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TheBrothers

“Get Down” — Incognito’s remix, now on FMV FIT Radio Urban
Soul · Jazz · Pop United Kingdom · based in Europe Three brothers

Danny, Riqo and George grew up in a house where both parents were musicians. Today they write, produce and play together — soul and jazz made by three people who share a family, a childhood and a stage.

Meet the three The interview
Their rule
“Great songs, great musicians and music with feeling.”

The simple philosophy at the centre of their sound — as they put it on thebrothersofficial.com

Three brothers, one musical identity built on talent, versatility and artistic sensitivity. Each of them is a singer, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, and together they explore a world of sound where soul, jazz, neo-soul and contemporary pop meet naturally. Beyond the variety of styles, what defines their music is a shared vision: honest songwriting, expressive performance, and the emotion that gives every song its own identity.

Three

Three roles nobody chose

Within a family, roles and personalities take shape naturally, often long before anyone notices them. For these three brothers, that complementarity has, over time, become a defining part of their artistic identity. The bond they built away from the stage now shows in the way they work together, communicate, and express their individuality within the same musical project.

Line drawing of Danny, wearing a knitted beanie
Danny
The responsible one

The one who brings focus, and a sense of duty toward the work.

Line drawing of Riqo, wearing a cap
Riqo
The quiet one

The most reserved of the three.

Line drawing of George, wearing a cap
George
The one who keeps everyone together

Especially when three opinions are pulling in three directions.

And one role they share: all three are dreamers.

The portraits are drawings from The Brothers’ own artwork.

Where it began

A house where music was already playing

Both of their parents were musicians. For Danny, Riqo and George, music was never a discovery made in adolescence, nor a career chosen later on. It was there from the first day — a world their mother and father opened for them before they were old enough to ask for it.

Before they were The Brothers, they recorded as The Illumination Experience, a name that also became the title of their debut album and the first sketch of the soul, jazz and pop blend they still work with. A decade later they went back to it with a 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition: twenty-one tracks, with new remixes by Incognito, Bah Samba, SoulPersona and Ronnie Herel.

Among those remixes is “Get Down”, reimagined by Incognito — a song you can listen to right here, as part of this musical portrait.

The Illumination Experience · 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition · 2025
Without words

The conversation happens in the music

An artistic partnership between three brothers inevitably brings different perspectives, but also a rare kind of mutual understanding. Beyond the opinions that don’t always align, music becomes their shared language, one through which emotions and ideas find expression without needing to be explained.

That bond also shows in their affinity for soul, a genre they associate with sincerity, authenticity and freedom of expression. How their family bond shapes their writing and their performances is explored in their answer to the third question of the interview.

Keeping the music alive

Great players, together

Keeping the Music Alive, first released in 2025 as an EP, has grown into a long-term musical project devoted to original songs and to collaborations with distinguished artists. Its first chapter brings together three major names from the international music scene: guitarist Mark Whitfield, saxophonist Stacy Dillard and vibraphonist Sasha Berliner. The artistic direction blends soul and jazz with Latin influences and contemporary rhythms, in an approach that highlights the variety of sound and the expressiveness of the playing.

Their artistic path also includes recordings and productions made together with established musicians from the worlds of jazz, soul and funk, Grammy winners among them:

Keeping the Music Alive · EP · 2025

Mark WhitfieldCory HenryChristian McBridePino PalladinoIsaiah SharkeyJames GenusStacy DillardSasha BerlinerPaul BrownIncognitoBah Samba

From New York to RioLive · feat. Mark Whitfield

Brazilian jazz fusion, played live — one of the tracks from the Keeping the Music Alive EP.

Live at Nublu, New YorkLive · feat. Mark Whitfield

The Brothers & Friends on stage at Nublu, in New York.

The road so far

From a debut album to a sold-out night in New York

  1. The beginning

    The Illumination Experience — their debut album, recorded under their first band name.

  2. 2025

    The Keeping the Music Alive EP, with Mark Whitfield, Stacy Dillard and Sasha Berliner — and The Illumination Experience returns in a 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition.

  3. New York

    The Brothers & Friends at NuBlu, with Mark Whitfield, New York musicians and special guests. The night sells out.

  4. 2026

    Winners of the Ageas CoolJazz by Smooth FM Talent Competition, chosen from more than 100 artists, and selected to play the 2026 Ageas CoolJazz Festival in Portugal.

  5. On stage

    The Music of Motown — their own live production, with ten musicians, dancers and synchronized imagery, celebrating Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Temptations, The Jackson 5, Lionel Richie and The Commodores.

Photographs from the band’s press kit · tap one to see it larger
Ageas CoolJazz by Smooth FMTalent competition · 2026

The Brothers in the competition they went on to win — filmed by Smooth FM.

