Cian - The Beats;
Deny - The Bottom;
Jus - The Scratches;
Cliff - The Rhymes
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...Dónal 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)....................................
About The Impressionists(EP ON SALE IN PLUGD NOW. €5)
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The Impressionists are a funky 5 piece band from Ireland. Formed in 2005, the bands line-up now goes like this :
Cian - The Beats,
Deny - The Bottom,
Cliff - The Rhymes,
Justin - The Scratches,
Eoin - The Strings & The Horn. .......................................................................................................................
The Impressionists focus on creating a blend of fresh funk, rock and jazz mixed with true hip-hop using live instruments .....................................................................
In August 2008, the band recorded their 1st EP, "Back to Basics", over 10 days in the prestigious Grouse Lodge Studios. The Impressionists then kicked off their monthly residency at The Pavilion in September 2008. They launched the 4 track EP at The Pavilion in July 2009 and the show was a huge success.
............................... .......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
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hey there we just uploaded a new track and announced the new line up, if you could go to our page and let us know what you think that would be awesome :)
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Sounds good, Homesqueeze. I've no work lined up for July at the moment but might be playing at Rototom Sunsplash (big reggae festival) which is on around that time. I'll definetly be there if I'm available though. Oink.