[the extended family]
The Eye of Horus, Tha 3rd Hand, DJ Rob the Rich, Oteil Burbridge, Shirazette Tinnen, Iajhi Hampden, Ivan Hampden, Brevan Hampden, Rischard Jenkins, Steve Gordon, Jon Kirby, Geoff Vidal, Keith Nelson, DJ SK, Branden Hayes, Becca Stevens, Terry Lonergan, Blue Thompson, Donald Felton
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Bach, Saul Williams, Rumi, Muhammad Ali, Talib Kweli, Charlie Parker, Squarepusher, Kahlil Gibran, Black Star, Pete Rock, C.L. Smooth, Richard Wagner, Billie Holiday, Encyclopedia Brittanica, Steve Reich, Don Giovanni, Richard Pryor, Brad Mehldau, Dan Quinn, A Tribe Called Quest, Mix Master Mike, Dante, Wu-Tang, Jimi Hendrix, Fela Kuti, Robert Moog, Roy Haynes, Charles Mingus, J-Dilla, Zakir Hussein, Floetry, Wayne Krantz, Victor Wooten, Johnny Hartman, The Pharcyde, The Roots, Robert Johnson, Beethoven, Big Daddy Kane, Jaco Pastorius, The Fugees, Bela Fleck, Albert Einstein, Rachmaninoff, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Canibus, John Cage, Nirvana, Glenn Gould, McCoy Tyner, Ben Monder, Wes Montgomery, Earth Wind and Fire, Medeski, Herbie Hancock, The Fat Boys, Joan of Arc, Miles Davis, Brian Blade, Brahms, Bjork, Elvin Jones, Mozart, Baba Ram Dass, Flaming Lips, Hunter S. Thompson, Oteil Burbridge, Charlie Hunter, Chester Thompson, John Coltrane, Jimmy Herring, Rahzel, LTJ Bukem, Prince, Schoenberg, Doc Holliday, Plato, Pele, Salvador Dali, Wayne Shorter, Aphex Twin, Jesus of Nazareth, Vincent van Gogh, Mos Def, Radiohead, Outkast, Stravinsky, Martin Luther King Jr., Stevie Wonder, Notorious B.I.G., Bill Laswell, Chopin, Cannonball Adderley, Ravi Shankhar, Stanley Jordan, Aphex Twin, the Xecutioners,...
Sounds Like
one of those get out your seat
and make something happen
muscle contractions
movin in an orderly fashion
extra-sensory overlogasmic
modern day feel good fantabulousness
a deep muscle massage
a soothing soundwave barrage
The Solos Unit is an energetic live music experience that fuses elements of Hip Hop and Soul to create a vibrant landscape upon which rides a positive, empowering message. The Solos Unit has been knocking out crowds up and down the east coast with the one-two combo of "raw-dog emceeism," "take flight" vocals backed by a blazing live band.
"…we break beats for communion…"
Solos has performed with The Roots, Wu Tang Clan, Common, Camp Lo, Capadonna, The Gap Band, Ghostface Killah, Guru’s Jazzmatazz, George Clinton and many other highly esteemed artists. Their new album features the bass playing of Oteil Burbridge, of the Allman Brothers and Aquarium Rescue Unit and Luther Vandross drummer Ivan Hampden along with many other special guests. The Unit has received many accolades for their incredible live performances.
"…certified bounce technicians…"
The Solos Unit was born from a Monday night jam session at a popular night club in downtown Winston-Salem. The once informal jam session grew to become the hottest weekly show in town, running over three years. The Solos Unit has since released three records and a live DVD. The group has toured extensively in North Carolina and the southeast and has most recently begun to venture north spreading its unique flavor all over the east coast. Ed Bumgardner from Relish recently wrote:
"…spontaneous-sounding music that builds a sturdy bridge between various musical styles and ideas. It is music that leaps forward. The MCs are witty, gifted and smart, each offering a distinct approach that shifts between high-quality R&B singing to psychedelicized street-smart rhymes. The playing is understated but dazzlingly executed as it bumps from cool-riff funk to textural jazz and then to pure hip-hop groove."
"…on a mission to bring light to the third eye…"
With musical influences that run the gamut from Bach to Pete Rock, the SoloS Unit leaves no musical stone unturned. Break-beats, funked-out disco, silky smooth soul, and heavy hip-hop beats are combined with the versatile emceeing of Renaissance and Mr. Mo’Halyn. Renaissance brings a prizewinning slam-poetry emcee style, having proven himself at a national level recently receiving a world slam poetry ranking. Mo’Halyn brings seasoned soul vocals, as well as an incredible flow that leaves challengers gasping.
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check out the new E-J-BAR OFFICIAL MUSIC PAGE n drop a line sometime and let me know whats good with ya and how things sound...good looking out...and as always one luv
Had a great time Thursday at "The Blind Tiger" You guys need to come back to Winston and do some shows. Glad i got to see you. Been missing some Solos Unit Live. Kicked but as always
You guys absolutely did your thing at The Black Bear. And the other entertainment (the dancers) were a great addition too LOL Can't stop talking about it. Continue doing what you do! We need good music out here!
great page, thanx for add, i still jam orion and renaissance from time-to-time, also enjoyed gomachi at five or six shows (second set always kicked ass) though not sure if same members as last incarnation of solos i saw at rubber soul and wrote up for village idiot
