Funk stalwarts Turkuaz have shared their full, nearly 30-minute set from Bonnaroo's Roo-Ality virtual event, during which the band collaborated with Talking Heads' Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew. The band, along with Harrison and Belew, were set to perform together at Bonnaroo 2020, which was canceled due to COVID-19.
The set consists of Talking Heads classics "Psycho Killer," "Houses In Motion" and "Crosseyed and Painless." However, in addition, the band also performed the new Turkuaz track "Ophidiophobia," which, according to the video's description, "marks the first studio collaboration between Turkuaz, Harrison, and Belew."
"Remain in Light and Talking Heads have been part of the soundtrack of our lives, and a huge inspiration to us as a band since day one," Brandwein said (via press release). In the April/May 2020 issue of Relix, he elaborates on discovering Talking Heads through Stop Making Sense. "It was definitely unlike anything I had ever seen and is still unlike anything I have ever seen." Brandwein noted. "It was right about the time we were starting this band. We wanted to cover their material as much as we could so we could get inside the arrangements and figure out what was going on—what made it feel that way and sound that way."
Watch the full set below!
