Before MCKENZIE & GARDINER there was THE CLASS OF '78, a funk band of schoolmates from Southall, West London.  I wrote this song aged 16 to express how it felt when you're in a multiracial relationship and everyone is against you. Earl and I worked for months to pay for our first ever studio session at Airport Studios in 1980 where we recorded 3 tracks in 1 day. We were young and inexperienced teenagers and played live so the results are raw and sometimes sloppy but I've dusted off the cobwebs and sharing CHESSMATES for the very first time. This one will get an "OG Redux" soon.
Earl McKenzie - Bass, Percussion
Clive Gardiner - Keyboards
Shelley Hicks (then Obermuller) - Vocals
Julian Simon - Drums
Neil Pollard - Guitar
Kwame McKenzie - Percussion
Inderjit Kalyana - Percussion

CHESSMATES - THE CLASS OF '78 [unreleased demo 1980]

keys: m.hillman
bass:m.drees
voc synth:m.hillman
production:automart

vocal : feat: mighty howard

Born to Shine 10 
2024

forte

Welcome to Night Rides 46! Thank you all for supporting me over 10 years, multiple platforms, and multiple hours of beautiful music! Be sure to head over to daryle.live and get familiar with the content available there! That's where I'll be from now on! It's always important to me to share things that are authentic to me and once you hear this episode, you'll get to hear tracks from the UK that I'm really digging! Big love to Clive Gardiner! This is NIght Rides & Slow Jams 46!
-daryle

Jaki Graham - Hold On
Cargo - Holding On For Love
LW5 - Last Lie
Projection - Love Struck
UK Players - You Make Me Feel
Steven Dante - Love Follows
Shokk - Amazin'
Swing Out Sister - Twilight World (Superb, Superb Mix)
Dave Collins - Good Lovin'
Omar - Serious Style
McKenzie & Gardiner - In The Mood For Love (When We Go)
Bill Summers & Summers Heat - London Town
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Night Rides & Slow Jams 46

Brand new VOYAGE FUNKTASTIQUE show, 1 month break, with new music from Buscrates, Moniquea, Fragrance, Zopelar, Diamond Ortiz and much more. 

From now on, the show will be focusing mainly on #ModernFunk, and will be 60 minutes and presented by Prime Source. Every third Sunday of the month, at 6PM (EST) live on Choq.ca

VOYAGE FUNKTASTIQUE SHOW #223 (PRESENTED BY PRIME SOURCE)

Last show of the year and it’s a special one. Aswad sits down and catches up with Earl McKenzie and Clive Gardiner about their latest release on CQQL Records — Timestamp. The definitive edition and collection of their cherished and beloved music recorded from the early 80s. Remastered and reissued with love is how we describe it. As tradition dictates, the last show is a recap highlighting music of the year. Expect a good dose of new releases alongside favourites from the year.

S4 EP13 - Timestamp ft. McKenzie & Gardiner

We Can Make It Better

We Can Make It Better (Instrumental)

written, played and produced by Clive Gardiner
one of a series of instrumentals used by Pioneer Electronics Europe in 1992

We Can Make It Better (Instrumental)

McKenzie & Gardiner

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