Hoodoo Mayhem play dirty and groove hard. Heavily seduced by New Orleans funk and brass, it’s a horn blowin’ beat party as good as they come. Featuring ten of Melbourne’s hottest horn players and stick technicians with special guests at every performance. The band boasts a creative and organic repertoire of original music and is proud of their unique Melbourne sound. The Hoodoo crew have been working up a big new sound with the perfect blend of sassy soul, funkin grooves and dirty blues.
Melbourne International Jazz Festival
Spicks and Specks Appearance
Listen to Hoodoo
Village Festival - Fitzroy
Southbank, Melbourne
About the Band
A sensational blend of horns from an array of Melbourne bands, the players of Hoodoo Mayhem come with a vast cross genre blend of sound and influence.
At it’s inception, the group formed performing repertoire from the original New Orleans street bands like Dirty Dozen and Rebirth. As time went on, the sound and influence broadened from the Second Line, Funk and Hiphop of Nawlins to include Latin flavours of Central and South America infused with modern melodies. There is no doubt Hoodoo has the Street Brass Band classics down, the uniqueness and exiting edge they have, comes from their original compositions. Sousaphone player Nathan Ford brings most of the tunes, which are all playful and upbeat while remaining sophisticated and captivating.
Above all, Hoodoo Mayhem are fun. The dirty grooves and tantalising soloists get in to your soul and extract the part that makes us all smile. It’s loud, it’s honest, and it’s got that thing that makes your back-bone shiver and your hip bones swing.
The Hoodoo players are all seasoned musicians performing regularly in ensembles like Public Opinion Afro Orchestra, Bombay Royal, Pearly Shells, Vulgar Grad, Cleverhorse, Gotye, Adam Simmons Toy Band, Royal Swazi Spa, Fem Belling Quintet, Tim Shawcross Septet, Speakeasy, LA45, Lamine Sonko, African Intelligence and many more.
