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In the midst of an eclectic UCF crowd, an erratic revolutionary sound encircles the popular student milieu called The Underground Bluz. It is no other than the sound of a local Orlando band that goes by the name “Yanbo” - a Chinese word meaning extending the waves. Their melodic style can not be solely classified under the commonly pre-yanbo music genre. Yanbo is the melting pot of music including variations of jazz, blues, and psychedelic rock combined as a prokaryotes form... >>
often called Pangean Fusion.
The band is not confined to each member sticking to one instrument like most groups, but instead one can notice them changing places often. At one point I caught the vocalist playing the drums, then switching to the keyboard, and finally vocals.
If that wasn’t impressive enough, one of Yanbo’s multi–talented members, Alex de Angelis, free-style chanted; spontaneously blurting out lyrics. He told a story about being pulled over by a not-so-friendly Brevard County cop. It was out of this world!
Jump into this parallel universe called Yanbo and experience their colorful tunes almost every Tuesday at The Underground Bluz. However, don’t forget to bring your own musical talent during this open mic night! You can also catch Yanbo at the forthcoming OLA Fest at The Downtown Media Arts Center in Orlando, Florida.
Official Band Site
For more info on OLA Fest, please visit DMAC online and click the "Coming Soon" link.
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Discography
First Album is being mixed called "Maanyi" Zulu for POWER. Tracks can be heard on www.myspace.com/yanbomusic and more info on band @ www.osp.net/yanbomusikcollective.
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Feeling a bit camera shy
Bio
Yanbo means "Extend the waves" in chinese, also means "Sun treasure" taken apart phonetically. The philosophy is to explore the boundaries of the unknown which is the eternity that lies in our soul. lead singer Alex De Angelis recently hitchiked across southern United States with guitar playing town to town and on the highway with no ID. Big test of character and great confidence builder. Influences come from various styles, Mahavishnu, reggae and other island music, West African rhythms, classical music (Keyboardist trained in France), lyrics are influenced from many different lyricist strong influence from Poetry. Yanbo has been playing for over 3 years, in various places around Florida holding a residency @ Underground Bluz near University of Central florida campus. Individual members have traveled extensively across different parts of the globe always re-incorporating the influences in the music. Places visited include Europe, Jamaica, Middle East and various places all over United States. We back it up when we say we are a world music band. our style is unique, music with energy and power.
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