Brass Rascals are the UK's leading DnB, garage, house, dancehall and pop brass band comprised of London session musicians who perform for artists such as Loyle Carner, Tom Misch, Chase and Status and Alfa Mist. The rascals have harnessed their collective experience to bring vibes to hundreds of events over the past few years, including high profile weddings, and large events for brands such as EBay and Wise. Their ability to get anyone dancing combined with soaring virtuosic solos makes them the perfect choice for any event where you want the music to be top notch and the guests to be buzzing for days after.
The Brasscals can play acoustically or fully amplified to suit your event.
Full band line up:
Trumpet x2 // Trombone x2 // Saxophone x1 // Sousaphone x 1 // Drum Kit // MC
Variations of this line up are available, generally we don't go out as less than a 5 piece (3 Horns, Sousaphone and Drum Kit)
Based in South East London
Shake Your Body - Shy FX
Turn Me On - Kevin Lyttle
Believe - Cher
Countdown - Beyonce
Weak - SWV
Passionfruit - Drake
Like Glue - Sean Paul
Crazy in Love - Beyonce
Mamma Mia - ABBA
Dancing in the Moonlight - Toploader
Gold Dust - DJ Fresh
Do You Mind - Kyla (Crazy Cousinz Rmx)
Hold Yuh - Gyptian
Ready or Not - Fugees
Still Ray - Raphael Saadiq
I Know What You Want - Busta Rhymes/Mariah Carey
1 Thing - Amerie
Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
Katy on a Mission - Katy B
Good Times - Jamie XX
Them Changes - Thundercat
Get Busy - Sean Paul
So Into You - Fabolous
Lady - Modjo
Be your girl (kaytranada edition) - Teedra Moses
Angel - Shaggy
Perfect gentleman - Wyclef Jean
Stereo love - Edward Maya
Out of Space/Original Nuttah - Prodigy/Shy F
Say a Little Prayer - Aretha Franklin
Survivor - Destiny’s Child
aNYway - Duck Sauce
BOTA - Eliza Rose
Gimme Gimme Gimme - ABBA
Unwritten - Natasha Bedingfield
These Words - Natasha Bedingfield
Love Story - Taylor Swift
Breathe - Sean Paul, Blu Cantrell
Plus a large repertoire of New Orleans classics if thats what you're looking for!
Our requirements depend on the line up you choose, but we can play fully accoustic, and fit in to fairly tight spaces with the right line up. We don't require much unless you want the band amplified, in which case the client must provide a PA and sound engineer.
No, we either play acoustically or this must be provided by the client.
We like to know if there is parking available and to know there is a space for the band to leave their cases out of the way of the guests.
We have played the main stage at Lost Village Festival, played as the brass band /horn section for a headline show at Gunnersbury Park, played Glasto a few times, played at Shakespeares Globe, played events at the Tate Modern and various other really fun experiences!
We generally arrive an hour before our performance if we are playing acoustically as our set up is very simple. We typically play 2 x 45min sets.
Yes, as long as there is absolutely no rain/drizzle.
We have a set (extensive) list of arrangements, and we suggest that through experience we know what goes down the best, so we urge clients to leave the musical decisions, such as how the sets progress to us. However we can do requests if organised in advance but these will need to be arranged and so generally will need to be commissioned by the client.
Shakespeares Globe
Ebay
Wise
The Ministry Workspace
Rare Recruitment
Many private clients
Lost Village Festival
Glastonbury Festival
Latitude Festival
Shakespeares Globe
Tate Modern
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Bar / Venue Event
Concert
Recording Session
Cruise
Christmas Party
New Year's Eve
1980s Music
1990s Music
2000s+ Music
Jazz
Electronic
House
Ibiza Club
Pop
Covers
Hip Hop
Instrumental
100% acoustic (no power)
Public liability insurance
Will travel internationally