Brains

The story of Brains is anything but usual. Since its foundation in Szentendre back in 1994, the band has been reformed again and again; it reached its final line-up by 2010 while the music it represents has completely changed compared to the beginnings. In the first years, they indulged in hardcore, then they ventured out in into funk rock--at a certain point, the band even included brass winds. The impression of the golden age is retained on three albums: Színek (Colours, 1997); Semmi komoly (Nothing Serious, 1998) and A dunakanyar rasztabanditái (The Rasta Bandits of the Danube Bend, 2001). The album Humanual (2006) was a forerunner of the "modern-age" Brains, as MC Columbo joined the band at this stage. The album Top Shotta (2008) brought a mixture of styles--drum and bass, hip-hop, rock, and ragga--that produces an exceptionally impressive live sound, owing to which Brains has grown to become one of the most exciting live bands of Hungary. Another band member change in 2010 saw the addition of drummer Zoli Ujj (known from the band Másfél) and keyboardist Levi Lukács to the band, and the resulting quintet recorded the best, freshest, most direct and party-compatible album of Brains, Refresh The Style in 2011.