Funk Soul

Blending downtempo electronica, breaks and live instrumentation, new project Tony Soprano Band released their debut album Downtempo 1 on May 22 via Dune Castle.

Downtempo 1 sits at the intersection of live band interplay and downtempo electronic music. 
Drawing from the language of breaks, sampling and loop-based composition, every sound on the 
record originates from live performance. Drums, bass, synthesizers and hardware elements were 
performed simultaneously, with no fixed arrangements or predetermined outcomes.

This week’s PBS Feature Album is Terra Ignota, the long-awaited new full length release from elusive Naarm-based fusion ensemble Krakatau.

This week’s PBS Feature Album is the improvised electronica release, Downtempo 1, from the newly formed Tony Soprano Band.

Recorded and released via Dune Castle Records, the Tony Soprano Band are an instrumental project centred around live improvisation, collaboration and the studio as an instrument. Operating as a
rotating cast of musicians, the project is shaped within the Dune Castle environment.