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New Element is categorized as a “unique blend” of Irish/American/Celtic/Rock played with a contemporary & driving feel. The group has been playing in the Chicagoland area for nearly a decade and is having tremendous success from their performances and recording efforts. Their uniqueness derives not only from their musical skills but also from their high energy stage show. Their sound and personality are very warm and unique as New Element takes its audiences on a must see “musical roller-coaster”. Initially, the core of the group started with four Horgash brothers from Schererville, Indiana. These four brothers (out of eight children) have played together for years while growing up in a musical family in Indiana. Though currently they are performing with two of the brothers and three lads that should be considered adopted siblings, Mike and Paul and the boys have a growing mailing list of thousands of loyal fans and are a top draw at every engagement they perform at. Musical engagements are pretty diverse such as: Guinness Beer festivals, Taste of Chicago, Fado Irish Pub (Chicago), Navy Pier, Chicago Celtic Festival, Indianapolis Irish Festival, Jack Desmond’s Irish Pub (Chicago Ridge, IL), Quigley’s Irish Pub (Naperville, IL), Shannon’s Landing (Lansing, IL), Galway Tribes, Frankfort, IL, Valparaiso/ Porter County Gaelic Festival, T.J. Maloney’s (Merrillville, IN) and many other town festivals, clubs, and private events. Musicians are: Paul Horgash-Hammered Dulcimer/5-string Banjo/Accordian/Vocals Michael Horgash-Violin/Mandolin/Octave Mandolin/Tin Whistle/Vocals Dan Soto-Electric & Acoustic Guitar/Harmonica/Vocals Gordon Patriarka-Bass/Vocals Bryan Resendiz-Drums/Percussion New Element has sold over 9000 combined copies of their CDs to date and they’re becoming a popular favorite for any music lover in every age group. The group has recently release its newest CD titled “All Four One” (Jan. 2006), which explores the contemporary Celtic sounds that are instrumentally driven along with a few originals written by Mike Horgash and Dan Soto. This effort has been recently reviewed and rated in the Top Ten for 2006 of Chicagoland / Northwest Indiana independent labeled artists. The band released their first CD titled, “New Element Christmas”(Dec. 1997) that has received rave reviews and made the “top five list” by WGN Radio in Chicago for local Christmas music on the Spike O’Dell’s Christmas program. Their second CD titled, “Journeys” (Sept. 1998) is composed of high energy contemporary Irish, Folk and Celtic songs. On many occasions you can also hear the band deliver their own creative versions of many popular artists combining roots rock, contemporary Irish, bluegrass, & Americana, as these lads fuse musical styles as if they were all meant to be their own. |
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