Artist description Unsui (pronouned "oon-soo-ee")is a jam-oriented rock band with emphasis on improvisation and spontaneity. Like the definition of the zen term, Unsui's music both lacks and possesses structure (a sort of organized chaos if you will). Able to cover multiple genres in a single set, almost all of Unsui's songs are titled after the genre they resemble.

Music Style Instrumental Psychedelic Jazzy Funky Jam Rock

Musical Influences Phish, Primus, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, MMW, The Roots, Galactic, 311, and any random genre we can handle.

Similar Artists Phish, Primus, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Van Halen, Galactic, Jane's Addiction, Nintendo.

Artist History Robbie and Philip have been playing together since 1996 and they have been playing with Harshal since early 1999. Harshal parted ways with the band in September of 2001 after winning the Innsbrook Battle of the Bands. He was replaced by the almighty Andrew Laubacher in October. Now everything's dandy.

Group Members Philip Heesen - Guitars, Robbie King - Bass, Harshal Mehta - Old Drummer, Andrew Laubacher - New Drummer

Instruments Guitar, bass, drums, cowbell (lots of cowbell).

Albums "Extremely Unprofessional Demos and Nonsense"

Press Reviews The best description of the band Unsui and the music that these three college students make could only be described as controlled chaos. As a jam band, these guys have talent and skill. On this, their first recorded effort, Extremely Unprofessional Demos and Nonsense, they demonstrate this fact fully, as there are no lyrics to any of the six songs. In fact if you listen closely, you will notice that of six songs, Five aptly describe the genre of the music and the song matches it perfectly. Philip Heesen’s mastery of guitar is evident as he hardly misses a lick and uses every guitar gimmick he can, especially on “Rock” and “Surf”. “Funk” allows bassist Robbie King to show his slap-bass technique and keeps right in time. The only song on the CD that does not describe a genre of music is track #4, which is the band’s send up of the popular 80’s video game “Mario” theme. Having seen these guys play live it can be said that they have a bright future ahead of them. -Richmond Music Journal (Nov '01)-

Location Richmond, VA - USA

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