Benevento Russo Duo

Two guys, four hands, kaleidoscopically exploding wall of sound. 15 years playing together, 250 shows per annum, famous to the underground - they are Marco Benevento and Joe Russo. Well positioned to explode this year with their ropeadope debut – Best Reason To Buy The Sun.

Straight outta Brooklyn like a gringo Sly & Robbie (with tortoise-shell rims), our masked crusaders - organist Marco Benevento and drummer Joe Russo - splinter indie rock and jazz with sweepingly efficient arrangements that snap, crackle and pop the fine lines one finds in trying to categorize music. Rocking harder than metal, with funk tighter than a full-moon swing, and deep beats that can make DJs thump, you will feel the Duo’s wrath. The two-man Wrecking Crew laid down their Ropeadope debut in Hollywood in August of 2004 with producer and premier alterna-drummer Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M.) between left-field collaborations with a range of artists, from hip hop pioneers (Lyrics Born) to jazz passengers (Charlie Hunter, Marc Ribot) to rock odd balls (Rana, Ween) and jam kings (Mike Gordon, Warren Haynes).

The Duo's Best Reason To Buy The Sun rewards color more than flashiness, by emulating live what Radiohead and Wilco spend small eternities crafting. Their whisker-brush detail to a gargantuan sound, allows freedom for the music that is only getting bigger. So, here they are, the arbiters of space-age love-jazz, the Benevento/Russo Duo, ready to conquer the fabulous world of tomorrow.