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April 2015 - Take 2

The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show

FUNK AND SOUL - RARITY - RIPVinyl

I Heard It Trough The Grapevine - Creedence Clearwater Revival (The Reflex Revision)

Check out a preview of our forthcoming track 'As We Do Our Thing' which got a world exclusive on The Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show﻿. 

Taken from the Calling The Shots EP, out on Goodgroove Records in late Feb and available from Juno. 


Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show 'As We Do Our Thing' Preview

Check out this preview of the lead single 'Special People' taken from our forthcoming EP on Goodgroove, played by Craig Charles on 6music. 

Released 20th Feb 2014. 

The Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show - Special People (Preview)

Craig Charles performs his first performance poem in nearly 30 years entitled 'Scary Fairy.'

6 Music Festival: Craig Charles first performance poem in nearly 30 years - Scary Fairy

Los Angeles based producers Craig Williams and Charles I bring us their first EP off Discobelle Records with three tracks that ooze dark techno deviousness.

Title and opening track "This Is It" is full of syrupy bass grooves and textured 
FX to tease the last bursts of serotonin from a 6:00 AM crowd.

"Increase the Doses" plundering bassline and stabbing synth work creates a multi-textured fabric of sounds and is built for peak time warehouse parties.

Last but not least, "Work" is a heavyweight tech house cut, complete with shuffling snares rolling throughout and choppy strategically placed hypnotizing vocals.

This duo takes recognizable elements of electronic dance music and subtly transforms them into something new altogether, the result is more than the sum of its parts.

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This Is It

Craig Williams, Charles I - This Is It (Original Mix)

Our 'Sights' EP is on iTunes now: po.st/SIGHTS

'Sights' is taken from our debut album 'If You Wait'

Vinyl: http://po.st/IfYouWaitLP
iTunes: http://po.st/IfYouWait
CD: http://po.st/IfYouWaitCD

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Sights (Remixes)

Sights (Tourist Version)

Sasha remix of our track 'Hey Now'.

Our debut album 'If You Wait' is out now!

iTunes: po.st/IfYouWait
CD: po.st/IfYouWaitCD
Vinyl: po.st/IfYouWaitLP

Special-US edition 'If You Wait' out now.
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/IfYouWaitDeluxe
CD: http://smarturl.it/IfYouWaitUS
Vinyl: http://smarturl.it/IfYouWaitVinyl

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If You Wait - Remixes

Hey Now (Sasha Remix)

Our 'Sights' EP is out on iTunes now: http://po.st/SIGHTS

Our debut album 'If You Wait' is out now!

Vinyl: http://po.st/IfYouWaitLP
iTunes: http://po.st/IfYouWait
CD: http://po.st/IfYouWaitCD

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Sights (Andy C Remix)

Brand new unreleased track, performed LIVE by Lizzy on the Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show - 30/04/11
Tom Robins - Guitar, Rob Barron - Keys, Wayne Matthews - Bass, Jim Bashford - Drums. Artwork by Moise Mandoli

Brand new track`Heaven` performed LIVE on the BBC6 Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show - 30/04/11

'Birds Sing' is available now via Circus Records, you can grab it here http://bit.ly/BirdsSing

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Birds Sing (feat. Late Day Breakers)

CC Spins and endorses a song from my upcoming collaborative album with producer Mr Bird "Low Fi Classics" on the Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show. The song is SAVE ME (one of my personal favourites).

#LowFiClassics is out July 14th from BBE records.

Hear the Low Fi Classics Album Sampler here: https://soundcloud.com/greg-blackman/lfc-album-sampler



SAVE ME played on the Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show 07.06.14

From the album Say Somethin' 

Order Vinyl / CD : www.bit.ly/dawnpemberton

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Dawn Pemberton - Deeper

Official remix of Nile Rodgers 'Do What You Wanna Do' for Cr2 Records. Available here http://www.juno.co.uk/products/nile-rogers-do-what-you-wanna-do/560638-01/

Nile Rodgers • DWYWD [The Reflex Greatest Disco Dancer Mix] (BBC6 Craig Charles rip)

California Soul [Lincoln Lawyer Remix]

The Magic of Wigan Casino. Cut together with ...


UB40 -one in Ten
Happy Mondays - Kinky Afro
The Clash - Stand by me
Pulp - Do you remember the first time?
Culture Club - Do you really want to hurt me?
Bob Marley - Is This Love?


<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/b4c3cb'>Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

Free Download

The Northern Soul All stars

Big thanks to our boy Craig Charles for playing our lead track taken from our forthcoming Kicking Up Dust EP on Jalapeno Records. 

The Soul is alive...

God Walked Down / Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show 6 Music

A selection of alltime faves and current spins of mine. All killers. 60's R&B, 60's and 70's Funk and Soul. All original vinyl!

Featuring James Brown, Nathaniel Mayer, Gino Parks, Jessie Mae, Sunny, Windjammers, Johnny K, Mark Seven Unltd, Morris Chestnut, Ethics, Touch of Class, Billy Keene, Rivage.



Oh! Funk and soul

The Mighty Craig Charles Playing our little monster ons his Funk & Soul show:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01hz2dy

Craig Charles playing Little Hurricane 2012-05-19

Craig Charles plays Mr. Confuse "Boogie Down featuring Benjie" on his show on BBC6 and reads the liner notes he had written for the album "Do You Realize"! 

