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Formed 1991 in San Francisco by Kevin Carnes, drums/sampler (Beatnigs, UAF), David Boyce, tenor/soprano saxophone, efx, synth, spoken word, and Kirk Peterson, electric bass.The Fellinis play a soulful and aggressive style of post modern improvised/composed jazzical sound that is informed by dub, afro beat, abstract funk, drumnbass, hardcore/psych/prog rock and film soundtracks (the darker and more atmospheric the better)The group has been profiled on NPR and BET in the US and on Radio Nova in France.They've traveled to Spain to perform at the San Sebastian International Jazz Festival and to British Columbia for the du Maurier festival. Other festival appearances include the San Francisco Jazz Festival, Stern Grove Festival in SF, the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle and more.Broun Fellinis have toured with Ben Harper and performed with many greats such as The Last Poets, Meshell Ndegeocello, Living Colour, Erykah Badu, the Roots, Mos Def, Gil Scott-Heron, Zakir Hussain, Bernie Worrell, Eric McFadden, George Clinton, Mystic Journeymen, Jimmy Smith, Prince Lasha, Les Claypool, Buckethead, Aceyalone, Mikah 9, Antibalas, Blackalicious, General Public, Ravi Coltrane, Eric McFadden, 311, and more.
“Prepare to be put under their amazing musical spell.” SF Weekly’03
“the Broun Fellinis glide easily and often from frenzied excursions to plaintive exotic melodies to hypnotic grooves.”Downbeat 10/99
“the true joy of the Broun Fellinis came from watching them perform. The Fellinis are an experience.” Musician‘95
“This band is one of the most interesting phenomena going on in music today.” Denver Post‘03
Broun Fellinis Discography:December released 2008
Aphrokubists Improvisations Vol. 9 release 1995
Real Moments released 1996
Mudd Live 2005Kool Astro Black Is 1994 Brounsoun RecordsChocolate Surrealism 1993 Brounsoun Records3 Laughs 1991 Brounsoun Records

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Member Since: 13/12/2005
Band Website: brounfellinis.tv
Band Members: KEVIN CARNES, Boohaabian name: Professor Borris Karnaz, drums/sampler KIRK PETERSON, Boohaabian name: The Redeemer, electric bass DAVID BOYCE, Boohaabian name: Black Edgar Kenyatta, tenor/soprano saxophones, efx, synth, spoken words Keith Yansurak, Boohaabian name: The Kount, sound engineer/business liaison
Influences: Hendrix, Mad Professor, Miles Davis, The Coltranes (John and Alice), Bad Brains, Jean Michel Basquiat, Public Enemy, Richard Pryor, Paul Mooney, King Tubby, Sun Ra, Kittie, Yes, P-Funk, James Brown, Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, Marvin Gaye, Gospel Music, The Doors, Gil Scot Heron/Brian Jackson, Kraftwerk, Test Department, Einsterzende Neubauten, Busta Rhymes, Wu Tang Clan, De La Soul, Bennie Maupin, Wayne Shorter, Cecil Taylor,Max Roach, Weapon of Choice, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Ennio Morricone, Nino Rota, Bernard Herrmann, Tony Williams, Stanley Clarke, Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Aretha Franklin, Lightnin' Hopkins, Fela Kuti, Eric Dolphy, Thelonius Monk, Art Tatum, Woody Shaw, Ahmad Jamal,MeShell NdegeOcello, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, P.I.L, Siouxsie and the Banshees/The Creatures, Nina Simone, Sam Rivers, Andrew Hill, Lee Morgan, Bernie Worrell, The Stooges, MC5, Santana, Slave, Confunkshun, Crown Heights Affair, Prince, Muddy Waters, Ali Farka Toure, Cuba, Africa, Asia, India, South America, Otis Redding, Gato Barbieri, Hermeto Pascoal, DJ Krush, Acid Mother's Temple, Soft Machine, all afrocentric hip hop, Squarepusher, Metalheadz, LTJ BUkem, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Bob Marley, Burning Spear, Peter Tosh, Big Youth, U-Roy and the list goes on and on and on and on...........
Sounds Like: a star going supernova or a very hard swinging sax/bass/drum situation augmented and enhanced by electronics, avant garde and accessible,noisy and melodic, textural and ethereal, all things jazz and beyond.
Record Label: Brounsoun Recordings

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Broun Fellinis on ITUNES

The Broun Fellinis record 'December' is available on itunes.Peace and Blessings and Thank You, Broun Fellinis
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:22:00 GMT

Jambase Broun Fellinis ’December’ Review

It's a bit ballsy to call an album visionary in this age of hyper-recycling but San Francisco's Broun Fellinis are just that on their new seasonal offering, December (Stylus Quo). This is like the Joh...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:17:00 GMT

Space Gallery transmissions

A spirit world was conjured in a gallery called Space...the ark landed and out stepped the Boohaab, bringers of light through universal consciousness sound to bless the weavers of images with divine s...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 23:50:00 GMT

the nature of phlow

Prof. Karnaz, The Redeemer and I just wanted to let you know that we have not disappeared from the face of this planet. We are currently working on new times/spae/soun co-ordinates that will enablke ...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jan 2006 20:39:00 GMT