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Electronic press kit
Sacramento, California
Anthroslop
You prompt. We play.
Guitar-fronted jazz fusion. Give us a song title.
We’ll make it up, right in front of you.
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The press films pair music from Made In Voyage with footage from our Jazz Odyssey years.
The live experience
A song that
didn’t exist
until tonight.
A title from the audience. A glance across the stage. Then we’re off.
Every set is made in the moment, shaped by the players and the people in the room. We follow a groove, find a melody, and see where it takes us.
Bring us to your roomLet’s make it a regular thing.
We’re looking for a Sacramento residency. A familiar room. A different set every time.Options for your night
Three 45-minute sets or two 90-minute sets.Clubs & residencies
Monthly, biweekly, or a rhythm that suits your room. Returning faces, new song titles, and guest musicians give people a reason to come back.
Festivals & showcases
The audience has an immediate way into the music: name a song and hear it take shape. We’ll work with your performance window, changeover and house production.
Private & community events
The people and the occasion can give the music its starting point. Tell us about your audience and setting, and we’ll discuss the right lineup and sound.
Dates, lineup, breaks and production are agreed for each booking.
The musicians
Good ears.
Real chemistry.
Led by Sean Ashe and Matt Hopper, with a rotating cast of multi-instrumentalists and guests. These are the four founding musicians.
The current lineup rotates.
Sean Ashe
Co-founder / Guitar & engineering1.5 million streams of his music. Onstage with a guitar; behind the desk recording the band.
Matt Hopper
Co-founder / Guitar150+ gigs a year with the Ariel Jean Band, alongside first-call work with other groups.
Jobany Betancourt
Founding member / KeysLeads Grupo Cumbiazo, one of Northern California’s leading cumbia bands.
J.C. Sanchez
Founding member / DrumsAlso on drums with Grupo Cumbiazo. Part of the conversation from the Jazz Odyssey days.
Stage & sound
We bring
the music.
And the PA.
PA is available. Sean handles engineering, and we record every show in audio and video.
We’ll coordinate the lineup, space, power, load-in and house sound with your venue.
Plan the stageStage plot, input list & technical riderWorking templates. Final requirements follow the agreed lineup and room.
For bookers & press
Everything
to hand.
Complete press kitBio, photographs & press-film linksZIP The EPK, to goA concise, shareable introductionPDF Founding band portraitJazz Odyssey archive / credit the bandJPEG More from the roomPhotographs & live footage
Short bio, ready to use
Anthroslop is a Sacramento jazz fusion band led by Sean Ashe and Matt Hopper. The audience supplies song titles; the band turns them into music on the spot. A rotating pool of multi-instrumentalists and guests makes every set in real time, responding to each other and the room. The project began as Jazz Odyssey, with founding members Jobany Betancourt and J.C. Sanchez. Sean’s music has reached 1.5 million streams. Matt plays 150+ gigs a year with the Ariel Jean Band and works with other groups as a first-call player. Jobany leads Grupo Cumbiazo, one of Northern California’s leading cumbia bands, with J.C. on drums. Every Anthroslop show is recorded in audio and video.
Listen to the recordMade In VoyageReleased as Jazz Odyssey / Bandcamp
Booking Anthroslop
Your room.
Our next song.
Have a date in mind, a festival to fill, or a room that needs a regular night? Tell us what you’re imagining.
A good place to start
Your venue or event, location, a possible date, and the kind of night you have in mind. House sound and schedule details are welcome.
Help me draft an inquiry
Availability and terms are confirmed directly with the band. See announced shows.