Bossaphonik

At Bossaphonik on Friday May 17th the mighty Destroyers are in town! The band have been a part of Bossaphonik since our early years having played 5 times over the last 20 years - they are a massive raucous 12 piece of Balkan, klezmer and British Celtic energy. Unapologetically complex and joyful, The Destroyers collide world musics in a band of truly exceptional musicians from Birmingham, their explosive and virtuosic live shows needs to be seen to be believed. With faustian fiddles, whirlwinds of woodwind, blaring brass, raucousness from the rhythms section, and salvos from the sousaphone ? they destroy inhibition and leave audiences bewildered, transported, beguiled and wild. Only the dead could refuse to dance so prepare to be ecstatic, exhausted and truly destroyed! These tenacious, travelling troubadours have liberated ears, hearts and minds at festivals such as Glastonbury, Womad, Boomtown Fair, Secret Garden Party, Shambala, Cambridge Folk Festival, Underneath the Stars Festival, Knockengorroch, Sidmouth Folk Week, Nozstock Hidden Valley and many more UK and European festivals and venues. The Destroyers were part of the opening ceremony of the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, have featured on BBC 1 TV, Sky Arts TV and had plays on BBC2, BBC3 and BBC 6Music. They have released three critically acclaimed albums ? Out of Babel, Hole In the Universe, and The Massive Gong. ?Out of the inane cavalcade of Balkan Gypsy sound-alikes comes a blow-your-mind original...minimum pretence and maximum style.? Songlines Magazine (A ?top of the world album? award) ?The Destroyers are utterly contemporary and cutting edge and almost frightening in their creativity, but manage to balance this with being totally accessible and appealing to the masses.? Night-Times "Brilliant gypsy jazz mentalism, certainly one of the finest midlands groups playing today." THE METRO Check a video of The Destroyers playing ?Seth?s Tune? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-NHFYJQWm8&t=33s Check out a video of The Destroyers tune ?Vortex? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOKrlHsa0Kk Check out a video of The Destroyers playing ?Hanga Honga? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDUAAKl0mQA&t=5s Following on from The Destroyers as ever is a Bossaphonik club session with resident DJ Dan Ofer & DJ Badger treating the dancefloor til 1:30am to the sounds of? Jazz Funk * Afrobeat * Afro Jazz * Brazilica * Latin Jazz * Cumbia * Global Hip Hop * Balkan Beats * Soul Jazz * Electro Swing * Global Grooves * Nu Jazz Bizniz! Friday 17th May Bossaphonik Presents The Destroyers + Bossaphonik DJs Cowley Workers Social Club, Between Towns Road. OX4 3LZ (Near Templars Square Shopping Centre. Regular buses 1 and 5 from City Centre go up Cowley Road til 3am. Stopping opposite the venue) 8:30pm ? 1:30am **Note later one-off doors opening time** Band on at 9:30pm See ya there!!