With the formality stripped away, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble just let it all out. Most of the people present gladly took them up on this offer, to the chagrin and bewilderment of the theater’s ushers.
After finishing the first song, the band pleaded with the audience to come dance in the large open section right in front of the stage. The energy and passion displayed by the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble had turned the large, impersonal Lütfi Kırdar auditorium into a giant party. Was this disappointing? Actually, no, not at all. It seemed as if their names were used as bait to get people in the door, when in fact they very much played a supporting role.
MF Doom came on stage for one song, while Mos Def, despite being on stage for much longer, seemed to consider his presence to be enough to satiate his fans. Yet both of their performances were lacking. For any fans of Adult Swim on Cartoon Network, his album with Danger Mouse entitled The Mouse and the Mask will be sure to tickle your fancy. Likewise, MF Doom is an inventive lyricist who makes clever songs that are sprinkled with his own brand of dark humor. Mos Def, who now goes by the name Yasiin Bey, has an amazing repertoire and even samples one of my favorite Turkish singers, Seda Bağcan, in his song “ Supermagic “. In fact, if Hypnotic Brass Ensemble hadn’t been so stellar, I would have considered the evening a wash.
Initially lured to the concert by the promise of Mos Def and MF Doom taking the stage, I gave little thought to their background music. Yet within the first few minutes of their performance, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble stomped this stereotype to pieces and left it broken on the stage, beyond any hope of repair. The thought of a brass ensemble generally conjures up, at least for me, an image of stuffy older men ensconced in the venerable world of classical music. Saturday night belonged to the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.
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