Labels
Legere
- 01. Where Do We Stand
02. Rainbow In Your Cloud
03. Whatever You Are
04. Freedom Is You
05. Broken
06. Never My Friend
07. In The Morning
08. Streams Of Time
09. Who To Call
10. Blackbird Sing- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 12.03.2021
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. Making Up
02. Sleepless Nights
03. Pushin' Away
04. The Way
05. Told You Straight
06. Start All Over Again
07. Giving Up On Love
08. Love's Luck Game
09. Rosie
10. Take A MinuteMARTIN & GARP
Sentimental Fools
(Legere)[engl]Dutch musician and producer Phil Martin has always been interested in the West Coast music scene and distinctive sound from the late 70s era. Artist like Steely Dan, Hall & Oates, The Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac and The Eagles all featured heavily in his diet of music when he was growing up. As a producer and songwriter, Phil has historically been more active in soul and jazz music. He has produced albums for successful projects such as The Jazzinvaders, Laura Vane and the Vipertones and The Soul Snatchers, all busy touring bands with international radio support. After working on a project with singer Lo van Gorp (Garp) from the Netherlands, Phil found the perfect vocal fit to his recordings for his own West Coast flavoured pop album. Together with other songwriters like Joel Sarakula and Laura Vane he began writing and producing songs. Lo van Gorp is a well known backing singer and saxophonist in Holland, recognized for his work backing many bigger artists like Marco Borsato, Paul Carrack, Roger Hodgson, Chaka Khan, Trijntje Oosterhuis and Al Jarreau, to name a few. The sound of Martin & Garp can best be described as feel-good, radio friendly melodies romantically looking back to California in the 70s. In amongst the catchy guitar and synth licks and luxurious harmonies, the theme is the unifying effect of music in the quest for sunny optimism.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 15.01.2021
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. Palmaillerennen
02. Pharisäer
03. Der Optimist
04. Haschrebellen
05. Bambule In der Thadenstrasse
06. Skorpion Im Stiefel
07. Preludin Und Benzin
08. Der Kiezpanther
09. Maries MexikanerHAMBURG SPINNERS
Skorpion Im Stiefel
(Legere)[engl] "Skorpion im Stiefel" is the long-awaited debut album by Hamburg Spinners, a contemporary soul, mod-jazz and R&B outfit based in Hamburg/Germany. Their sound blends floating Hammond organ lines, kinetic, driving grooves, funky breaks and slicing, economic improvisation. The quartet features Carsten Meyer on Hammond B-3, Dennis Rux on guitar, David Nesselhauf on bass, and Lucas Kochbeck on drums. "Skorpion im Stiefel" was cut live on a weekend in May 2020 in Hamburg's Yeah!Yeah!Yeah!-Studios with all bandmembers playing together in the same room as a way of capturing their live sound on tape. The only overdubs were a few shouts and some ambient noise. With Meyer's soulful organ sound owing equally to Booker T. Jones, Ingfried Hoffmann as well as Georgie Fame, his gritty soulful sound is buoyed by Rux warm and gripping guitar sound, Nesselhauf’s dynamic bass lines and Kochbeck's tight in-the-pocket drumming. Who needs winners when there’s Hamburg Spinners!?- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 15.01.2021
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
PM WARSON
True Story
(Legere)[engl]PM Warson grew up in an English town, in a post 9/11 world, drifting into financial crisis, against the staple suburban musical landscape of heavy rock, the ghost of the New Wave, and the fading star of the Indie Boom of the Noughties. He found his own fit in the form of Rhythm & Blues from half-a-century before, drawn in by records in the family collection, engaging at a visceral level, abstract from any subcultural connotations. While an outlier stylistically, he found camaraderie and direction among musically inclined peers, saving up two summers straight for a Rickenbacker guitar, getting the taste for playing live with an archetypal teenage power trio. After a move to London to study, he was without a band for a while. The Rickenbacker was sold for an archtop, and he delved deeper into his musical vocabulary - delta blues, Americana, early jazz and Rock'n'Roll. Meanwhile, via the capital's blues clubs and soul nights, he discovered a new setting for the music that had enticed him the first place, existing, not in a vacuum, but alive and in the moment. A chance audition thrust him into full-time work as a touring musician. He found himself, blissfully under-qualified, serving an apprenticeship alongside conservatoire-trained jazz musicians and session pros.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 15.01.2021
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. What’s Going On (Rob Hardt Mix)
02. What´s Going On (Toddi Reed & Terri Green Original Mix)TERRI GREEN PROJECT, CORNELL “CC” CARTER, RANDY HALL, MICHELLE LAWSON & many more ...
