//// EZRA BANG - VOX, SYNTHS, PROGRAMMING, DRUMS ////
SARA BELLE - BASS, VOX
RALPH PHILLIPS - DRUMS, VOX
LINUS JACKSON - SYNTHS, VOX
MIO KUROMORI - SYNTHS, VOX
Influences
KRAFTWERK, PRINCE, ESG, BOWIE, TOM WAITS, APOLLONIA 6, JOY DIVISION, NEW ORDER, PEACHES, CURTIS MAYFIELD, MAHALIA JACKSON, THE WHO, THE SMITHS, LCD SOUNDSYTEM, FELA KUTI & THE AFRICA 70, DEPECHE MODE, TIMBALAND, GRANDMASTER FLASH/ MELLE MEL & THE FURIOUS FIVE, STEREO TOTAL, JOHN CAGE, ENO, ERIC B. & RAKIM, DIGITAL UNDERGROUND, DJ SHADOW, NINA SIMONE, DOC. VRANA, IGGY POP, LE TIGRE, PETE ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH, DAFT PUNK, M.I.A, JAMES BROWN, ADONIS, GRACE JONES, ERIC WHITACRE, ALBERT MIELE JR., PATTI SMITH, YAZOO, MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE, CHAKA DEMUS & PLIERS, CHAKA KHAN, RICHARD HELL, CHARLES T WILSON, IAN DURY, THE SLITS, LIQUID LIQUID, FORGET CASSETTES, MILES DAVIS, MODEL 500, STUFFED LOVE, LADYTRON, IMPLOG, DE LA SOUL, DEBBIE DEB, POLYSICS, TZI VICE, TELEPOPMUSIK, WENDY CARLOS, THE NORMAL,THOMAS MAPFUMO, WHITEY, THE NEPTUNES, OL' DIRTY BASTARD, STAR TREK, LISA LISA & CULT JAM, MOBB DEEP, PORTISHEAD, KOOL HERC, JUDY NYLON, ADRIAN SHERWOOD, THE DAMNED, THE BUZZCOCKS, CABARET VOLTAIRE, SUN RA, BLACK STROBE, SLY & THE FAMILY STONE, THE FALL, PETE ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH, NAS, BIG L, NOTORIOUS B.I.G, NEU!, THE WHO, DIGITALISM, AFRIKA BAMBAATA, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, CONAN THE DESTROYER, STAR WARS TRILOGY, FUTURIST OPERA, PHILIP GLASS, TALKING HEADS, WHITEY, GIL SCOTT HERON, EUGENE MCDANIELS, KURT SCHWITTERS, T. RAUMSCHMIERE, THE DOORS, CHARLES BUKOWSKI, HUNTER S THOMPSON, BACH, ALAN LOMAX, JAMMER, MANTRONIX, YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA, DEVO, MARK MOTHERSBAUGH, BILL MURRAY, JIM "THE ANVIL" NIGHT HEART, CAT POWER, MARK STEWART, BANANARAMA & A LOT OF OTHER MISCELLANEOUS MUTHA FUCKAS.
Ezra Bang and Hot Machine are a five member boy-girl collective who utilize an array of samples, vintage synthesizers and distortion pedals to make what the band have dubbed "guerilla funk". Led by Ezra, the New York-born grandson of a Pentecostal bishop, the band's history is one steeped in the concept of smoke and mirrors. At times antagonistic and violent, their past live shows venture from the sublime to the downright guttural.
Their riotous behavior on a European tour - resulting in Ezra being deported from Amsterdam and barred from entering the UK for 10 days - brought them to the attention of Public Enemy, who invited the band to support them on tour. With the addition of Sara Belle on bass and Japanese fashion student Mio Kuromori on synths, they're making the transition from a shambolic East London spectacle to a muscular, precision outfit that produces everything completely live. Long time collaborators Ezra Bang and Linus Jackson use a collection of analogue keyboards through stacks of amplifiers, while drummer Ralph Phillips plays a homemade kit, featuring a mounted metal trash bin.
- BBC.CO.UK
PRESS:
GUARDIAN ONLINE: NEW BAND OF THE DAY
"HOT PROPERTY... A MIXTURE OF GRACE JONES AND RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE..." METRO ONLINE
"IF PUBLIC ENEMY HAD SWAMPED THEIR RAPS WITH BUZZING SYNTHS, THEY'D SOUND LIKE EZRA BANG & HOT MACHINE." - LOUD AND QUIET MAGAZINE
"LIKE A FUZZED UP OUTKAST... THE MODERN EQUIVALENT OF 'KICK OUT THE JAMS', PRIMAL AND BRILLIANT IN EQUAL MEASURES." - SUBBA CULTCHA, "SINGLE OF THE MONTH"
"A FERVENT MASH UP OF PUNK, RAVE AND HIP HOP" ATTITUDE MAGAZINE
"THE TETSUO OF HIP HOP... A MONSTER MADE FROM THE SHREDS AND SCRAPS OF OLD RAP, WELDED TOGETHER AND MOUNTED ON A STACK OF THRASHED AND TRASHED SYNTHESIZERS." - PINGLEWOOD.COM
"HOT-CUNTING-MACHINE!!!" - VICE AUSTRIA
"QUITE SIMPLY AMAZING..." - HUH. MAGAZINE
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