The Music of MotownShowreel · 2026

The Brothers & Friends and their tribute to the Motown songbook, in a few minutes.

The song

Get Down

When the music sent by The Brothers arrived, the FMV FIT Radio team explored the band’s repertoire and selected four tracks for broadcast on FMV FIT Radio Urban. Among them is “Get Down”, in a remix by Incognito for the anniversary edition of the album The Illumination Experience. This version can also be heard on the artists’ dedicated page.

  • Knocks Me Off My FeetRadio edit · their instrumental tribute to Stevie Wonder
  • 45th StreetRadio edit · in the Urban rotation
  • Get DownIncognito remix · radio edit · on this page
  • Together AgainIn the Urban rotation

First released on the band’s debut album, at a time when they were working under a different name, “Get Down” returned to the spotlight a decade later through a remix by Incognito for the anniversary edition of the album The Illumination Experience.

The version presented here is the radio edit of that remix, three minutes and fifty-six seconds long. You can listen to it while you read, as a way into the band’s musical world.

On FMV FIT Radio Urban
Get Down
The Brothers · Incognito Remix · Radio Edit
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Interview

In conversation with The Brothers

An interview built around eight questions, answered by the three brothers together, exploring the experiences that have shaped their personal and artistic path. From a childhood spent side by side and the dynamics of family relationships to the challenges they have faced in their careers, the moments of doubt, and the values that remain essential beyond success measured in numbers.

01 Being brothers means your story together began long before there was a band. What do you understand about one another today that you didn’t understand when you were younger?

When you’re growing up together, you don’t necessarily stop to think about how different you all are. You’re just brothers, sharing the same environment, experiences and everyday life.

As we’ve grown older, we’ve come to appreciate how differently each of us thinks, feels and approaches things. We all have our own personalities, strengths and musical instincts, and those differences are actually what make The Brothers work.

When we were younger, we probably expected each other to see things the same way. Today, we understand that we don’t have to agree on everything to be moving in the same direction.

There’s something quite special about creating music with people who have known you your entire life. You don’t have to explain everything. Sometimes a look, a musical phrase or a certain feeling is enough.

02 In a family, we often fall into roles without ever choosing them — the responsible one, the quiet one, the dreamer, the one who keeps everyone together. Did each of you have a role like that growing up, and has music changed those roles?

It’s funny because, in many ways, we’ve always had our own roles within the family, and those personalities still come through in the music today.

Danny has always been the responsible one, Riqo is the quiet one, and George is the one who keeps everybody together. But there’s one thing we all have in common — we’re all dreamers!

We each have our own way of looking at things. Danny brings that sense of responsibility and focus, Riqo tends to be more reserved, and George has that natural ability to bring everyone together, especially when we have different opinions or ideas.

And believe us, being three brothers, there are always different opinions!

Music hasn’t necessarily changed those roles, but it’s helped us understand and appreciate them more. We’ve learned that our differences are actually one of our greatest strengths.

At the end of the day, we’re three different personalities sharing the same dream. And perhaps that’s what makes The Brothers work — we each bring something different to the table, but we’re all trying to create something special together.

03 Music sometimes gives us a language for things that are difficult to express in ordinary conversation. Has a song ever helped you understand or communicate something to each other differently?

Absolutely. Music has always been a way for us to communicate beyond words.

Sometimes you can spend ages trying to explain a feeling or an idea, but then someone sits at a keyboard, plays a few chords or comes up with a melody, and suddenly everybody understands.

That’s one of the beautiful things about making music together. You can communicate emotion without necessarily having to explain where it’s coming from.

A lot of our music comes from that instinctive connection. Whether we’re writing something soulful and emotional or creating a groove that simply makes people feel good, there’s usually something underneath it that connects us.

We think that’s also why soul music has always meant so much to us. It’s about honesty, feeling and communicating something real.

04 Success is usually told through milestones, but the moments when someone almost stops are rarely part of the story. Was there ever a point when one of you seriously questioned continuing with music — and what made you stay?

Like most musicians who’ve been doing this for a long time, we’ve experienced the ups and downs that come with pursuing music professionally.

The music industry can be unpredictable. You can put an enormous amount of time, energy and love into something without knowing how it will be received or whether the opportunities you’re hoping for will materialize.

There are certainly moments when you question the direction you’re taking, especially when the business side of music becomes more complicated than the creative side.

But the thing that keeps bringing us back is the music itself.

There’s nothing quite like creating a song from nothing, hearing it come together, or standing onstage and feeling an audience connect with what you’re doing.

And being brothers gives us something else: we’re not just working on a project together. We have a lifelong connection that exists beyond the music business.

We still have so much music we want to make and so many places we’d love to perform. That excitement hasn’t gone away.

05 As brothers, you share memories that no audience will ever fully know. Is there something from your life together that still finds its way into the music, even when you don’t consciously put it there?

