All the elements are so complementary and tight! Great punch!

Great sound reminds me of Brand New Heavies!

@darrylkniffen: Thanks Darryl - nasty is good, bad is good, right? ;-)

Oh Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

an all time all time favorite Orlando.  Hope all is well!!

as hot as it gets!   Beautiful music Orlando and all

Sheela Gathright - Lead vocals / backing vocals
Orlando Lund - Backing vocals / all instruments / programming / production
© S.Gathright / O.Lund
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Palma Groove Project - 5 O'Clock In The Morning (album master)

For those of you who haven't discovered Orlando "The Don" Lund, here's your opportunity.  Orlando is a serious pro, having built a career as a writer, multi instrumentalist and producer in London during the '90s Soul Funk era, leading and creating with some of the finest contemporary jazz and funk musicians in Europe.  You can hear many of their great tunes here at https://soundcloud.com/orlando-lund.  If you are into grooving music, almost no one does it better.

Orlando approached me about playing on a tune I had released here, What the Funk, quickly sending 5 tasty tracks to me - a solid grooving bass line, a congas line, two rhythm guitar tracks and a George Benson style guitar solo.  I've worked them all in here, adding them to all my keyboard parts, creating some sweet soul jazz for your listening pleasure.  Check out Orlando's wonderful Palma Groove Project recordings on his gallery - really special creations.  

We thank you as always for your generous listening time, for your comments and for your shares.

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What The Funk - with Orlando "The Don" Lund

Jurassic Pig was recorded live at Wessex studios in 1994. Talk Box guitar was overdubbed. Party track was overdubbed.

Charlie 6'8" Tate - bass
Luke "The Captain" Williamson - general noises
Orlando "The Don" Lund - guitars
Gregory "Dr X" Rowland - keys
Ralph "Mr Nasty" Lamb - trumpet
Paul Soden - drums
Martin Slattery - trombone
Andy Ross - tenor sax
Neil Yates - trumpet

Prawns

Jurassic Pig The Big Cheese All Stars

Música de Pedro Rosa.
Bajo: César Capote
Piano: Pierre Bauzerand
Bateria: Tim Alcorn
Voz/Violao: Pedro Rosa

To Cansado Nega - Pedro Rosa

Here's something we did a little while back (well...1995). This was recorded completely live in Wessex studios, London. The Big Cheese All Stars had just got back from touring, so the whole band were super-tight and ready. The vocal parts (Sharon Scott), and the zombies were recorded afterwards. We recorded the zombies in the churchyard outside Wessex studios at about 2 O'Clock in the morning - if you listen right to the end of the song, you can hear the sound engineer stepping outside to tell us that someone had phoned the studio to complain about the noise (Zombie noises) outside. Great comic timing...!

The Big Cheese All Stars - Hovel Zombie

Tema de Tian Fanti con letra autobiográfica mia. Uma brincadeira legal de fazer !

Bajo: César Capote
Teclas: Pierre Bauzerand
Bateria: Tim Alcorn
Guitarra/Voz: Eu

Filosofunk - Tian Fanti e Pedro Rosa

Composed & Produced By: Chivicke HomeStudio/2016

The Cheerful Boys Band (Big Band)

Spacecake International began in 2016 with a chance meeting of musically-aligned minds: Orlando Lund (from London), and Sergio Cocchi, Pepe Ragonese & Pancho Ragonese (from Milan).

The compositions on Spacecake International’s “Unicorn Street” album come primarily from a collaboration between two experienced songwriter / producer / musicians - Orlando "The Don" Lund and Sergio “SirJo” Cocchi.

Guitarist Orlando, who has produced and written classic acid-jazz-funk albums with the famously 'off the wall' London soul-funk-jazz collective "The Big Cheese All Stars", and later with singer Sheela Gathright under the name "Palma Groove Project", shared stages earlier in his career with artists such as James Brown, Gil Scott Heron, Roy Ayers, and Fred Wesley. He brings together all his influences from Space-Rock to P-Funk, from Soul to Acid Jazz and has contributed guitars, electric bass, drum programming, keyboards, and many of the backing vocals on this album, whilst also taking care of all production and arrangements.

