Superhuman Happiness Brings Brooklyn Dance Rock to MASS MoCA

Superhuman Happiness(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Brooklyn-based dance-rock outfit Superhuman Happiness brings its unique combination of funky Afrobeat and infectious electronica to MASS MoCA‘s Club B-10 into Dance Club B-10 on Saturday, February 2, 2013, at 8 p.m. Featuring multiple instrumentalists including charismatic percussionists and brass players, the group boasts a big sound and joyful spirit. Its “physical, cinematic dance rock” vibrates through melody and rhythm in upbeat, feel-good stage shows.

Founder Stuart Bogie is the tenor saxophonist, conductor, and composer of Afrobeat group Antibalas, which played a sold out dance party at MASS MoCA in January 2003 and is now the house band for the hit Broadway musical Fela! about late Nigerian singer Fela Kuti.

In 2008, Bogie united musicians from a variety of genres to form Superhuman Happiness. Bogie and his bandmates come from uptown, downtown, and midtown to create Superhuman Happiness’s particular brand of “upbeat, tribal style of dance music.” Bogie’s musical resume alone includes performances with everyone from Paul Simon and Iron and Wine to Public Enemy and Wu-Tang Clan. He is equally comfortable collaborating with indie music darlings Bats for Lashes, Passion Pit, and The Head and The Heart and hip-hop artists The Roots and Wale.

Superhuman Happiness takes the stage in MASS MoCA’s Club B-10 on Saturday, February 2, at 8pm. Club B-10 is an intimate, casual venue on the third floor of MASS MoCA. Full bar plus dinner and snacks from Lickety Split are available before and during the show. Tickets are $12 in advance, $16 on the day of the show, and $10 for students. MASS MoCA members receive a 10% discount. Tickets are available through the MASS MoCA Box Office, located off Marshall Street in North Adams, from 11 AM until 5 PM (closed Tuesdays). Tickets can also be charged by phone by calling 413.662.2111 during Box Office hours or purchased online at MASS MoCA.

MASS MoCA, the largest center for contemporary visual and performing arts in the United States, is located off Marshall Street in North Adams on a 13-acre campus of renovated 19th-century factory buildings.  MASS MoCA is an independent 501(c)(3) whose operations and programming are funded through admissions and commercial lease revenue, corporate and foundation grants, and individual philanthropy.

 

 

 

 

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