t@b writes original songs which combine polymetric grooves with off-the-wall vocal melodies, funky saxophone riffs, skat percussion and challenging lyrics to create an original yet very listenable sound they call âPost-Cabaretâ.

14 MP3 Songs in this album (52:22) !
Related styles: FOLK: Folk-Jazz, EASY LISTENING: Cabaret



Details:
t@b is Ariana Nasr and Andy Flinn who have been collaborating at close range since they met in Toronto 10 years ago. As a band they have gone through several incarnations, arriving at the current post-cabaret pop duo. Ariana is the lead vocalist and she also solos on fiddle and saxophone. Andy is groovatronic, simultaneously playing foot percussion, vocal percussion and guitar in different measures.

They do sound almost main stream, in an outer-galactic kind of way. Sometimes it'll be jazzy skat with lyrics and phrasing that remind of freestyle hip hop. Sometimes it sounds like a Celtic hoedown, with funky beat-boxing and a jazzier progression. Sometimes they'll conjure up a trippy melancholy and cure it with exuberant songs of pleasure.

10 years ago t@b created their first music video âA Canadian in Berlinâ using the very first version of their own software video editing system. Since then, the video has received hundreds of thousands of downloads and attracted the attention of many very cool musicians and lovers of independent, original art. They have since made several more music videos with the ever-evolving video editor, now called ZS4. They have also released a live concert DVD from footage obtained at the âThugs at Bayâ CD release concert in December 2007.

t@b music videos including songs from the DVD and the "New Teeth on Stage" CD can be viewed online at the website http://www.tabmusic.ca