What's Going On
(Legere)[engl] Cover Artwork “Thinking Of You” (1971). All Rights Reserved. Appears Courtesy Of Ken Falana Fine Art Studio “What’s Going On”? When nine Independent soul artists join forces, the result is nothing less than an authentic, passionate, creative piece of music. During a backstage chat between The Terri Green Project and Cornell “CC” Carter, they planned a duet together, long before shut downs and the pandemic, to speak on their frustrations and life experiences that shaped their professional and personal journeys, but they expanded that project to include several other Chart topping Independent soul artist including Cool Million band member Rob Hardt, soul crooner Marc Staggers, the velvet voice of Miracle Thomas, the UK’s own soul queen Michelle Lawson, bigger than life persona and singer songwriter David A. Tobin, legendary guitarist, vocalist, producer Randy Hall, and disco queen Dynelle “Weather Girls” Rhodes, current member and daughter of the late Izora Armstead Rhodes. Toddi Reed and Terri Green joined forces to produce a vibrant classic soul mix that leans heavily on their usual “TGP” style. With a soft bed of string arrangements, Toddi’s splendid saxophone performance, and a tight bass performance from Thomas Steiger who also played on the last few number one hits for the band, the groove, surrounded by Toddi’s orchestral arrangement leaves us feeling the 1970s influenced production.- Format
- 7''
- Release-Datum
- 06.11.2020
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. Wichita Lineman (Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!)
02. Joyland (Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Sessions)- Format
- 7''
- Release-Datum
- 06.11.2020
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. Play The Ball
02. Olympians
03. Ready To Go
04. Ping Pong Powerplay
05. You Shot Me Down
06. Royals
07. Bone (The Broke Marauder)
08. Hit Me
9. Hangin' On
10. The BachelorDiazpora
Ping Pong Powerplay
(Legere)[engl] Stop everything you're about to do and take a hit of Diazpora‘s new Album „Ping Pong Powerplay“ now. Vast amounts of dopamine will be released as the needle hits the groove. Problems will disappear, heartache will crumble and legs going to move. With its ten modern songs built upon solid funk tradition, this album helps you get on the good foot! All songs were recorded in Diazpora‘s „Monopalast“ rehearsal studio in Hamburg, straight after the writing process, keeping it fresh, edgy and simple. The songs range from dancefloor tracks Diazpora is so known for, to heartfelt ballads, using Ping Pong as an olympic metaphor for life. Still in the game after countless years, Diazpora once more show nothing but love to their audience and THE FUNK with this latest release. Ping Pong Powerplay!- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 08.05.2020
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
01. Midnight Driver
02. Indigo Night
03. King Of Clowns
04. I'm Still Winning
05. Sunshine Makes Me
06. Harmony
07. London Road
08. Reunion Island
09. Don't Give Up On Me
10. Game Of SpiesJOEL SARAKULA
Companionship
(Legere)[engl]On his new record "Companionship", London-based Soft-Rock, Soul and Disco artist Joel Sarakula keeps the mood easy and the grooves deep. Ten new songs see Sarakula develop a deeper, more introspective lyrical style from his previous works as he celebrates and laments friendships, love and loneliness. Interspersed with a few standout up-tempo tracks to keep the ship sailing, “Companionship” is a chill-out album and listening experience of the highest order. "Companionship" opens with "Midnight Driver", a driving soft-rock fantasy where the narrator laments his partner's nocturnal habits: 'When she's coming up, it gets me down'. The Californian sun-kissed guitars, vocal stylings and percussion all help to set a cinematic mood which unsurprisingly also makes it a great driving song. On the introspective "King Of Clowns", Sarakula creates a pop song that calls to mind the craftmanship of Hall & Oates and Elvis Costello. Both an admission of guilt and an unapologetic statement of intent, his low vocal careens in the dangerous divide between self-pity and self-parody: "My bad decisions worked out for a while, I'd do my dance tried to make you smile, I'll never wise up it's just the way I am". These confessions all occur over a down-tempo funk groove complete with some vintage synthesizer musings that makes the track ready to be sampled for a hip-hop record.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 01.05.2020
