Retrocity @ 25 – Live at the Redwood Theatre

For pure acappellatude, look no further than Retrocity. Seven totally rad  singers electric boogaloo their way through your favourite tunes from  the 80s and beyond, without a keytar or drum machine in sight.

Retrocity  was born in 1998, when a group of graduates from York University in  Toronto decided to form an a cappella band devoted to the music of their  misspent youth. What started as a one-night-only concert morphed into  an established and well-loved vocal band that continues to hit audiences  squarely in their nostalgia cortex. Retrocity’s repertoire covers  musical vintages and styles of all kinds, but their hearts still belong  to the Me Decade.

The  bold, textured a cappella arrangements capture an astonishing range of  instrumental imitation. Righteous guitar riffs, sensual sax solos, dope  drum beats and sizzling synths… all performed with the human voice. From  Sting to Salt ‘n Pepa, nobody delivers a blast of tubular tuneage like  Retrocity.

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