Official SoundCloud account for Blue Note Records
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Established 1999. Releasing newfangled and archival sounds. 

OKeh short history: 

OKeh was founded by Otto K. E. Heinemann when he set up his own recording studio and gramophone record pressing plant in New York City in September 1918. Heinemann formed the name of the record label "OKeh", from his initials.  OKeh began by issuing popular songs, dance numbers, and vaudeville skits similar to the fare of other labels, but Heineman also wished to experiment with music for audiences neglected by the larger record companies. OKeh produced lines of recordings in German, Czech, Polish, Swedish, and Yiddish for the USA's immigrant communities. In 1920, Ralph Peer's recordings by African-American blues singer Mamie Smith were a surprise smash hit for Okeh. The company perceived the significant, little-tapped market for blues and jazz by African American artists. Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Bix Beiderbecke are only a few names of jazz greats that have recorded for the label. By 1926 Columbia Records bought the label and kept it running into the 60's with jazz and R&B recordings. 

In 1994, Sony Music reactivated the OKeh label as a new-age Blues label. Okeh's first new signings included Keb' Mo, Popa Chubby, and Little Axe. By 2000, the Okeh label was again retired, but in 2013 it will see its re-launch as a jazz label once again.

Gypsy Genes are a new and exciting band to hit the Maltese Music scene. They are currently in the studio recording their first single which is set to hit the airwaves very soon.

This newly formed group carries a fusion of Disco, Funk and Rock/Pop style. Their material is based on the good times and the bad times. Honesty, betrayal, desire and upset is to be expected with a punch you would expect from Mike Tyson finished with an elegant touch of British swagger.

The line up consists of Raxku on Drums, Kram on Keys, Lil Funk Xeureb on bass, Torreggiani (king) on guitar and a new edition to the Maltese scene Rikstar on vocals. 

After much deliberation they decided on the name Gypsy Genes which has a certain twist to the story...but more about that later.

Watch out for the band and remember the name as they will soon get the party started!

Deborah Pace is following