Mop Mop

Andrea Benini (born March 14, 1977), better known by his stage name Mop Mop, is an Italian musician and producer. He performs with his band, the Mop Mop Combo, as well as a DJ worldwide. Mop Mop achieve the International recognition as part of Woody Allen's To Rome With Love movie soundtrack in 2012. Mop Mop single "Run Around" featuring Funk Legend Fred Wesley on Trombone and Anthony Joseph on vocals has been charted as best dancefloor jazz track of 2013 according to Red Bull Music Academy Germany. *The Sunday Times* “Breathtaking, simply breathtaking. The most exhilarating cross-border raid since the Ethiopian composer Mulatu Astatke teamed up with that wayward London collective the Heliocentrics.Hallucinogenic.” *The Financial Times* “Mop Mop conjure an impeccably retro island retreat for themselves and for an array of friends. 4/5 stars” *Mojo Magazine* “Martial rhythms, spooky grooves and out-there atmosphere make this a spirited, spellbinding set. Put that in your gris-gris. 4/4 stars” *The Crack Magazine* (Album Of The Month) “An organic, percussion-led contemporary world jazz masterpiece” *Monocle – On Record* “An inspired suite of voodoo-jazz, Afro-funk and soul that sounds like a lost masterpiece from 1960s Addis Ababa.” *KCRW Radio* (Kamakumba Today’s Top Tune) “Their use of cool vibes and warm marimba is what has captured our hearts. Today’s Top Tune is “Kamakumba” *Nova Planet* (Phantom Of The Panther “Le Son Du Jour”) *Splinters & Candy* “Mop Mop’s wide variety of instruments create a musical world unlike anything you’ve heard before.” *Gozamos* “This is the first truly trans-tropical album to make me smile from start to finish.” *World Music Central* “Mop Mop takes you on a wonderful international trip full of irresistible rhythms from Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America.” *The Pop* “Isle of Magic is a gorgeous record that has so many kinds of instrumentation and so many styles at play here the whole thing is somewhere south of mesmerizing” *Nonobot Rock* “Mop Mop proves that the evolution of music does not mean antiquating styles; but rather, infusing them and giving them a haven for which they can continue to be heard.” Full press kit and booking inquiries mail to Dominik Lissel [email protected] www.mopmop.com The official Mop Mop Facebook page. We dig music. Real Music. http://www.mopmop.com/