Group

The Empire Horns

From: Australia
Since: present
Releases: 0

About

The Cat Empire is an Australian jazz and funk band, formed in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1999. For most of the band's duration, the core members were Felix Riebl (lead vocals, percussion), Harry James Angus (trumpet, vocals), Will Hull-Brown (drums), Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala (turntables, percussion), Ollie McGill (keyboards, backing vocals) and Ryan Monro (bass, backing vocals). Monro retired from the band in March 2021, while Angus, Hull-Brown and Khadiwhala all left in April 2022. They are often supplemented by The Empire Horns, a brass duo composed of Ross Irwin (trumpet) and Kieran Conrau (trombone), among others. Their sound is a fusion of jazz, funk, ska, and rock with heavy Latin influences.

From The Cat Empire on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

Kieran Conrau 2002–now trombone, background vocals, cornet, bass trombone
Ross Irwin 2002–now trumpet, background vocals, flugelhorn
Lazaro Ernesto Numa Pompa 2022–now trumpet, percussion
Carlo Barbaro 2002–2007 · former alto saxophone

Member of

The Cat Empire now additional

Also known as

Empire Horns

Identifiers

MusicBrainz: bb2722b1-cbca-4f51-87bf-796bc1760118

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 13 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.