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On Tuesday December 1st, ESP-Disk’ will continue it’s LIVE music series at the Jazz Cafe’ (520 Dekalb Avenue) in Brooklyn. At 8pm, the dynamic improv super group, The George Steeltoe Ensemble, (featuring members of Totem>) will perform followed at 9pm by the anti-folk duo, decibel., featuring the vocal and guitar stylings of Josh Weinstein.

In 1999 the George Steeltoe Ensemble developed out of weekly improvisational sessions at the Lexington, KY home of Brian Osborne. The group originally performed mostly as a quartet with Jeff Chapple, Jay Dunbar, Lathan Hardy and Brian Osborne. It has since taken many shapes, performing throughout the US and participating actively in New York’s free music community since 2001. Currently the Ensemble’s line-up includes Brian Osborne on drums, Lathan Hardy on sax, Michael Barker on electronics, and Tom Blancarte on bass. Andrew Barker, Ed Bear, Daniel Carter, Ed Chang, Peter Evans, Tamio Shiraishi, and Blaise Siwula are a few of the artists to have performed with the group over the past ten years.

In 2006 George Steeltoe Ensemble released their first recording titled Church of Yuh, which Blastitude dubbed “refreshingly nasty garbage jazz all the way, maybe even a new kind of fire music”. The group’s sound made WIRE imagine “the Art Ensemble of Chicago jamming with Jackie-O Motherfucker”. Preferring live performance over recordings; the group’s only other release is a 3″ on Primecuts, which documents the group, eight strong, on a day off during their 2007 Spring Tour.

Recordings:
“Comtrails Over Carolina” 3″ cdr on Primecuts
“Church of Yuh” 12″ LP on Heat Retention Records

decibel. is both the bitter and the sweet, combining acoustic guitar and drums with distortions and megaphones; a beautiful grit.
Press: ” Although only a pair, Josh Weinstein (vocals/guitar/effects) and Woody Moseley (drums) produced the resonance of five. Weinstein’s standout vocals and darkly melodic acoustic guitar channeled the soulful and gritty sides of blues and grunge while Moseley’s elaborate and shifting rhythms kept listeners on their toes and sustained decibel.’s transfixing unpredictability. . . . Decibel.’s delivery of raw emotion through an authentic but atypical style will surely place the duet in the noteworthy when the band performs at CMJ and beyond.” - The Deli NYC

“[decibel.'s] voice is full, resonant, and breathes eroticism. Decibel’s lyrical style describes situations which are so vivid, one can almost see, hear and taste his experiences . . . [their] musical style encompasses the human attribution of pain and transcends it into a work of art. This is what artistic expression is all about.” - Indieguitarists.com

@ The Jazz Cafe (Sucre Cafe)
(520 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn New York 11205)
G train to Bedford/Nostrand

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