Absolutely. We think that certain feelings are naturally connected to certain memories, and when you’ve shared so much of your life together, those connections become something you instinctively understand about each other.

It’s not necessarily something we sit down and talk about. Sometimes a particular melody, chord progression, rhythm or even just the atmosphere of a song can bring back a feeling that’s connected to a memory or a moment in our lives.

And the interesting thing is that we don’t always need to explain it to one another. We just know. There’s an unspoken understanding between us because we’ve lived through so many of the same experiences.

Of course, we each remember and feel things in our own way, but there’s a shared emotional history that naturally finds its way into the music.

We think that’s one of the special things about being brothers and creating music together. Some of those feelings and memories are almost impossible to put into words, but somehow they make perfect sense when expressed through music.

It’s not something we consciously try to bring into our songs. It’s simply part of who we are, and it comes through instinctively.

06 You have now had your music played by radio stations around the world. But recognition and numbers don’t necessarily tell us what reaches an artist most deeply. What is one reaction to your music — perhaps from just one listener — that has stayed with you?

One of the most rewarding things for us is knowing that our music can reach people in completely different parts of the world.

We’ve been fortunate to receive support from more than 200 radio stations internationally, and it’s still exciting to discover that someone somewhere is listening to something we created.

But beyond the numbers, what really matters is when someone genuinely connects with the music.

A song might mean one thing to us when we’re creating it, but somebody listening might associate it with a completely different experience in their own life.

We love that music can do that.

We’ve also experienced that connection through live performance. Playing at NuBlu in New York with Mark Whitfield, for example, and seeing the audience respond to the music was incredibly rewarding.

There’s a special feeling when people aren’t simply listening politely, but are genuinely involved in what’s happening onstage.

For us, those moments of connection are more meaningful than any statistic.

07 Imagine that all the achievements, streams, radio plays and professional milestones disappeared from the story. What would still make the three of you say, “This was worth doing”?

The fact that we got to share this journey together as brothers.

At the end of the day, we love making music. We’ve had so many great experiences, met some incredible people, worked with amazing musicians and created memories that will stay with us forever.

Of course, recognition and success are wonderful, but they’re not the reason we started making music.

It’s about doing something we love, creating music we’re proud of, and being able to share that with people.

And the fact that we’ve been able to do all of this together as brothers makes it even more special.

That alone makes it all worthwhile.

08 Years from now, people may discover The Brothers without knowing anything about this period of your lives. Beyond the music itself, what would you hope they understand about the three people who made it?

We think it all comes down to the love of music, and ultimately, love itself.

Music has always been a natural part of who we are. Both our parents were musicians, so we grew up surrounded by music from day one. They opened the door to this incredible world of melodies, rhythms, harmonies and creativity, and it’s a world we fell in love with from the very beginning.

In many ways, we don’t really know life without music. It’s something that has always been there, something that feels completely natural to us. And being able to share that love as brothers makes it even more special. Family has always been at the heart of our journey, and music is part of what connects us.

Everything we do comes from a good place, from a genuine desire to create, entertain, bring people together, inspire, and hopefully bring a little light and happiness into people’s lives.

We love the beauty of music, how it can be so simple and yet so complex at the same time. How something as small as a melody, a feeling or a few words can mean so much to someone.

We’re all dreamers, and we believe there’s something beautiful about having those dreams, however big or small, and wanting to turn them into something meaningful.

We don’t necessarily have all the answers, and we’re not trying to change the world with every song. Sometimes we just want people to smile, dance, have fun or forget their worries for a little while. Other times, we hope the music might touch someone a little deeper, make them think, feel something beautiful or find a bit of inspiration.

At the heart of it all, we’re simply three brothers who grew up in a musical family, fell in love with something our parents introduced us to, and have been following that love ever since.

It’s not something we do because we feel we have to. It’s something we do because it’s part of who we are.

And if people can feel even a little of that love in our music, even years from now, then that’s something truly special to us.

Danny, Riqo & George
Worth doing

Take away the numbers, and this is what is left.

Beyond the radio stations, the stages they have played and the collaborations with established names, what remains is the heart of their story: three brothers who keep choosing music, and keep making it together. And “Get Down”, the song that has accompanied your reading of this interview, is one of the expressions of that artistic bond.

Where to find The Brothers

Their releases are on every major platform, and their official site has the whole story and the next concert dates. You can also hear them here, on FMV FIT Radio Urban.

Artists
The Brothers — Danny, Riqo & George
Song on this page
“Get Down” (Incognito Remix · Radio Edit) · 3:56
On FMV FIT Radio
Urban
Genre
Soul · Jazz · Smooth jazz · Pop
From
United Kingdom · based in Europe
Materials
Interview, photographs and audio provided by The Brothers and In The Pocket Entertainment, published with their permission