Constantin von Estorff (sax), Simon Sasse (trommer) og Carl Weiß (sax) havde spillet sammen siden deres skoletid i Lüneburg, inden de blev til instrumentaltrioen Brass Riot. Det, der startede som gademusik, blev gennem gruppens engagement i politiske initiativer som Fridays-For-Future og optrædener ved utallige demonstrationer til den efterspurgte gruppe. Navnet Brass Riot refererer først og fremmest til blæsermusik, men har en dobbeltbetydning. "Brass" betyder vrede på tysk, hvilket passer perfekt til den unge, energiske trio.

Musikalsk bevæger Brass Riot sig i spændet mellem melodisk ska-pop à la Madness, Lounge Lizards’ falske jazz og nutidig ravebrass-musik som hos MEUTE, house og electro beats. At Brass Riot har formået at politisere deres lyd så stærkt gennem årene, på trods af al den fest, der følger med, og helt uden vokaler, er temmelig unikt. Kom og oplev trioens buldrende live-energi når de indtager Dansepavillonen.

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When Belgian Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in the mid-19th century, he could not have imagined what he had set in motion with his invention. Neither in classical music nor in military music did his new woodwind instrument find much appreciation. It was only long after his death that it became the most important instrument in jazz music via swinging big bands. It would probably have amazed Mr. Sax if he had been able to witness a young trio from Germany playing loudly against climate change and the lack of political consequences with two noisy saxophones and a drum set on a stage in front of the Reichstag in Berlin in front of more than 50,000 people jumping up and down during the climate strike in September 2021.

The trio around Constantin von Estorff (Sax), Simon Sasse (Drums) and Carl Weiß (Sax) have been a band since their school days in Lüneburg. What started there as street music became a permanent and sought-after formation through the proximity to political initiatives, above all the Fridays-For-Future movement, and appearances at countless demonstrations. The band's name is slightly misleading, as "brass" in music refers to brass instruments such as the trumpet or tuba, even though most brass bands always include a saxophone. Moreover, the word "brass" means something in the German language, which in turn fits perfectly with this young, energetic trio: Fury.

On the heels of their debut album "Matschsafari" (2018), their second studio album "The Never Acting Story" is now released on Fun In The Church. The album title, in critical allusion to the world-famous fantasy book by Michael Ende, sums up well what the music of BRASS RIOT is about at its core: the possibility to get a noisy outlet for all the fury about the failed politics of the last decades and the frustrations and fears that go with it, and to free oneself from it for a moment. That this path has produced the wildest live music on this crisis-ridden planet is an irony of history - and certainly not the first time it has happened. It's no different in the jazz of Charlie Parker than in the songs of Patti Smith, the raps of Little Simz or the Afro-beat of Fela Kuti.

Musically, BRASS RIOT move more in the area of the melodic ska-pop of Madness, the fake jazz of the Lounge Lizards and contemporary rave brass ensembles like MEUTE between house music and electro beats. The fact that they have managed to politicize their sound so strongly over the years, despite all the party that goes with it, and without any song lyrics at all, is truly phenomenal.