, metal, punk and cabaret, inciting their audiences to up and dance from the first song.
Performing eclectic music and playing with melody expectations and time signatures, The Barons of Tang create a unique yet very accessible music that appeals to all ages. A highly dynamic, creative and virtuosic unit, The Barons of Tang push their instruments and play them in unexpected ways. Mixing Klezmer and Balkan feels with Jazz, Tango, Rockabilly, Latin, Bent Folk music and whatever’s lying around the kitchen, along with breaks, hard hitting guitar riffs, double kick blast beats and massive horn arrangements, the seven piece serve up their music with a phenomenal gusto and a theatrical on stage performance.
The Barons of Tang are a dynamic and creative collective and a well organised machine. Their live show is adaptable to any performance environment and the group is amicable to creative collaborations with other artists and performers.
Biography
Leaving a trail of battered dance floors in their wake, The Barons of Tang have played a swag of festivals across the globe including WOMAD NZ, Auckland Arts Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, Byron Bay Blues and Roots Festival, Milwaukee PrideFest(USA) and recently headlined at the 2011 Australasian World Music Expo.
The Barons of Tang have filled numerous festival clubs across Australia and supported Internationals such as Fanfare Ciocarlia and Gogol Bordello.
Upcoming performances include WOMADelaide 2012, Splore Festival, New Zealand International Arts Festival and Florida's Tropical Heatwave. The Barons of Tang have been invited to perform at the 2012 Sziget Festival and Copenhagen's Roskilde Festival.
The Barons have released two CDs, the self-titled EP (2008) and Knots and Tangles (2010), distributed by The Planet Company, and are slated to release their first Album in 2013.
The Barons of Tang are Carlos Parraga (accordion, vocals), Julian Cue (double bass, vocals), Annie Pfeiffer (percussion, vocals), Sean Wyers (drums, vocals), Aviva Endean (bass clarinet), Jules Brunton (guitar) and Anna Gordon (saxophone).
“No band in the land has made a greater impact in a shorter space of time than the manic Melbourne purveyors of ‘gypsy deathcore’.” - Tony Hillier, Rhythms Magazine
CONTACT
Agent, The Barons of Tang
Bondi Beach NSW 2026
