Scioneaux, also known as Madd Wikkid, is the recording engineer at the venerable jazz Mecca, Preservation Hall and for the Preservation Hall Jazz band, the musical griots of the city. He is also a producer and musician. He is responsible for one traditionally non-traditional project already, Electronola, which melds the Crescent City's traditional sounds with electronica, and features, among other musicians, drummer Jason Marsalis, bassist James Singleton, and vocalist John Boutte. Now, however, he is blasting the future back into the brass past. He's remaking Daft Punk for a brass band. Like Electronola, "Brassft Punk" has also been funded through Kickstarter. |