The Budos Band
The Budos Band | |
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Photo of The Budos Band by Dan Depew at THING Festival 2023 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Staten Island, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Afrobeat, funk, jazz, soul, afro-soul, psychedelic rock |
| Years active | 2005 – present |
| Label | Daptone Records |
| Members | Jared Tankel Thomas Brenneck John Carbonella Jr. Mike Deller Daniel Foder Andrew Greene Rob Lombardo Brian Profilio Dame Rodriguez |
| Website | http://thebudos.com |
The Budos Band is a North American instrumental band from Staten Island, New York, formed in 2005. AllMusic describes the group as a "doom rock Afro-soul big band with a '70s touch" that joins "musical universes from trippy psychedelia and Afro-funk to '70s hard rock and late-'60s soul." They have described themselves as "70's Psychedelic Instrumental Music," and "Afro-soul inspired by Ethiopian music with a soul undercurrent" and "sprinkled a little bit of sweet 60's stuff on top." One press release described the band as “sounding as if Quentin Tarantino was the music supervisor for a Bond film". Their more recent albums have incorporated sounds from 1970s jazz, funk, Afro-Beat, underground rock, and proto-metal. They have been signed to Daptone Records throughout their career.