Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble, From Germany, Play Empty Bottle In Chicago

10/26/2011

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Setting up the gear....
Brandt Brauer Frick Ensemble play dance music. Even if you are not prone to dancing their music is liable to make you, at the very least, tap your toe (maybe even your toes).

The group employed a ten piece group of musicians to record their latest record, Mr. Machine (out now). The term "ensemble" therefore isn't a total red herring. Basically the record is techno with classical instrumentation. Don't be lazy and think this is classical music turned into techno (which is how I read it the first time I saw a release on the band!).

The Chicago date at Empty Bottle is the second on the tour (remaining dates at the bottom of the page).
The band's first record, You Make Me Real, came out in 2010. It is bit of a shame they couldn't have come out with a full-on representation of the instrumentation on the new album. That is, obviously, something that is prohibitively expensive.

Dance music fans will be happy regardless. Indie rock fans will be unhappy regardless. Death Metal fans will not know what to make of the whole thing.
Remaining Tour
10/26 – Toronto, ON – The Drake Hotel
10/27 - Brooklyn, NY – Glasslands
10/28 - Washington, DC - The Red Palace
10/29 – Asheville, NC – MoogFest
10/30 - Atlanta, GA – 529
10/31 - Orlando, FL – Plaza Live
11/01 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Down Under/FSU
11/03 - Dallas, TX - The Prophet Bar
11/05 – Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/09 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
11/10 – Los Angeles, CA – The Satellite
11/11 - San Francisco, CA - The Rickshaw Stop
11/12 - Los Angeles, CA - Luckman Fine Arts Complex
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