CRAIG CHARLES (funk & soul )II - 2

Laura Lee - If You Can Beat Me Rockin' (You Can Have My Chair)

This one is either going to cause spontaneous sexy parties, the comical slapping of old fellas bald heads or perhaps a scantily clad kinky chase? Either way we hope it all eventually leads to tears of laughter as opposed to a knee-jerk hitting of the un-follow button.

People devoid of humour look away now.

"Skeewiff’s Big Free Happy

Everyone needs this album in their lives. In their cars, on their iPods, in their boudoirs, inside the gym, outside with Jim…anywhere you play this sexy sexy fun times will ensue. Bigger than Hip Hop, freer than Willy. Happier than Bert after Ernie took him into a bear hug and roared a proclamation to the world that he ‘wished he knew how to quit him!’ before getting down to some serious fuzzy-felt back door nuzzling. Skeewiff writes the Soundtrack to 'The Muppets do Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' before Disney even start thinking about it. Listen to this album with joy in your heart, the sun on your face and a mental image of Kermit in a pith helmet, shooing away mescaline induced imaginary bats whilst keeping his car on the road, balancing his cigarette holder in one corner of his fierce jaw whilst trying to get the end of a straw inside Miss Piggy. Skeewiff are summer luvin’ geniuses and like Kermit, this album blows up!

Big Free Happy is more than an album, it's a promise. Go get some x" - Fat Harry

Written & Performed by Alex Rizzo

More BigFreeHappy™- https://soundcloud.com/skeewiff/sets/skeewiffs-big-free-happy

BigFreeHappy™

Skeewiff - Sexy Party **FREE DL**

https://smooveturrell.bandcamp.com/track/mercy-smoove-remix

THE THIRD DEGREE - MERCY - SMOOVE REMIX

Original "Baby Hold On" by The Mohawks
http://www.discogs.com/The-Mohawks-The-Champ/master/56590

Alan Hawkshaw http://www.alanhawkshaw.com/

Many thanks for the support!

Funky Boogie Brothers & Alan Hawkshaw - Jump Up

Revolution Of The Mind

Sex Machine (Live At The Apollo Theater/1971)

Aretha's Gold

The House That Jack Built

Sounds from the Soul Underground

You What?

Return of the Haggis EP

I Can't Stop the Feeling (EP Version) [feat. Lucinda Slim]

Cymande - Brothers on the slide (Barbes & Velours edit)

Blackbyrds City Life - Originally released on the City Life album in 1975, produced by the legendary Donald Byrd featuring the classics 'Rock Creek Park' & 'Happy Music'.

Up for the free Promo DL for my Soundcloud peeps for a short time only so grab it whilst you can!

WAV Bandcamp

The Blackbyrds - City Life (Dj XS Lost In The City Rework)

Plenty more heat here. https://markrae.bandcamp.com/

Free Download

Strings Of Wife

Skye - Ain't No Need

Ikebe Shakedown, the self-titled album from the Brooklyn-based band, plays with elements of cinematic soul, Afro-funk, deep disco, and boogaloo in all the right ways.  After spending a few years together the group, named after a favorite Nigerian boogie record (and pronounced “ee-KAY-bay”), delivers a driving set of tunes featuring a mighty horn section anchored by tight, deep-pocketed grooves.

“Right now in cities across the globe, there are plenty of great Afrobeat revivalist bands aping the sound and groove of Fela Kuti’s legendary sound.  Yet, surprisingly few of the new groups have strayed from an orthodox interpretation of the genre or done much real innovation…Ikebe Shakedown is here to change that.  The band takes signature Afrobeat elements—big unison horns, slinky bass lines, tight little guitar licks—and blends them with tasty grooves culled from ’70s-style horn-driven funk”. – Marlon Bishop, WNYC

The Ikebe debut for Ubiquity Records sees the band push their globally-informed sound and eclectic approach to tune-writing into new territory. “Self-titling the album is a way to introduce the audience to the many facets of the band — to provide a more complete understanding of what we do,” bassist Vince Chiarito says.  “Our sound has grown to incorporate our influences without overtly representing any one in particular.  It just sounds like us,” he adds.

Most of the rhythm section met at Bard College, and the band rounded-out and officially formed when everyone settled in Brooklyn in 2008.  From there, Ikebe has emerged as a compelling voice on the progressive local scene.  After a run of dates around NYC, the band recorded their debut 7” single and the EP, Hard Steppin’, which was released on Colemine Records in 2009,receiving high praise from critics and fans alike.  The group was invited to record at Dunham Studios with producer Tom Brenneck and at Killion Sound in Los Angeles, home of engineer Sergio Rios of fellow Ubiquity act, Orgone.  “The studios share a lot of similarities — the tracks were all cut live to tape with minimal use of headphones and overdubs.  This basic approach allowed us to dig in and really focus on getting dynamic performances,” Chiarito explains.

The old school mentality to recording spills over in lush, laid-back, and soulful funk joints like “Kumasi Walk” and “No Name Bar,” where the multi-layered horn section plays off a cavernous backing track of slick drumming, spacey Hammond organ, and nimble guitar riffing.  The cinematic soul sound is warm and deep, with the 7-piece band sounding more like a larger ensemble as increasing layers leap from the tape.  At the other end of the BPM counter, on “Tunjunga,” the band build a gritty African disco jam boasting a floor-filling percussion section, adding seductive guitar licks and an irresistible bass-line to set the horns ablaze. “Tame The Beats” is pure fire — bold melodies and heavy rhythms propel the song, with Meters-esque breakdowns providing only brief respite from the action.

Pepper

Good morning. 
Thank you very much for listening to my track.
I really really appreciate it.
DL xx

French Toast For Two

Back on board "Too Slow To Disco" Yacht Disco Edits for a third cruise alongside a very cool crew of producers. For the occasion, here's my rework of a French 70s hippie folk anthem from Valérie Lagrange.

Full compilation here: https://tstdedits-djsupermarkt.bandcamp.com/album/too-slow-to-disco-yacht-disco-edits-vol-3a-bandcamp-only

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Vibes4YourSoul – Si Ma Chanson Pouvait

The Haggis Horns are a 8 piece live funk extravaganza combining heavy breakbeat funk, soul,hip-hop & afrobeat with the virtuosity of trained jazz musicians.

Leeds-based instrumental outfit The Haggis Horns first hit the music scene in 1999 and rose to prominence through their part in the seminal Keb Darge presents The New Mastersounds album on BBE Records.

They have five funk-fuelled albums under their belt, 'Hot Damn!' & 'Keep On Movin' ' (First Word Records) and they have been rocking crowds the world over for years winning fans with their distinctive northern funk sound combining ass-shaking breakbeats, afrobeat, soul and hip-hop.

The members of The Haggis Horns have performed and recorded with the likes of Jamiroquai, John Legend & The Roots, Amy Winehouse, Morcheeba, Roots Manuva, Lou Donaldson, Elbow, Nightmares On Wax, Dennis Coffey, Adele, Corinne Bailey Rae, Mark Ronson, Robbie Williams, Duran Duran, Lisa Stansfield, Martha Reeves, Take That, Craig Charles Presents The Fantasy Funk Band, The Cinematic Orchestra, Martina Topley-Bird, Kano, Estelle, Lily Allen, KT Tunstall & Snowboy, to name a few!

I Can't Stop the Feeling (EP Version) [feat. Lucinda Slim]

The Haggis Horns

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