The band Brains has become an unavoidable participant of the Hungarian concert scene, of which you will be duly convinced again at their concert in Hang-Ár Music Pub (Kaposvár) on 18 October.
Since its foundation in Szentendre back in 1994, Brains 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. Another band member change in 2010 saw the addition of drummer Zoli Ujj and keyboardist Levi Lukács (both known from the band Másfél) to the band, and the resulting quintet recorded the best, freshest, most direct and party-compatible album of Brains, Refresh The Style in 2011. This album was also nominated for the Best Electronic Music Album of the Year at the Hungarian Music Awards.
