About
Gato Loco was born from the streets of New York. Exotic and foreign, yet simultaneously urban and familiar. Their live show delivers an instant party, filled with celebration and joy; like a decadent latin mambo ballroom, thrown in the midst of a 21st century rock show : this is BIG music.
Formed in 2006 by NYC native Stefan Zeniuk, the group takes its cues from scratchy pre-war Cuban records and vintage betty boop cartoons, while freely incorporating a modern schizoid mentality. Incorporating equal parts latin, rock, and jazz, Gato Loco is not genre music. It is tightly written, thrilling and confusing, killing boredom with thought, with passion, with power. Mysterious, yes. Ambiguous, no.
The group has 2 faces. One (Gato Loco Coconino) is loud, brash, fast, and ferocious; an 11-piece steampunk mambo band, with 6 horns, 3 drummers, guitar & bass. The other (Gato Loco de Bajo) is slow, quiet, and gentle; a 4-piece low-frequency hum, with bass saxophone & tuba, baritone guitar & acoustic bass. One gets you dancing and gyrating; the other gets you horny and drunk. Both get you laid.
Their new album on Winter & Winter Records is out NOW! Recorded live in Bordeaux, July 2010.
Show Highlights :
Live radio appearances on WFMU, WKCR, WBAI, WVKR, WNYC, Radio France
Stefan Zeniuk – Tenor & Bass saxophones
Jackie Coleman – Trumpet
Jesse Selengut – Trumpet
Ric Becker – Trombone & Bass Trombone
Tim Vaugn – Trombone
Joe Exley – Tuba
Clifton Hyde – Guitar & Baritone Guitar; french horn
Ari Folman-Cohen – Electric & Upright Basses
Kevin Garcia – Drums, Percussion
Greg Stare – Congas
Rich Stein – Percussion
Gato Loco Alum :
Eric Biondo – Trumpet
Kevin Moehringer – Trombone
Brian Drye – Trombone
Mike Gamble – Guitar
Brett Tyson – Congas
