Yohimbe Brothers August 6, 2008

* Cost: $15 advance/ $18 door
* Official Site: http://www.lprnyc.com

The Yohimbe Brothers are an electronica world music mash-up group, with elements of salsa, Brazilian, American disco, R&B and black rock surrounded by turntable manipulations, samples and loops. The perfect example of the next phase of North American 23rd-century pop music. With a line-up consisting of: Vernon Reid - guitar & laptop (Living Colour - Masque - James "Blood" Ulmer - Free Form Funky Freqs)**DJ Logic - turntables - samples (Project Logic - John Popper Group - Marcus Miller - Martin Medeski & Wood)**Maya Azucena - vocals (Stephen Marley, Roy Ayers, John Legend, Big Daddy Kane)**Gaston - MC (US3)**Leon Gruenbaum - keys - laptop (James "Blood" Ulmer - Chaka Khan - Beans - Nana Vasconcelos and Cyro Baptista - Masque)**Jared Michael Nickerson - electric bass (Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber - The The - Freddy Johnston - Charlie Musselwhite)**Don McKenzie - drums (Marc Ribot - P Diddy - Sweetback (members of Sade) - Masque), what more needs to be said!!

Taylor McFerrin is redefining the one-man show. Combining his skills as a producer and performer, Taylor is making music heads around the world take notice as he seamlessly builds songs from scratch with his ambitious solo project. Fender Rhodes, synthesizers, samples, vocals and beatboxing are meshed together in his Brooklyn bedroom studio as Taylor builds from his roots in '60s soul to his vision of future hip-hop. Thriving on a solid fan base through MySpace and the online hip-hop community, Taylor has gained considerable popularity and captivated audiences at some of the most legendary venues in New York City. In addition to his US performances, Taylor also toured internationally with the Yohimbe Brothers in 2005. Taylor performed in Italy, Austria, Brazil, Argentina and everywhere in between. MTV took notice of Taylor's skills as a producer and used his beats to promote the 2005 Video Music Awards.

Official Website: http://www.lprnyc.com