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. Leg Warmer Band - Intro
02. Stretch It Out
03. Body Jam
04. Leotards In Love
05. Sweet Sweat
06. Cool Down
07. Shape Your Booty
08. Double Impact
09. Headband Of Gold
10. Hi-Intensity
11. M.Y.B.A. (Move Your Body Around)Shawn Lee s Incredible Leg Warmer Band
The 37 Minute Workout
(Legere)[engl] Stop everything you're about to do and take a hit of Diazpora‘s new Album „Ping Pong Powerplay“ now. Vast amounts of dopamine will be released as the needle hits the groove. Problems will disappear, heartache will crumble and legs going to move. With its ten modern songs built upon solid funk tradition, this album helps you get on the good foot! All songs were recorded in Diazpora‘s „Monopalast“ rehearsal studio in Hamburg, straight after the writing process, keeping it fresh, edgy and simple. The songs range from dancefloor tracks Diazpora is so known for, to heartfelt ballads, using Ping Pong as an olympic metaphor for life. Still in the game after countless years, Diazpora once more show nothing but love to their audience and THE FUNK with this latest release. Ping Pong Powerplay!- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 09.04.2020
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. Kids
02. Who Needs Words
03. Baby Girl
04. Dream Woman
05. Long Distance Love Affair
06. Danny Jamaica
07. Just For Kicks
08. Private Paradise
09. Things We Left Unsaid
10. All This LoveYOUNG GUN SILVER FOX
Canyons
(Legere)[engl]With their first two albums "West End Coast" (2015) and "AM Waves" (2018), Andy Platts and Shawn Lee, better known as Young Gun Silver Fox, formulated a modern version of the classic West Coast and soft rock sounds. The third album "Canyons" consequently develops the formula with ten well thought-out compositions, wonderful harmonies, incisive brass and inimitable sound images. Young Gun Silver Fox's approach has worldwide respect. They played well-known European jazz festivals (North Sea Jazz, Überjazz or Pori Jazz), sold out several times the Amsterdam Paradiso and were the only current band to feature in the soft rock TV documentary "I Can Go For That" on the BBC. Like the two predecessors, "Canyons" was once again composed, recorded and produced by Platts & Lee in their London studio. A striking feature this time is the brass arranged by Nichol Thomson (Incognito, Robbie Williams, Annie Lennox, Gregory Porter). The ten new songs are an incredible journey through all facets of the golden era of soft rock between 1974 and 1984. "Who Needs Words", "Long Distance Love Affair" or "Things We Left Unsaid" could also be found on albums by genre heroes like Pages, Stylus and Player. "Dream Woman" has a Chicago touch, "Danny Jamaica" is perhaps the crazy theme music of a lost TV series from the 1970s.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 20.02.2020
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. Wichita
02. Wherever The Wind Blows
03. Crystal Springs
04. Losin' My Mind
05. Brown Hair Woman
06. Farmer Brown
07. Mr. Maestro
08. Yesterday Tomorrow Today
09. Kansas City Summer
10. JoylandSHAWN LEE
Rides Again
(Legere)[engl]“Rides Again” is Shawn Lee’s first vocal and songwriter album since “Harmonium”, released in Japan only in 2005, and is a very personal journey into the world of soul-inspired country music. “Rides Again” has been in the making for a few years, Shawn Lee explains: “Yes, this record has had quite a long gestation period. The opening song ‘Wichita’ was written and recorded way back in 2007!” With every passing year Lee vowed to write and record more songs with a ‘Country’ feeling in view of finishing a complete album, but always got too busy with other projects. 2019 arrived and the American born and London based singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and filmmaker decided that the time was now. Recorded and arranged very quickly in stolen hours from other recording and touring commitments. The songs came together intuitively and organically. “This is a very reflective and personal album. I am looking back to my childhood in Wichita/Kansas and thinking about where I’m at the present moment and the idea of an unwritten future. I could have only made this album at this point of my life”, Shawn Lee says. Musically Country & Soul music share common vocabulary and “Rides Again” illustrates this in its own personal way.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 08.11.2019