Singer Sergio lived and studied music in Los Angeles, and has collaborated with artists such as singer Lisa Fischer (Rolling Stones). He has also written, produced and released 2 albums as singer of the funky Milan-based "Founda©tion" project. His incredibly soulful voice, and easy lyrical style is carried on the back of his crisp, accurate, multi-layered backing vocals. His wide dynamic vocal range handles deep baritone to Prince-like falsetto, and includes all the grit in between.

The songwriting duo are ably abetted by virtuosic instrumental performances on all the tracks from Pancho Ragonese (piano and Wurlitzer electric piano), Pepe Ragonese (trumpet), Pep Lluis Garcia (congas and percussion), Pablo Di Salvo (additional bass) and Miki Ramón (tenor sax).

Youtube album preview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PX9yDfZ1xc

The “Unicorn Street” album is an honest look at the human condition and relationships, whilst also being a scathing take on what it means to be here on Planet Earth in 2019. Fusing Jazz, Psychedelic Soul, Space Rock, Funk and in-the-pocket Grooves, with Steely Dan-esque and Zappa inspired arrangements, Spacecake International take you on a musically exhilirating ride down Unicorn Street - a journey you will want to repeat time and time again.

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/unicorn-street/1460376727
Bandcamp: https://spacecakeinternational.bandcamp.com/releases
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spacecakeinternational/
Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/albums/B07QPQPTHB?tab=CATALOG
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2pmUMWmmJDerdsjzyuy3uL

Unicorn Street

Ordinary World

Spacecake International began in 2016 with a chance meeting of musically-aligned minds: Orlando Lund (from London), and Sergio Cocchi, Pepe Ragonese & Pancho Ragonese (from Milan).

The compositions on Spacecake International’s “Unicorn Street” album come primarily from a collaboration between two experienced songwriter / producer / musicians - Orlando "The Don" Lund and Sergio “SirJo” Cocchi.

Guitarist Orlando, who has produced and written classic acid-jazz-funk albums with the famously 'off the wall' London soul-funk-jazz collective "The Big Cheese All Stars", and later with singer Sheela Gathright under the name "Palma Groove Project", shared stages earlier in his career with artists such as James Brown, Gil Scott Heron, Roy Ayers, and Fred Wesley. He brings together all his influences from Space-Rock to P-Funk, from Soul to Acid Jazz and has contributed guitars, electric bass, drum programming, keyboards, and many of the backing vocals on this album, whilst also taking care of all production and arrangements.

Singer Sergio lived and studied music in Los Angeles, and has collaborated with artists such as singer Lisa Fischer (Rolling Stones). He has also written, produced and released 2 albums as singer of the funky Milan-based "Founda©tion" project. His incredibly soulful voice, and easy lyrical style is carried on the back of his crisp, accurate, multi-layered backing vocals. His wide dynamic vocal range handles deep baritone to Prince-like falsetto, and includes all the grit in between.

The songwriting duo are ably abetted by virtuosic instrumental performances on all the tracks from Pancho Ragonese (piano and Wurlitzer electric piano), Pepe Ragonese (trumpet), Pep Lluis Garcia (congas and percussion), Pablo Di Salvo (additional bass) and Miki Ramón (tenor sax).

Youtube album preview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PX9yDfZ1xc

The “Unicorn Street” album is an honest look at the human condition and relationships, whilst also being a scathing take on what it means to be here on Planet Earth in 2019. Fusing Jazz, Psychedelic Soul, Space Rock, Funk and in-the-pocket Grooves, with Steely Dan-esque and Zappa inspired arrangements, Spacecake International take you on a musically exhilirating ride down Unicorn Street - a journey you will want to repeat time and time again.

iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/album/unicorn…treet/1460376727
Bandcamp: spacecakeinternational.bandcamp.com/releases
Facebook: www.facebook.com/spacecakeinternational/
Amazon: music.amazon.com/albums/B07QPQPTHB?tab=CATALOG
Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/2pmUMWmmJDerdsjzyuy3uL

There's Always Something

Remix of Palma Groove Project's "What You Need". Created by Orlando Lund during lockdown in April 2020. For those of you interested in hearing the original version as a comparison please check this link: https://soundcloud.com/orlando-lund/what-you-need-album-master

