MP3 The Renaldo the Ensemble - The Renaldo the Ensemble

6 piece mini orchestra performing originals and humorous bits of other actsâ songs, crossing genres from opera to tango to rock. This eponymous six-song sampler is a nice intro into their absurd, hilarious little universe.

6 MP3 Songs in this album (20:33) !
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The Renaldo The Ensemble is a New York City based band/absurdist theater collective fronted by the eccentric musician, actor, and comedian, Aldo Perez. The colorful Ensemble utilizes flamenco guitar, percussion, clarinet, tuba, and toy piano.

Steven McElroy of the New York Times describes Perez's work as "free-associative monologues and a series of hallucinatory vignettes [mixed] with rock music interludes, courtesy of Mr. Perez and members of his band." The Ensemble visits a myriad of genres including rock, opera, jazz standards, and contemporary classical music. The Renaldo The Ensemble is the culmination of over fifteen years in the musical life of Aldo Perez, which has included the much coveted Saturday night residency at The Living Room in Manhattan for over eight years.

In a typical set, one can expect flutes being played through the nose, singing with razors, talking paintings, and lots of fake cigarettes from from this Kurt Weill-esque, art-rock troupe that has been called âwonderfully weirdâ by Backstage and âmarvelously oddâ by Time Out New York.

"The Renaldo is Aldo Perez, a brilliant postmodern Renaissance dynamo who combines musical virtuosity, philosophy, clowning, and formal theater training with subversive, lusting, burlesque funniness. The Ensemble is a company of like-minded fellow travelers, modern day inheritors of the exquisite Commedia del Arte prerequisites of discipline, blasphemy, and zaniness. Oh, and did I mention TALENT? This is the real deal." Leah Barber's Blog

For more on members of The Renaldo The Ensemble, or to see examples examples of the dark theatrical genius that is Theater The, please visit www.TheaterTHE.com or TheRenaldoTheEnsemble.com