Both measured and turbulent, these eight blood brothers literally dance with their instruments. They navigate harmoniously between jazz, funk, soul and hip-hop. Their singularity owes much to this touch of rap, this urban and contemporary dimension infused in the ancient tradition of the brass band. This brass band comes to mesmerize the Viennese public as it hypnotized, one winter evening in 98, a group of travelers in front of a downtown Chicago subway station. They had let all the trains of the evening pass by. The anecdote inspired the name of their band. Still unknown in France, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble is already successfully performing on international stages. This brass band, raised with a grain of madness, comes to bewitch the Viennese public as it hypnotized, one winter evening of 98, a group of travelers in front of a downtown Chicago subway station.