Underground System

  • Brooklyn, NY
  • 03/15/2016
21979  m9r0148edited
  • 21979  m9r0148edited
  • 21972  m9r0051
  • 21973  m9r9886
  • 21974  m9r9959
  • 21976 underground 20system 20  20brooklyn 20bowl 206 15 20. 20photo 20by 20impose 20magazine
  • 21977 nina 20roberts 20lpr 20w  20orlando 20julius
  • 21980 composite 201
  • 21981  m9r0112bw
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 58483 summerstage
Loading twitter feed

About

Underground System came bubbling up out of BKNY in early 2010. Originally steeped in influence and inspiration credited to Fela Kuti and the West African pioneered Afrobeat aesthetic, they have since carved out a niche that stands uniquely alone as their own. With several successful 12” single releases behind them via Ropeadope Records and Hell Yeah (Italy) and a noteworthy touring schedule to back it up (featured recent appearances at SummerStage NYC, Bowery Ballroom, Chicago World Music Festival, MASS MoCA, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Natural History), this forward thinking and diverse group has laid all the groundwork and is ready to aim the big guns- bringing their uncompromising and original New York bred style to a soundsystem near you.

For Underground System, their recent single release “Bella Ciao” (Out February 2014 on Ropeadope Records) is the first taste of what’s to come. A menagerie of the best kind – part baile funk MCing, part italian folk song, part afrobeat anthem – starting somewhere modern, dark, and latenight club friendly, bringing it back just in time to a bouncy and deceptively light feel, the whole while grounded in the timeless sensibility and authority of a killer live band. Set to music by founder Peter Matson and frontwoman Domenica Fossati and given life by the bands collective work in arrangement, the ever-evolving personalities and influences on this record shine brighter than ever.

No one can deny the groups power and ability to package so many disparate influences with a unifying voice, and they owe a lot to the physical presence of what is one of the most diverse and dynamic crews of players to be assembled on the ground in NYC for a long time.  A few phone calls and some chance meetings set the stage early on for where they are today: 8 core members deep, split equally between gender, representing too many cultural backgrounds to list, and boasting one of the most naturally enthralling live shows around. The energy the band exudes is confident, raw, and uninhibited, engaging and inviting every audience to lose themselves in the moment. The female front line is unique in its own rite and flips the script on the stereotypical male dominated afrobeat and big band culture in a perfectly nonchalant way. No marketing ploys or calculations here, the group organically evolved and ended up this way, a true reflection of the ideals it puts forward in every performance; the music created speaks for itself.

+ Show More

World Music/Contemporary | Electronica/Dance | Unclassifiable

Links

Source

Peter Matson
607 434 7326

Underground System + Bajah Live at Brooklyn Bowl March 15

The NYC born and bred experimental afrobeat band Underground System, following a 2015 sharing bills with the likes of Femi Kuti and Orlando Julius, returns to Brooklyn Bowl for a headlining slot March 15th. They have called on Sierra Leone superstar Bajah, Teleseen and the Africainoir party to help set off a night to remember.

Dispatch Details

Doors Open: 6pm
Concert Start Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Brooklyn Bowl
Venue St. Address: 61 Wythe Ave
Venue City, State: Brooklyn, NY
Venue Zip: 11249
Venue Link: Click here
Ticket Price(s): $8 adv/$10 dos
Ticket Phone: 718.963.3369
Ticket URL: Click here
Event Notes: Underground System + Bajah, opening set by Teleseen, Africainoir DJ's between sets
Dispatch footer