The Impressionists(EP PARTY 17TH OF JULY!!!)

About Me

The Impressionists are 5 piece band from Ireland who play a mix of Funk & Hip-Hop, The band has gone through many different members but the current line up goes somethin like this.. Cliff Masheti (the rhymes) ,Deny Moloney(bringing the bottom),Cian O Mahony(making the beats),DJ JusMe (scratches)&Eoin Walsh(guitar&trumpet)...The Impressionists focus on creating a blend of fresh funk, rock and jazz mixed with true hip-hop using live instruments...The Impressionists play regularly at the Pavilion, Cork. Among the other venues the band have played are The Cork Opera House, The Savoy, The Half Moon, Vicar Street (Dublin), Radio City (Dublin) The Button Factory (Dublin), The Tripod (Dublin), The Black Box (Galway) and The National Conference Centre (Johannesburg, South Africa).The Impressionists have also performed at the Oxegen music festival.Among the acts the band have opened for are the legendary Sweet Charles Sherell and Push, and The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.Please feel free to check out our page, tunes and videos, we'd love to hear from you no matter what musical background you come from.Merci Beaucoup.Peace -The Impressionists*

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Member Since: 5/17/2006
Band Website: www.blastspace.com/impressionists
Band Members: Cliff - The Rhymes;Deny - The Bottom;Cian O'Mahony - The Beats DJ Jusme - The Scratches;Eoin - The Strings and The Horn
Influences: The band's influences include James Brown.....Jimi Hendrix....Parliament/Funkadelic...Kanye West...Jaco Pastorius...Jurassic 5...A Tribe Called Quest...Fela Kuti...The Pharcyde...Miles Davis...Tenpastseven....The Roots...Charlie Parker.....Manu Chao...De La Soul...Wes Montgomery...DÃ³nal Lunny..Outkast...The Fugees...Yes...Stanley Clarke...The Mars Volta...Roots Manuva..Prince...Aphex Twin...Rafael Mandez...Bob Marley...King Tubby...The Brothers Johnson...The Buena Vista Social Club..The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and everything in between.
Sounds Like: "Calling the band's repertoire hip-hop is too limiting, these guys will develop to have a serious commercial groove and maybe even crossover success over the next few years."Colm O'Sullivan-(RED FM & EVENING ECHO)....................................................... ............................................................ ..................."...they could have had a biker bar crowd from Nebraska eating from the palm of their hands."Shilpa Ganatra- (Hot Press Magazine)....................................
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

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17th July The Pavilion Cork-The Impressionists-EP PARTY!!!!

Hey,Finally have a set date for The EP Party...It's the 17th of July at Cork's finest music venue The Pavillion!!..Gonna be a great show with new material plus loadsa copies of the new EP...Also some ...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:40:00 GMT

back to business

happy to say weve found a new drummer! cian o'mahony of 'the buds' fame. were currently workin on new material and we'll be continuing our monthly residency at jam in the pavilion soon. more news comi...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:04:00 GMT