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. Little Ann- What Should I Do
02. Joe Jama - My Life
03. The Sacred Four - Somebody Watching You
04. Ben Pirani - Light Of My Life
06. Roosevelt Matthews with Billy Ball & The Upsetters - You Got Me Diggin' You
06. Chuck Jackson - What's With This Loneliness
07. The Honey B’s - What Love Can Do
08. Kool Blues - Can We Try Love Again
09. Mixed Feelings - Sha La La
10. Patterson Twins - Gonna Find A True Love
11. Big Lee Dowell & The Cannonballs Feat. Maxim Moston - What I Done WrongV/A
Hamburg Soul Weekender
(Legere)[engl]The weekender is a very British thing, particularly combined with that other very British subculture: northern soul. When the first National Soul Weekender took place in Caister in 1979, some ways of celebrating the rare soul music scoring the scene had already been well established: sweaty all-nighters happened all over the country, where dedicated dancers and collectors met and kept the fire burning. And all-dayers came into being, allowing the people to indulge in their passion in different places, with less strict licensing obligations. The clues were all there. British people liked the idea to escape their urban working lives to the seaside on weekends. And the mod culture, always strongly related to soul music, followed suit, partying (and sometimes fighting) on coastal promenades, beaches and clubs, as immortalized by tabloid headlines, and a certain rock concept album plus movie. The brilliant idea in Caister, however, was to combine all-nighters and all-dayers, and given the unreliability of the British weather, the concept was due for success. If it rained, you just danced in a club, and other places. If not, you had fun at sea, and then danced, day and night, the whole weekend. Across the North Sea in Germany, it seemed like only matter of time that all this would catch on.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 08.10.2019
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. Pitching Up
02. Out Of Sync
03. Revolutions
04. Runout Groove
05. Sample Hunter
06. Dig Deep (feat. Marcus Tenney)
07. Matrix
08. Tracking Force
09. Warped MemoriesResolution 88
Revolutions
(Legere)[engl]With the release of their first two albums and live shows supporting Snarky Puppy, Roy Ayers, Marcus Miller, Larry Mizell & the Blackbyrds, Butcher Brown, Yellowjackets and more, Resolution 88 have already established themselves as one of the UK’s leading exponents of funk jazz. Their music is synonymous with the silky, buttery sound of the Fender Rhodes. They’re also a bona fide band, a refreshing change in a musical world increasingly occupied by online collaborations and viral videos. They’re best mates who love to hang out, play together and make their own music - that sincerity is evident in their songs and their chemistry on stage. ‘Revolutions’ represents a lot of firsts - the first time Resolution 88 have recorded to multi-track tape, the first time that they’ve included a real string and brass section, the first time they’ve included special guests on record and the first time they’ve pressed an album on vinyl. Imagine a combination of an undiscovered Herbie Hancock album from the mid’ 70’s, rare-groove samples from the golden era of hip hop (ATCQ, Pharcyde etc) and the new London sound of bands like Yussef Kamaal. Every track on ‘Revolutions’ represents an aspect of music on vinyl. On ‘Pitching Up’ you hear the DJ pitch the record up from 33rpm to 45rpm.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 20.09.2019
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. Uptown, Downtown
02. She Knows It
03. Old School Love
04. A Chance I Have To Take
05. Coming Home
06. DEH181917206 - Bounce Back To Me
07. Can't Hide
08. Smooth Cruising
09. This MomentJAY W. McGEE
Smooth Cruising
