Here are the latest Record Reviews for Issue 69..Read and Enjoy..Fitzroy
Welcome to a fresh new sound from the east coast B-Boy battle grounds of Brooklyn, from an outfit with diversity not only musically, but also culturally. Influenced by the varied rawer edge black music with a touch of rock and pop, The Saturators’ sound is not one to be pigeon holed. Do not be surprised to hear elements of George Clinton’s P Funk to the Gap Band’s G funk, with that live reggae, roots, rock and soul with the TCQ and Diagble Planets hip-hop attitude. ‘Stacks’, opening with an enticing sound of fatness drum break, from respected fusion drummer Colin Taylor, is the epitome of that menagerie. The groove is driven by MC Reddaz’s experienced lyrical Caribbean soca, reggae and hip-hop sensibilities. It’s further supported by funky, rhythmic guitarist Misha Savage and Malaysian musical director, student of Berklee and bass guitarist, Aiman Radzi showing the great musicianship, fusion and synergy within the group. With Brooklyn College’s Matt Composure’s jazz stabs on keys, and Massachusetts’s Theo Moore on congas and percussion, you are destined to head nod like you’re at a hip-hop or rock concert. The audience participating party chant allows Jen C Nas’ ill Brazilian female skills to add a new dimension to this old school flavoured party jam. Guaranteed to rock an amphitheater near you.
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Greetings, this is a nice start to a Triiifffkk Tuesday. Here is a review for the 10th anniversary for Soul Survivors Magazine in conjunction with Expansion Records celebrating 30 years compiled by yours truly. Thanks Joerg Schmitt for sharing this. I’ve translated it into English via the internet so enjoy the read. If you’d like to get a copy please go to the the Soul Survivors website and purchase a copy while stocks last via. Thanks Fitzroy Anthoney Facey Exciting news “For those who like to groove” like Raydio. You can now pre order your personal copy of the forthcoming “Soul Survivors” album on Expansion Records due for release 1st September 2016. This can be done via The Soul Survivors Magazine website shop for £11.99 (£9.99 + £2 postage) including postage total if you are in the UK. The postage charges vary if from Europe and international countries so please check the information provided in the shopping cart. Compiled with universal love like Tom Browne by “Yours Truly” Fitzroy Facey, here below is the review as printed in the current issue 65 of The Soul Survivors Magazine for August & September 2016. These tasty Arthur Conley “Sweet Soul Music” musical treats like Opal Fruits, are made to make your mouth water. Click the image below which takes you directly to pre purchase your copy or copies.
Celebrating the magazine’s 10th anniversary, check out these contemporary underground jazz funk, disco and boogie productions, from some of the well respected artists, interviewed during the publications decade legacy. With more staying power than ‘Ever Ready’ or ‘Duracell’ batteries Fatback Band’s funky ‘Get Your Head Out The Phone’, Leroy Burgess’s ‘Heaven’, and Beggar & Co’s covered Kool & The Gang’s classic ‘Open Sesame’, make their debut on this CD. The absolute album exclusive, is Louise Pollock’s amazing vocal cover of Aquarian Dream’s ‘You’re A Star’. Shalamar collaborate on Steve Silk Hurley, DJ, Skip and Shane D’s disco house remix ‘Don’t Go’. Representing the UK is Yam Who’s ‘bassically” undeniably jazz funky, remix of Incognito feat Carleen Anderson’s ‘Show Me Love’ and The Pasadenas lesser known but exquisite ‘Round & Round’. Worth checking is Soul People’s awesome version of Roy Ayers’s ‘Our Time Is Coming’ and the albums only instrumental Nu Era’s ‘Beta Days’. Dome Record’s Angela Johnson and Eric Roberson contribute to the USA jazz funk fusion elements and wait until you hear some amazing Macedonian jazz fusion soul from Vladimir Cetkar. These alluring tunes were handpicked for you fellow soul survivors so please ‘Grab It’ like The Olympic Runners (Bad Tune!) whilst you can.
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This is certainly an acquired taste for those who have a very experimental ear. These guys from a an inspired Chic B side classic “Sao Paulo” in Brazil, weave a musical web of varied influences. It mixes up jazz, funk, reggae ,dub, rock and fusion with abstract proportions. Many of the tracks start of with a steady groove then without notice, go off on a 45 degree right angle with some pretty intense rock guitar solos. Some of the lesser obscure and straight funkier cuts include the latin salsa interchanging “Samurai”, a hammond organ and drum rim tapping “Sonhos De Tóquio” and a vocal ad-libbed funky horned “Bedum”. One of the Marmite tracks on the album is “Morning Birds” with an enchanting flute and marimba solo that goes awol briefly at the halfway mark into an impromptu on the ears rock guitar solo. There is an 11 minute slow and journalistic “Venus” instrumental sounding very ambient and in contrast an uptempo rhythmic ska meets latin percussive “A Vida Vem Em Ondas”. Curious as to how this one will be received.
This is one of those random guilty pleasures that arrives from somewhere in the outer hemisphere.Multi instrumentalist from Germany Bjorn Wagner founder of the Mighty Mocambos was inspired from a visit to Trinidad and Tobago with the steel pans. So with crisp hip-hop drum break beats amongst the 16 cuts, are several classic hip-hop funk RNB, reggae and electro covers. These including 50 Cent’s “Pimp”, The Chakackas “Jungle Fever”, Dennis Coffeys’ “Scorpio”, Faith Evan’s “Love Like This” and Cat Stevens’s fabulous “Was Dog A Doughnut”, John Holts “Police In a Helicopter” and Hi Tek “Round & Round”. He manages to capture the 70’s feeling with “Port Of Spain Hustle” and “Goodbye Feeling” and retain some melodiousness on “14 Laventille Road March”. If your looking for something different of the version excursion kind, you need look no further than this.