Slightly Stoopid.Ī: Is it safe to assume you love Bob Marley?īS: We all love Bob Marley, but like a third cousin you never see, because we never listen to him.Ī: What was the first CD/tape/record you ever bought?īS: Lou Bega’s “Mambo #5” and Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue” on the same day, which is pretty weird. Another fun one was Miles Turner’s Intergalactic African Extravaganza.Ī: Who would you like to go on tour with?īS: Soulive. It was all nondenominational, dub-ified holiday music. Our name specifically comes from a Skatalite song called “Buru Style.”Ī: What has been your favorite gig that you played on campus?īS: One of our favorites was the holiday show at BuHo. Now it’s a secularized, urban, inner-city thing.
Maybe in Mexico.īS: Buru was a form of religious music in colonial Jamaica. We bought all of our closest friends and family members a lot of alcohol, put them in a room, and recorded the album while we played for them.Ī: Where do you see yourselves in 5 years?īS: Wherever we’ll be, we’ll be playing naked. Our first gig was some party on Lawn, and our saxophone player got food poisoning like ten minutes before the show, so we played bass, drums, and had someone sampling on a laptop for like three hours and people loved it!Ī: What was it like recording your latest album, “The Crab”?īS: It was magical. It was formed in 2007, with zero ambition.
There have been about 25 people in the band over the years. Visit for more music!īuru Style: Bill is the lone founding member left. Their latest album, “The Crab” is out now. Buru Style is one of the most prolific on-campus bands, a reggae/dub/funk ensemble that recently played in the WestCo Courtyard and will open for State Radio in Northampton on Halloween.
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