(Legere)[engl]In 2015 US soul, boogie and disco legend Jay W. McGee teamed up with Hamburg producer, multi-talented musician and DJ Julian "Mzuzu" Romeike to record McGee's comeback album "Good Feeling". Even though both artists are from two totally different generations, they got on so well with each other after the official re-release of Jay W. McGee's classic 12inch "Turn Me On" on Légère Recordings two years before that they started to write and record together. After all, it was Julian "Mzuzu" Romeike himself who made Jay W. McGee return to the music business after nearly 15 years of silence. The creative process did not stop with "Good Feeling": "We now have a brilliant combination of fresh songs. Many different accurate beats and of course Jay’s incredible writing and singing skills," says Romeike. "I feel that it’s a great combination of dedication, skills and talent which made this album possible. I work on some grooves and hooks for Jay, he picks the ones he likes and returns a proper song with vocals and arrangement. My production team, The Unbelievable Two, then work on the final mix." "Smooth Crusing" hints towards McGee's classic late seventies sought after sounds like "When We Party" with the first "Uptown, Downtown". The album also includes some reggae touches and smooth soul excursions.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 17.04.2019
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. Waiting Game
02. Jacob's Ladder
03. Traffic
04. Cajun Jollof
05. Afro Struttin
06. NOLA
07. Little Mountain
08. Yellow Fellow
09. Westchester Lady
10. Smoke SignalsKERBSIDE COLLECTION
Smoke Signals
(Legere)[engl]Jazz funk and gritty rare grooves ensemble from down under - Kerbside Collection - return with their third record Smoke Signals! Continuing in a down home, instrumental approach, but this time combining updated ideas and flavours into their spectrum of warm, analogue, dusty grooves from more frequent fender-rhodes electric jazz elements, to New Orleans sprinklings alongside their 60’s inspired West Coast style. Smoke Signals continues the wilder tones, textures and ‘library’ sounds of extra instrumentation where previous ‘Trash or Treasure’ left off, whilst introducing hints of fusion and cinematic analogue electric colours into the mix - bringing things into slightly early 70s territory. Opening with the lush, chilled, palate of Waiting Game, remeniscent of some classic Air ‘Moon Safari’ grooves, before the album properly begins with a fresh rendition of the rhodes heavy Cedar Walton 70’s jazz funk classic ‘Jacob’s Ladder’. Then straight into the street-styled jazzbongo breaks and funky-flute of ‘Traffic’, a skankin’ New Orleans reggae homage to one of its finest Creole dishes, featuring funky hammond organ curtosy of guest Jake Mason (Cookin’ on 3 Burners/Jake Mason Trio) and tasty piano work from multi instrumentalist Andrew Fincher who handles both guitar and keys on the whole record.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 30.11.2018
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. Intrologue
02. Never Take It feat. Soulamadou
03. Space Station
04. Solaris
05. Meteorites
06. Everlost
07. Believe It feat. Axel Feige
08. Transneptunians (I)
09. Transneptunians (II) feat. Soulamadou
10. Orion Safari
11. The Void
12. Celeste
13. I Wanna Go Back feat. Axel Feige
14. RepitaphDAVID NESSELHAUF
Afrokraut II: The Lowbrow Manifesto
(Legere)[engl]“Afrokraut II: The Lowbrow Manifesto” returns to the place where David Nesselhauf imagined a world of peace, unity and impossible dreams with the release of “Afrokraut” in 2016. Now, with “Afrokraut II” David Nesselhauf expands into space. David Nesselhauf is unlike any other musician, producer and arranger you know. Through the tiny window of his laboratory he observes the stars. Using self-made antennas and ancient tape machines, he records electromagnetic waves sent from outer space. Played in reverse at triple speed he manages to decode the information herein without much use of psychoactive substances. On “The Lowbrow Manifesto” Nesselhauf collects these fragments and tells stories from a future mankind which seems to live scattered across the universe. They communicate their secret thoughts and wishes through music, painting a picture about what is to come for us all. Using a colourful palette of sounds, selected stories got further enhanced by David Nesselhauf to a digestible, funky and contagious new album. „Afrokraut II: The Lowbrow Manifesto“ documents Nesselhauf’s journey backwards through future, dedicating his work to the heritage of “Afrokraut” history, a brief episode when Krautrock got funky (and David Nesselhauf wasn‘t even born at that time).- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 30.11.2018
