Name: DJ Steve Roye - Release Radio (26/08/2022) by DJ Steve Roye
Duration: 1 h 56 min 10 s
Description: Mr Steve Roye standing in for DJ Remi on Release Radio - 26/08/2023

In 1975, under the oppressive air of military dictatorship in Brazil, brothers Lelo and Ze Eduardo Nazario invited bassist Zeca Assumpção to join their musical experiments in a basement under Sao Paulo’s Teodoro Sampaio Street. The trio had already been playing together in Brazilian polymath Hermeto Pascoal’s band, alongside guitarist Toninho Horta and saxophonist Nivaldo Ornelas, and it was while working together under Hermeto’s direction that the Paulista rhythm section (as they were then known) realised their own potential.

With many nightclubs and venues closed in the mid-70s and government censors dictating the output of radio, TV and art galleries, many Brazilian artists fled during the years of the dictatorship. But underground, Grupo Um were fusing avant garde ideals with contemporary jazz and Afro Brazilian rhythm; making phenomenally beautiful music which was wildly free and expressive - in stark contrast to the sterile, conservative conditions being imposed above ground.

Recorded in just two days at Sao Paulo’s Vice-Versa Studios, Starting Point was to mark the inception of one of Brazil’s most daring instrumental groups. But with a record so radically ahead of its time, Grupo Um struggled to find a label willing to release their debut and Lelo Nazario kept the tapes safe in his archives, which is where they sat for almost half a century…

Finally, this mesmerising piece of history is here, and it was only the beginning…

Grupo Um - Suite Orquidea Negra

Mr Steve Roye standing in for DJ Remi on Release Radio - 26/08/2023

DJ Steve Roye - Release Radio (26/08/2022)

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

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Here's our interview and Trunk of Funk mix for Craig Charles on his BBC 6 Music show. 

Trunk of Funk tracklist:

1. Johnny K – I Got Bills To Pay
2. Grinny Grandad – (You've got to be) Free Feat. Kymberley Kennedy
3. Hank Ballard – From The Love Side
4. Rose Royce - Get up off your fat (SLY Edit)
5. Ripple – Funky Song
6. The Haggis Horns – The Bump
7. Rose Royce – Do You Dance pt.1
8. Double exposure – Everyman
9. The Allergies – Be With You
10. Maze Feat. Franky Beverly – Before I let go (DJ CO-1 Edit)
11. Alicia Myers – I want to thank you
12. Brooklyn Funk Essentials – Blast it
13. DJ Day – Kossa (SLY Edit)
14. 6ix Toys – Giggle
15. Tombad – Shake your face (SLY Edit)
16. Jazzkantine – Funky Old Kantina (Instrumental)
17. Shaka Loves You – Dance, Dance, Dance
18. The Jacksons – Shake a Body (Early Demo)

DJ Steve Roye - Release Radio (26/08/2022)

DJ Steve Roye

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