Brooklyn's nine-piece bhangra band Red Baraat recently performed at Park Slope's Barbès. You can enjoy their entire set from that night right here.

Before You Press Play

Hometown: Brooklyn

The Facts: "DnB" is usually shorthand for drum and bass, but Red Baraat has its own take on the term: the nascent genre "dhol and brass," which the band claims as its own invention. Lead man Sunny Jain wields the dhol, a barrel-shaped North Indian drum slung over the shoulder. A fleet of horns and percussion instruments round out the lineup, wedding the bhangra roots of the dhol to American brass funk and a collective mindset.

The Sound: A dance party-ready mix of songs from the Punjabi and Bollywood traditions, alongside blistering originals steeped in the spirit of improvisation.

Latest Release: Chaal Baby (2010) on Sinj Records

He Said, She Said: "Brooklyn nine-piece party-starters Red Baraat are thus far the most exciting local prospect of this short year, a fiery blend of raucous Indian bhangra and funky New Orleans brass. Yeah that's right--New York doesn't even have a fusion restaurant that mixes those two. The result, needless to say, is completely riotous, a blustery groove machine with the comforting hoot of a tuba, two backbeats fighting for attention, saxophones that spiral and wail, and the violent percussive scamper of a lead dholi Sunny Jain." – Chris Weingarten, Village Voice

"The band artfully hybridizes Indian bhangra and something akin to New Orleans second-line funk. Plus it's fun as hell." – Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader