Shaolin Temple Defenders is a Funk sensation!

After 10 years touring around the world(France, UK, Canada, Italy, Spain, Switzerland…) and recording 4 albums, the band from Bordeaux has grown to become world-renowned with a real connoisseurs' audience.

Even if their music is deeply inspired by 60's & 70's Rhythm n' Blues, they have developed their own musical identity, ranging from Raw Funk to Sweet Soul. 

This is best shown by their new album, 'From The Inside', which discloses a more modern and more personal aspect of their musical world. Constantly evolving, the Shaolin Temple Defenders have now pushed the limits of their own music thanks, notably, to their association with the gifted Patchworks(Mr President, Mr Day…).Indeed, the funky monks have taken time to meditate in the temple of Soul and to perfect the mastery of their art.

Their new musical repertoire will bring you to a deeply human universe in which the simple everyday pleasures meet with desperate love affairs and personal quests intertwine with universal messages.

Twelve original songs which display their love for the Memphis Soul style(Let Your Love Shine On me, Spirit Of The South…), their taste for Northern Soul-oriented tunes (Our Love Will Live Forever, Give & Take…) and their appetite for the recent releases of the famous records company from New-York, Daptone Records(Blue Shades, Do You Remember…).

As for their cover of the famous Carl Douglas' hit, 'Kung Fu Fighting', you will be sent back straight to the glorious times of the legendary Motown records company.

So here we go again! Let yourself be driven by their charismatic singer,Brother Lion, an inveterate Soul man who bares his soul and, with each appearance, can turn his own spleen into a great ceremony destined to lead every man and woman to the dance floor.

Personnel:

Mickey Fourcade : Drums
Jérémy Ortal : Bass
Pierre Petit : Guitar
Cédric Lacaze : Organ and Flute 
Laure Fréjacques : Trumpet
Vincent Le Fort : Saxophones
Brother Lion : Lead vocals & Tambourine
Henry Rollier : Sound Engineer

Booking:
valentin@wartiste.com
https://linktr.ee/elisadobrasil




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Born under Brasilia’s burning sun, ELISA DO BRASIL moves to France at a very young age, where she will find a passionated love for electronic musics. Oscillating between the Drum & Bass and Free Party movements, EDB rewrites her own DNA by fully dedicating herself to those sounds, becoming one of their leading faces at the young age of 20. In 1999, she starts a residency at the mythical REX CLUB with her « MASSIVE » parties (welcoming some legendary names such as Laurent Garnier or MC Verse) which will signi cantly shape the future of the French Drum & Bass scene.

Her fury and her visceral talent give her wings for over 10 years (2000-2010), and brings her to participate to some of France’s and Europe’s most importants festivals (Outlook, Dour, Fusion, Garorock, Solidays, Astropolis...). Meanwhile, she releases two mixed CDs on UWE, « Massive Party » in 2004, and « So Massive » in 2006, and two LPs on X-Ray : « First Stroke » (2009) and « Rolling the Dice » in 2012, as well as a track signed on the British label Viper Recordings. She also stands out with her « All Night Long » sets, nights during which she reveals the full extend of her talent behind the decks and sharp selection. In parallel, Elisa Do Brasil develops a strong relationship with extreme sports, and tours with Rip Curl, O’Neill, or at the Natural Games Festival.

She returns in 2013 to launch a new residency at Rex Club with her parties « Forever DNB », where she regularly invites Drum & Bass legends (Andy C, Randall, DJ Marky, DJ Storm, MC GQ) but also some of the scene’s younger talents (Skeptical, Kings Of The Rollers), proud of a new musical identity, closer to her  rst in uences and to the sound-system culture that mean so much to her. With new projects and a forthcoming album, 2017 resonates as Elisa Do Brasil’s comeback to the front of the scene !

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