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. Game Over
02. Brand New U
03. Shake
04. Ying Yang Kutsk
05. Purple Pearl
06. Don't Treble Me
07. I Won't Go To Bed
08. A Matter Of Seconds
09. The ThiefUEBERTRIBE
Brand New U
(Legere)[engl]"Tough as hell. Hard German Funk, like the younger siblings of The Poets Of Rhythm in their prime & that really is a good thing." (Boca 45) "Funky as a Junkie with a pet monkey." (Shawn Lee) When you are in with Uebertribe, there is no misleading: „We make no fuss and there is no need to discuss. With us, it is all about funk,“ says Legbo, guitarist extraordinaire and head of the freaky funk collective from Hamburg. „Brand New U“ is their debut album and yes, it is very much about finding your direction, and being – or sometimes not being - in peace with yourself and the world around you. „The concept of Uebertribe has been in mind for about 10 years now. At that time I was playing with Diazpora and it was already clear, that we would never be able to finish all ideas that we had - life is short and they were just too many,“ Legbo recalls. „Apparently I needed another funk band, and while touring with a hip hop band, I found a drummer - Martin Kahl - who just felt right.“ Uebertribe can be seen as an offspring of Hamburg funk scene - a lively witches brew of underground parties, bands and musicians. Their early pre-incarnation was visible during the legendary „We Call It Funk“ session series in 2011, where they played many unfairly unknown funk treasures including some cover versions of the Nineties German funk band Zappelbude (which consisted of German jazz legends, pianist Robert Di Gioia and drummer Wolfgang Haffner).- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 14.09.2018
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. Midnight In Richmond
02. Lenny
03. Take It Or Leave It
04. Underdog
05. Mojo Rising
06. Just A Man
07. Love Guarantee
08. Caroline
09. Kingston Boogie
10. LolitaYOUNG GUN SILVER FOX
AM Waves
(Legere)[engl]Young Gun Silver Fox are the captains of AM Waves, setting sail towards an isle where melodies soak the shoreline and grooves sway like palm trees. Their route traces a natural progression from West End Coast, an album that cast Andy Platts (Young Gun) and Shawn Lee (Silver Fox) as musical virtuosos of SoCal-infused pop. AM Waves does more than duplicate the perfection of West End Coast. It improves it. Recorded at The Shop in London and Roffey Hall in the English countryside, AM Waves burnishes the blend between the duo's modern aesthetic and their sumptuously crafted homage to '70s-styled pop, rock, and soul. "This music hits a certain spot for me personally that nothing else quite does," says Shawn, who produced the album amidst his projects for Saint Etienne, Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra, and several other acts. "It's real high-caliber music. It's easy and breezy to listen to but it's really hard to make. Every aspect is A game." The A game behind AM Waves fuels 43 minutes of Young Gun Silver Fox in peak form. "AM Waves is much more instinctive," says Andy, whose penchant for writing irresistible hooks and melodies also shapes his role as lead singer and lyricist/composer for the band Mamas Gun. "It's more vivid. You can see the clarity to the colors of AM Waves whereas West End Coast is slightly more impressionist, as it were.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 20.04.2018
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. Understanding
02. In Trouble
03. Baltic Jam
04. We Used To Connect
05. Dead Heat
06. Theme From The Love Club
07. Coldharbour Man
08. Parisian Woman
09. Coney Island Getaway
10. Cinnamon Surprise
11. Winter ElegyJOEL SARAKULA
Love Club
