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Nationally known trance fusion band returns to Palladium
So what is trance fusion? The Philadelphia group’s lead guitarist Jon Gutwillig calls it, “The sound a musical note makes when it hits outer space; we try and keep all of the notes we play inside the room”. The band started out in 1996 as a energetic jam rock band doing covers from ‘Run Like Hell’ by Pink Floyd to ‘Whipping Post’ by the Allman Brothers Band to jazz standards by Thleonious Monk. That was then. Today's Disco Biscuits sound at times like you have just walked into the kickin'est nightclub in New York City. At the same time, the band can also make you feel like you have just had an acid flash-back at a Jimmy Hendrix concert. The group has grown from a one-time ‘college band’ to a highly skilled musical machine. Their obvious passion to create unique and emotion-evoking music has taken them on over 10 national tours in less than five years. Somewhere along the way, The Disco Biscuits had the idea to incorporate electronica into their already rock-driven original songs, creating the trance fusion sound. These former UPenn students have expanded their considerable musical capabilities and clearly pushed their musical limits. Combining elements of techno funk and soaring guitar solos with amazing drummer sounds from Sam ‘the slam’ Altman, guitarist Jon Gutwillig, bassist Marc Brownstein, and the half-alien, half-human, keyboardist Aron Magner have created one of today’s premier touring bands. The band plays all its own instruments. No DJ, drum machine or turntables are needed to create some of the most innovative beats by a live music act anywhere. They blend sounds so effortlessly you would swear you were listening to a DJ. The group gives a different show night in and night out, and very rarely do you hear them repeat a song. Worcester and the Palladium have played host to The Disco Biscuits before. In 1999, the group split the stage with Deep Banana Blackout to a just less than full house. In 2000, the band’s New Year’s Eve show sold out the Palladium. It isn’t too likely that you will hear Disco Biscuit tunes ‘Mindless Dribble’ or ‘Jigsaw Earth’ on your FM dial, but the band proves that if you love what you do, someone will appreciate it. |
May 2004 -
On Saturday May 8, The Disco Biscuits, nationwide pioneers of a unique style of music known as trance fusion, will return to the Palladium in downtown Worcester.