Oobleck is a high-octane, five-piece funk band that’s been playing around the Capital Region, Hudson Valley, and Vermont since 2008. They play grungy original horn funk inspired by the after-dark variety of New Orleans street music. It’s a melee of horns, super heavy drums and bass, and your favorite type of chunky guitar riffing that leaves your bum shaking and your face grinning. 

 

Highly improvised, kinetic, effect-soaked horns create textural soundscapes with razor sharp horn lines. The vibe is high-energy and dance-focused – the rhythm section interlocked and syncopated, keeping us in the pocket and the dancers moving.   

 

Invoking the spirit of ’70’s electric experimental jazz pioneers like Dizzy Gillespie, Cannonball Adderly, Donald Byrd, and Herbie Hancock and bringing in harder-modern avant-funk influences like Galactic, Budos Band, and sax virtuoso Skerik, Oobleck delivers a one of a kind sound and energy not matched by many in the local scene.