(Legere)[engl]Do you like Love songs? After spending a lifetime spent avoiding this subject in song, Joel Sarakula finally admits that he does. On his new album „Love Club“ Sarakula relives the golden age of Soulful and Romantic Pop music and connects it with a modern aesthetic. While a deeper message of love and peace flows through the record, Joel Sarakula is no old fashioned hippie: “‚Love Club’ is about connecting to reality and re-framing the idea of romantic love and loss in the present, loveless age ”. Featuring eleven songs touching all genres from disco to blues, from soul to soft-rock, Joel Sarakula’s “Love Club” is a profound pop statement. Joel Sarakula has travelled the world in search of his muse, experiencing everything from being a victim of Caribbean carjackings to performing in the remote fishing villages of Norway, via the dive bars of Europe and the US. It was the hodge-podge musical tapestry of England’s capital that finally drew him to a settling point, in the wake of seemingly never ending run of shows. With personal tastes that span from the more avant-garde to soul and pop greats like Sly Stone, Todd Rundgren and Hall & Oates, there are clear nods to contemporaries like Unkown Mortal Orchestra, Erlend Oye and Toro Y Moi in terms of ambition and style.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 20.04.2018
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. Blue Motel
02. Halloween By The Sea
03. What's Your Secet (Cleo)
04. Life Under Water
05. The Amateurs
06. Your Sorrow
07. The House That Built Itself
08. Time Machine For Two
09. Single Life
10. Grownups
11. VampireBART & THE BEDAZZLED
Blue Motel
(Legere)[engl]Do you like Love songs? After spending a lifetime spent avoiding this subject in song, Joel Sarakula finally admits that he does. On his new album „Love Club“ Sarakula relives the golden age of Soulful and Romantic Pop music and connects it with a modern aesthetic. While a deeper message of love and peace flows through the record, Joel Sarakula is no old fashioned hippie: “‚Love Club’ is about connecting to reality and re-framing the idea of romantic love and loss in the present, loveless age ”. Featuring eleven songs touching all genres from disco to blues, from soul to soft-rock, Joel Sarakula’s “Love Club” is a profound pop statement. Joel Sarakula has travelled the world in search of his muse, experiencing everything from being a victim of Caribbean carjackings to performing in the remote fishing villages of Norway, via the dive bars of Europe and the US. It was the hodge-podge musical tapestry of England’s capital that finally drew him to a settling point, in the wake of seemingly never ending run of shows. With personal tastes that span from the more avant-garde to soul and pop greats like Sly Stone, Todd Rundgren and Hall & Oates, there are clear nods to contemporaries like Unkown Mortal Orchestra, Erlend Oye and Toro Y Moi in terms of ambition and style.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 20.04.2018
- Genre
- Indie
- 01. La Jupe Volante
02. Wonder Zebra
03. Big Bite
04. Bestial Zoo
05. Hurricane Train (SoulBrigada Remix)
06. Kinky Regards
07. Party Chez Le Marquis
08. Beat Sample
09. V.L.A.M. (Lack Of Afro Remix)
10. Jump The Gun (feat. Afu-Ra)KIND & KINKY ZOO
Released!
(Legere)[engl] “Funky flute galore — and tunes that step out with an energy that’s hard to deny! " Dusty Groove USA "Blow me if it isn’t some sort of crazy-ass, fuzz-heavy, flute-funk antics!" Monkeyboxing.com "Kind & Kinky Zoo get fuzzy whenever they can, and their diverse influences draw from the aforementioned genres (afrobeat and psychedelia), as well as garage, rock and roll, and more. A freakout on all levels." Flea Market Funk "Brilliant! Lovin' it!" Craig Charles, BBC 6 In 2005, a new zoo opened in Lausanne, Switzerland. Its wild animals have been going bananas in their quest to create a more dancefloor-friendly world. Now released, the zoo residents can be tracked by their heavy funk smells. Follow their scent past retro-psychedelia and turn left after organic garage. „Released!“ is the debut album by Kind & Kinky Zoo. It is a collection of brand new tracks, early singles as well as remixes and features a guest apperance by rapper Afu-Ra.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 27.10.2017
- Genre
- Indie
- 01. Gutterball
02. Lonely For You Baby
03. Workout
04. Eazy Rider
05. The Skunk
06. Lope Song
07. Booga Lou
08. Cigar Eddie
09. I Believe In MiraclesEDDIE ROBERTS & THE FIRE EATERS
Burn!