Liner notes of Craig Charles from the Mr. Confuse album "Do You Realize":

     It has been a while since I have heard what Mr Confuse has been up to, but the time has obviously not been wasted, this is simply a marvellous follow up to what was already a cracking debut set in the shape of “Feel The Fire”.

    I have to say that what I really admire about this set is how much he has moved away from the sample driven jams that were the trademark of his debut set and into songwriting proper. Given that and his perfect ear for a groove and his seemingly insatiable thirst for influences from across the globe from The Balkans to Asia to Memphis, this album was always going to promise a lot and it certainly delivers.

    And above all this is a labour of love. You do not undertake the Herculean task of assembling 23 musicians together unless you have a clear vision and belief in your sound and that is evident in every single track on the album. The sound is HUGE and very very addictive!

Special mention has to go to his reworking of the Man Parrish electro anthem “Boogie Down (Bronx)”. It takes a man of real vision and courage to take this well-loved tune down Nigeria-way and transform into an Afro-Funk monster. If you liked his version of “Planet Rock” when he was part of the Breakout crew then you are in for a real treat, because this is massive.

Congratulations Mr Confuse, once again you have stepped up to the challenge of finding your own path and passed with flying colours."

Craig Charles,
The Craig Charles Funk And Soul Show, BBC 6 Music
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/funk_soul/


Mr. Confuse - Boogie Down played @ The Craig Charles Funk And Soul Show - 09.06.2012

Welcome to October's weekend mix once again just playing some 
new funk and some older one's all 45's,just a mix to push 
new funk & re-issue's and peace to all the labels pushing the
music foward !!!
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1.Love Me A Little While Longer - Funky Music Machine (Black Top)
2.Baby - The Phenomenal Handclap Band (Truth & Soul)
3.Mango Walk - Walter Branco (Dynamite Soul)
4.Ham Hocks & Beans Pt.1-Chuck Womack (Re-Joint)
5.Fancy Roll - The Grips (Ged Soul)
6.90% Of Me -Amrau's Trinidad Band (Weed Beat)
7.Strychnine - The Grits (Mocambo)
8.Chicken - The Soul Investigators (Timmion)
9.Get Involved Pt.1 - Wolfpack (White)
10.Hey Sallie Mae,Get Off My Feet - Lee Fields (Desco)
11.Scopolamine - Michael Leonhart (Truth & Soul)
12.The Hatch - The T.M.G's (Funk 45)
13.Black Boy - Dyke & The Blazers (Beat Goes Public)
14.Nervous Like Me Pt.2 - The Dap-Kings (Kay-Dee)
15.Dance Of The Dragons Pt.2 - The Heliocentrics (Now Again)
16.Freeway Crowd - J.T. Allen (Crowbar)
17.Hot Pants On Fire - The Fabulous Soul Investigators (Timmion)
18.C'Ex -Phillippe Nicaud (Rivera)
19.Hook N Sling - The Soul Command (Soul Fire)
20.Cold Heat - Lil Lavair 
21.Daytona - Yosuke Tominaga (Champ)
22.Funky Thang - Dorando and The Ice Picks Of Soul (Sure Shot)
23.Stay In The Groove Pt.4 - The Dap-Kings Feat Rickey Calloway (Kay-Dee)
24.Purification Pt.4 - Funkshone (Kay-Dee)
25.Leave My Beat Alone - Raw Soul (Plut)
26.Pistol Whip - T-Bottoms (Funk Night)
27.Rappin All Over Pt.2 - The Marvelous 3 (Kay-Dee)
28.It's Just Begun - The Simonsound (Project Blue Book)
29.Electronic Brain Break - Virgil Howe & Shawn Lee (Breakin Bread)
30.The Clayton Break - Virgil Howe & Mark Clayton (Breakin Bread)
31.Phantom Pt.2 - Yosuke Tominga (Champ)
32.Soul To The People Pt.2 - The Fantastic Souls (Kay-Dee)
33.Tighten Up Pt.1 - Maceo & The Flames (Dynamite)
34.Ritual Pt.1 - Soul Sugar (Mocambo)
35.The Popcorn (Inst) - The Soul Believers (King)

Kenny Dope October Weekend All 45's Mix Soul,Funk & Breaks 2012

Daddy G - BBC 6 Music Session

Kicking off the show in fine style...even had Craig singing along...

Now available also on Bandcamp here:

http://mrbird.bandcamp.com/track/salthill-sugar

BUY IT HERE

Mr Bird on Craig Charles F&SS Show Jan 2013

The single 'Heartbreaker' taken from our debut EP getting some air time love from 6 Music's Craig Charles. 

Special thanks to Craig, Rob Da Bank and everyone else who has supported the EP. 

Craig Charles Soul & Funk Show 26:02:13

Craig invited us into the studio to chat about the band and our new single.

The Getup Craig Charles Funk and Soul Show 18:5:13

For worldwide bookings please write to: booking[at]mrconfuse[dot]com

Mr. Confuse is a Hannover/Germany based producer, label and studio owner and DJ. From day one his unique style and unmistakable ‘Mr. Confuse sound’ is defined by two of the rarest achievements within music creation – creativity and authenticity.

Mr. Confuse productions have been played on the radio by Pete Tong (BBC 1), Gilles Peterson (BBC 1) and Craig Charles - Funk & Soul Show (BBC 6) to name a few.

Mr. Confuse - Boogie Down played @ The Craig Charles Funk And Soul Show - 09.06.2012

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