For the new remix version, the drums have been "half-timed". New instrumentation by Orlando Lund includes electric guitars and bass, as well as new drums, and some new keys. The original vocals by Sheela Gathright, and the backing vocal by Sheela and Orlando are essentially the same. It's a remix ...so enjoy, don't fret x

You can support Orlando by buying tracks from the following links:
Palma Groove Project - https://music.apple.com/gb/album/palma-groove-project/778466103

Spacecake International - https://spacecakeinternational.bandcamp.com/releases

Sheela Gathright & Palma Groove Project - What You Need Remix Apr 2020 V1

Prelude In Lockdown

Orlando ‘The Don’ Lund is a songwriter, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and arranger from London.

I began songwriting seriously (and prolifically) in 1990 when I was signed to Virgin Music. Since that time I've done a fair amount of 'honing'.

In the early 90s, after developing a taste for soul music and funk music, I formed the famously 'off the wall' soul-funk-jazz collective "The Big Cheese All Stars" - http://www.groovecollector.com/artist/big-cheese-all-stars/567/?fmt=0&special=0&srt_bio=artist - Our collaborations culminated in 1995 with the release of the double album extravaganza: "Prawns". This contained many of my original compositions interpreted by a group of the most influential and talented musicians in the London Soul / Funk / Jazz scene at the time. Although by no means defined by this genre, it's nevertheless regarded as an Acid Jazz classic with a twist of PFunk and a heavy dose of Soul. 

I play a variety of instruments – guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion, vocals, and I have been producing for many years.

One of my current projects (Palma Groove Project) is a collaboration with the incredible singer called Sheela Gathright. Sheela is originally from New York. She is the daughter of Willie Wright, enigmatic soul singer and songwriter from the 70s http://www.allmusic.com/artist/willie-wright-mn0002615541
The Palma Groove Project album (2014) is a collaboration of songwriting, instrumentation, production, arrangement….and SOUL. Check it out!

In April 2019 after 3 years working with 3 very talented musicians from Milan, I have released a new album entitled "Unicorn Street". The band is called Spacecake International.

The compositions on the “Unicorn Street” album come primarily from a collaboration between me and another another experienced songwriter / producer / singer - Sergio “SirJo” Cocchi. Spacecake International fuse Jazz, Psychedelic Soul, Space Rock, Funk and Groove, with Steely Dan-esque and Zappa inspired arrangements

I've again brought together all my influences from Space-Rock to P-Funk, from Soul to Acid Jazz and I've contributed all guitars, electric bass, drum programming, keyboards, and many of the backing vocals on the album, whilst also taking care of all production and arrangements.

Singer Sergio lived and studied music in Los Angeles, and has collaborated with artists such as singer Lisa Fischer (Rolling Stones). He's also written, produced and released 2 albums as part of the Milan based "Founda©tion" project. His incredibly soulful voice, and easy lyrical style is carried on the back of his crisp, accurate, multi-layered backing vocals. His wide dynamic vocal range handles deep baritone to Prince-like falsetto, and includes all the grit in between.

The two of us are ably abetted by virtuosic instrumental performances on all the tracks from Pancho Ragonese (piano and Wurlitzer electric piano), Pepe Ragonese (trumpet), Pep Lluis Garcia (congas and percussion), Pablo Di Salvo (additional bass) and Miki Ramón (tenor sax).

Youtube album preview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PX9yDfZ1xc
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Some artists who I can say have definitely influenced me as a writer, musician and producer, and who have ‘moved me’ include:

Sly & The Family Stone, Steely Dan, Donny Hathaway, Billy Cobham, ParliamentFunkadelic, Cameo, Roy Ayers, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Chuck Brown, D’Angelo, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Little Feat, Gil Scott-Heron, Herbie Hancock, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Stevie Wonder and many more...

I even had the pleasure and good luck of performing with a few of these artists back in the mid 90s…… (answers on a postcard please)

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Please enjoy my music. I am a songwriter - melody, groove and harmony are very important to me. Feel free to make comments - your feedback and comments would be very much appreciated ;-)

Stay funky
‘The Don’

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