Oregon Music News

Matt Groening likes them. What does that tell you? It tells you that the picture you see here does not lie.

Reptet lives in Seattle and is comprised of John Ewing (drums/percussion), Samantha Boshnack (trumpet/flugelhorn), Tim Carey (bass), Izaak Mills (saxes/bass clarinet/flute/more), Christopher Credit (saxes/clarinet/bassoon/more) and Nelson Bell (trombone/tuba).

I wonder if they studied “more” in college, or just picked it up along the way.

They will be appearing at Doug Fir on Tuesday, December 16. Andrew Oliver’s Sextet will open.

As Frank Zappa once facetiously  asked, “Does Humor Belong In Music?” Reptet asks the musical question, “Chicken or Beef?” as the title of their latest album.

Listen to the title tune from Chicken or Beef?

They will tell you:

These six multi-instrumentalists have an expansive approach to their music, performing original compositions that incorporate reggae, rock, ska, punk, modern classical, avant garde, eastern European folk influences and more.

Their live performances have been described as, “arresting, compelling and just plain cranked-up!” with stage shows evolving into transformative performance art pieces using costumes, story telling, dance routines and absurdist humor.

They have a new 7″ single called Agendacide featuring Wayne Horvitz, available on vinyl or download.

That should be enough to get you out of the house. If it isn’t, here’s what Matt Groening wrote to them:

And he’s from Portland!