(Legere)[engl]Eddie Roberts started his music career in 1989 aged 18, having left his Welsh homeland to study Jazz at Leeds College of Music. More interested in live performing and getting his own thing going than in college work, he quickly rooted out the best players in town and set up his first band, The Jazz Mailmen, dedicated to playing the golden era of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. After transcribing all the parts and enforcing a dress code of Bop suits, he set about taking the UK Jazz Dance scene by storm. During this time British Hard Bop legend Tommy Chase asked him to relocate and join his band, but Eddie had other ideas. Following his early bands The Eddie Roberts Organisation and The Three Deuces Eddie's focus shifted towards Deep Funk, the New Mastersounds were born and released their first album on Keb Darge’s Deep Funk Records. The rest is history, with six full albums recorded and an impressive history of live shows around the world. Eddie's love for 60s Blue Note & Hard Bop didn't waver despite the media hype of the Deep Funk scene. Soon Eddie was commissioned to produce a Hard Bop track for the Jazz dancers to go on Adrian Gibson’s renowned 'Messin Around' compilation. This project turned into the „Roughneck“ album, released summer 2004 on the NMS’ One Note Records label.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 19.05.2017
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. I Keep On Thinking
02. Too Many Rules & Games
03. I've Got No Feelin'
04. I Can Fly
05. Where I Lived Before
06. Please Don't Forget My Name
07. I Believe In You
08. Take My Heart & Breathe
09. Save Me
10. I Miss You BabeGEMMA & THE TRAVELLERS
Too Many Rules & Games
(Legere)[engl]Gemma & the Travellers give a nod to the early deep Soul, R&B, Northern Soul and Funk of the Sixties but add a refreshing twist with their unique songwriting. With her powerful and distinctive voice, Gemma M. is a true Soul woman who left the south of Italy as a teenager with a small bag in her hand and a bit of cash in her back pocket. Travelling through Europe, she met Robert P., an Anglo-Swedish guitarist living in Germany at the time and formed a travelling duo, which ended up returning to Robert’s hometown London. After many years getting sick and tired of the city’s distractions, they looked for a more creative environment beside the sea and fell in love with Northern Brittany, where they formed the band Gemma & the Travellers with friends and musicians from down the road. Contrary to the “Motown” or “manufactured” model where the singer is rarely the songwriter, Gemma M. writes all of her songs with the help of Robert P. on the guitar. Her influences are Aretha Franklin and Julie Driscoll - genuine vibrations where life is your own creation! Recorded live at Lemoncake Studios in northern Brittany, producer Robert P. strived for an authentic and original Soul sound with a certain crunchiness and analogue distortion, like that of an old vinyl from the Sixties without falling under the overused retro banner.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 28.04.2017
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz
- 01. What The Heart Wants
02. Sweetness And Light
03. Give It To Me
04. If You Ain't
05. Baby Can We Start Again
06. Don't Break Her Heart
07. Put Your Arms Around Me
08. Gotta Leave The Lady Alone
09. Good Day
10. Nothing But The Good TimesNICK PRIDE & THE PIMPTONES
Go Deep
(Legere)[engl]Soul funk powerhouse Nick Pride & The Pimptones return with their second album on Légère Recordings. “Go Deep” mixes their trademark jazzy sophistication with a gritty retro sound. Following on from the instrumental heavy "Midnight Feast of Jazz" (Record Kicks, 2011) and the diverse "Rejuiced Phat Shake" (Légère Recordings, 2014), "Go Deep" is a more focussed and consistent affair. As always with The Pimptones there's a heavy dose of funk, but this album's personality comes from ten strongly written slices of deep soul music, beautifully delivered by singer Beth Macari. "I wanted to get back to basics", says writer and arranger Nick Pride. "My aim was to be as direct as possible from the original inspiration of each song right through to the recording process. I wanted to keep that energy and that magic. We've had some great collaborations in the past but this time I kept everything in-house to capture the excitement of the band playing together. You really get that vibe when you hear these recordings." The result is an album of depth and substance from a band continuing to evolve. The Pimptones’ sound has always been a profound combination of funky grooves, beefy breaks and blue eyed soul. Slick arrangements and harmonic sophistication delivered with a heavyweight punch crosses over from jazz to keep the dance floor moving.- Format
- LP
- Release-Datum
- 10.06.2016
- Genre
- Soul / Funk / Jazz